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chris wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:04 pm Milder winters in the UK: it's the Gulf Stream that does it.

Well, for now anyway. If that fails we'll be experiencing somewhat different climate.

I have to use Chrome for some stuff - especially Teams - but Firefox ESR is my normal go to. One or two of my wife's favourite sites are very bad on FF so she has to use Chrome for them too. I have been experimenting with hblock which I discovered is installed in PeppermintOS. Its a system that gene...

Thanks Dai - all seems normal again!

That's better!

Just using ESR same as you. The issue with the Debian forum has mostly been around the behaviour of the New Posts filter (recently). Is this some sort of session cookie issue?

Not much to add to the subject line really.
I know from the Debian Forum the phpBB recent updates have been causing odd problems.

Now this is what you call an inventive solution to fixing lots of machines https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/25/ ... e_scanner/

Given that Mozilla are now working hand in hand with Facebook ............... https://www.osnews.com/story/140247/i-told-you-so-mozilla-working-with-facebook-to-weaken-firefox-privacy-and-anti-tracking-features/ it will soon make no difference what you use. Oh and Apple are doing the same sort of th...

I still like XFCE and the author has at least taken the time to check the different base systems to give an even spread. OK - it's XFCE - it works! On the desktop I have switched over to Debian Mint + Cinnamon, but I still use XFCE on my laptops. Took a dive into Peppermint following the latest rele...

Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission. https://www.osnews.com/story/140055/windows-11-is-now-automatically-enabling-onedrive-folder-backup-without-asking-permission/ Is there no end to this cheap and dirty attitude. How many non-technical people ar...