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tailkinker

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A slightly mad author with delusions of talent. If it wasn't for crossovers, I'd not be able to write.

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Comment! 🐧

Describe your relationship with Linux in one word.
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@itsfoss Committed.

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@georgetakei Nobody should call her anything but 'piggy' going forward. And tell her they mean it as respect.

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Is this what Mac users think our setups look like? 🤔

There is a disassembled laptop here with its inner and outer bits visible. We can see the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, the cooling fan, the battery, some thin wires, and a few USB ports in this picture.
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@itsfoss You mean yours doesn't?

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@georgetakei I might hate her music, but I have nothing but mad respect and admiration for the lady herself.

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Kid who?

A tweet from TheRealThelmaJohnson (@TheRealThelmaJ1) reads: “Almost a dozen tickets had to be refunded.” Below is a split image showing Kid Rock on the left and another man in a suit on the right. A fake breaking news banner reads: “KID ROCK CANCELS ALL TOUR DATES IN NEW YORK CITY FOR NEXT YEAR. ‘SORRY NYC, BUT I DON’T SING FOR COMMIES.’”
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@georgetakei Yet another good thing Mamdami has done for New York.

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Since it's spooky month, here's a 4 word horror story for you:

Kernel level anti cheat

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@gamingonlinux As a technician, there's a scarier one:

Custom loop liquid cooling.

Seen more dead machines...

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What do you like the most about Linux?
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@itsfoss I tell it what to do, and it either does it, or it tells me in great detail why it can't. And never is the answer, "I'll do it if you give me money."

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JD Vance says Gavin Newsom is mimicking Trump to sound more authentic. Did a brain worm get to him, too?

A screenshot of an X post by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar ) on X.com, posted by a verified user with a profile picture of a man with glasses. The post reads: "JD Vance: 'This idea that Gavin Newsom is somehow gonna mimic Donald Trump's style -- I think that ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump's political success, which is that he's authentic.'" The post includes a video thumbnail from a Fox News broadcast labeled "ONE-ON-ONE WITH VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE" and "THE INGRAHAM ANGLE," showing a man in a suit with a blue tie speaking, with American flags in the background and an "EXCLUSIVE" label on the screen.
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@georgetakei A brain worm in JD Vance would starve to death pretty quick.

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@georgetakei I have sharper wooden spoons.

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It’s as pointless as trying to win an argument with a MAGA cultist. A waste of time and energy, I say!

Tweet from user '@dieworkwear' reads, "Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine."
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@georgetakei I'd rather deal with artificial intelligence than with genuine stupidity.

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We’ve gone from "Uncle Sam Wants You" to "I’ll Deport You."

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@georgetakei I want to see a bunch of people sign up, get their signing bonuses, and then start warning people where the raids are gonna be...

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@georgetakei Diddler On The Roof.

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Comment below 🐧

How long have you been using Linux?
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@itsfoss Since 1995, so...30 years?

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Jump scare.

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@georgetakei He looks like a recovering stroke victim.

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Even Putin's propagandists can't keep up with this flip-flopping!

A tweet by RT (@RT_com ) reads: "President Trump warns Moscow, claiming Russia avoided ‘REALLY BAD’ consequences only thanks to him. ‘Putin doesn’t realize… he’s playing with fire!’ — Trump’s message leaves little room for misinterpretation. Until he posts the opposite tomorrow morning." It quotes a tweet by Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump ) from 5 minutes ago: "What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD. He’s playing with fire!"
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@georgetakei Trump Always Chickens Out.

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The bronzer is looking rather Wonka lately.

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One actually serves a useful purpose.

The image is a screenshot of a social media post by "no context memes" (@weirdddalle ). The post features an image of a Tesla Cybertruck parked next to a dumpster in a parking lot, with another vehicle partially visible on the left. The text on the image reads: "Spot the difference" followed by a broken heart emoji (). The background includes trees, a fence, and a building, with a sign on the dumpster enclosure.
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Oh, snap! We DID NOT see this coming. 😮

https://news.itsfoss.com/onepackage-announcement/

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@itsfoss I actually got excited.
Then I checked the date.
sigh

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This should chill everyone in this country to the bone. All she did was write an OpEd the administration didn’t like. This is fascistic suppression of free speech.

The image is a screenshot of a post on X by The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ ). The post reads: "Federal immigration authorities detained a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University. The government hasn’t filed any charges against Rumeysa Ozturk, who was in the U.S. on a student visa, her lawyer said. Read more: on.wsj.com/3E3AM0b." Below the text, there is an image showing a person in a hoodie detaining another person in a white coat and headscarf outside an apartment, with a car and another person in a cap nearby. The image caption reads: "off-campus apartment."
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@georgetakei Last time this shit happened, it took a multinational alliance to put them down.

