2023

Despite many features, one that seems missing from KDE Kate . . .

The office desktop, also the house network file server, hosts . . .

Some backups were needed after deciding to retain Windows 10 . . .

The journey continues with the house network Thinkpad T580. Slackware . . .

A distracting KDE bug is clicking on a taskbar icon . . .

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) long has been known for . . .

For many years a 19 inch Acer X193w+ computer monitor . . .

Conky is a handy tool but configuring can be cantankerous. . . .

Adjusting to the new T580 laptop continues. One oddball event . . .

Linux console text editors mostly remain obtuse for many users. . . .

Like all laptops, the newly acquired Thinkpad T580 came with . . .

Not quite the curious incident of the dog in the . . .

After toying with Windows 10 for some hours the time . . .

The house network is quite different from decades ago using . . .

The house network welcomed a new member, a Thinkpad T580 . . .

Browsing online computer discussions often finds questions about transferring large . . .

Despite the original journey taking much time, the migration away . . .

One of the helpful features of KDE is bookmarks. System . . .

The office desktop is the house network file server . . .

Some months after resolving a desire to log when computer . . .

In the house network the Lenovo T400 laptop has a . . .

In the house network monthly and weekly cron jobs are . . .

Syntax highlighting is a useful tool and nowadays a common . . .

A normal morning of powering on the office computer equipment . . .

One of the long standing features of the original KDE, . . .

Having been a steady reader for decades means often forgetting . . .

Many people tinker with vintage computers with much the same . . .

For some years the house Lenovo T400 laptop has gone . . .

Configuring cron jobs to run on the first day of . . .

The nano text editor is installed in the house network . . .

The offline Goldendict dictionary has been a staple in the . . .

Slackware often is tagged as the oldest surviving Linux distro. . . .

Out of the blue one day the following error message . . .

The at command is a helpful scheduling utility for one-time . . .

For several years many people have supported the idea of . . .

Chasing little paper cuts and quirks is ongoing since adopting . . .

Exporting Lightning calendar data into TDE KAlarm turned out not . . .

One of the long shot goals with migrating to KDE . . .

After having settled on the Oxygen icon theme in KDE . . .

One frustrating feature of KDE Kate is the Find tool . . .

For the most part since adopting KDE 5 as the . . .

Several times since starting to daily use KDE 5 the . . .

Despite overall satisfaction with KDE 5 there remain some paper . . .

For the most part since adopting KDE 5 as the . . .

One minor annoyance with KDE notifications is popups can be . . .

Since breaking away from GTK, one of the features of . . .

Kate is a decent advanced text editor but definitely is . . .

Recently while using Konsole an obtrusive and annoying black square . . .

KDE 5 has become the primary desktop environment in the . . .

One tool used in the house network that was not . . .

Migrating to a new desktop environment (DE) is complete. The . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, a system . . .

Since updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the Conky . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several times . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an oddball . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an annoying . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, indexes on . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, attempting to . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, using SSH . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and when . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and resolving . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the vintage . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the mouse . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several shell . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, despite several . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

Preparing to update computer systems is always a challenge. There . . .

The projects to break away from GTK and update Slackware . . .

One of the modern trends is software developers presuming everybody . . .

In the quest to fine tune KDE and TDE, trying . . .

The anti-root crusade is kind of silly. Having been around . . .

Attempting to mix-and-match components of LXQt, KDE, and TDE has . . .

For several years Geany has been the daily text editor . . .

Recently observed in the house network is the local Slackware . . .

In the house network the Caja file manager started launching . . .

When launching GUI software from a terminal window there might . . .

There is a pecking order, or perhaps mild madness, with . . .

The Falkon web browser shows promise although development might be . . .

A interface design element that often is embraced by developers . . .

A familiar recommendation is not to run X as root. . . .

Personal pet peeves that impede usability are mouse wheel cycling, . . .

As anticipated, evaluating desktop environment (DE) options to break away . . .

Testing KDE has been going well, but real-world reality checks . . .

Learning to configure the KDE panel initially was a tad . . .

The Dolphin file manager is above average but seems to . . .

For many years KDE has seen little action in the . . .

Exploring desktop environments (DE) continues with LXQt. Interestingly, LXQt, using . . .

Some Slackware Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) build scripts are available . . .

Some time was spent reminiscing about KDE 3 and the . . .

On the check list to break away from GTK is . . .

After poking around the Core install there did not seem . . .

GTK has become a proverbial thorn in the side. The . . .

While breaking away from GTK includes the basic desktop environment, . . .

Reasonable choices to break away from GTK seem limited to . . .

From the beginning more than 21 years ago of using . . .

Little things usually are what many people detest about updating . . .

A curious configuration quirk appeared in Xfce while testing Slackware . . .

Walking away from updating to Slackware 15.0 was a healthy . . .

Troubleshooting a frozen desktop is frustrating and requires much patience. . . .

On many Linux systems, Bourne-related shell environments start getting populated . . .

Once upon a time the vintage 486 had Slackware 11.0 . . .

A depleted CMOS battery can be a tad irritating because . . .

Converting physical systems to virtual (P2V) is a common way . . .

Some computer tasks needed to be performed on the first . . .

Some of the computers in the house network have testing . . .

Virtual machines (VMs) long have been a useful tool in . . .

Tinkering with the 486 in the vintage computer collection presents . . .

A handy computer tool is the loop device. The loop . . .

For many years the computers in the house network have . . .

With the arrival of a new calendar year an interesting . . .