The geek in me
Needs you to be
The code in my script
To debug and see
'Cause I'm a geek in love
And it's you I run to
Yeah, the geek in me
Needs the tech in you

-ChatGPT's parody of Shania Twain's The Woman in Me

Signifying something, this is the first post I have composed in Linux since my return to Bartlett, specifically written on Linux Mint 21.2 with FocusWriter and Visual Studio Code. While I dabbled with Corel Linux at the turn of the millennium, I never had it on any of my computers in those days. So, it is a weird bit of trivia for me.

I have not had a Linux box since living near campus. I had that New Year's Resolutions of embracing the Google ecosphere while adopting the user experience of a Mac user.

In practice, I soon had my own homebrew Ruby setup running Jekyll, so how can I say I am anything like a typical Mac user? I have nary a thread of hipster duds! And instead of a pair of cool specs, if I cannot see the screen, you better believe it that I blew the thing UP! I find that most disappointing about my M1 Macbook: instead of using the increased resolution to provide sweet-sweet, crisp fonts, they just all go small on it. Instead of having the consumer in mind, they tap into this desire to belong to The Cool Kids Table:

"Don't be like your mom, mom jeans are cool now!"

"Tattoo-faced singers have an unknown depth and are in no way pretentious!"

"Squinting your eyes at the display makes you look...mysterious..."

Diatribe aside, why am I bringing Linux back—instead of a Suit & Tie, it's a...

I'm in my Linux shell and CLI, shell and CLI, CLI
I'm in my Linux shell and CLI, CLI
Can I teach you a few commands?

"Your AI buddy"

I suppose it is for every reason I have ever written on the subject in the past. But, I like the additional control I have over my computer. We as a society have slowly adopted a certain control over our e-devices, so much so that to free our phones, the phrase is called jailbreak.

Isn't that absurd?

I fear this mentality will extend beyond the confines of software/hardware. At what point must we sign off on an Acceptable Use Policy of our own lives? I totally voided my warranty during that zombie apocalypse.