New #Blogpost!

I prefer to read (and to write) an unpolished, human website.

This post is unpolished, says nothing new, doesn't take into account every angle, and it's even kinda rushed, but it's mine, so anyway.

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/unpolished-human-websites

This is day 39 of #100DaysToOffload

New blog post:

Mastodon (Bluesky/X/Instagram) is not the right platform for posting long-form content (a blog is)
http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/03/mastodon-bluesky-x-instagram-is-not-the-right-platform-for-posting-long-form-content-a-blog-is/

#blogging #blog

What I read in January 2026

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https://noisydeadlines.net/what-i-read-in-january-2026

Linux Journey: More Tests and choosing a distro

I have been using Linux on my older ASUS laptop for roughly four days now, and I didn’t even need to open Windows for anything. I tested three distros in the meantime, but I mostly used Ubuntu 25.10 to perform tests on all the activities I normally do on Windows, to see if I could make them work. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/linux-journey-more-tests-and-choosing-a-distro

Linux Journey: First Steps on Ubuntu

The first thing I did was download the ISO image for Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. Then I used balenaEtcher to create a bootable USB drive. I got an error when doing this on Windows 11, and after some searching, I found that the solution was to run balenaEtcher as Administrator for the image to work. Even then, I still got another error, I don’t remember exactly what it was. In the end, I switched to Rufus to create the bootable USB, and that worked. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/linux-journey-first-steps-on-ubuntu

Rediscovering Linux: The Journey Starts

It's funny, because I really don't have any major issues with my Windows personal laptop right now. It boots fine, and I have all the tools I need. Still, getting back to Linux has been on my mind for a long time. [...]

https://noisydeadlines.net/rediscovering-linux-the-journey-starts