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Cake day: July 3rd, 2023

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  • Hope you enjoy your new laptop!

    I’ve been 100% Linux for a few years now and absolutely love it. It’s not perfect, every now and then things break and become somehow frustrating, but it’s a different type of frustrating compared with Windows forcing ads or Apple gaslighting you into something, we are a huge community of users that want the best for our users, not greedy investors.

    In my case I’ve stuck with Mint +XFCE for old computers and Kubuntu (Ubuntu + KDE) for new ones. Tried others but Ubuntu/Mint “just works” and eases a ton of pain, I haven’t got much free time to bother.


  • In terms of keeping him safe online look into some content filtering for the whole home network, either paid or self-hosted.

    Projects that act upon physical stuff are the most rewarding. Something simple such as building a simple Python script that interacts with a smart home API and turns switches on/off or changes light colors around the house are relatively simple and require no hardware/mechanics if you’re not into robotics, soldering or circuit boards.

    You’ve got a great kid :)


  • Sorry, I laughed harder than I should have just imagining the whole thing.

    Thank you for telling your story, I’ll think about your rachet strap whenever I remember about my Coke can and that will definitely provide some comfort knowing there’s just some crazy nonsensical people out there.