Posts by Paratrooping Parrot 307 publicly visible posts • joined 26 Jan 2011
I have always used Firefox since the previous name. I installed it on Android phone when I got one. I love the fact it has ublock origin and that it works despite Chrome blocking it. I used it on Windows XP, 7 and then on Linux. I really hope that it lasts for many more years.
I also use Firefox developer as a backup browser when doing Web development work.
I find it very infuriating that I cannot copy the website address from Instagram and that my adblocks are unavailable on the web browser used by insta. Also whenever there is a link in Facebook in a web browser, there is always some garbled website address that goes through FB's servers and therefore I cannot get a clean website address.
This also needs to be addressed.
I had a difficult time updating from Fossa, it eventually managed most of it after deleting some packages. It eventually gave up on installing gdm3 because of issues with cpp, x11-xserver-utils. I had to download the iso file and install it over my Ubuntu setup. Eventually got my Firefox back up and running as before.
So, do make a backup of your system beforehand. I had no problems with upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 to 20.04. It just died at 22.04. Oh well...
I remember that some research in universities can be financed by external forces. In these cases, they can have patents and so results from the research from those can be delayed. Those done by the students or initiated by lecturers are often put into open source or published.
The other thing I despise about snap is that when I do a df -h command, it is filled with /dev/loop. I am thinking of moving away from Ubuntu because of the snap situation. How many gnomes do I need? I have about 6 gnome snaps taking up valuable screen space.
I don't want to do a df -h | grep -v snap as it's still annoying.
The main issue is that it's possible to make up phone numbers for caller ID systems. I have often received phone calls from those that look like UK numbers, but seem to be missing a digit. If there is a way of blocking those made up numbers, it would help a great deal. I will have a legit phone number that I can send to the ICO to complain about.
Have drone licenses, which one has to pass a test for. Also, drones should have some form of registration plates. I know that I am going to be down-voted for not being a droneiphile, but they are basically remote controlled flying vehicles that can cause considerable damage if used incorrectly.
I was very annoyed at Adobe for getting their monthly revenue scheme up. You don't get to own the software, just permanently rent it. I am glad that darktable came up and that has been able to replace Lightroom. Adobe are just nasty ***** who are either happy to cream the money from users and treating them like garbage, otherwise foist malware in the form of Flash. I hope Adobe collapse completely. Horrible company, just like Microsoft who abuse their position.
The problem is that the government refuses to invest in the NHS, instead is slowly handing it over to corporations such as Richard Branston. If there was investment within the UK, then there could be research into using machine learning within the NHS. However, it is all being handed over to the lowest bidder who are desperate to make money and to improve their own infrastructure.
Security updates seem t only appear if you bought your device within the last year. You may be lucky that your phone is supported by LineageOS. This is one of the major flaws with Android ecosystem. Many cheap devices come out, but they never get updates. I have been lucky that my Samsung Galaxy s7 had updates a few months ago, not sure how long that will last though.
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