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Every time Gnome upgrades, it leaves its extensions out of date. Sometimes extensions work and some extensions needs to be updated too. Dash to dock extension for Gnome puts the left side dock on the bottom and gives me more flexibility on how to use Gnome. You can find the download page here . Then make sure that you unpack it in "~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/". Or you can use this command: $ git clone https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock.git to download the package. Make sure you have it unpacked in the directory above. Use the command: $ make install Then restart Gnome with alt+F2 type R. If you are using Wayland like me, just reboot.

the new facebook look I enabled the new facebook format the other day and I am getting used to the new format now. In these days of social distancing and balancing what it means to interact with other people but still survive the encounter, we have arrived in a watershed. Social interaction for its own sake and for what, for the Likes? For the hits? It's not the same world anymore. I watched a youtube clip of a father coming home to his son. His son ran towards the father but was abruptly made to stop with a wave of the hand. The boy's energy disappeared and the father fell on his knees unable to take the situation. It is the threat of COVID-19. The father is a medical worker. The trolls are still here. Here in my tweeter feed and my facebook timeline, they still fester. Those that forward fake news still do. My hope is that those who know better survive these apocalyptic times. Italy just hit a 10,000 deaths daily level in their fight with the virus. I can't imagine living...

11th day of the community quarantine due to the corona virus COVID-19 and the official count is 600 official cases thoughout the country. The Philippines have not spiked yet. This is not yet the full blown curve everyone is predicting. Countries like China, Italy, Spain and USA are seeing numbers spikes. With 100 million citizens the Philippines isn't seeing the big numbers yet. The cases are mostly in Metro Manila. The cases are linked to travel or contact with persons who have traveled outside the country. Which means locally originated cases are rare. Experts talk of flattening the curve and it might just work. China's Wuhan region where the outbreak originated reports no new cases and have set a date to reopen the province from its lock down. The Philippines closed all public transportation. All jeepneys, buses, trains, planes and ships are closed for a month. The lock down extends beyond Easter celebration, an important Catholic if not Christian day.  There have been blund...

March is Mom's birth month. Most pensioners' system update or validate their records for each member during the month of birth. Usually it involves just showing up in their offices. This is a trying time for everyone more so to our senior citizens. So I am trying to work out a way my mom can do hers through Skype perhaps. Or maybe I can just mail the necessary documents and other requirements. I don't know if I can run or walk outside just for its own sake. I mean I can make food and medicine runs. But I want to exercise somehow. It is also my birth month. What's my birthday wish? I wish that we all survive this pandemic. I wish you and your family health. The news updates are starting their mortality count in the country. I'm glad they include the number of those who contracted the virus and are now testing negative. Some barangays in Quezon City are becoming hot zones. Their unknowns are becoming real, real enough. It is going to get worse. I have a daily routine...

The Philippine government announced community quarantine over Metro Manila last week. This is just a dress rehearsal for an island wide (entire Luzon) quarantine because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I live in a town of 600,000 people close to Quezon City, Metro Manila. There are checkpoints set up a scant 50 meters away from our house. The public transportation system is now closed. I can see the main road from my room window and 2 minutes pass before the next vehicle so that's really weird. I walked early morning yesterday to buy bread and fruits. I had to walk more than 2 kilometers to see I am not going anywhere. Yes I did get my pandesal and mangoes, no worries. How long the food will stay stable is anybody's guess. Mother and I are communicating with my brother and sister through internet. We have electricity and water. Utilities are available. The ATM at Alfamart (the local grocery) is offline. The usual reason for that should be obvious. It is the only machine in the baran...

In the film " Jaws ", a great white shark starts terrorizing a small island town. The people depend on tourist money. So the economy starts to head south each time the shark shows up. The mayor tries to downplay the threat and even tells his people to go out and swim despite the danger. The sheriff of course, has to protect the people and when he learned a thing or two about sharks, that's when he sought the help of experts and scientists and the local shark hunter. The sheriff has to read books first then he comes to the conclusion that his knowledge of sharks sucks. A scientist introduced him to a theory that sharks are territorial. That they go back to places they have visited before. The sheriff, the scientist and the town shark hunter then went out on a boat to catch and kill this shark.  This shark is a tough and huge animal. This animal is very big. The sheriff, the scientist and the shark hunter grossly misjudged the size and ferocity of this killing animal. All t...

gnu compiler collection or gcc is updated to 9.3 from 9.2. [2019-10-07 12:12] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (9.1.0-2 -> 9.2.0-2) [2019-10-07 12:12] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (9.1.0-2 -> 9.2.0-2) [2019-10-29T07:42:32+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (9.2.0-2 -> 9.2.0-3) [2019-10-29T07:42:35+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (9.2.0-2 -> 9.2.0-3) [2019-11-07T07:04:06+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (9.2.0-3 -> 9.2.0-4) [2019-11-07T07:04:10+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (9.2.0-3 -> 9.2.0-4) [2020-02-12T14:50:01+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (9.2.0-4 -> 9.2.1+20200130-2) [2020-02-12T14:50:02+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (9.2.0-4 -> 9.2.1+20200130-2) [2020-03-15T06:30:10+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc-libs (9.2.1+20200130-2 -> 9.3.0-1) [2020-03-15T06:30:11+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gcc (9.2.1+20200130-2 -> 9.3.0-1) [ donato@archdesktop ~]$ 

Along with 150+ packages, I just upgraded systemd to 245 from 244. systemd 245 is the first with systemd-homed. Here's a list of the new features for this version.

Along with 150+ packages, I upgraded firefox to version 74 (actually 74.0-2) from 73.

I missed these upgrades for Gnucash . Last October 7th gnucash 3.7 was available in Archlinux/Extras. I upgraded to it then and neglected to create a post. Then January 10th gnucash 3.8 was made available and  I upgraded to it. [2019-10-07 12:12] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash-docs (3.6-1 -> 3.7-1) [2019-11-15T06:37:23+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash (3.7-1 -> 3.7-3) [2020-01-10T06:21:04+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash (3.7-3 -> 3.8-3) [2020-01-10T06:21:04+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash-docs (3.7-1 -> 3.8-1) [2020-01-15T18:20:19+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash (3.8-3 -> 3.8-4) [2020-02-02T10:22:56+0800] [ALPM] upgraded gnucash (3.8-4 -> 3.8-5) [ donato@archdesktop ~]$ from pacman.log

Gnome 3.36 is out, Yay! The official unveiling of Gnome 3.36 is March 11th. I started to see it in Archlinux/Extra yesterday the 9th when I checked pacman. I haven't upgraded to it yet because I am giving the gnome-extensions time to update their versions. I don't want disruptions to my desktop because I do use it everyday.

Asus Xseries laptop: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS being installed I tried to install Archlinux to this laptop but changed my mind after I failed to get Internet connection during the install. I don't want to install Archlinux without an Internet connection. So I downloaded Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and made a USB live media. Within 10 minutes I have a working laptop. It is that easy. Everything is working.

Third month of the year, Fire Prevention Month, which was announced by an early morning parade of red trucks with their sirens blaring. March is suppose to be heralding summer now but it is raining in the early mornings. It is Lenten Season which began last Wednesday with Ash Wednesday. Here's February Report on my Physical Exercises. I am trying to get back on the horse, this week's been the first week I have completed my required workouts. I've been running in the heat of the afternoons. I am struggling to run under my target heart rate. The heat is just punishing.