Martin Bastien
@poutine.dev
Web Developer 🍁
Worker #17 holding up the line
Working on something cool and telling bad jokes.
Worker #17 holding up the line
Working on something cool and telling bad jokes.
If you don't hear from me it's because I've ditched Ubuntu for Arch + Hyprland thanks to omarchy.org. So now I have nothing to complain about because everything that doesn't work is now my own fault and I can fix it myself.
Omarchy
An opinionated Hyprland + Arch setup
omarchy.org
July 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you don't hear from me it's because I've ditched Ubuntu for Arch + Hyprland thanks to omarchy.org. So now I have nothing to complain about because everything that doesn't work is now my own fault and I can fix it myself.
I look at the accounts.shopify.com background to test my gpu driver.
accounts.shopify.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I look at the accounts.shopify.com background to test my gpu driver.
Can you guys believe this extension had to exist:
github.com/brunodrugowi...
github.com/brunodrugowi...
GitHub - brunodrugowick/notification-position-gnome-extension: Notification Banner Position - A Gnome Shell Extension
Notification Banner Position - A Gnome Shell Extension - brunodrugowick/notification-position-gnome-extension
github.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Can you guys believe this extension had to exist:
github.com/brunodrugowi...
github.com/brunodrugowi...
Why aren't they putting back Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin already? All the issues have been fixed.
May 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Why aren't they putting back Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin already? All the issues have been fixed.
Downgraded the NVIDIA driver and it just fixed remaining problems of random apps crashing and resizing glitches.
There's a "recommended" flag on a driver version when you list them using "ubuntu-drivers devices". They've decided to not show you this in the additional drivers GUI because reasons.
There's a "recommended" flag on a driver version when you list them using "ubuntu-drivers devices". They've decided to not show you this in the additional drivers GUI because reasons.
May 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Downgraded the NVIDIA driver and it just fixed remaining problems of random apps crashing and resizing glitches.
There's a "recommended" flag on a driver version when you list them using "ubuntu-drivers devices". They've decided to not show you this in the additional drivers GUI because reasons.
There's a "recommended" flag on a driver version when you list them using "ubuntu-drivers devices". They've decided to not show you this in the additional drivers GUI because reasons.
Something possessed GNOME that finding devices on the local network is not a feature a file manager should have.
May 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Something possessed GNOME that finding devices on the local network is not a feature a file manager should have.
I knew the year of Linux on the desktop wasn't far away, because:
- Steam making gaming on Linux amazing
- Desktop level design and work apps in the browser
- Microsoft and Apple making terrible decisions
What was not on my bingo card:
- Pewdiepie promoting Linux to his 110 million subscribers
- Steam making gaming on Linux amazing
- Desktop level design and work apps in the browser
- Microsoft and Apple making terrible decisions
What was not on my bingo card:
- Pewdiepie promoting Linux to his 110 million subscribers
May 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I knew the year of Linux on the desktop wasn't far away, because:
- Steam making gaming on Linux amazing
- Desktop level design and work apps in the browser
- Microsoft and Apple making terrible decisions
What was not on my bingo card:
- Pewdiepie promoting Linux to his 110 million subscribers
- Steam making gaming on Linux amazing
- Desktop level design and work apps in the browser
- Microsoft and Apple making terrible decisions
What was not on my bingo card:
- Pewdiepie promoting Linux to his 110 million subscribers
Better than anything you can watch on HBO is opening your terminal emulator in full screen on Ubuntu and just type tail -f /var/log/syslog. Make some popcorn and enjoy the show.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Better than anything you can watch on HBO is opening your terminal emulator in full screen on Ubuntu and just type tail -f /var/log/syslog. Make some popcorn and enjoy the show.
Did you know that you can set up a keyboard shortcut to change your monitor input? www.ddcutil.com
ddcutil Documentation
ddcutil is a Linux utility for reading and changing monitor settings such as brightness, color levels, and input source, as well as read-only values such as power-on hours. Generally speaking, any val...
www.ddcutil.com
April 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Did you know that you can set up a keyboard shortcut to change your monitor input? www.ddcutil.com
I would like an inbox rule for when I receive an email reply from a recipient 5 seconds or less after I've sent it, check if the email contains the words "out of office" and then send it directly to trash. Any email provider allows for time based filter rules like this?
