2017 archive
Geeking Out 0
Devuan v. 1 with the XFCE desktop environment in VirtualBox on Slackware –Current. Peeking out from behind Devuan is a virtual machine of Windows 7, on which QMMP is playing music from KCEA (KCEA doesn’t rock; it swings).
Click to see the the full image.
Devuan has reached a full release version, though the beta was a darned find piece of work. I upgraded from the beta using the commands
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get autoclean
apt-get autoremove
In case you don’t know (and there is a good chance you don’t unless you are in my Linux World), Devuan is a fork of Debian without SystemD. It still uses SystemV, because many folks have issues (mostly philosophical because SystemD, however annoying it can be, does indeed work) with SystemD.
Give it a try. It installs like butter.
H/T to SystemAU (NSFW–those Aussies swear bigly) for informing me that Devuan was out of beta.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
A noose was found Saturday on the Mall, at least the third in that area in recent weeks.
The noose was found hanging from a lamppost near the National Gallery of Art, said Sgt. Anna Rose, the spokeswoman for the U.S. Park Police.
Words fail me.
“One Nation, under God” 0
In The Guardian, Daniel José Camacho explores the intertwining of Christianity, racism, and right-wing politics in the United States. A snippet:
During the annual meeting, they initially declined to pass a resolution doing just that. Chaos ensued at the denomination’s annual meeting and a firestorm of criticism quickly followed. Delegates eventually passed a modified version of the resolution – originally drafted by one of its black pastors – but the damage had been done.
It would be a mistake to interpret this fiasco simply as a misstep. The Southern Baptist Convention’s reluctance to condemn racism is not only true to its history but it reflects how white supremacy is built into the very DNA of American Christianity.
Follow the link to see why he said that.
Trickle-On Trickery 0
Eugene Robinson considers cycles. A snippet (emphasis added).
It ended up being a shot of poison. Growth rates lagged behind those in neighboring states and the nation as a whole. Deficits mounted to unsustainable levels. Services withered. Brownback had set in motion a vicious cycle, not a virtuous one.
The assumption that underlies Republican fondness for the laughable curve is both simple and malign. It is the belief that there is no such thing as the common good.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Officers who arrived at the scene said the victim’s 6-year-old sibling accidentally discharged a handgun and the bullet struck the 4-year-old.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Trumpling a nation of immigrants.
Court documents indicate Kenneth Sjarpe initiated a shouting match with a trio of relatives, using racial slurs, telling them to get out of the country, and threatening to shoot them.
Barnum Was an Optimist 0
He thought that there was only one born every minute. Bob Molinaro, sportswriter extraordinaire, reports (emphasis in the original):
The Comeyuppance, Reprise 0
(Warning: Language.)