Upgraded to Debian 11: Bullseye
I went a little crazy today and upgraded my system to Debian 11, Bullseye.
Because I am crazy and paranoid, I've never upgraded my existing system.
I always wait a few months and reinstall after reading a bunch of forums
to ensure that there are no funny rumours about the update. But tonight, my crazy side
overtook my paranoid side and did a major upgrade of my existing system.
I don't know, I guess sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and
tonight was just one of those nights.
2021-09-18
I had no idea Vim had keybindings for HTML tags (Embarrassing)
I didn't realize that Vim had keystrokes for HTML/XML tags as it does with
brackets and quotation marks. It's pretty embarrassing that I didn't
know this because I've been using Vim for years but this greatly
improves my quality of life while trying to work on my website.
2021-03-05
The Arch Linux Wallpapers are fantastic!
While I use Debian on my main machine, I still have Arch
installed on other low-spec notebooks for browsing and
testing. Something I appreciated about Arch was that they
had their own set of wallpapers in their official repos
so if, like me, you don't like to download things, such
as wallpapers, from somewhere other than the official repos,
Arch has you covered.
While they've had that package available for as
long as I've known, I didn't really like their wallpapers
(not to disrespect their artistic sense or anything... just
my personal preference) when I had that package installed
a while back (maybe last year? I can't remember when).
I went away from Arch on my testing machine for a while to try
out other distros like Alpine, Void, Artix and Arco but
eventually decided to go back to Arch recently.
Upon returning, I installed the "archlinux-wallpaper" package
again and to my surprise, they have updated the contents since
the last time I used it and they are really nice. They've added
some nature and landscape type stuff as well as some cool
cyberpunk-esque artwork and also some humourous ones.
I think this is one of the reasons Arch deserves to be one of the
most popular distros on Earth. Wallpapers and associated artworks
may not seem like the most essential part of a distro but
they really show how much the devs care about their work.
Having a great looking setup with a crisp wallpaper can really
improve the user experience and get you psyched to boot up Arch
and start working on stuff and as a user, I really appreciate the
devs on this one.
2021-01-15
Why I use Debian
How often do you upgrade your system? Sometimes, I forget for a very long
time and when I finally get around to it, I notice that there isn't much
to update. Maybe just over 100MB. This could be the result of intentionally
keeping the number of packages I install to a minimum but in my experience,
for the most part, I found that Debian requires very little and infrequent
maintenance. As someone who doesn't need the most up-to-date packages,
I find this extremely beneficial as it saves me from logging in as root
at all for weeks.
2021-01-14
(Spoilers!!) "Hereditary" and "The Trial"
There's an interesting comparison between Ari Aster's film, "Hereditary"
and Franz Kafka's novel, "The Trial" in that they have very similar
antagonists (for the lack of a better term) albeit with a notable
difference in their respective levels of apparent malice.
Obviously (again, spoilers), Pa***n (sorry about the censor but I'm
a tad superstitious), being a demonic entity, has explicitly malicious
goals whereas "goal" of the villainous entity in The Trial is to
run smoothly. It simply doesn't care that much about you. For most
normies, neither Pa***n nor the "system" will pose any threat to
their lives. However, once a person is marked as a target, they are
absolutely powerless before either of these forces.
Both stories share with you the experiences of those who ended up in the
crosshairs of these entities and their agendas. They both spend most of
the time not knowing that their fates have already been decided.
The real horror in both of these stories is witnessing their admirable
attempts to take control of their situation while sharing in their
anxiety and confusion regarding the effectiveness of their actions,
then finally realizing that they had no chance from the beginning.
Truly depressing stuff.
2021-01-08