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Howdy y’all! Josh here. Nero-spicy educator, tech-tinkerer, and overall okay-est dude.

#Debian and #Ubuntu #HomeServer #Homelab dude. #OpenSUSE desktop user […]

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jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
For those running PowerPC or Intel Macs 10.5 or 10.6, check out this new modern browser: https://powerfox.jazzzny.me/
PowerFox Browser
PowerFox is a secure, modern, and open-source web browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
powerfox.jazzzny.me
February 18, 2026 at 4:28 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Does anyone know what has been going on with the Macintosh Repository? For like a month or more when I check the site I get "The connection has timed out."

#macintoshrepository #macbook_pro #snowleopard
February 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Currently listening to the @thelinuxcast episode on old tech.

So far the oldest devices that I am still using are both #macbooks.

The newer of the macbooks is a 2013/14 Macbook Pro running #opensuse #slowroll has 8 gigs RAM and a Haswell chip. Current DE is #gnome and #floorp is my main […]
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February 18, 2026 at 1:55 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Hey y'all! I hope y'all are having a good evening, morning, or day (pending your time zone) :BlobCatCowmeow:
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Welp, my #pikaos mini pc is having a kernel panic and crashing fit after updating….

Off to other pastures thats are greener and just a bit slower…

#opensuse #slowroll
February 15, 2026 at 3:53 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
The wife and I have switched over to #qobuz from #spotify; so far it has been a very pleasant change.

The sound quality is much higher and the library seems just as extensive.
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Here is a quick #fastfetch of the new install of #slowroll on the 2014 13 inch #macbook_pro
quick fastfetch screen grab
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I may have borked my #slowroll install on my #macbookpro when I switched the repos to official only.

I will do a fresh install soon. If that doesn’t work, then I will switch back to #debian because Debian just works.
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
This maybe moot conversation on here, but is Crunchyroll any less ethical or more dubious than Netflix, Hulu, HBO, or any other US streaming services?
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I switched my little media streaming server back over to #zimaos from #ubuntu. What a difference. Everything is just much easier to manage, especially for someone that in not too familiar in the home #networking/#homelab scene.

I like to tinker, but for this computer I just want it to work.
February 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I rolled the #tumbleweed over to the #slowroll. I am preferring greater stability over cutting edge.

Now I have my main pc and main lappy on the Slowroll, my favorite flavor of #opensuse
February 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I love surfin' the web on this "old" #macbook. I miss the look and feel of older #macosx.
screenshot of a terminal displaying MacOSX Snow Leopard Neofetch info an a 2011 Macbook
February 7, 2026 at 4:56 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
[Not school appropriate graffiti]

The perks of working in the US public education system…. Btw this is in an elementary school
“have sex with me” written on the side of a bathroom stall with a crude penis drawn next to the phrase
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Due to issues with the patched version of #macos Sequoia via #opencore running on the 2015 #imac5k, I decided to move on to something more stable; something that is not prone to crash...

DEBIAN! "Cause Debian just works."

Here is my attempt to beautify the […]

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Screenshot of a modified Gnome Desktop with a Fastfetch window is displaying pc stats
February 5, 2026 at 2:24 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Ouch https://mas.to/@carnage4life/116010632047493939
Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life@mas.to)
Not sure which stat blows me away more. That Donald Trump's name shows up more times in the Epstein Files (38K) than Harry Potter's does in the Harry Potter books (~19K) or that Joe Rogan has had more guests that were named in the Epstein Files (10+) than he's had Black women guests (~5).
mas.to
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
On an unrelated note from my #bsd saga, I was able to jump through the needed hoops to get my network Brother printer connected to my main #opensuse pc. After some food I will tackle the same issue with my openSUSE macbook.
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
#debian just works. With no issues whatsoever I was able to quickly install Debian on the lil nuc and it is good to go.
screenshot of fastfetch info of Debian Linux and the Gnome DE.
February 2, 2026 at 1:12 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
For the time being, #bsd is dead to me. Trying to get the basics running on the nuc was just too much of a chore and just wasn’t fun.

So in its place is going to be reliable #debian.
February 1, 2026 at 11:33 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Alight, doing a fresh install of #openbsd. This time I am going to install KDE Plasma from the get go. I want to try to not Frankenstein this install.
February 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Let’s just say I have not been having much fun with #openbsd. Let’s see if #ghostbsd gives me a little bit of fun.
February 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
@rl_dane something worked. I can now at least get my Download folder to show up 🤷

Here is the current #fastfetch
XFCE running on openBSD. Terminal window open with Fastfetch info displayed.
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I do like me some TDE
January 29, 2026 at 9:04 PM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
Hot diggity dang! A brand new browser for #mac OSX 10.6! This fox gots the power: http://powerfox.jazzzny.me/
PowerFox Browser
PowerFox is a secure, modern, and open-source web browser for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
powerfox.jazzzny.me
January 28, 2026 at 5:54 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
It blows my mind that I can comfortably surf the web on a 15 year old laptop.

Thanks to all the hobbyist and creators that continue to make software for aging computers.
January 27, 2026 at 7:12 AM
jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy
I have successfully installed a #bsd on my lil #n100 mini pc with a graphical desktop that is not glitchy nor has usage breaking bugs/issues!

Thanks #openbsd
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January 27, 2026 at 3:41 AM