Mimmo @Mimmolucio@fosstodon.org

Boy, do I love Linux. 5 minutes for a reboot and I can’t even tell you what it’s preparing because I did nothing...

As a Ubuntu-user I was curious what's all that fuss about Gnome 40, which everyone seems to praise.
Tried it via Gnome OS and I am quite underwhelmed and I actually like the 3.38 workflow from Ubuntu a lot more.
But I guess eventually I will accomodate with the change...

I really love C and used it I in various cases for my toy programs. But recently I got more into Ruby as I started backend web development - it is an absolute joy to program in Ruby. You get stuff done so quick and easy and I like it very much.

And btw. these are not the whole games - just updates, roughly 40gb each

I had an awful lot of work lately. So today I thought I’d call it a day and fire up my PS4 the first time for weeks - idk long time no play, I thought I deserve a break. This is what I encountered. F**k modern video games

Debian stable + Flatpak is THE combo! Rock stable, no surprises and recent applications (flatpak Emacs even runs as daemon). And, frankly, I have used Plasma and Xfce and I can’t find anything that I miss from the latest versions (tried them on Arch Linux). Adequately themed Xfce is indistinguishable from 4.16 - at least for what I need.

#askfediverse

Is C a good language for a hobbyist with limited time? I know all of the language in theory, but sometimes I feel I would need more time to do something complex.
Should I persist and just progress slowly (given that i love that language) or should I let go and learn something easier (suggestions?)?

Any hobby-programmers here? What languages are you using?

I feel like I’m not that bad at C. No wizard, but a solid Basic programmer. Never did big projects. How can I improve my skills? Is codewars a good starting point? Or are there other sites with exercises/projects?

Just finished the first of three consecutive 12h shifts on the COVID-ICU. People say my job must suck but I love it. But now —> home, piling away a shitload of snow and then fire up my Linux-Machine, YEEHAWW

Not mine, but I find it funny

Debian 10 might be the most stable operating system I have ever used on any system/device. By stable I mean: once installed and configured there’s absolutely nothing else to do than being productive and not having to care about your os. No errors, no maintenance. It isn’t shiny but it gets out of the way - an under appreciated quality of an os.

Two things I recently tried out:

Xfce: took me a while to configure it to my needs, but now I like it a lot, I guess I keep it for a while - gorgeous and damn is it fast!

Spacemacs: Woah! I love vi’s editing and emacs insane power - BOOM all two combined! But the best is the shortcuts using the spacebar (hence the name SPACEMACS) - absolute game changer!

@Mimmolucio Btw. I’m using it for C-Programming. Using the integrated terminal for gcc and gdb.

Not ultra-feature-rich - that’s a plus for me, I like it simple

I’m a former distrohopper (not anymore since Kubuntu 20.10 - such a great distro!).

Now I’m a text-editor-hopper. I’ve tried all the big ones after being emacs-only-user for a long time.

Currently using Kate with vi-mode. I have to say I’m impressed with its performance and overall look-and-feel. Gonna stick with it for a while.