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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

A few tweaks to my side panel and a new festive wallpaper makes my desktop just right (for me)

Screen shot of customized Gnome DE with a right side panel and a Simpsons spoof of Nightmare Before Christmas wallaper

Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

My day has been pretty poop, but then I found this gem to be my "show apps" icon. No I have a smile to go with my poop day.

"All the things" meme made into an icon.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

For those of you that like a good #Fastfetch, here ya go! Fairy Floss for the win!

Fastfetch info of a 2013/14 Macbook Pro running UltraMarine Linux with Gnome

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

After some distro-hopping & DE trial and error, I was able to come up with the look I was going for. Thanks to the "Dash to Panel" Gnone extension, I can set up a Unity like bar on the right hand side. I always found it weird to have key items located on […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

Funny meme wallpaper of Neitzsche with a panel located on the right side of the screen

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

I joined a pilot program in my district to be more of a coach in my specific role. With that said, here is my assigned reading. Im about 40 pages in… Hopefully this ACTUALLY is a good read #TheCoachingHabit

Quick photo of the cover of the following book:

The Coaching Habit:
Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
By Michael Bungay Stanier

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

With a few tweaks, I think I got GlaciaOS looking pretty good. The stock wallpaper is 🧑‍🍳 😘

A quick screen grab of Btop and FastFetch info on an aging ebox machine

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

Hey @thelinuxcast it’s a “poor man’s” DualUp! :neocat_cool_fingerguns:

Two inexpensive monitors stacked above each other.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

The miss got a 3D printer and asked me to send her something fun to make for me. So I sent her this gem to hold my headphones brotheeeeeeer! We ran out of yellow and had to finish the print with another color.

3D printed Hulk Hogan bust in a 3D printer

3D printed Hulk Hogan bust with headphones on

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Classing up the #MacbookPro with some sweet @somafm stickers. Now people can easily identify where I get most of my music 😎

MacBook covered in various Soma FM stickers

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

It too hot to hang outside (109F, 42.7C). Got chilled going to the local record store. Walked out with these gems. #BuyLocal #Vinyl #cassette

Record of Tyler, The Creators “Wolf” album and a cassette of Ghost on top along with a Zia Records sticker

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Dang! That’s a nice hat 🧢 No I can #rep @somafm out in the streetz Support what you love.

Black baseball hate with SOMA FM embroidered in red.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

After some good food with good people and some minor shenanigans with fireworks, I finished my night watching this gem with great company: #HotSpringSharkAttack

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

I got a new #cassette player, thus I had to pick up some new tapes. All cassettes procured from a local small business #physicalmedia

Stack of 3 new cassette tapes from artists: C418, Killer Mike, and BTS

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2026

While oot and aboot today, I found this lil gem in the wild and had to pick it up. “Hairspray” was one of my favorite movies growing up.

Quick photo of the bluray case of the movie “Hairspray.”

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

Dang, #KDEPlasma has been treating me very well lately. At this current rate, I might even become a fan boi :BlobFoxEyes:

Screenshot of KDE Plasma desktop running on Fedora. Terminal window opened on left side with Fastfetch info being displayed. Wallpaper consist of notable Star Wars spaceships in a blue cloudy sky.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s day to all the fathers, fathers’ fathers, and fathers’ fathers’ fathers. #HappyFathersDay

Hallmark Ecards Vintage GIF by Hallmark Gold Crown

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2026

I was able to successfully able to install #FreeBSD twice! Due to issues with audio drivers on the #N100 mini pc, I moved the BSD over to the #ebox. Things are looking pretty snazzy with #Lumina. I have to say, I am very happy with this install and set up […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

Screenshot of Lumina DE running on FreeBSD. Terminal window open with Fastfetch info.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Oh man that is one clean looking desktop. The air is so clean in the Alpines :BlobCatChefsKiss: I decided to move the #ebox to the edge repos on #AlpineLinux and install #kdeplasma. This might get me to jump ship from #Gnome on my main pc :BlobFoxEyes:

Screenshot of Alpine Linux desktop running KDE Plasma with tweo terminal windows open displaying Fastfetch and Btop info.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

Alrighty, the #ebox is running very well on #AlpineLinux! If multitasking, it can handle web browsing and streaming music with no issue. It can also handle 1080 full screen video if mono-tasking. So I call this a win. Oh, and I changed the window manager […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

Screenshot of LXQT desktop with a terminal window showing stats and another window that a music player.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

I have completed the compendium and reached the ending to #P3Reloded. My eyes are very heavy and I am tired... Soon I will start Chapter Aigis.

Screenshot from Personal 3 Reloaded showing a completed persona compendium

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

For my friends that use #AppleSilicon #Macs, is there a way to boot automatically to the boot option screen with out holding down keys? I would prefer being able to pick between my #MacOS partition and #AsahiLinux partition on all boots with minimal hoop […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

If both Kirishima and Wakatakakage both lose their respective matches, we could have a 6 way play off if Hakunofuji wins his match. That would be more #sumo, and there ain’t nothing wrong with that.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

So far everything has been pretty ho-hum with the #AsahiLinux. The only thing to not is that #Floorp is have graphical glitches on the home/search page. Here is the obligitory #fastfetch that used to be in vogue...

quick screenshot of Ashai Linux Gnome running on M2 macbookpro

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Yesterday the miss and I took the kiddo to a tour of our local recycling center. The machinery was incredible.

