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Thinkpad_W520.jpg King_of_the_Dead.jpg My "new" Lenovo Thinkpad W520 running Kali GNU/Linux 2024.3 No shiny keys or shiny spots on the touchpad is a good sign it hasn't seen heavy use. Lenovo Thinkpad W520 Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 8x 2.4GHz Hitachi Travelstar 250GB HDD x 7200RPM 24GB PC3-10...

King_of_the_Dead.jpg My new W520 running Kali GNU/Linux 2024.3 Lenovo Thinkpad W520 Intel Core i7-2760QM @ 8x 2.4GHz Hitachi Travelstar 250GB HDD x 7200RPM 24GB PC3-10600 RAM NVIDIA Quadro 1000M 15.6" TFT display with 1600x900 (HD+) resolution with LED backlight Intel HD Audio with a CX20585 c...

Honestly, this sun storm drama is nothing but hype as far as I am concerned. Wait for it... The Solar Maximum peaks this year. In 2002, when I was OCD about it, I kept updates on big solar events and they did not disappoint. You can see it on the wayback machine captures of my site back then: http:...

Wait till you feel the quickness of your machine run up your fingers and down your spine when you experience how lightweight and resource friendly it is to use Fluxbox Window Manager. Not to mention the thrill and satisfaction off having a custom desktop with the programs you choose and graphic desi...

I updated my page with fresh links to real-time Space Weather data to include SOHO EIT 171 Latest Image, SOHO LASCO C2 Latest Image, NASA ACE Satellite Real-Time Solar Wind Data Broadcast, NOAA POES Satallite Auroral Maps, Solar X-ray status, Geomagnetic Field status, how to read the gauges and what...

I have never edited /etc/fstab once in 25 years. I've never had to.

This works for me:

I've been caught out a few times. Searching has provided the answers but I'd like a user manual/guide type of thing. Advice please.Thanks. Someone is writing one right no, and you show in a most timely manner there is an audience for it. Until then, this may be of some assistance: https://www.debia...

VLC is not the most sable video player to begin with. I like it bet but any time I use it I never know when it will freeze controls and have to reboot the computer to get past it. Parole and MPV Video Player are both options I have available.

I've never dual-booted but this build of Kali GNU/Linux 2024.3 is 3 years old and ran continuously on a Lenovo 100 GB HDD. I would ditch Windows or buy another HDD and install Kali as the only OS. You'll have better luck.

Kali GNU/Linux 2024.3 on a Lenovo T61. This is a build I started with at 2021.3 and has run continuously using rolling updates with the only problem being an impossible situation. Something I had never heard of and turned out not to exist.

A recent bump to Kali GNU/Linux 2924.3 on a Lenovo N23 Chromebook using Xfce as a DE, with Gkrellm for meters qmmp for music, Thunar for FM, Qterminal with one of my wallpapers. Beg_For_Me.jpg She was mad the other Robotica girls were hogging the photoshoot spotlight, but she is my creation and excl...

You've thrown out a seed concerning behavior modification. I'm confident I could challenge much of the modern thinking on that. As far as I'm concerned we figured most of it out a few thousand years ago. I could harp on the misappropriation of 'intent' and the misdirection of 'ego'. Instead, I appe...

I thought I was posting to the Off-Topic sub-forum and didn't mean it to go in Debian news. You've thrown out a seed concerning behavior modification. I'm confident I could challenge much of the modern thinking on that. As far as I'm concerned we figured most of it out a few thousand years ago. I co...

In 2021 I informed FreeBSD Admin the FreeBSD forums of today was not the same community I joined in 2012, the forums no longer represented my values and if they would be so kind as to delete two tutorials I had written and posted there, I would disappear with them and there would be no further inter...

For clarity, I am not talking about, or in any way a proponent of, dumbing-down the userbase. With the exception of an infulx or people who are, and at this moment experiencing strange new rituals that will frighten away some and make Sorcerers or others. Everyone should be able to use the command l...

I just wanted to point out what new users perceive as harsh can vary widely from what an experienced user would think harsh, snobbery, or leetism And don't always pass it off as being lazy. If you're dumb today there's always hope for tomorrow. Cut them some slack today and go from there. When I fir...

I don't know how it's "elitist" to say that one should do their research when trying something new. I mean, ain't that always the first thing to do? And, by the way, if someone's too lazy to search for quick start / guide / alike, I'd not expect him/her as well to even consider looking fo...

It's not about being elitist/1337, as I said, Linux isn't hard to learn. In your opinion. I'm guessing you know a lot of people who are of the same opinion. I have met 1, one, person in the last 19 years who actually knew what BSD was, he's dead, and I don't know anyone who uses Linux and don't rem...

And here you have it: 19 years of the history of Linux seen through the eyes of a complete newbie (who still wouldn't make it out without the nice nerds who spend time helping on the forums…), how it is that strive and endeavour to use Linux people who never studied computer science in high school ...