April 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I would like an inbox rule for when I receive an email reply from a recipient 5 seconds or less after I've sent it, check if the email contains the words "out of office" and then send it directly to trash. Any email provider allows for time based filter rules like this?
I've been in drivers hell setting up this Linux computer and the only thing that worked out of the box is the only thing I expected not to: my printer.
April 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I've been in drivers hell setting up this Linux computer and the only thing that worked out of the box is the only thing I expected not to: my printer.
Someone who is always late: "I'll wake up earlier this time so I can arrive on time!"
...
"Since I have more time, I'll make myself a great breakfast"
"Since I have more time, I can workout in the morning!"
"Since I have more time, I'll take a longer shower"
...
"Fuck, I'm late again"
...
"Since I have more time, I'll make myself a great breakfast"
"Since I have more time, I can workout in the morning!"
"Since I have more time, I'll take a longer shower"
...
"Fuck, I'm late again"
April 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Someone who is always late: "I'll wake up earlier this time so I can arrive on time!"
...
"Since I have more time, I'll make myself a great breakfast"
"Since I have more time, I can workout in the morning!"
"Since I have more time, I'll take a longer shower"
...
"Fuck, I'm late again"
...
"Since I have more time, I'll make myself a great breakfast"
"Since I have more time, I can workout in the morning!"
"Since I have more time, I'll take a longer shower"
...
"Fuck, I'm late again"
I remember XFCE being awesome back in 98-99 so for that reason and also the fact that I'm fed up with Gnome, I'll give Xubuntu a try.
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I remember XFCE being awesome back in 98-99 so for that reason and also the fact that I'm fed up with Gnome, I'll give Xubuntu a try.
Alright my profile is just to complain about Ubuntu, Gnome DE and Gnome apps now.
This is the UI to rename a folder? Why?
This is the UI to rename a folder? Why?
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Alright my profile is just to complain about Ubuntu, Gnome DE and Gnome apps now.
This is the UI to rename a folder? Why?
This is the UI to rename a folder? Why?
In Ubuntu (gnome), if I click a web link from an app or the app starts an OAuth login, it will take about 30 seconds to 1 whole minute for the link to actually open in my browser. Anyone else is experiencing this?
April 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In Ubuntu (gnome), if I click a web link from an app or the app starts an OAuth login, it will take about 30 seconds to 1 whole minute for the link to actually open in my browser. Anyone else is experiencing this?
Say what you want about Microsoft but having "Segoe UI" as the default system font is a real bold move.
April 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Say what you want about Microsoft but having "Segoe UI" as the default system font is a real bold move.
Why would you even suggest updating yourself like this?
April 1, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Why would you even suggest updating yourself like this?
I want a minimalist email client on linux. #Mailspring seems the best for it and can be configured to look the part. It would only need a show/hide view option for that inbox sidebar.
March 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I want a minimalist email client on linux. #Mailspring seems the best for it and can be configured to look the part. It would only need a show/hide view option for that inbox sidebar.
So Canonical made an app store for Ubuntu where every app you install from it is slower. Also if the store crashes, none of your apps can run.
February 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So Canonical made an app store for Ubuntu where every app you install from it is slower. Also if the store crashes, none of your apps can run.
I hate that we have to add a shaking animation to error messages in order for people to read them.
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I hate that we have to add a shaking animation to error messages in order for people to read them.
I'll just rename "Software update" to "Product recall" everywhere in my app to give you the impression that it's finished software.
February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I'll just rename "Software update" to "Product recall" everywhere in my app to give you the impression that it's finished software.
I've turned off a computer which had dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu, both of them up-to-date at the time. A couple of months later I've turned it on again. Updating Ubuntu took about 20 minutes. Updating Windows has been going on for 2 hours with 4 reboots now and it is still not done.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I've turned off a computer which had dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu, both of them up-to-date at the time. A couple of months later I've turned it on again. Updating Ubuntu took about 20 minutes. Updating Windows has been going on for 2 hours with 4 reboots now and it is still not done.
Never thought I'd say this but yeah soft deletes are a bad idea.
January 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Never thought I'd say this but yeah soft deletes are a bad idea.
Are you even a real programmer if you've never DoS yourself at least once?
December 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Are you even a real programmer if you've never DoS yourself at least once?
That sweet dopamine rush of finding and fixing an elusive bug just hit.
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
That sweet dopamine rush of finding and fixing an elusive bug just hit.