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Do the right thing.

#Linux
#FOSS
#MeMBu
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Now for #Spotify. Installed spotify-launcher then logged in through the web browser. That was surprisingly painless.

This has all been surprisingly painless

#Linux #OpenSource
October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've found #KolourPaint as an #MSPaint replacement. It's very lightweight

#Linux
October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I've just installed #AnvilStudio using #Wine - it's the best #midi editor I've ever used. I get a desktop icon and double clicking on it runs the program exactly like the #Windows one. I haven't tried connecting external inputs - that's something for another day

#Linux
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Downloaded Wine with `sudo pacman -Syu wine`. I'm able to run downloaded #Windows executables by double clicking on them and installation seems to be as expected so far. It's asking me to install some extras for Wine too - I'm just clicking Yes every time

#Linux #Wine
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'll want something similar to good old #MSPaint too. Any recommendations?

#Linux #OpenSource
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Alright, what next...? Maybe I should try some of my Windows-only programs now. I'll probably need Wine for those, won't I?

#Linux #opensource #manjaro
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Microphone seems to be working on #Discord! I ran `sudo pacman -S discord` and it recognises voice input

#linux #opensource
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#Terraria - all up and running on #Linux!
October 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The #Steam fix might be easier than I thought. There were two Steam clients installed. I selected the Steam (Native) one and Terraria's working first time

#Linux
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Two problems I've noticed so far - #Discord doesn't recognise microphone input and #Steam games don't run. Googling suggests that #Proton might get everything working for Steam and I've tested the microphone everywhere else with no issues (including Discord in the web browser)

#Linux #opensource
October 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There it is!

#thunderbird #manjaro #linux #opensource
October 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'd like an email client. I've been using #Thunderbird on #Windows10 for years and I was about to download it from the website when I remembered that #Linux has its own software repository. I'll need to get in the habit of checking there first
October 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I've just noticed that there's a big red icon telling me that there are updates I can do. Safety (and security) first!

#manjaro #linux #opensource
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I've rebooted without the USB stick and everything looks fine. Now to install everything that I used to use on #Windows10

#opensource #manjaro #ubuntu
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here we go...
#manjaro #linux #opensource
October 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Now to install #manjaro
October 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Booted from USB. KDE Plasma is really pretty

#linux #manjaro
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Change of plan. Let's try #Manjaro

#linux #opensource
October 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ready for installation
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Flashing #ubuntu to my USB stick with #balenaEtcher

#linux #opensource
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Done!
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Almost there...

#ubuntu #linux #opensource
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Installed #balenaEtcher and got my USB stick ready. Still downloading the ISO...

#ubuntu #linux #opensource
October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Downloading #Ubuntu 24.04. Here we go!

#Linux #OpenSource
October 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM