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Been using the Xubuntu variant of 24.04 since release, no problems noticed to date.

Every summer, I take PCs outside and give them a prolonged blast with a 500W air duster/blower. Quite a cloud of dust results but the innards sparkle afterwards. I avoid disturbing heat sinks unless it's absolutely necessary.

Used Audacious for many years, it's been rock solid. I like its convenience as a drag and drop file player from a samba server using fully named files and album folders.

Rarely used tabs in Firefox. It's bookmarks for me.

That video was a bit of an assault on the senses but the Ladybird concept seems interesting.

I suspect quite a lot of members are 'read only' by default and log in only when they have something to contribute. This would distort a snapshot member count.

I've had success with 'boot-repair-disk' for automatically fixing boot problems. https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/

Switch all my devices off from a switchable trail board when not being used.

1) Normally WiFi signal strength is measured in dBm (decibel-milliwatts) in the range -30dBm (perfect signal) to -90dBm (unusable) but in this particular case it looks more like a comparative percentage of some undefined maximum value (probably -30dBm). 2) Signals from 2 cards in close...

4) Foxclone is similar to an Acronis True Image rescue disk but there are others. Boot it from a CD or USB stick to save or restore disk images including UEFI partitions.

Used Linux for 21 years but still make a right horlicks of my system on occasion. I prefer rolling back partition backups to a full reinstall. It's installing all my preferred applications and removing other people's choices in the distro bundle that takes most time.

I have Xubuntu with Virtualbox installed so android-x86 runs in a virtual machine. The few android apps I use seem to work OK for cheap WiFi cameras and Hive IOT devices. No need for other apps but Google Play works.

I've also used Bleachbit for years and haven't had a single problem with it. It's a well crafted time saving tool for removing accumulated cruft.

With the 'Canvas Blocker' addon with Firefox I get: 'Your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint'. I suppose nearly unique is a small improvement over unique.

I look for an uncluttered simple interface without power wasting cosmetic frills. First tasks after installation is to set the screen background to solid black then disable compositor features. XFCE fit's all my requirements so for several years I've stuck with Xubuntu LTS releases mainly for...

Most netbooks, if like my old Samsung N10, only have 32bit Atom CPUs but the Debian 32bit install worked fine with only 2GB of RAM. AFAIK Ubuntu and derivatives dropped support for 32 bit CPUs some time ago.

I've read the forthcoming Debian 12 (bookworm) still supports 32bit CPUs provided they are i686 or later. There's a certain satisfaction in keeping old kit serviceable.

Never used facebook but from what I've read, it seems of little benefit to my lifestyle. Old fashioned email and a bog standard telephone serves me fine for keeping in touch with family and local friends.

I expect cheap 4G basic non-smartphones will become available before the big 2G/3G switch off. Don't want a Google or Apple spy device so if the worst happens, an alternative may be a de-googled or linux smartphone.

5G phones and broadband modems are supported here but FTTP and a VoIP service is much preferred. A cheap PAYG flip-phone with a 2MP camera for emergency use is sufficient for me, I wouldn't use a smartphone often enough to justify any extra costs.