The K Desktop Environment (KDE) long has been known for . . .

For many years a 19 inch Acer X193w+ computer monitor . . .

Conky is a handy tool but configuring can be cantankerous. . . .

Adjusting to the new T580 laptop continues. One oddball event . . .

Linux console text editors mostly remain obtuse for many users. . . .

Like all laptops, the newly acquired Thinkpad T580 came with . . .

Not quite the curious incident of the dog in the . . .

After toying with Windows 10 for some hours the time . . .

The house network is quite different from decades ago using . . .

The house network welcomed a new member, a Thinkpad T580 . . .

Browsing online computer discussions often finds questions about transferring large . . .

Despite the original journey taking much time, the migration away . . .

One of the helpful features of KDE is bookmarks. System . . .

The office desktop is the house network file server . . .

Some months after resolving a desire to log when computer . . .

In the house network the Lenovo T400 laptop has a . . .

In the house network monthly and weekly cron jobs are . . .

Syntax highlighting is a useful tool and nowadays a common . . .

A normal morning of powering on the office computer equipment . . .

One of the long standing features of the original KDE, . . .

Having been a steady reader for decades means often forgetting . . .

Many people tinker with vintage computers with much the same . . .

For some years the house Lenovo T400 laptop has gone . . .

Configuring cron jobs to run on the first day of . . .

The nano text editor is installed in the house network . . .

The offline Goldendict dictionary has been a staple in the . . .

Slackware often is tagged as the oldest surviving Linux distro. . . .

Out of the blue one day the following error message . . .

The at command is a helpful scheduling utility for one-time . . .

For several years many people have supported the idea of . . .

Chasing little paper cuts and quirks is ongoing since adopting . . .

Exporting Lightning calendar data into TDE KAlarm turned out not . . .

One of the long shot goals with migrating to KDE . . .

After having settled on the Oxygen icon theme in KDE . . .

One frustrating feature of KDE Kate is the Find tool . . .

For the most part since adopting KDE 5 as the . . .

Several times since starting to daily use KDE 5 the . . .

Despite overall satisfaction with KDE 5 there remain some paper . . .

For the most part since adopting KDE 5 as the . . .

One minor annoyance with KDE notifications is popups can be . . .

Since breaking away from GTK, one of the features of . . .

Kate is a decent advanced text editor but definitely is . . .

Recently while using Konsole an obtrusive and annoying black square . . .

KDE 5 has become the primary desktop environment in the . . .

One tool used in the house network that was not . . .

Migrating to a new desktop environment (DE) is complete. The . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, a system . . .

Since updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the Conky . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several times . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an oddball . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, an annoying . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, indexes on . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, attempting to . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, using SSH . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and when . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0 and resolving . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the vintage . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the mouse . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, several shell . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, despite several . . .

After updating the office desktop to Slackware 15.0, the system . . .

Preparing to update computer systems is always a challenge. There . . .

The projects to break away from GTK and update Slackware . . .

One of the modern trends is software developers presuming everybody . . .

In the quest to fine tune KDE and TDE, trying . . .

The anti-root crusade is kind of silly. Having been around . . .

Attempting to mix-and-match components of LXQt, KDE, and TDE has . . .

For several years Geany has been the daily text editor . . .

Recently observed in the house network is the local Slackware . . .

In the house network the Caja file manager started launching . . .

When launching GUI software from a terminal window there might . . .

There is a pecking order, or perhaps mild madness, with . . .

The Falkon web browser shows promise although development might be . . .

A interface design element that often is embraced by developers . . .

A familiar recommendation is not to run X as root. . . .

Personal pet peeves that impede usability are mouse wheel cycling, . . .

As anticipated, evaluating desktop environment (DE) options to break away . . .

Testing KDE has been going well, but real-world reality checks . . .

Learning to configure the KDE panel initially was a tad . . .

The Dolphin file manager is above average but seems to . . .

For many years KDE has seen little action in the . . .

Exploring desktop environments (DE) continues with LXQt. Interestingly, LXQt, using . . .

Some Slackware Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) build scripts are available . . .

Some time was spent reminiscing about KDE 3 and the . . .

On the check list to break away from GTK is . . .

After poking around the Core install there did not seem . . .

GTK has become a proverbial thorn in the side. The . . .

While breaking away from GTK includes the basic desktop environment, . . .

Reasonable choices to break away from GTK seem limited to . . .

From the beginning more than 21 years ago of using . . .

Little things usually are what many people detest about updating . . .

A curious configuration quirk appeared in Xfce while testing Slackware . . .

Walking away from updating to Slackware 15.0 was a healthy . . .

Troubleshooting a frozen desktop is frustrating and requires much patience. . . .

On many Linux systems, Bourne-related shell environments start getting populated . . .

Once upon a time the vintage 486 had Slackware 11.0 . . .

A depleted CMOS battery can be a tad irritating because . . .

Converting physical systems to virtual (P2V) is a common way . . .

Some computer tasks needed to be performed on the first . . .

Some of the computers in the house network have testing . . .

Virtual machines (VMs) long have been a useful tool in . . .

