Switching desktop Linux from Debian to Fedora
Last week I switched the operating system on my daily driver (Lenovo ThinkPad T14s) from Debian 12 to Fedora 40. In this post I write a little about why I switched and how the switch went.
Philip Newborough - Web Developer and Linux Enthusiast
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Firefox Nightly as a daily driver
I believe that it's really important to support and use Firefox. Not only do I think that Mozilla understand/support user's privacy more than Google, but I also think it's important for the health of the web that more than one option exists when it comes to rendering engines. Also, it's a really good web browser.
Single computing device lifestyle
I've recently decided to simplify my life by moving away from using multiple computers to using a single laptop. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of using a single computer?
Redux
As a web developer, I like to build and rebuild websites. My own website is no different.
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How to create Bash aliases in Fedora
Creating your own Bash aliases is a relatively easy process. That said, I recently switched my desktop linux distribution from Debian to Fedora and there are subtle differences.
How to set-up a crontab file
In Linux, Cron is a daemon/service that executes shell commands periodically on a given schedule. Cron is driven by a crontab, a configuration file that holds details of what commands are to be run along with a timetable of when to run them. Knowing how to use Cron is key to mastering automation with Linux.
Status
Thoughts and good wishes going out to the CrowdStrike developer(s) responsible for today's global IT outages. Tomorrow is another day 🤗
"Microsoft suggests switching it off and on again… 15 times" LOL.
Been keeping any eye on the CrowdStrike IT failures all morning. I find this stuff super interesting. I dipped into Twitter a few times to see reactions and wish I hadn't. Twitter is a total dumpster fire with lots of misinformation and shitposts aimed at Microsoft. Anyhow, old school radio FTW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_SvsKXFxM
Creating a new Nextcloud instance just for me.
It's good to see that the Fedora Project is asking questions about AI/ML use in Fedora. I suspect this is something Microsoft did not consider asking their Windows 11 users? I'm thinking all of Microsoft's decisions to include AI in Windows were/are financially driven with little consideration given to users. Anyhow, details of the Fedora survey are here: discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-…
I'm seeing some backlash aimed at Mozilla in regards to their new Ad Tech feature in Firefox. I think it's probably justified. I also think it was definitely to be expected; Firefox has a tiny share of the browser market and I would imagine most its users are technical and probably loyal. It's not hard to imagine how they might feel when their favourite browser starts to disrespect their privacy. Not sure what is happening at Mozilla lately. It's disappointing.
Just switched my daily driver from Debian 12 to Fedora 40.
As I get older, I worry that I might start repeating myself on here.
I've been pretty quiet on here for a while (more so than normal). I tend to spend a lot of time riding my bike during the summer months.
Tomorrow, I've been tasked with taking some drone photos. Our regular drone pilot is away on paternity leave. I've never flown a drone before, so I've just taken it outside for a rehearsal flight. IMHO, the hardest part of flying a drone is figuring out how to switch the bloody thing on! Also, the DJI Mini 3 is an incredible bit of technology.
Bookmarks
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Quitting Windows - It's All Just Electrons I'm not happy about quitting Windows and leaving my decades of experience behind. But I'm relieved to get off the ride. It hasn't been good for a long time.
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Lea Gröber: Understanding self-hosting and security through Nextcloud - Nextcloud -
Google Now Defaults to Not Indexing Your Content - Vincent Schmalbach Google is no longer trying to index the entire web. In fact, it's become extremely selective, refusing to index most content. This isn't about content creators failing to meet some arbitrary standard of quality. Rather, it's a fundamental change in how Google approaches its role as a search engine.
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"Privacy-Preserving" Attribution: Mozilla Disappoints Us Yet Again Firefox users are not a captive audience that needs to be coddled, they are generally full-grown adult computer users who need to be listened to
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Adactio: Journal—Ad tech Now, it’s one thing to roll out a new so-called “feature” to benefit behavioural advertising. It’s quite another to make it enabled by default. That’s a piece of deceptive design that has no place in Firefox. Defaults matter. Browser makers know this. It’s no accident that this “feature” was enabled by default.
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HTML 5 support in PHP 8.4 - stitcher.io -
PHP: The Right Way -
Why I Blog. You Should Too! You should start a blog. If you disagree, I certainly understand the hesitancy. I was once like you! I’m here to convince you otherwise. I’ll start with a short tale about the inception of shellsharks and the unsuccessful blogging attempts which preceded it.
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Leaflet - a JavaScript library for interactive maps Leaflet is the leading open-source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Weighing just about 42 KB of JS, it has all the mapping features most developers ever need.
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adriangibbons/php-fit-file-analysis: A PHP class for analysing FIT files created by Garmin GPS devices
Folksonomy
I like tag all content on my site. See below for my ever-growing list of tags.
- accessibility
- activitypub
- adblocking
- advice
- advocacy
- ai
- amd
- android
- antispam
- apache
- api
- apple
- applications
- arc
- automation
- backups
- bash
- bitlocker
- blogs
- bluesky
- bootstrap
- browserextensions
- business
- caturday
- chatgpt
- cheatsheet
- chrome
- codeigniter
- codeium
- coding
- coffee
- components
- composer
- copilot
- cron
- crowdstrike
- crunchbang
- crypto
- css
- databases
- datatables
- dayjob
- debian
- devnull
- django
- dns
- documentation
- dropbox
- economics
- emoji
- encryption
- enshittification
- favicons
- fediverse
- fedora
- firefox
- flask
- flathub
- flatpak
- fontawesome
- fonts
- games
- git
- github
- gnome
- gps
- gpu
- groundhogday
- guides
- hacking
- halloween
- hardware
- history
- honeypot
- hosting
- htaccess
- html
- htmx
- humour
- icons
- images
- indieweb
- inspiration
- insync
- intel
- interviews
- javascript
- jquery
- js
- json
- laptop
- lincolnlug
- linode
- linux
- lowtech
- lug
- mailchimp
- maps
- mariadb
- markdown
- mastodon
- materialdesign
- microformats
- microsoft
- minimalism
- mozilla
- music
- mysql
- mythicbeasts
- ncis
- newsletters
- nextcloud
- node
- nostalgia
- ntp
- nvidia
- oggcamp
- onedrive
- opengraph
- openhardware
- opensource
- opinions
- patreon
- performance
- php
- podcasts
- posse
- presentations
- privacy
- puppeteer
- pwa
- python
- radio
- regularexpressions
- rss
- safari
- sass
- security
- seo
- snap
- socialmedia
- sql
- ssh
- steam
- svg
- terminal
- thinkpad
- thunderbird
- tools
- truth
- ubuntu
- video
- visualisations
- vpn
- vscode
- wayland
- webcomponents
- webrings
- what3words
- windows
- wordpress
- writing
- wsl
- youtube
