Alan Pope ✅ 🍺 🐧 🐱 @popey@mastodon.social
Snap Advocate at Canonical working on Ubuntu, podcaster, father, husband, cat lover & a geek through and through
Well, shit. Sometimes I don't know my own strength! Also, can someone please let me out of the bathroom? Thanks.
Watching a recorded live stream of someone building a 3D printer. While building a 3D printer. :)
Just had a call from a slightly distraught non-techy friend of a friend. They were burgled and her laptop was stolen. All their family photos gone. No backups. :(. If you're a tech, teach your friends and family. Help them understand the need for backups, please! <3
I wrote a little blog post about going offline with #ubuntu https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/05/22/offline-computing-10-apps-for-the-digital-nomad
Hey Internet Friends. I have a question - a bit of research. What "system" from the past had the best / coolest / most interesting boot sequence. Specifically what you got on screen. I mostly grew up on 8-bit micros and DOS PCs. Are there any other systems which evoke "feelings" when they boot?
Sitting in a queue of traffic, wanted to turn the music up. Lunged too hard for the steering wheel controls and agresssively beeped the horn! Now I have to look scornfully at all the other drivers so people don't know it was me. #britishproblems
Trying out SteamLink on Android. Looks like I finally have a good reason to upgrade the WiFi at home ;). Maybe also a new phone too :D
Ooh! Google have "Family accounts" so we can share storage quotas. Great. *click* "Family groups aren't available for G Suite accounts". Of course.
I know some developers & users are opposed to it, but I really like this top-right area of my screen. Even with the mish-mash of icon sizes and styles. <3
Been in a pub and on a train while #googleio2018 was on. Can someone please summarise it in one word for me?
The weather in the UK is great today. It's perfect for a spot of boating.
Itching to get hold of Linux Tycoon 2 from @BryanLunduke on May 8th, but can't wait? Fear not, the "classic" MS-DOS version is now available as a snap!
snap install linuxtycoon
We’ve teamed up with GOG for the Ubuntu 18.04 release, we have some keys to give away https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/weve-teamed-up-with-gog-for-the-ubuntu-1804-release-we-have-some-keys-to-give-away.11661 #GameSale #DRMFree #GOG
In the last seconds of Thursday 26th April, #ubuntu 18.04 is released :) Nice timing.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html
Ubuntu MATE 18.04 is looking pretty sweet!
Eagerly awaiting the final ISO images for #ubuntu 18.04 ...
Great video from OMGUbuntu summarising everything new in #Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 which will be released later today. #isitoutyet
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/04/ubuntu-18-04-whats-new-video
Went looking for which Firefox tab was consuming my CPU. about:performance is a useful tool to help here. Uhoh.
Purism and UBports officially collaborate to offer Ubuntu Touch on Librem 5
https://puri.sm/posts/ubports-ubuntu-touch-on-librem5-collaboration/
Send software to your Psion organiser and make it blue screen :)
