Alan Pope โ ๐บ ๐ง ๐ฑ @popey@mastodon.social
Snap Advocate at Canonical working on Ubuntu, podcaster, father, husband, cat lover & a geek through and through
Playing Spelunky Classic HD on Linux is now just a Snap away https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/playing-spelunky-classic-hd-on-linux-is-now-just-a-snap-away.12056 #Platformer #IndieGame
This morning Firefox decided to forget all my pinned tabs. Maybe time to give up on a few. Goodbye Google+, you're first against the wall. Oh, and Happy Friday!
183 days since last Christmas. 182 days until next Christmas... #justsaying
Sitting outside in the sun, I really regret getting a reflective screen on my ThinkPad T450. The only thing I can see as I look at the screen is my own fat face staring back at me. Wish I'd gone with a matte screen :(
Great Linux games on Steam currently under a fiver https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/great-linux-games-on-steam-currently-under-a-fiver.12023 #GameSale
Just randomly spotted this #ubuntu "bookazine" (collection of magazine articles, guides & how-to) in WH-Smith (newsagent). :) Nice to see.
A first look at #Ubuntu desktop metrics.
https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/06/22/a-first-look-at-desktop-metrics
The discord app experience for me 99% consists of other people creating new channels, auto-joining me, triggering notifications on my desktop and phone. This is almost always quickly followed by me finding the new channel and disabling notifications.
Want to play Track Mania Nations Forever on Linux using Wine? There's a snap for that https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/want-to-play-track-mania-nations-forever-on-linux-using-wine-theres-a-snap-for-that.11859 #FreeGame #Racing #Wine
I backed this crowd-funder, which is at ~82% of its target with 4 days left. They want to make more tutorials for @godotengine , the free game development engine. It would be great to see it fully funded. Please back and/or share. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bentristem/discovering-godot-learn-to-code-by-making-games
โ10 years ago today:
โข jQuery was battling Dojo, YUI, and mootools for dominance
โข node.js wasn't a thing
โข Firebug was the only real developer tool
โข Chrome wasn't released yet
โข nobody took JavaScript devs seriously
Things change a lot in 10 years.โ
Enjoying some beers after a successful #fosstalk live last night ๐ป๐ #WimpysWorld https://wimpysworld.io/2l1KBQw
I love it when (usually American) tourists ask me for help when on the London underground. I must really sound convincing, like I actually know what I'm talking about. Thankfully on this occasion it was an easy one :). (How to tell a circle line train from a district line one) :)
BRB. Just updating my Firefox OS phone...
Here's a review I wrote about the new KDE Slimbook 2. It's a lovely machine. Go and buy one. :)
@jason @Ghosty @jt I recently got my first ThinkPad (and X1 Carbon) after a recommendation from @popey.
What a machine! I've been really missing out. Linux compatibility is great, it's super quick (i7, 8 Giggerdy RAM, 256 SSD) and looks awesome. Best thing? It cost me a little over ยฃ300 from eBay!
I now see why these devices have such a following.
Over the air update to my oneplus 3T just enabled face unlock (and a privacy policy update of course). Neat.
Thanks to excellent debugging from @sil we discovered it's this invisible force quit window stealing focus. Which was actually the Wine System Tray! Thanks go to xwininfo and xprop <3
Anyone else see this in Firefox 60 on #ubuntu / GNOME? When *maximised* I can't click top ~50% of first four pinned tabs. Can click bottom ~50%. Note the tab highlights only work in bottom part of the tab. When not highlighted, clicking doesn't respond. Only affects first 4 tabs.
