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usonian

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3. Even I am ready to put a halt on Apple stuff.
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 02:20 AM
Tuesday

I have a long history with Solaris and Linux, so it's no big deal for most of what I do, to go back to Linux. I just worked

To install all the really good stuff on Apple, I need to go the Command Line Utilities route and then use port and/or homebrew, which I don't to because I have to check them with every unwanted MacOS upgrade.

All of a sudden, GIMP dialogs required a click in order for even the default "enter" to work. I just installed "AutoFocus" to save me hundreds of clicks. I looked all over the internet for this. Like, when a file dialog comes up, it should grab focus. Nahhhh. What changed? Who knows.

I just want my GraphicsMagick and other fun stuff already installed. "Lazy person wants Linux back"

I got an iPhone SE third generation when the 8 started flaking nastily. It can't run "Apple Intellgence".

And this is funny. I got a door-buster iPad just to play music. Normally, the volume buttons work so that the button closest to the "top" or short side of an ipad always increases the volume. It changes (ios 26). On its side, the right button increases the volume. On edge, the same button lowers the volume. 'll go look this up in the non-manual!

I had Yellow Dog Linux running on a G3 laptop way back in 1999 or so. I find ways.

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