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So yeah, I ended up installing Winamp in Wine on my Linux setup just to see if it would still work, and it actually does.

I am running Ubuntu Server 25.10 with KDE Plasma, made a dedicated Wine prefix for Winamp, installed it there, and it started up without much drama. Classic skin, playlist editor, media library, the whole old-school setup. It plays fine and honestly looks exactly like it should.

The weird part is not that it works.
The weird part is how instantly familiar it feels.

The second I saw that layout again, it was like getting punched in the face by pure early-2000s nostalgia. Same buttons, same playlist window, same look, same whole vibe. And now I am sitting here on a modern Linux system using Winamp through Wine like some time traveler that missed the exit ramp back to 2004.

It works, and I am not even going to pretend it is the most logical thing I have installed on Linux.
But damn, I feel old as fox using this again.

Still, there is something kind of beautiful about seeing Winamp alive and working on Linux in 2026.

Pls help me

I have finally started to AI detox, blocked access on PC and just have to try keep me off on the phone. I seriously think AI is worst possible to use, you will eventually destroy your own skills because overusing it and I have already seen this on myself. I barely patiently read documentations anymore and I keep seeing myself go to get fast answer sadly. Thought sharing.,

Good thing here is, I managed to read documentation patiently after a long time and guess what. THIS FEELS GOOD

For anyone that is interested...
I was thinking on Making a thread here condensing the Surface Kernel In-A-Nutshell install instructions for Ubuntu/deb based distros. I hope to post it soon, if anyone is interested.

Good to see you! You had me worried for a bit. I hope all is well at your end of things.

I went back on sway while I still have kubuntu. I just keep working same style anyway so why not, and all this clicking feels so slow after I got used to this speed again. hahah

Installed Linux Mint on two older Windows systems and my Apple iMac and I'm very pleased with the result. My older iMac 16.3 however doesn't wake-up when it is switched to sleep mode, my solution is that I've disabled this mode. Has anybody experience with a solution to solve this?

New happy Linux Mint user

I've been banging my head against the wall with those RAM settings. Turns out the presets are just wrong. No chance in hell does it boot on those default EXPO settings.

Regardless, two of the four RAM sticks are shot, probably out of the factory. Gonna send them back for replacements, then see what I can do with manually tuning in the RAM settings. Right now I've got 5600MHz memory running in single channel 3600. (Facepalm)

Been studying Spanish for 2 weeks. It's going well and I hope to reach the Spanish Community to introduce Linux.

While installing Rstudio it shows me this error while installing through terminal how to solve this problem??

~$ rstudio
[20867:0228/124746.323204:FATAL:setuid_sandbox_host.cc(158)] The SUID sandbox helper binary was found, but is not configured correctly. Rather than run without sandboxing I'm aborting now. You need to make sure that /usr/lib/rstudio/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755.
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

Stupid day today, got to sit in the car with the engine running for about 2 hrs whilst the satnav updates. [Approx 14gb of updates via USB] the car is on a public highway so to be legal in the UK i have to be in the driver's seat if the engine is running and wearing a seat belt, although I am not going anywhere. Still its only once a year

I should probably not have started making AI album art for my audiobook series cards… because now it turned out so good that I feel like I have to do it for all of them

But honestly, the default “series cover” for audiobooks is usually just Book 1 reused, and it doesn’t always look that great when you’re trying to build a clean overview.

So this is probably what I’ll do:
slowly, series by series, I’ll make custom album art for them over time.

The nice part is that my homemade BookLibConnect setup now gives me a much better overview anyway:

• Read
• Own/in Album
• Goodreads Review

So even before everything gets custom art, it already works way better for tracking progress.

It’s one of those “I made the system better… and now I accidentally created more work for myself” moments
But honestly, I like how it looks now.

Also, I own almost all of Daniel Schinhofen’s books. I thought I was only missing 2 series, but I didn’t notice he had started a new one, so I’m actually missing 3 series now.

I’m also missing the last book in Aether’s Revival, because it came out shortly after I finished the series, so I never got around to it. I still need to buy it and listen to it.

But yeah I’m really close to having finished almost all of his books by now.

Been up since 4 AM and still going.

Worked more on BookLibConnect today, and it’s starting to come together in a way I can actually use.

