/ˈbɑːltəkʊteɪ/. Knows some chemistry and piping stuff. TeXmacs user.

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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • So… they removed Wordpad to push people into using Word… and now they removed Notepad to push people into… this monstrosity? Why does Notepad support hyperlinks now?

    Back when I used Notepad, it was to strip out rich text formatting and reliably get consistently distinct text, especially if I configured it to use a monospace font. Now I have to worry about embedded hyperlinks sending me to God-knows-where?





  • I tried Cosmic for a week. It looked nice but I returned to LXQt because I want:

    • To display time in ISO 8601 without also messing with locales
    • To customize my file manager columns
    • To use Emacs in a terminal emulator
    • To not have my windows scattered to the four winds every time I lock my screen because the fancy window tiling feature is half-baked
    • To have the X window manager back. I’m sure some people with use cases besides mine that are compatible only with Wayland, but I simply don’t see the need nor do I wish to be a guinea pig submitting bug reports when so many guinea pigs before me had years of their lives sacrificed polishing X.

    Also, the performance of programs like the default Cosmic file manager was much slower then comparable alternatives like pcmanfm-qt which I know run fast even on 2005 Compaq laptop hardware.