Notices by Alan Pope ✅ 🍺 🐧 🐱 (popey@mastodon.social), page 19

@garrett Hm. Desktop Firefox doesn't have it? I couldn't find it, but figured that was me being unfamiliar with the UI and terminology. I've recently switched to Firefox on my desktop to test it out a bit. Be a shame if some of those crucial things I use aren't available.

Google Chrome has this "Add to desktop.." option I use a lot to make windowed 'WebApps' on my Ubuntu desktop. Does a recent Mozilla Firefox have a similar function, easily accessed? (i.e. not manually making .desktop files) https://mastodon.social/media/LfTSmb4uOC_VLCA0w3M

My furry desk companion has joined me now the kids have gone back to school. https://mastodon.social/media/s0OlsqToksNGaiYFSvg

@garrett Ouch! Hope you get that sorted soon! Sounds like a proper nightmare. The worst I had was not being able to pay for my car MoT, so had to bring along a family member with a credit card which was slightly embarrassing.

@garrett Yeah, I have a backup phone at home which I can spin up pretty quickly. Still a bunch of faff to do.

It was fun describing my wallet to lost property offices though.
"It looks like an old Atari 2600 video games console".
"Neat! No, we don't have it". https://mastodon.social/media/e4nSrSV3UjfIrdXnu2E

@theoutrider Heh! Funny seeing that doing the rounds again. I worked with Timo at Canonical. Was fun having meetings with him as his cats would often walk in front of the webcam (as would mine) :)

Lost my wallet last week. Not sure which is more annoying. Losing wallet (all cards and driving license) or phone.

@n8 "I'm afraid I have no interest in getting into the Linux packaging game." - Kovid Goyal (Calibre author). :( https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/1699620/comments/2

@DistroJunkie @sil awww. That's the nicest thing anyone ever said to me on Mastodon :)

@ted I have recently invested in a new motherboard for my 486 laptop. I'm okay, screw you guys.

"Due to the ongoing evolution of the fixes for the recently announced Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities, we are delaying the 16.04.4 point release, originally scheduled for the week of February 15."
#ubuntu
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-January/004270.html

"Bionic Beaver, the codename for the next Ubuntu LTS release, is due in April 2018 and will ship with both the traditional Xorg graphics stack as well as the newer Wayland based stack, but Xorg will be the default"

https://community.ubuntu.com/t/xorg-will-be-the-default-in-18-04-lts/3623?u=willcooke

This (grubby) USB cable is easily my most cherished. Reversible on both ends. The middle connector on the "A" end moves so you can shove it in either way round. You can bury me with this thing. https://mastodon.social/media/qugiRPtzsv4ZiUSt4L8

MicroCity - City Simulation in your pocket. Runs on the Arduboy. This is so cute and very playable. All I need now are my glasses! https://community.arduboy.com/t/microcity-city-simulation-in-your-pocket/4808

https://mastodon.social/media/IVl5zIm4N3MkhEp7PTk https://mastodon.social/media/xDhRHotncTBzGSgW534 https://mastodon.social/media/ME7lmav4qkRIDUMmQMU

Excellent! The first (free) issue of HackSpace magazine arrived today. Perfect for weekend reading. https://mastodon.social/media/ZTNCwOY0_3tfu2vXErw

@ankitpati Probably best asking the Mir developers on the linked community hub thread.

Canonical are hiring. Looking for a talented C++ developer to work on the Mir display server. Details at the community hub link where you can ask questions and get more details. Please share! https://community.ubuntu.com/t/mirs-hiring/1856?u=saviq