Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
Former US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hello There Friday!
Hello there Friday. It’s always good to see you again. Have a great day, good people. The weekend is almost here!
Throwback Thursday – Sad Demolitions
There have been two buildings that have been a part of my life for many decades. One is an old burger and shake shop and another is an old dry cleaner business. Both buildings I have driven by daily for years. This week, both buildings have been torn down. Granted, they had seen better days, but still, there was a comfort in seeing something not changing buildings hanging on.
Now there is much change happening all around, and I find myself to be highly sentimental and a little sad because of it. The Dairy Gold in the picture above is where my wife and I had our first date. It closed many years ago and was a place where a glass artist set up shop.
I will remember both buildings with great fondness. Farewell Dairy Gold building. Farewell Dry Cleaner Building.
Personal Note: I plan a post on me being a highly sentimental person soon.
My Fedora Experiment Has Ended
I used Fedora KDE for a few days, and it seemed that it was a little buggy. There was an issue with integrating Google Mail, calendar, and drive with it seamlessly. Linux Mint, my long-time distribution, does all of that without a problem. I am using the Cinnamon desktop variation, and it’s well-equipped and feature rich.
I am glad to be back with something I feel comfortable with and has an old school feel about it. Experimenting with something new is always a good thing to do to flex your mind and muscles. Linux Mint is going to release distribution upgrade soon.
Our Resident Rooster
OK, we have a wild rooster who has taken up residence in our neighborhood. It’s a beautiful bird who we have given the name of “Rocky”. Every morning it lets the neighborhood know the sun is coming up and also has other things to say. I don’t mind it being among us. It’s breaks up the craziness of the world we find ourselves in. Rock on Rocky!
Trying A New Operating System, Fedora KDE Plasma
I have been tinkering again, and this time I have been experimenting with the Fedora Linux operating system.
Fedora Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project. It was originally developed in 2003 as a continuation of the Red Hat Linux project.
There are different flavors of Fedora and I have been testing the KDE Plasma variant and I like it very much. I am a long-time user and I have been able to customize it to my liking and my workflow as an enthusiast who knows enough to be dangerous. I am using it on my desktop and laptop, so I am all-in.
So far, it’s worked well for me. I look forward to using it more and adjusting to how different it is from the Debian/Ubuntu distributions I have been using since I switched to Linux from Windows many years ago. This looks like a promising start to doing something new in Nerd Corner.
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