Notices by kz6fittycent ✅ (kz6fittycent@mastodon.rocks), page 3

@popey I guess I'm a bit of a nerd, too....🤔

@BryanLunduke

If your grandma said, "Sonny, get me some Linux!!" , which distro would you immediately reach for? Now, think this through, because when you have to face her later that afternoon, not 5 minutes after you've just explained what to do "if", you gotta do it all again.

So, which one's it gonna be?

@JaseEW @captainapathetic @BryanLunduke Solus.

@BryanLunduke if you're reading this, I'm gonna ask you an awesome question.

If you were a Linux kernel, which version would you be?

@JaseEW yes... Odd indeed...

@JaseEW @fatboy sounds like it needs to be snapped

I've built an ansible snap and I could use some help from anyone willing to test it:

sudo snap install --devmode --edge ansible-snap

command: ansible-snap.ansible

Just type ansible- and <TAB> and you'll get the list of commands for ansible.

TIA.

@miwilc I thought Hannah Montana OS held that title...

I did a quick #video walk-through (non-verbal) of #POP!_OS. It looks amazing, like sooooooo clean. It's got a couple of quirks...but still, I like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYEqzafV2v4

@popey
🤔

I've noticed lately that several snaps have been throwing similar errors:

ohmygiraffe

Could not set video mode: Could not create GL context: BadValue
Error: [string "boot.lua"]:332: Could not set window mode
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'assert'
[string "boot.lua"]:332: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:241>
[C]: in function 'xpcall'

Could not set video mode: Could not create GL context: BadValue

See attached images.

https://mastodon.rocks/media/bhQCshTzWv-5eZdl5Fk https://mastodon.rocks/media/Ec_f0U6y5VxGYhn534E

@BryanLunduke

For Linux Thursday:

When will Linux distros fully support HIDPI? If so, how will it affect the cosmos and reality as we know it?

Will Wayland be the key or will Mir save the day? Or will it be....x12? 🤣

@popey I've upgraded straight to 17.10 and I have to say that I like Canonical's approach to Gnome much better than Gnome's bare bones, minimalistic mentality.

It still saddens me that it's not Unity. It's reminiscent enough that it's like seeing someone who reminds you of a deceased loved one.

I hope that 18.04 keeps this closeness to Unity going, if not improving the experience of Gnome like 17.10 does.

@AndrzejL @MattHartley @BryanLunduke

I seen it with my own eyes!!

@popey I've discovered that building snaps is not...easy.

Have you had any luck with the Wire snap?