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Cake day: August 11th, 2023

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  • Years ago major upgrades and to lesser degree even minor upgrades made me to give up trying to keep installation running. I don’t even remember if it was Red Hat or Debian.

    Eventually I realized, that I like running newest version of Desktop and I ran into cases of getting frustrated with lack of newer versions, which had fixes for issues I ran into. Then I realized that best wiki was not a snapshot distribution.

    In the end I tried rolling distribution and remain happy for years.

    Debian or derived distribution is easiest to get google help for and it is the simplest choice for me, when running on the cloud.

    Although, Alpine is pushing through containers quite forcefully.






  • I don’t get the question.

    I usually use vscode to work with files. It has excellent remote editing over ssh. For example, I have large private collection of markdown notes that is kept on remote server.

    At work I deal with large GO project that targets Docker images and my setup is:

    • windows 11 laptop
    • WSL Debian with full systemd integration installed (that’s the hardest part)
    • visual studio installed on windows, I have no development tools on windows: no docker, no git, no GO compiler
    • debian on WSL has all the dev tooling: git, go lang, ssh server is turned on

    My workflow is to start Debian WSL and forget about terminal. Start vscode on windows, connect to Debian over ssh, open project directory. Work on project without ever leaving editor, use built in terminal in vscode. Fish runs inside vscode. Editor is primary. Fish is secondary and it excels at recalling history.

    Use each tool for what it was designed. No terminal will ever match my productivity in vscode. Vscode has all the fuzzy search built-in.

    I used to use vim for heavy coding, but abandoned that route 20 years ago. I am still able to use vim for quick short changes in config files, but anything serious is handled with visual studio code over ssh.

    Primary vim scenario:

    sudo vim /etc/config-file-name

    Vscode 1st approach is a modern day version of emacs approach Or vim with plugins. Only difference is vscode is actually low effort to get started on new machine, low learning curve, low maintenance effort unless you have sunken months into your terminal editor and refuse to abandon your investment.




  • Downvotes shall list better headphones.

    I myself have not found a better solution.

    I like apple headphones and i settled on similar shaped non-apple brand at a fraction af the price, but it is lower in quality compared to apple. Microphone is crap and I stopped trying to use it. Headphones level is good at low level and high level sound reproduction, but it is not as accurate as apple.

    In the end the trade off is worth it to me for the price, but i will not claim at is better.

    So, bring on your alternative and price of it.