LXTerminal.
I don’t know if increasing the font size counts as customization. I’ve got old, tired eyes.
Transparency is also turned on, which I think I did with compton. It was a long time ago and seems to persist through Debian’s dist upgrades.
It’s worth adding that the entire LXDE suite is great software. It just works. I hope I don’t have to give it up any time soon.
There’s always BSD!
Fair. :)
You seriously haven’t had to provide tech support to relatives with MacOS. Windows is brilliant in comparison.
I would love to see this on my ATM!
A lot of people deride security by obscurity, but I like using Linux simply because the Linux desktop is secure and isn’t as big a target as Windows or MacOS. These “year of the Linux desktop” articles have been coming out for years and I’ve always thought, “I sure hope not!”
This is why we still need Richard Stallman. That guy never gives up on explaining why manipulative, proprietary software is against our interests.
Use free software – and when you can’t, use ad-blockers, privacy badger, noscript, etc.
I’ve been using LibreOffice at home for years.
My employer’s recent wholesale shift to Office365/Teams/OneDrive convinced me to switch to LibreOffice at work. It’s a good thing that there’s a portable version, because that’s the only way I can use it on their locked-down laptop.
Trout slapping is still a thing! There’s a Hexchat extension for that!
When I was a kid, I owned a remote control van called the Max Machine. It was sonic, but not ultrasonic. It had a remote with one button that made a loud “clack” when you pressed it. A clack would turn the front wheels left, another would turn them back to the center, another would turn them right, and so on…
The clacking drove my parents crazy. Here’s a link: https://flashbak.com/powered-fun-thrills-remembering-schapers-telesonic-toys-mid-1970s-53252/
I guess you could also include “the clapper” among sonically-controlled items. It also had one of the most annoying jingles ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRWtFVFSx5I
Fair. Regular hours, not French revolution decidays.
That being said, today is the 10th day of Thermidor.
I’m a Canadian who started school when the change happened. Grade two, 1977: new rulers!
I think it’s fair to say that we all ended up hybridized. Some things I measure intuitively in metric, others in imperial.
People’s height? feet and inches.
Grocery weights? pounds. If it’s in Kilograms, I quickly convert it.
Grocery volumes (Milk, dairy products, shampoo, basically anything purchased in a container)? litres.
Gasoline? Gallons or litres. Either is fine. But fuel economy is mpg.
Temperature? Celsius outdoors, Fahrenheit indoors. We had an old thermostat when I was growing up.
Carpentry measurements? Inches.
Wrenches? whatever fits!
Distances? It took a long time, probably fifteen years, but at some point, I stopped converting kilometres to miles. Now I just think in kilometres.
We were truly terrified of the future
I grew up in the 70s and 80s too. What we have in common with that era is that we can’t be sure that world leaders are capable of cooperating for the benefit of humanity.
The difference is that this time destruction is inevitable if they don’t cooperate. We don’t have the option of a deterrence-based standoff with the environment.
The highest global temperatures ever are not overblown. Forest fire smoke inundating the country every year is not normal. Melting glaciers are not a figment of anyone’s imagination.
This is a lot more frightening and existential angst is the correct response. If we don’t learn to cooperate and moderate our greed, the planet will determine the correct human population for us.
I found out because it was on TV. He must have been in Ontario by then, because the early part of the run didn’t get a lot of attention. I was 10. So if I knew, everyone probably knew.
He died on a Sunday. We were at church and the priest said something about it. It felt like everyone there was crushed by the news.
Me too. The problem is that I’m not much of a Firefox evangelist outside of my household. I guess it’s time to change that.
Thanks. I’ll look to see if my Subaru has the same setting.
I just gave up my 91 Mazda B2200 and bought a Crosstrek and a trailer. What is the point of a four or five foot box? I don’t get it.
The trailer has the length and is nice and low for loading. The crazy thing is that I now see people with $100,000 pickup trucks towing trailers like mine. Insane.
In a classic car with thin pillars between the windows and lots more glass, you don’t need the sensors because you can actually see well.
I hate that. I don’t connect my phone because of it.
Ottawa breathes a sigh of relief.