Tinkering with the 486 in the vintage computer collection presents . . .

A handy computer tool is the loop device. The loop . . .

For many years the computers in the house network have . . .

With the arrival of a new calendar year an interesting . . .

Some time ago a parallel port flat bed scanner connected . . .

An odd observation surfaced while adventuring with vintage computers. The . . .

On all house network systems there is a way to . . .

Popular copying and downloading commands such as wget and rsync . . .

Slackware is designed to be a Unix like operating system . . .

One method to limit SSH access is generating a key . . .

I ran into an obscure problem with VirtualBox. For weeks . . .

Recently I found myself forced to use two-factor authentication (2FA). . . .

I continue investigating rsync failures during certain backups. The reported . . .

Since the unexplained loss of disk space I have been . . .

After resolving the retbleed boot message in VirtualBox virtual machines . . .

While tinkering with Slackware 15.0, I discovered I could not . . .

A while ago on the office desktop running Slackware 14.2, . . .

Hard disk capacities these days are large compared to the . . .

The Linux kernel is designed to display penguins when booting. . . .

Despite quirks I continue using Sylpheed as a second GUI . . .

A common question found in online computer forums is how . . .

Living in a rural area has advantages, but internet access . . .

A common ritual for tech writers is interviewing other people . . .

The development of free/libre software moves at a relentless, some . . .

Enthusiasts often tout that the Linux Desktop is ready for . . .

With normal Linux systems using $HOME/.ssh/config eliminates the need for . . .

I am like many people and do not use all . . .

My memory is fuzzy but I think my first meaningful . . .

One item left incomplete after manually restoring the router was . . .

I want to know when each computer in the house . . .

Some time after manually restoring the local router, I realized . . .

Sometimes I want to know what systems are online. A . . .

I ran across an interesting little tool that emits an . . .

Many people have heard the proverb, “There is no such . . .

For some years I have monitored and logged connection speeds . . .

The goal of any documentation is to help people. “Good” . . .

The shuf command is a nice little utility. The command . . .

I sigh every time I read an author jump on . . .

I never much appreciated the complexities of dealing with time . . .

A common question in Linux forums is the meaning of . . .

For the past several years several options in SSH have . . .

My not-favorite firmware befuddled me once again . . .

The two common boot loaders for Linux systems are GRUB . . .

The ldd command is useful for checking broken links to . . .

In a previous role as Linux Admin for a mom-and-pop . . .

For many years in the house network I have used . . .

A common article found online is a recommendation for commands . . .

There is almost no way a single person can keep . . .

I am not a security guru and do not play . . .

I ran across a comment from a person looking for . . .

I have been looking for a nice standalone GUI reminder . . .

I ran across an online article where the author encouraged . . .

In one of my virtual machines (VMs) I was frustrated . . .

Many people new to Linux systems are stumped by shell . . .

Humans live in a complex world. Computers have become horribly . . .

Some time ago I was annoyed with a Linux boot . . .

I had a Windows 7 system that I updated to . . .

A common question from people who dual boot Linux and . . .

A common complaint is how slow the dd command is . . .

Outside the enterprise, virus and malware scanning tools usually are . . .

I much prefer desktop systems over laptops . . .

While the two titles often are the same role in . . .

SSH questions are common in Linux forums. Some important points . . .

I tend to avoid using desktop file managers for bulk . . .

Attracting attention months ago was an effort from two people . . .

After using computers for more than 40 years, using Linux . . .

Through the years I notice that updating each new Slackware . . .

I continue to test updating to Slackware 15.0 . . .

I continue to test updating to Slackware 15.0 . . .

On the office computer the ethtool command does not display . . .

One of the irregularities while testing 15.0 were error messages . . .

I have not been restless or eager about updating my . . .

For me the next step with updating Slackware is compiling . . .

Slackware 15.0 was released February 2, 2022 22:22 UTC — more . . .

One of the never-ending challenges of computer software are regressions. . . .

Sometimes the root cause of a problem is easily found — . . .

After having configured a system hard disk for the not-well-admired . . .

I thought I would tinker more after configuring one of . . .

One of the bumps encountered while traveling memory lane was . . .

Maintaining vintage computers might seem like a waste of time, . . .

While not related to the previous DOS escapades, I continued . . .

After configuring the 486 system I created a dd image . . .

After renovating the 486 computer I received an interesting dialog . . .

During my initial steps of traveling memory lane I pondered . . .

Although the special floppy disk drive cable remained inside the . . .

One reason I began this vintage computer journey was to . . .

With the K6-III+ system in the office, I wanted to . . .

This enchanting vintage computer journey began with wanting to image . . .

Some years go on the 486 system the CMOS battery . . .

Using the vboxmanage command I converted the new virtual disk . . .

I chose a different tactic to brush away the cobwebs . . .

I have a tendency to tinker with multiple projects. In . . .

The next computer was a throwaway. The system had an . . .

In late 1997 the next office system was an ASUS . . .

My first personal computer was a Commodore 64 in 1982. . . .

About 15 years ago I archived my collection of floppy . . .