A few things I’m really happy with now:

• R = Read (so R3/14 means I’ve read/listened to 3 out of 14)
• 14/14 = how many tracks/files are there out of how many I own/expect for that album
• The metadata box is more or less done now
• The artist view shows progress too:
  
  • one number = how many completed
  • the other number = how many I have total

That kind of visual overview is exactly what I wanted. I don’t want to dig through menus every time just to see what’s finished and what’s missing.

It’s still a lot of testing, rescanning, checking metadata, fixing UI stuff, and doing small adjustments over and over, but that’s the part that makes it usable instead of just “it runs.”

Been a long day already, but this is the kind of progress that feels worth it.

BookLibConnect – Development Progress (PySide6 / Wayland / Metadata Handling)

Quick dev update on BookLibConnect.

Stack:

• Python 3
• PySide6 (Qt 6)
• mutagen for audio metadata
• Native Linux target (Wayland-first, X11 fallback)
• Flatpak packaging in progress

What’s currently stable:

• Album view with cover detection (folder + per-track sidecar fallback)
• Embedded cover writing
• Metadata editing (title, artist, album, album artist, year, genre, track #)
• Track progress tracking (14/14 indicator)
• Auto-rename on save (optional)
• Selection model behavior mostly normalized

Recent fixes:

• QTableWidget selection signal loop causing metadata pane desync
• First-item selection not loading metadata unless re-selected
• Signal blocking cleanup with QSignalBlocker
• Wayland rendering alignment inconsistencies
• Horizontal scroll + dynamic column width behavior

Still refining:

• Edge-case selection state after rescan
• Metadata reload consistency vs. in-memory state
• Model/view refactor consideration (may migrate away from QTableWidget)
• Performance under large libraries
• Better separation between UI state and file state

The goal isn’t to build “another media player.”
It’s a Linux-native metadata control tool for audiobook libraries that doesn’t fight the filesystem.

No Electron. No cloud dependency. No subscription model. Just files, metadata, and control.

Closer than it was last month. Not done yet.

I’m getting there… slowly.

I’ve been rebuilding my old audiobook tool into a proper Flatpak desktop app (BookLibConnect), and honestly: so far it’s been easier to work on than my old “Flask + Python web app” setup. No weird web UI juggling, no constant “why did this break now” feeling. There haven’t been any real problems yet it’s just slow progress, one piece at a time.

Right now the app is still early, but the basics are starting to come together. Set library root, rescan, and it pulls in my library structure and shows the author view (see screenshot). It’s not feature-complete, not polished, and definitely not ready for anyone to depend on… but it’s moving in the right direction.

If this works out the way I want, I might actually share it later. I like the idea of having a clean, installable Linux app instead of a pile of scripts and a browser page.

So far it’s only tested and built on KDE Wayland (Qt: wayland). I know that doesn’t mean much until it’s tested on other desktops/distros, but one thing at a time.

Title: From my old Flask/Python web app to a real Flatpak desktop app (BookLibConnect) PT1

I’ve been running an audiobook manager/tracker as a Python + Flask web app for a while, and honestly… I’m tired of it being “a pile of scripts + a web UI” that I constantly have to babysit.

The old project was very “me” in style. I built a full theme system with CSS variables, instant theme switching (no reload), and I went a bit crazy with it:

• Dark Mode for night listening (my default)
• Winter Mode with a colder look, frosted-glass UI, and a subtle snow overlay/particles
• Cover-focused browsing, track lists, metadata workflow ideas, the whole “this is my personal library hub” vibe

It looked great, and the theme engine was fun to build… but maintaining it as a Flask web tool is just annoying long-term. Dependencies, browser weirdness, “is this running on the server / is it local / what broke this time”, and it always ends up feeling like a project held together with duct tape.

So I’m rebuilding it as an actual desktop app, packaged as a Flatpak.

New app name: BookLibConnect.
Goal: a clean local library manager that doesn’t need a browser, doesn’t need random setup steps, and can be installed like a normal app.

Current status (PT1):

• Set Library Root
• Rescan library
• Shows author/book + cover art
• Track list with file name, size, and modified date

So far I’ve only tested this on KDE Wayland (Qt: wayland). It’s early, it’s rough, and it’s nowhere near what my Flask app grew into, but it’s finally going in a direction that feels sustainable.

PT1 screenshot is attached.

If anyone here has practical Flatpak advice (Qt + Python, file access/portals, “don’t do it like this” warnings), I’m all ears.