Earlier this morning, I installed Debian with the GNOME desktop environment (DE). GNOME isn’t particularly customizable cf. Plasma and other DEs, but there are a few things I do to make it work for me. This post will be updated as I add additional customization.
Hardware: Initial Setup
I mentioned that a hardware problem with my existing Trigkey mini PC is going to require a warranty replacement, so I ordered a used HP desktop in the bigger but still reasonable “small form factor” sizing. It arrived yesterday, and this post documents my initial setup process. Hardware specs: The unit I received is the…
Mini PC & Hardware, part 1
I mentioned in a prior post that my current desktop machines are mini PCs. The one I picked up for my home office and testing purposes is a Trigkey S6, running an AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU, with 32GB DDR5 & 500GB SSD. Mini PCs come in a variety of configurations, but most are small…
On Dislike for Windows
It’s time to start expanding on my initial post where I wrote briefly about this new linux lawyering project. One of the reasons is that I just don’t like Windows that much. To be fair, I get it – Windows is pretty good these days. It’s a long way from 3.1, which was the first…
This Linux Lawyering Project
I’m a lawyer, licensed in Maine and Utah. My practice is a mix of some administrative law, some litigation, and a lot of deep research and writing. For some time I’ve been thinking about transitioning the tech/software aspect of my practice away from a paid/SAAS model towards open source. There are a number of reasons…