Monthly Archives: January 2022

UbuntuDDE – Linux

I have been curious about UbuntuDDE, which is Ubuntu with the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE). DDE is the desktop environment of the Deepin Linux distribution.

“Deepin is the top Linux distribution from China, devoted to providing a beautiful, easy-to-use, safe, and reliable operating system for global users.” (Wuhan Deepin Technology Co.,Ltd)

It is supposed to be “Beautiful and Wonderful,” so I had to see it. I downloaded the image and booted live from USB stick.

It really seems to be beautiful and wonderful. I played with it for a few, took this screenshot of the default desktop, then went back to my usual system, which is Linux Mint with Xfce desktop.

I didn’t spend much time with UbuntuDDE due to being very pleased with what I already use. I can keep it in mind for the future.

double marg

The usual Margaritas, this time at Mexico restaurant out on Mercado Poniente.

gangnam

We were thinking of Psy tonight.

coup mock

Whew. We got through the one year anniversary of America’s near coup d’état and death of democracy. 🙄

Next maneuvers:

Cuba, Venezuela, ooh I want to take ya,
Russia, China, come on pretty mama

sofa passout with dogs

A complete passout with 2/3 of the #smalldogclub

selfie

It’s me in the pic.

Wanna fool around?

dogs!

The current status of our SmallDogClub is the three members seen in the pics. We lost two of the elderly ones in 2021. Sometimes we adopt old, so they aren’t with us that long. Regardless of age, we try to make sure all of them have a nice life.

burning people publicly over tech

I saw a “comp sci” Twitter user with 17K followers chastise another user for not returning a “fillable” PDF form filled out on computer as asked. Instead the recipient printed/used a pen/scanned, then returned it. I’ve had to do this same thing many times.

A fillable PDF assumes:

— the recipient has a certain level of tech expertise
— is using official Adobe software or gets lucky with something else
— that the person even knows that PDFs can be “fillable”
— has a desktop computer to sit down to. “Filling” a PDF form on mobile would be a feat.

My office abandoned “fillable” PDFs due to high failure rate. Even Google Forms works better.

late-night snacks already new year’s day

Having some Margaritas, throwing a kiss, then late-night drinking snacks in the Hamilton BITCH.