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Once again for some reason the album cover used for bandcamp looks like trash compared to other sources but whatever..

The actual album cover adds a lot to the vibe and looks great: https://open.spotify.com/track/2iki8J4U7oDWsl2TIwC5xS

This is a really cool Vaporwave type album. This is some real 2012 tumblr music for anyone who was around then lol. I really enjoy the album, lounge music mixed spacy oldschool trap beats with vaporwave production.

Just wanted to share my experience moving to Linux from MacOS. Very satisfying, but of course not at first. I think my patience has improved a lot too lol.

I started out trying live bootables on my 2012 MBA. 4GB RAM, 60GB HDD. Not a beast really, but it is my only computer. I obviously couldn't risk ending up without a working OS, so the only option was dual boot from an external drive. Bought an SSD connected via USB and started trying to install distros. Initially Fedora Workstation. Was a mess. Slow, wifi was not working well, odd crashes etc.. Decided to start over with something lighter, but all other installers crashed halfway through. I kid you not I shot my back again bent over my small laptop i without working peripherals trying to install different distros. My doctor was not happy when I came back and told her I fucked up my back again because of my posture lol. Apparently, a shitty USB leads to crashes on most installers. I knew Anaconda worked tho, so I went back to a lighter DE with Fedora, XFCE. Set up an install on the SSD with a shared partition I could access from both MacOS and fedora. No big permission issues yet.

Then fixing network drivers. There is a lot of info about what chip needs what driver, a lot of which is incorrect apparently, because my chip which was supposed to work with bcma needed broadcom-wl. The joy when I remembered USB tethering was a thing.. For a laptop with no ethernet plug this was a godsend. Got the drivers, got wifi.

And since then, many "issues" I encountered where simply things that generally happened behind the scenes on MacOS I didn't even know where happening. Learning about these things has been very gratifying, and gives a lot of respect for a polished OS that just works like magic. Eventually, an issue on MacOS I could not solve due to it being a walled garden made me switch to Linux as a daily driver, and once I got over CMD and CTRL being swapped it sped up my workflows and runs better overall. More tweaking tho of course.

There are odd quirks but I found fun solutions for some, and began planning and learning to remedy others. Mostly, everything is working really well. I am having a lot of fun!

My tip for anyone struggling with getting started with linux, set up a log function so you can easily log any relevant changes you make, and have it accessible from somewhere else (like a shared partition or external drive for example). This way you know what you have done and can use that to fix whatever you fuck up. Also, make a knowledge base with the sources you find useful. I have a small kb in UpNote now so I can look up how some things were done instead of having to search and find the right guides over and over.

I had a hard time putting this in a genre so I gave it several that appear over the album. Ver interesting finnish producer making experimental electronic reminiscent of SOPHIE at her most experimental mixed with beats from various styles. Generally overall a unique experience. Love the album cover as well (EDIT: the album cover is different on spotify vs bandcamp. I really like the spotify one, very uncanny).

Coolest album I heard this month for sure.

I have tried winding the gears back to starting position but now whenever I try to predict the solstice it is incorrect, causing great embarrassment at the local sect. I bought this because those young men in white robes drawing mystic figures in the sand convinced me it would help me with my predictions, and that it was a lot easier than traditional augury or lining up rocks like the celts do. I call bullshit, what the hell is the problem with traditional birds entrails telling you these things? I spent a goat on this and it isn't working, and I released all the birds because I thought I wouldn't need them anymore and now I am freaking out, if I don't get this right Zeus know what the initiae will do to me.

Anyways, any of you have experience with this issue?

A VA compiled and mixed by a Dutch(?) DJ, DJ Athome. I thought it was just going to be your average compilation at first but it is very worth giving a listen to for any fan of Space Rock, Psydub or Psychadelic music in general as the DJ is mixing these styles seemlessly. Honestly one of my best finds this year.

Includes Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static, Divine Soma Experience and more.

I have a deep love for Houston and Memphis rap and g-funk. This is one of my favorite albums from the Houston scene. While there are many great album covers in the southern rap and hiphop scene this one is just so funny. Ocean Of Funk is a funny name, but coupled with a low-rider "surfin' the waves of funk", it becomes priceless to me.