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My desktop operating system of choice is the fast and flexible Q4OS Linux distribution.  It is based on Debian and provides a very familiar environment for those users coming from a Microsoft Windows background.  It's also a fantastic OS for those of us who may be using older PCs and laptops, but also performs well on the latest technology.  The one thing it doesn't have is Vivaldi included in its software package manager.  But this quick how-to will show you how to get Vivaldi installed on your Q4OS desktop in a flash. First thing you'll need to do is download the latest build of Vivaldi.  Make sure you download the correct file for your system's architecture (32bit or 64bit).  Also, make sure that you download the Debian (.DEB) version.  You can download the latest version of Vivaldi from here. Make a note as to where, on your hard drive, you are saving your download.  I usually just download to my /Download directory. Once your download is done, open up the Konsole terminal program, by clicking on the Q4OS Task button (in the bottom left corner of your desktop), goto to the Programs menu item and then select Konsole. At the command prompt, go to the directory in which you saved the Vivaldi download.  In my example, I would change into my Downloads directory by typing: cd Downloads Next, do a listing of the files in your Downloads directory, so you can see the exact filename of the Vivaldi package, which you just downloaded.  It's important that you know what the file is called, for the next step.  To do this, type (all in lower case): ls v* When you press ENTER (after typing the command above), you should see a file listing looking something like this: vivaldi-stable_2.9.1705.41-1_i386.deb This is the filename that you will use in the next command. To begin the installation of Vivaldi, type in the following command (using the filename you have been given in the previous step - make sure it's exactly the same): sudo dpkg -i vivaldi-stable_2.9.105.41-1_i386.deb You will then most likely be asked to enter in the Super User (or Root) password to begin the install process.  Type it in now. Once the installation process is done, you should then be able to find Vivaldi under the Internet menu heading. That's all there is to it! Now, I can't recall if Q4OS reported that there were any missing supporting files that prevented it from installing Vivaldi.  If you do get any such messages, feel free to post your results in a comment below.  I will try and help you through it if problems arise.

Programmers need to have many skills. Often times we are quick to assume that the digital talents of programmers are the most important. But in this evolving workplace we are seeing the importance of programmers to have all types of talents. Many workplaces place emphasis on having a team player and being able to work collaboratively. This is especially important in the tech industry where many people work digitally or virtually. This includes having employees working from home, working from another city or even

Tonight, my wife and I watched one of our movies from our collection, which we haven't watched in a long time.  The movie was "Angels In The Outfield" and it was a real pleasure to watch it again, after all this time.  Best of all, we watched it on VHS and that always brings us a lot of pleasure on its own, for the nostalgia we have for this video format. Unless you're a child of the 60's or 70's, you may not have much reverence for watching movies on VHS.  But, for us, there's something very special about those little black boxes of Mylar ribbon, and the sounds of the mechanics inside the VCR as it unwinds the tape, preparing to entertain us. It just makes that connection to those simpler days, when you would go down to the video store on a Friday to pick out the movies you'd be watching over the weekend.  When you'd sit down with the family or friends, with your bag of potato chips and can of soda, and watch a movie together.  Back then, we all didn't have our own T.V. to watch (or portable video device), like today.  A household would typically have one, or maybe two T.V.s if you were lucky.  So, usually, if you wanted to watch a movie, you had company of some sort watching with you.  It was a family sort of affair. Typically, most commercial VHS movies had previews of some sort on the first five minutes of the tape.  So, most of the time you had to "fast forward" past all of this to get to the movie.  But, when watching with a group, watching the previews was a good warm-up, which allowed everyone to get their drinks and snacks, get settled in on the couch and ready to watch the movie.  Even though you were at home, it was sort of like an "event".  Or, at the very least, it was all part of the "tradition". Once the movie was over, the other part of the tradition was to hit the "rewind" button on the VCR to rewind the video tape back to the beginning, ready for the next time you want to watch the movie.  If you were a real "videophile", you probably had a VHS tape rewinding device, which you used to rewind the tape, saving some wear and tear on your VCR. And for me, this kind of ritual/tradition in movie watching is very much lacking in today's world of modern conveniences.  Everything is so "instant", there's just not much appreciation that goes into an event, like watching a movie at home.  And, I think that we've lost something because of it. It's a very similar sort of thing that I appreciate when watching our collection of LaserDiscs, as well.  When I have to get up and "flip the disc" to side B, it's sort of like having to change a reel on a film projector.  It's just that extra bit of "ritual" that makes you appreciate what you're doing and taking part in. We really enjoy watching our collection of movies on VHS and LaserDisc and we'll continue to do so for as long as I can keep our VCR and LD player in proper working condition.  These are items from our past that help us appreciate the simpler things in life, which adds so much enjoyment to our home entertainment experience.

I have had struggles dealing with this in the past and now eventually figured out how to do it. There's still some work to be done though. The Benefits Scheduled theme changes work alongside Night Light to reduce screen glare & brightness, offering ease of use at night time. Applications are increasingly plugging in to the OS Night Mode scheme, so having the theme be scheduled lets you take advantage of these applications light and dark modes on a schedule. How To I have tried to follow methods laid out by other blogs, but could never get them to work - and none of them suggested ways of changing the desktop wallpaper at the same time. This is the method I ended up with: Create 2 scheduled tasks that invoke PowerShell to make required changes to the registry and run relevant commands. I have tested that this method mostly works as of Windows 1909. Known Issues There are some little niggles to work out though. I go into detail later in this post. Be aware of that if you want to use this method. The main problem is finding a way to change the desktop wallpaper...

Vivaldi's tab stacks are a fiddly thing if you don't use the window panel. Disadvantages of the existing tab stacking solution: If you have a large tab stack of maybe 60+ tabs, the tab previews can block the whole UI.(VB-17414)Especially in windowed mode (restored node, i.e. not maximized) the tiny indicators / drag handles violate Fitts's law and are a PITA to grab. I challenge you to drag a tab out of a stack like the following on a touch screen! The artificial delay makes stacking quite unpredictable if your tabs are already small (which is one of the reason why one might start stacking tabs in the first place). I could go on, but these are the main problems. A better solution Sadly tab stacks did not get much attention lately, despite better solutions exist, like shown in the following screen recording....

Finally, got to do something to actually care about coral reefs. Never thought that this would be exactly the same as gardening. Using a toothbrush. But let's not run forward that much... During the stay we did a couple of activities. Out of the water cleaning of beaches was the most prominent activity. This is typical, our beaches collect so much thrash from the oceans that it seems a neverending work...