philbaker1

philbaker1, 5 months ago to til

#TIL There is an option in #Firefox to turn on rounded lower corners. Type about:config in the address bar, and search for
widget.gtk.rounded-bottom-corners.enabled and double-click to set to true.

I think it makes Firefox appear a little less out of place next to GTK4 apps on the #GNOME desktop. #Linux

philbaker1, 8 months ago to mastodon

I've been on #Mastodon a while. But one thing still seems weird to me: Having to ask permission to follow so many accounts, some of them public-facing organizations. It seems a bit much.

My view: if put myself on Mastodon, I"m here to be followed. If you don't like me, don't follow me. If you do something I don't like, I'll unfollow you. Do something really bad, I'll block you.

But let's not assume the worst at the start. Permission to follow me: Pre-approved!

philbaker1, 4 months ago to linux

Well, that sucks. Crucial.com and the ASRock B660M Pro RS motherboard manual both state that DDR4-3200 RAM should work.
It does not. #CustomPCBuild #Linux box
https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/asrock/b660m-pro-rs

ASRock B660M Pro RS memory specs, screenshot from the ASRock webiste
Photo of Crucial DDR4-3200 DIMM

philbaker1, 10 months ago to debian

Time to see what the hubbub is about. #Debian #Linux

philbaker1, 11 days ago to random

Ugh. Looks like #GOES 16 (East) has suffered a failure. Not sure how serious yet. This is the last image, timestamped 13 May 0016Z.
https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/status/messages/

GOES East status update from NCEP SDM: ...GOES EAST SAT IMAGERY STOPPED UPDATING... NESDIS reported the following via Email: "All products delivered to AWIPS, GRB, PDA -Issued: May 13, 2024 0100Z; Date/Time of Initial Impact: May 12, 2024 0019Z; Date/Time of Expected End: TBD..Details/Specifics of Change: GOES-16 All Products and derived products All Scenes delivered to AWIPS, GRB, PDA. Suspected Source of Anomaly is the Satellite/Instrument".

philbaker1, 6 months ago to random

Is it just me, or has the quality of greeting cards gone down in the past few years?

My wife and I have our own humor that is subtle, sometimes sarcastic and mentally stimulating. You know, what a couple might develop over 20 years of marriage.

The anniversary cards at the Kroger and Wallgreens I visited are borderline terrible. Not even mildly clever, almost all cliché. I would have to apologize after giving one.

I think we need to move on from cards and spend the $6 on something else.

philbaker1, 11 months ago to linux

The one question I have regarding the changes to RHEL source code accessibility: What happens to Oracle Linux? Oracle Linux's position doesn't seem any different than RockyLinux or Alama Linux. Oracle offers their own kernel, but other than that, isn't Oracle Linux a RHEL clone like Alama and Rocky?

"In the immediate term, our plan is to pull from CentOS Stream updates and Oracle Linux updates to ensure security patches continue to be released." #Linux #RHEL
https://almalinux.org/blog/impact-of-rhel-changes/

philbaker1, 3 months ago to linux

Many thanks to @jonathanspw of the #AlmaLinux team for landing wget2 into #EPEL - it's now available for all EL9 users. #Linux
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-5db6677580

https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2#gnu-wget2-introduction

philbaker1, 6 months ago to random

I'm single parenting tonight and helping our fourth grader with homework. 😬

philbaker1, 5 months ago to random

At the risk of sounding preachy, the cloud is not backup. Now, to practice what I preach. 😬

Google Drive users angry over losing months of stored data
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-drive-users-angry-over-losing-months-of-stored-data/

philbaker1, 1 year ago to linux

Looks like the #Flatpak font bug that affected my CentOS Stream 9 instance a while back hit my #RHEL 9.1 desktop today. Only thing I can remember updating today was some Flatpak runtimes. Zero time in my schedule to diagnose, at the moment.

This is a screenshot of the Flatseal app. #Linux

philbaker1, 10 months ago to debian

I decided to try #Debian #Linux on my local web dev / server box. This is bare metal install, occasionally serving as a desktop.

I shall call her Darla.
https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Darla_Sherman

philbaker1, 10 months ago to FreeBSD

An update to #pfSense Community Edition #FreeBSD
https://www.servethehome.com/pfsense-ce-2-7-released-with-intel-i226-support-and-other-enhancements/

philbaker1, 6 months ago to fedora

#Fedora 39 looks awesome. Same with Ubuntu 23.10.

Tough problem to have, but GNOME's ever-increasing polish and refinement makes Firefox's GTK3 presentation look increasingly out of place.

It'd be great to have this core app updated to the standards set by the rest of the Linux desktop.

Looks like I'm not the only one with this observation: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/a-gtk4-firefox-with-libwaita-is-the-next-step-into-the-right/idi-p/12396

To whom should we donate to fund work on a #Firefox GTK4 port?
#Mozilla #GTK #Linux

Firefox "Save as" dialog (GTK3)

philbaker1, 4 months ago to til

#TIL Fedora's color bash prompt is available on AlmaLinux and other EL 9 #Linux distros through the #EPEL repository

philbaker1, 11 months ago to random

Holy crap. Live from Manhattan. #nywx #smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POgVGUAxNcs

philbaker1, 6 months ago to random

I just tried to use the 'Tab' button on my keyboard when composing a message in Gmail.

W.T.F Google?

philbaker1, 9 months ago to random

Finally added Mastodon shortcuts to my personal web page. It's taken me a while to curate the lists, but it well worth it.
Yes, that's an old man emoji for my profile page.

philbaker1, 9 months ago to tv

This is not getting the national attention that it deserves.

In short, the era of free over the air TV that goes back multiple generations in the United States may soon be over.

The FCC is soliciting comments on this matter. So if you feel strongly that airwaves belong the people, tell the FCC. #DRM #TV #CorporateGreed
https://youtu.be/0NhV5BdEWqo

philbaker1, 10 months ago to linux

#Thunderbird #Flatpak #Linux
https://www.webpronews.com/thunderbird-leaves-linux-users-waiting-for-much-hyped-version-115/

philbaker1, 10 months ago to random

I haven't commented much on the nearly month-old enterprise Linux saga. But I think this is a positive development. #IMHO

"AlmaLinux to diverge (slightly) from RHEL"
https://lwn.net/Articles/938165/

philbaker1, 18 days ago to windows

The melodious sounds of a new (work) laptop, straining under weight of #Windows 11 and the requisite anti-virus software. Nice toasty air coming out of the vent. 🔥

Dell laptop fan running at near full speed.

philbaker1, 10 months ago to random

I feel an OPNsense firewall build coming... need to verify it uses Intel NICs.

ASUS ExpertCenter PN42: New Intel Alder Lake-N mini-PC goes on sale from US$220

https://www.notebookcheck.net/ASUS-ExpertCenter-PN42-New-Intel-Alder-Lake-N-mini-PC-goes-on-sale-from-US-220.728398.0.html

philbaker1, 27 days ago to linux

In these days of "COMING IN HOT WITH THE BOOSTS!" Linux podcasts, I miss Dan, Nick and Gray-gray.
#systemau, also known as "The Southern Hemisphere's premier ReactOS podcast". 😉 #Linux #podcast
https://archive.org/details/systemau_ep028

philbaker1, 1 day ago to random

I'm this old.

Netscape browser logo that became animated when a page was downloading.