Just a geek, finding my way in the fediverse.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Time for me to add my tiny bit of semi related, but useless, knowledge : Galena can also form in cube shapes.

    The only reason I know this is because we were crawling around in some old mines in the Ozarks and back in a little offshoot I found a few small, dark cubes in the dirt so I asked some of the geologists with us. Turns out the small mines were there specifically to pull out galena.

    From wikipedia :

    Galena, also called lead glance, is the natural mineral form of lead(II) sulfide (PbS). It is the most important ore of lead and an important source of silver.

    Also, don’t go crawling around in mines from the 1800s, it’s likely a bad idea.





  • I still need to try this.

    I downloaded and started seeding it when there was a post about it a few weeks back but haven’t had time to try it.

    I assume the ISO live boots from a USB so I can poke around without installing? Surely.

    I’ve got an old laptop that I kept windows on for the once every few years I had to use windows but I don’t think it’s supported anymore and I’d actually use it occasionally if I put Linux on it ;)











  • I’d never heard of MX or AntiX so I just snagged those, thanks for seeding.

    It also reminded me that I hadn’t been seeding for a long time so I left those seeding. I also snagged the torrents for my main flavors (Debian, Mint), got the latest versions, and left those seeding too. Thanks for the reminder!

    Debian 13 is 3.71GB, Mint is 2.8GB.

    I haven’t used CachyOS much but I sometimes recommend it to noobs since it looks “slick” by default and (I think) typically has good GPU support. I went ahead and grabbed that one too, just to have it around, and it’s 2.83GB. Currently seeding as well.

    While it’s over your 4GB limit @ 4.4GB, I pulled+seeded the latest Kali as well. Also nice to have that one around when it’s needed. The USB drive I carry around with it is probably 5 years old so I should probably update that anyway : )