I wish there was a decent way of folding @ home on my old game consoles. My PCās are wimpy and expensive compared to 5 Xbox 360s I could get ahold of these days.
Thanks for doing the part on limiting Internet usage for childrenā¦
Isnāt there a way to install a desktop OS on such devices?
From what I found out itās such a royal pain and very hacky. The projects are mostly abandoned as well.
I suppose that makes sense, given what the state of Xbox emulators on the desktop.
@EricAdams Your remarks about Linux Mint; were they specific to Mint Debian Edition? This was unclear in the episode, although maybe implied since initially you mentioned you were trying out LMDE for the BDL challenge.
Iām using Linux Mint 19.3, that is, the Ubuntu derived version. Itās worth noting that:
- ānames-only does work with Apt
- I have Firefox 75 from the regular repo. not the 68.7 ESR version
- I have several PPAs in use on my system
I have no experience with the Debian version as of yet which is why I ask about this, perhaps these are Debian/MintDebian shortcomings?
That is Debian specific and will be the reason why LMDE uses it though I always thought they were using the regular release of Firefox instead of Debianās choice with ESR, that is disappointing. Even MXLinux uses regular Firefox but then people might appreciate the āstabilityā factor of ESR.
The Ubuntu derived version of Linux Mint of course is different in that regard.
Thanks for the feedback. I just tried again on just plain Mint 19.3 and I get this:
If I use /usr/bin/apt it works. Thatās what I was referring to when I mentioned it on the podcast. Not sure how it works for you unless are explicitly running apt (/usr/bin) or made some change. Let me know if Iām missing something.
Regular LM does have the newest version of FF because itās based on Ubuntu. LMDE, being based on Debian, doesnāt have it in the repo. There are ways around this but itās extra work. PPAs work on regular Mint as well so yes, those two are related to LMDE specifically.
I hadnāt looked at Mint in several weeks and I am always impressed at how well put together it is. They do an amazing job and it is remarkable.
Thanks for the clarification Eric!
For me, this works
apt-cache search --names-only
Itās interesting for me to hear other opinions about Mint since Iāve never really delved into the minute details, despite having used it since version 8 or so. Most of those opinions seem to be negative, Michaelās especially, but itās a fun exercise to look into the problems and learn about everything a little bit more. It also makes me wonder if I should move on from Mint, if Iām being held back from Power User status by the distro or something.
Mint really is a stalwart distribution. Itās not surprising that youāve been using it so long and not needed to dig deeper. Itās kind of the point I guess.
Mint doesnāt disguise itself as something other than Linux to keep from scaring away your grandma. If you know what your doing, Mint, works just like any other distro. Itās fascinating how it gets the ānot for adultsā label though. Plus, itās green, the two best distros come come in green.