nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqpzna02749rgut5ypawxe7yk6c2a39a3fzfyfm0ds8mu04a6m33xs964fe8 She is currently using Zorin, which is apparently a privacy-focused Ubuntu variant that I don't know much about. This was recommended by some online privacy course she was taking.

My recommendation to new users is almost always that the best distro is the one your friend uses, so you can get support when questions come up. In this case she paid for a supported version, so since things were working, and her course used it, I advised her to stick with it for now.

I still regularly attend a local Linux Users' Group I joined over 20 years ago. Last night something happened I hadn't seen in some time--a brand new Linux user showed up with their Thinkpad looking for advice.

She was a Windows 10 user who drew the line at Windows 11 AI's invasion of privacy, and wanted a clean break. Apparently many of her friends are watching her to see how the switch goes. Interesting times...

#Linux #LUG

The stole is finished! Because the silk is reflecting a lot of light, I'm finding it hard to take a good picture that shows the colors accurately (a dark hunter green and a light felt green).

This was a challenging project, but by the end I got into a good groove.

#weaving

Here you can see 480, 6-yard strands of dark grey wool, 240 still on the warping board, and 240 already chained and hanging from the corner of it. This is going to max out the width of my loom when I make a couple of wool lap blankets (shhh! they are presents!).

#weaving

I noticed a hole in one of my favorite shirts a few weeks back and noticed it again when I put it on this morning, but unlike in the past, today I decided to do something about it. I took a brief break from the job hunt to fetch my sewing kit and try my hand at darning. Is it an amazing job? No, but it was my first time, darn it!

#mending #sewing

nostr:npub1up6yx0k9a2qt4s26rzxd38nkmd2tjqqv46l7z57z3m4xnstgenwsjn5rqj I think it's a great fit and I'm happy to see you there!

This trip down Librem 5 memory lane leaves a guy feeling nostalgic and a little emotional.

https://puri.sm/posts/the-path-to-the-liberty-phone/

#Librem5

Congratulations nostr:npub173mfyz7h3p9gq8gff22654cyekmx7ft4cdsr4cl4g90gzmd3k4lqcjzw5u team on hitting shipping parity for the mass-produced Librem 5! I know first hand how hard everyone has worked to get to this point and how many obstacles you faced along the way.

https://puri.sm/posts/thank-you-librem-5-supporters/

#Librem5

nostr:npub1qg48cy9nkrm0pkeuz7e9zrzeq2n6lnlwyn30u9zd0xe07g9qvras00augv Hardware is a challenging business, even harder if trying to do it ethically (much harder than ethical software). Creating custom hardware (instead of white label) is even harder and requires a significant amount of cash up front.

The main alternative to private funding is crowdsourcing, and I can say from personal experience that there are many problems with that approach as well.

I don't have a good solution, but I do have empathy for people who are trying to find one.

nostr:npub1nyxvyf4208xds46gveeyds5zw38q96wx3pvmd3qdhcsv87xggdas9artuy Uniform in this case. My weaving tends to be uniform and symmetrical.

In light of Bram's passing, I thought I should mention how vim has been a part of my life. It's been my preferred text editor (and the text editor for my mail client, mutt) for 25 years.

It's even more significant as an author, because all twelve of my published books, all of my other book contributions, and a decade of monthly columns for Linux Journal magazine were all written in vim. My most recent two books were written *and* formatted in vim using LaTeX. Thank you Bram.

#vim