Posts by Tab Numlock

1. 2025-01-04 at 3:36 PM UTC in Anyone else using Linux?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston
   Helps if you have family or friends who use your computers. Most people don't want to become Linux hobbyists. They just want to use Chrome, edit some photos, play a couple of games, write a letter or go on Zoom. Some cheery wallpaper is always nice.
   
   
   
   It's fun trying to figure out the most user friendly configuration for Linux. Here's what I do to Zorin:
   
   *Chrome (deb file)
   *Tweaks
   *Extension Manager
   *Pinta
   *Deluge
   *Input Remapper (deb file)
   *Boxes
   *Timeshift
   *Plex server
   *Blur My Shell extension
   *Weather O'Clock extension
   *Panel Scroll extension
   *Gnome Clipboard extension
   *Shutdown Timer extension
   *Enlarge fonts in Tweaks to 1.10
   *Swap Caps Lock and Esc in Tweaks
   *Move Super key to Win-R in Tweaks
   *Swap Ctrl-R and Win-R in Tweaks (If no Win-R key)
   *Turn off Attach Modal Dialogues in Tweaks
   *Enlarge Cursor to medium
   *Install nautilus-admin
   *Turn on Sound Keys
   *Turn off auto screen lock
   *Turn off auto login
   *Open firewall ports for Zorin Connect and Plex
   *Set clock to AM/PM and add day of week
   *Reload my wallpapers from Google Drive
   *Make Chrome website shortcuts
   *Rearrange Taskbar
   
   I keep this list for new installs.
2. 2025-01-04 at 2:18 PM UTC in Anyone else using Linux?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston

   Originally posted by the man who put it in my hood i'm gonna put serenityOS on my laptop for teh lulz
   

   
   Looks like Win2000, the first good version of Windows. I used to turn off the colored junk on XP to make it look and run like Win2000.
3. 2025-01-04 at 12:33 AM UTC in what's the last thing you bought?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston
   Winter gloves for $10 (now $9, might get another pair). Has Thinsulate.
   
   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG27MKWD
   
   
   
   I'm always losings gloves so I put my phone number in the pockets.
   
   Protip: Instead of cutting the strap off (not needed unless you are a skier), I just moved it around to the other side.
4. 2025-01-03 at 8:03 PM UTC in Anyone else using Linux?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston
   Tried Debian and pretty much everything else. Nothing respects dark mode like Zorin tho.
   
   I set up Zorin Core to look like Win11 (but with the tray on the far left). Also stayed with Chrome, which works exactly the same. My family members don't notice the diff.
   
   I highly recommend Pinta for light photo editing. Easy to figure out. Most people are fine with Google Docs or free Office 365. Not a gamer but I guess gaming has gotten pretty good.
5. 2025-01-03 at 7 PM UTC in Anyone else using Linux?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston
   I switched to Zorin Core a couple of years ago when I saw the way Windows was going.
   
   
   
   
   Tried a bunch of distros on Ventoy but see no reason to hop. Most are ugly.
   
   I run old quad core biz desktops that I get for $50 and add a $20 SSD and 27" monitor for $90.
6. 2025-01-03 at 6:45 PM UTC in whats your upload speed and download speed
   

   Tab Numlock Houston

   Originally posted by POLECAT go to speed test and do a speed test let me know your speeds please. I'm trying to figure out if I have bad speed or ok speed

   
   1Gig up/down for $50. We just got fiber here. Because I signed up in the first month, they're giving me that instead of a half gig. Don't really need it.
7. 2025-01-01 at 5:03 PM UTC in What do you think of my 'park model' trailer design?
   

   Tab Numlock Houston
   Park models have to be under 400sf and are classified as RVs so you pay no property tax. Good luck finding land to put it on cuz most localities won't let you live in an RV. You'd probably have to rent a section of someone's larger property or put it in an RV park. Tiny homes have the same problem. More sensible to just go with a trailer even if you don't need the room. Lots of rural areas are zoned for them.
   
   
   
   
   
   More pics:
   
   https://imgur.com/a/kO4OD
8. 2024-12-31 at 10:51 PM UTC in What are you doing at the moment
   

   Tab Numlock Houston

   Originally posted by The Self Taught Man Just popped a few klonopin and sipping on sum mich ultra.
   
   Nerds!!

   
   How are the severe leg cramps?
9. 2024-12-31 at 6:29 PM UTC in Seems like WWIII is back on again
   

   Tab Numlock Houston

   Originally posted by Speedy Parker Why not move the "Palestinians" there?

   
   We're not fighting $2T wars for them.
10. 2024-12-28 at 2:32 PM UTC in Seems like WWIII is back on again
    

    Tab Numlock Houston
    I've been hearing this shit my whole life and I'm old. It's time to move Israel. I suggest New Britain, an island twice the size of Israel off New Guinea. Half a million primitive people live there. Pay each one $1MM to move to the mainland. That's $500B. Cheap compared to our usual $2T war for them. No hurricanes cuz it's near the equator. Does have volcanoes tho.
    
    
    
    
11. 2024-12-28 at 2:23 PM UTC in I Have A Bust Of Jordan Peterson
    

    Tab Numlock Houston
    Captured his hair plugs.
12. 2024-12-28 at 12:14 AM UTC in I'm promoting this place on F5BBS
    

    Tab Numlock Houston

    Originally posted by Landy Pamm what is F5BBS
    No Link, No History. Just a random statement like everyone would get moist about it and know where to discover this Racist site with no penalties

    
    https://f5bbs.com/
    
    I hope you're all not that stupid.
13. 2024-12-27 at 11:01 PM UTC in I'm promoting this place on F5BBS
    

    Tab Numlock Houston
    Soon to be shut down.
    
    Pluses:
    
    *You can say nigger and see the joo
    *It scales well (I use 27" monitors half-screen)
    *It's not garish red