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Setting up Ruby on WSL2 using Rbenv

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:59:37 -0400

This should be no different than on regular Ubuntu
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The machine that I do most of my work on is my Lenovo Carbon X1 Laptop running PoP_OS!. But, because of reasons that I will not go into today, my main desktop runs Windows 11 and on that I run Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2). WSL2 has a few Linux distros that you can run on it. For simplicities sake, I have gone with Ubunutu

How good is Pop!_OS in 2020?

Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:08:15 -0400

I have been using MX_linux, and while I think the premise behind it is good, the implementation falls a bit flat. As someone that has used Linux for years, I was avoiding using my small and light laptop because I did not want to deal with the system that was running it. That is not a good sign.

So, I decided that I was going to install a new Linux distro on my system and get back to writing and doing things. Out of curiosity I dropped in to distrowatch to see what the flavor of the month was currently. To my surprise I saw MX_Linux on the top. After the issues I have had with it, that was interesting to see. But, sitting at spot number 5 was Pop!_OS. Huh? I had heard of it, but thought that is was some simplified version for kids. I was wrong.

Issues with Ubuntu’s Startup Disk Creator for non-debian ISOs

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 08:20:31 -0400

Let me start with the scenario that led me into issues with the Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator. I had been running Ubuntu GNOME, a flavor of Ubuntu that was focused on a mostly vanilla install of Gnome on top of Ubuntu. Well, Ubuntu was finally getting rid of the Unity desktop, so the spin off that I had been using was no longer going to be updated. Fair enough.

I had Ubuntu installed, and I wanted to give Fedora a try (it has been a while), so I just needed to create a bootable USB stick. Normally I would use dd, but Ubuntu has a tool, and I thought sure, let’s try this gui tool. Quick and easy. That led me down the rabbit hole that you see here.

Linux on Codex.org

Setting up Ruby on WSL2 using Rbenv

This should be no different than on regular Ubuntu #

How good is Pop!_OS in 2020?

Issues with Ubuntu’s Startup Disk Creator for non-debian ISOs

This should be no different than on regular Ubuntu
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