CERN (computer center) 2005-10-30

I finally switched over to linux.

Windows can GO FUCK ITSELF I'm never touching that shit again.

Linux is fantastic. I'm using Ubuntu studio and it has everything that I need for art and music production. It also came preinstalled with tons of creative software that I've never even heard which is great. I genuinely recommend that everyone should switch to linux right now.

:(

Lear Siegler ADM-3A

Standardized uniform

I might be able to avoid having to purchase a new large HDD if I can diagnose what's wrong with the 12 terabyte one we have, does anyone have a solid recommendation for a SATA to USB adapter? I've had bad luck with generic ones

Sabrent and Startech both sell a usb 3 to sata 3 cable for about 10USD on amazon. I used to have the sabrent one till I lost it but it worked fine for me

Thank you!

Yup! I might look for one with an external power brick for an hdd, but I think the single cable can still power an hdd

I have that Sabrent cable! Or at least one sabrent cable. I def recommend getting a case for your hard drive though, they come with the USB cable and a power plug.

My 2.5" HDD works fine with just the SATA to USB cable, but for my 3,5" drives I do need a power source as well. Cases can be cheap and u can get them second hand if u really want too

Can we talk about how almost universally, every computer desktop design has gotten worse with the sole exception of KDE plasma?

Windows went from functional to being stuffed full of ads, Mac went from stylish but designed well to just looking nice but sacrificing functionality, Gnome went from being a traditional desktop to basically copying Mac.

But KDE started out looking like it was made by fisher price and it's now by far the best looking, best functioning current desktop.

I mean look...

KDE 3 (2009) feels like it's designed to be safe for babies to chew.

KDE Plasma 6 (today) both looks great, feels great, and is an all round great desktop.

An absolute glowup

*right clicks on you*

*views your properties*

General useful stuff!

Guides

Tips and Tricks!

Resources

speaking of alternatives to large corporations, i have a suggestion

where is the blog that suggests forcefem

getting wiped out by tumblr mods for no reason

after 4 attempts and many, many struggles (as well as a bit of advice form my dad), i’m finally, FINALLY on arch!

obligatory fastfetch screenshot.

why are there 3 identical krita buttons in the context menu

You can change the default applications for your file types in the settings but my best guess is that it's in case you wanted to open the file with Krita

Do you want a website that ends in .meow?

WELL

A few friends and myself have decided to apply to ICANN (the corporation that runs these kinds of things) for a new gTLD (generic Top Level Domain, yknow, like .org or .com) that isn’t for-profit. Instead of paying your money to a digital landlord like GoDaddy and their shareholders, that money is being funneled straight back into the queer community, queer projects, queer charities, etc…

To do that, we need to apply, and to apply, we need money.

The bad: it’s €80,000.

The good: we already got half.

The better: we got half in under ten days.

We’re not there yet, though. There’s two ways to get this money. The first is to promise to sell user data. Since literally our whole thing is paying back into the community, selling user information to governments rapidly spiralling into full-blown fascism or some billionaire who mostly wants to just get even more billionaire…der… We decided not to do that.

So the alternative:

Kickstarter.

I know, I know, it’s not cool to ask for money, but if it’s any consolation we literally can’t get rich off of this and when it starts to make a profit, that money is going to be going into your local queer communities, they will have but to reach out and ask for it. :)

We are trying to build an internet by us, for us.

If you want to support us, the basic (above the lowest) Kickstarter gets you a voucher for a year of a .meow domain, when we go live. If you’re like “okay, cool, I don’t do computers, I’m literally dictating this to my cool cousin” then you can still support by finding your local nerds and sharing this with them! Anyone can help, anyone can support, and you’ll have the knowledge that by having a cool .meow url you’re also helping queer and lgbt communities around the world.

So yeah, it would mean the world to me if you’d share this, if you clickied the link, reached out, talked about it, made noise, ask questions… whatever you want or are able to do to make .meow happen.

Remember: Names Have Power.

Let’s make .meow a thing. By us. For Us.

almost funded!!!!!!

Various flavors of IBM System/36's and a System/34

System Source Computer Museum

SimTower (1994)

the floor is java

the floor is ada

the floor is plasma