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I used to use Awesome. And I3 before that. My young adult son would sometimes ask to do something quick on my laptop. Hilarity ensued.

Now I'm a truck driver. Bought a new laptop awhile back. Don't have time to fiddle (drive, eat, sleep) so I left the default Mint desktop.

Right now I'm being unloaded at a distribution center in Alabama. They tell me it will be 5 to 6 hours until they're done. No labor on Labor Day, I guess.

So I'll install Regolith, based on a couple comments here, and see how that goes.

I actually kinda miss fiddling.

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> Now I'm a truck driver. […] I actually kinda miss fiddling.

What did you do before and why did you become a truck driver, if I may ask?

Originally SW dev, most recently SWQA. I rage quit my last job over a conflict with a dev manager. No one else was interested in me.

Been driving three years and change. I mostly like it. I've never had a meeting, standup or otherwise. I miss my couch, weekends and the money. But it's pretty low stress. No SO, and my son is grown.

Wow, that's quite a career change! Thanks for the insight!

Personally, the one thing that saved me from going crazy during the pandemic were precisely those standup meetings (via Zoom) – otherwise I probably wouldn't have had any human interaction for months. But I suppose it all depends on who your colleagues are.

You don't have family or friends to talk to?

Yes, I do. But I happened to be in a rather lonely place (geographically) right when the pandemic hit. So outside of Zoom and telephone calls with my family and friends every other night, I wouldn't really have talked to anyone, had it not been for work.

Regolith installed, via PPA. Don't forget "sudo apt update." I forgot.

Commence fiddling in three ... two ... one ...

EDIT: One thing I like immediately is the little shortcut hint menu on the right. I first expected to be able to click each hint, and have that action happen. But it doesn't do that. It doesn't do anything. You have to actually read the hint, and type the displayed shortcut, thus forcing you to learn the system. Not tough love, just firm love.

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