You do feel old when you discover that you are still referring to wheezy, the old stable in your package sources (the original, one and only real “appstore” )
Mood
Shameful
They gave the parish a nice and nifty Suse laptop some years ago.
And they erased Free as ib freedom software (software libero in Italian) to install a copy of the proprietary (in)operative system they are all trained to use.
That’s not shameful. That’s saddening
You may look modern
Polari is a shiny, modern client for Gnome3, the “more modern” Linux desktop. Nice
Implemented in JavaScript. Nice
Sleek and smooth. Nice
And lacking the /away command. Ouch!
This is a severe lack IMHO. Even the ancient AmIRC did have it!
Readings
Some readings, professional updates, extending my certified proficiencies but mostly important Geronimo Stilton, read with my 5years old daughter, my most important task
Time to install MailPile on my personal cloud server:
I was already cursing Ubuntu and Android with unholy and foul evocations when I was suddenly enlightened: may the cable be the source of my problems?
I think I will blog more often here, using it almost as a microblog. Too much accounts, too much services. Continue reading
What does Modem Stand For?
http://www.tech-faq.com/what-does-modem-stand-for.html
One feels old when news sites have to explain what you have witnessed
Finally
Winter has finally begun
Nostalgia
http://m.slashdot.org/story/303799
Yahoo To Spin Off Everything That Makes It Yahoo
Yahoo is perhaps the last giant of the beginning of the net.
Such news triggers the nostalgia effect