bluefin

I did some actual development in #Bluefin today, which is appropriate on what for all intents and purposes is a developer's distro/system. I looked in on my blogPoster repo on GitHub, set up a Debian #Distrobox and tested the code with Ruby 3.3.8 and all the required gems in Debian 13. I'm surprised that everything worked so well, though I did run into a few bugs to think about, and then made a few commits to update documentation and notes.

I am NOT a professional developer, and my five or so CS classes at community college didn't transform me into an OO expert. This project is relentlessly procedural, and it should/could be a lot less of a mess. In any case, I feel like something happened today. https://github.com/passthejoe/blogPoster

The #gVim #Flatpak, which I am running in #Bluefin, has been grabbing a whole lot of CPU. I only noticed it yesterday, but it could have been going on a bit longer.

Until this is resolved, I'll be using console Vim, which does ship with Bluefin Stable.

I generally prefer gVim because I use the system clipboard a lot, and it's slightly easier with a GUI app. I also use the mouse a bit. That's the kind of Vimmer I am.

I can make it work with console #Vim, and that's probably better for me in the long run.

I would have moved to #Neovim GUI #Neovide, but my .vimrc does not work, and it would be a heavy lift to re-create it.

Do I want an Intel or AMD based refurbished Thinkpad for Linux in 2026? Is Intel still the best supported platform or won’t it matter much anymore?

#thinkpad #linux #laptop #fedora #bluefin #intel #amd

A very comprehensive Project #Bluefin update from @jorge@hachyderm.io https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-spring-2026/

#Nextcloud Desktop is working perfectly as a sync client between my #Bluefin (#GNOME) Linux desktop and https://thegood.cloud.

I’ve been running Linux off and on for years. But with a break from any meaningful experimentation since I bought my Steam Deck, I decided it was time for something new.

So I did the cliché thing and bought a used Thinkpad on eBay to install Linux on. Here’s my initial experience, with some backstory about my journey until now.

#linux #thinkpad #debian #fedora #bazzite #bluefin #pikaos #vanillaos
https://thumbsup.me/posts/i-put-linux-on-a-thinkpad/

Project #Bluefin just revved to #Fedora 44 and #GNOME 50. Now's a good time to jump into the immutable/atomic Linux pool. Bluefin is a lot more forward thinking than I am. That's one of the reasons I've stuck with it this year. Calling Bluefin #Silverblue with a whole lot of batteries included wouldn't be wrong. So many batteries -- but most are optional. @jorge@hachyderm.io wrote a bunch of blog posts on it. Start here: https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-spring-2026/

#Bluefin doesn't replace #Toolbox with #Distrobox. The image includes both. Use your favorite. And probably 99% of the things you want to layer can be taken care of with #Homebrew, which is also included on the image. I still use Distrobox for my development environments, but those everyday CLI utilities come from Brew. https://projectbluefin.io/