The front end of a garbage/recycling truck displayed in an educational environment

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Here is my current read: The Tatami Time Machine Blues. I just love this quote about time travel: (i) Time machines exist. (ii) But time machines cause a fundamental paradox. (iii) So this universe where time machines exist is all wrong. #Bookstodon #bookcommunity

Quick picture of the cover of
TOMIHIKO MORIMI’s novel
“THE TATAMI TIME MACHINE BLUES”

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

#Butterbian just got a bit better and smoother (for me) by adding a dash of #Gnome to my set up. It might a be a bit more work for this lower powered #ebox, but now it is more fun to use.

Screenshot of Gnome desktop with a terminal window open showing fastfetch info. Wallpaper is an of two anime girls with a joke in poor taste.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

Smooooooooth like butter. I am testing out #Butterbian from @justaguylinux So far it is a nice take on #Debian. I hope y'all enjoy my theming 😆

Screenshot of Butterbian. Terminal window open with fastfetch info. Jokey wall paper that states "Debian the GNU/Linux distributions for lesbians"

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

I r no longer a n00b. I r 1337. I run all big OS: #Win11, #MacOS, #Linux, and now #BSD. I r hackerZ. Be kewl like me. Me r so kewl.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

So far #NomadBSD has been the easiest #BSD install that I have done so far. Nomad is based on #FreeBSD and appears to use their repos. For the most part everything seems to be working just fine. The only issue I have at the moment is getting #wifi to work; not a biggie since I have it wired.

Screenshot of XFCE desktop running on a BSD system. A terminal window is open with Fastfetch info displayed.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

I am trying to get more comfortable with the #CLI. Tinkering around with the #RpiZ2w is making it fun and keeps the stakes low if I mess up. Currently I have #Tmux, #MidnightCommander, #Pyradio, #Hyfetch, #Btop and more installed. If you know of other fun […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

Screenshot of multiple panes in a terminal window showing things like Hyfetch, Midnight Commander, Btop and more.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

Today’s shopping in fun books involved: two local bookstores, 3 books, 1 mystery book of dubious nature, and lots of stickers. #Bookstodon

Collection of books:

1) The EMERALD BURRITO of OZ
2) MUNDANE MORNINGS & ENCHANTED EVENINGS
3) RAMPAGING FUCKERS OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY SHITTING PLANET OF THE VOMIT ATMOSPHERE!

Mystery book wrapped in fancy wrapping paper

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Wait, am I becoming bored with #Linux? Reinstalling my second favorite #MaxOSX #Mavericks on the 2013 #MacbookPro

Photo of installing OSX Mavericks on a 2013 MacBook Pro

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

I base my #book procurement based on #fun. I think I have succeeded but now I have like a huge backlog. In the pic below, I have only finished 3 so far….

Shelf of books of wide variety and silliness

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

In not so shocking news, I moved the 2014 #macbookpro back over to #UltraMarineLinux OpenSUSE slowroll was fun, but the lack of support for specific programs I need eventually did it in.

hyfetch/fastfetch info of macbookpro running UltraMarine Linux

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Dang that is a good lookin' desktop. I switched over to #Fedora from the SUSE and it was super smooth. The very few issues I ran into with SUSE have disappeared now that I am on Fedora. Hopefully this will be the end game for this PC. #Fastfetch #Gnome #Linux

Fedora workstation screenshot with a modded Gnome top bar and a terminal window displaying Fastfetch info.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

Wowsers! My 2011 #MacbookPro running #MacOSX 10.6.8 is not "#vintage" enough to use #FrogFind Dang my system being to new (shaking fists at the sky)! @ActionRetro

Screenshot of the FrogFind webpage with the following message:

The Search Engine for Vintage Computers
You are using Mozilla Firefox 128 (Mac)

Search functions are disabled on modern devices to save API quota. Please visit this site on a retro computer to search.

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

I love surfin' the web on this "old" #Macbook. I miss the look and feel of older #MacOSX.

screenshot of a terminal displaying MacOSX Snow Leopard Neofetch info an a 2011 Macbook

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

[Not school appropriate graffiti] The perks of working in the US public education system…. Btw this is in an elementary school

“have sex with me” written on the side of a bathroom stall with a crude penis drawn next to the phrase

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Due to issues with the patched version of #MacOS Sequoia via #Opencore running on the 2015 #iMac5k, I decided to move on to something more stable; something that is not prone to crash... DEBIAN! "Cause Debian just works." Here is my attempt to beautify the […] [Original post on polymaths.social]

Screenshot of a modified Gnome Desktop with a Fastfetch window is displaying pc stats

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Joshumo :Polymaths: :TeslaFire: @jlw-the-jobber.polymaths.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026

#Debian just works. With no issues whatsoever I was able to quickly install Debian on the lil nuc and it is good to go.

screenshot of fastfetch info of Debian Linux and the Gnome DE.

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