Linux

Another day, another machine setup with Fedora Linux. Today's adventure is with a personal 2015 MacBook Pro that I applied the same set of extensions to that I use on my work computer. I really like the way this thing looks!

A couple of weeks ago I switched from KDE to Gnome on my work computer and think I finally have a setup I will stick with for a good long while. I absolutely hate stock Gnome, but with the right extensions it is actually quite nice. 

I am using Gnome 41.2 on Fedora 35 with these extensions:

• Alphabetical App Grid
  by stuarthayhurst
• Always Show Workspace Thumbnails
  by AlynxZhou
• Blur my Shell
  by aunetx
• Bring Out Submenu Of Power Off/Logout Button
  by pratap@fastmail.fm
• Clipboard Indicator
  by Tudmotu
• Dash to Panel
  by charlesg99
• Desktop Cube
  by Simme
• Frippery Move Clock
  by rmyorston
• Improved Workspace Indicator
  by MichaelAquilina
• Mullvad Indicator
  by Pobega
• No overview at start-up
  by fthx
• NoAnnoyance v2
  by bjoerndaase
• Nothing to say
  by wbolster
• Notification Banner Position
  by bruno.drugowick
• Sound Input & Output Device Chooser
  by kgshank
• Status Area Horizontal Spacing
  by p91paul
• X11 Gestures
  by JoseExposito

I heard about a few of these via OMG! Ubuntu and heard about Blur my Shell on one of the Destination Linux Network podcasts.

Blur my Shell does a surprisingly good job of making improving the appearance and sophistication of the desktop. 

Desktop Cube is simply fun... it doesn't improve efficiency or make me more productive per se, but it does make me happy.

On the other end of the spectrum are Frippery Move Clock and Notification Banner Position: Gnome's clock is in the center top by default and, when at my desk, my webcam overlaps my monitor frame just enough that the dead center top isn't visible. Moving it and its notifications to the right solves that issue and makes things look a little more like other operating systems.

All in all, I am really happy with the way things look and function. Here's to hoping that satisfaction lasts.

A computer I built in May of 2013 for my parents has now been upgraded from Windows 10 to Pop_OS!  Dad is really happy with the new setup too!

One of the cool thins about using Linux is that it can do many things that Windows can't, like use a SanDisk ReadyCache SSD as a boot drive. When I built this computer in 2013 I installed the ReadyCache drive as a cost effective way to speed up the Windows installation that resided on a 7200 RPM SATA drive. Now that same cache drive contains the entire Pop_OS! installation.

Started using Manjaro-Linux

I wrote about getting set up with Windows Subsystem for Linux in, WSL Web Developer Setup with Fedora 35

I set up an Ubuntu server on Linode with Nginx, PostgreSQL, and Strapi as a content management system for my developer site, AndrewBraun.dev. I'll access the content via API calls from SvelteKit, possibly with images hosted on Cloudinary.