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We stop this now, or we become like Russia. Plain as day.

A screenshot of a Karoline Leavitt at the White House press briefing room. The text overlay states: "WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT WILL DECIDE WHICH MEDIA OUTLETS COVER TRUMP IN PRESS POOL." The date "Feb. 25" and location "Washington" are displayed in the upper right corner. The image suggests a discussion about media access and press coverage related to former President Donald Trump.
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@georgetakei Good luck stopping it.

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Windows missing from GRUB? Here’s how to get it back.

https://itsfoss.com/grub-os-prober/

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@itsfoss Rejoice!

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@georgetakei Tweeted fourteen hours before the crash:

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Which side are you on? 🐧 🤔

There are two people having a conversation, the one with the pea-sized brain says, “THAT DISTRO IS BLOATWARE WHY YOU USING IT YOU SHOULD USE THE DISTRO I USE BECAUSE IT HAS MORE UPDATES MORE CUSTOMISATION OPTIONS AND HAS BETTER PACKAGE MANAGER AND A GOOD WIKI AND ALL OTHER STUFF YOU ARE A NOOB ON LINUX”. The other person with a normal-sized brain replies,“I just use the one im comfortable with”.
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@itsfoss I used to advocate for Ubuntu. I stopped after a while, because I no longer had the energy.

But it wasn't until after I stopped that Canonical started doing things I really didn't like.

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No reason to leave Linux for Windows in 2025.

https://itsfoss.com/not-switching-to-windows/

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@itsfoss After a year of not booting to Windows on my dual-boot PC, I just took the NVMe out.

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How has your experience been? 😜

POV — You are using Vim for the first time. In the photo for “Before”, the person in seen happy. In the photo for "After", the person looks dead inside.
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@itsfoss Just say no to vim.

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Mullvad Browser is a strong privacy-focused alternative to Google Chrome.

https://news.itsfoss.com/mullvad-browser-app/

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@itsfoss The problem with anything Firefox-based is that Firefox is broken overall. Half the pages I frequent on the internet do not work properly in Firefox. Half the services provided by my computer, that require a browser to access, do not work on Firefox. Until Mozilla can make their browser work wit 95% of the internet, I cannot use it.

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@itsfoss You cannot post pictures to Bluesky from Mullvad. Cannot even connect to my Foundry server. Guess I'll just be uninstalling it.

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Xfce 4.20 lands with many upgrades.

https://news.itsfoss.com/xfce-4-20-release/

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@itsfoss One thing has kept me from using XFCE as my daily driver. Maximize left and maximize right have been configured in OpenBox (on my computer) to be 65% and 35% my screen width respectively. I need this functionality. So, if XFCE 4.20 supports this, great! Otherwise, I'm sticking with OpenBox.

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Do you use Microsoft Edge on Linux?

https://news.itsfoss.com/microsoft-edge-browser-losing/

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@itsfoss Microsoft couldn't pay me to use their browser.

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We didn't see this coming. What about you? 🤔

https://news.itsfoss.com/kde-gnome-official-distro/

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@itsfoss Does this mean they'll keep their crud out of my OS?

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True story? 😜

The 32 GB of RAM I installed on my laptop. There is a photo of a cat called “my Linux system” sitting on a comically gigantic couch.
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@itsfoss Feels relatable...

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Please support it 😔

video/mp4

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@itsfoss There is no longer a need to go back to Windows for gaming. Every game I play runs perfectly fine under Linux. Only those with anti-cheat software, who are not trying to adjust, remain a problem.

Vote with your wallet. And let those game devs know that if they don't support your platform, you won't support them.

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What your coffee says about the average user ...

This is a funny meme about coffee preparation methods/machines and what they supposedly say about the user's personality, particularly relating them to different Linux distros. It shows 5 different coffee brewing methods and machines: 1. Debian user: Been using same machine for 10 years. (Drip coffee machine machine) 2. Gentoo user: Spends hours setting everything up (Espresso machine machine) 3. Arch User: It is all they need (Pour over machine) 4. Fedora User : Looks pretty cool (Chemex machine) 5. Ubuntu User - Preconfigured by manufacturer (Single-serve pod machine)
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@nixCraft I don't see my moka pot. But I have been using it for ten years...

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Do you use any specific productivity tools on Linux? Which ones are your favorites?
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@itsfoss Oddly, I write my own...though I rely on groff as a back-end.

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Break free from the flock and spread your wings with Bluesky and Mastodon!

https://itsfoss.com/bluesky-vs-mastodon/

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@itsfoss Why not both?