Danny's Space

The Asus laptop that Imee left us was low powered for Windows so I immediately planned to use a linux distro for it. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on it not really thinking about it. Well it installed alright but it was slow. It starts slow and most applications starts slow. Ubuntu requires a 64 bit processor and at least 4 GB of RAM. This machine only has 2 GB of RAM. I need an desktop environment that can work in less than 4 GB of RAM. I figured XFCE would be great with it.  I installed Debian with XFCE today. It went very well. 

I have been sending application requests to PLDT for their Home Fiber all year 2020. The first two applications end with - we're sorry but Fiber is not available in your current location. I even entertained switching Internet providers and sent applications to Globe or even Sky. Sky happen to be a company close to ABS-CBN which was losing their franchise. Globe reps made a valiant try but installation was fettered by a lack of available boxes to which they will connect my house. They advised me to try applying again later perhaps when they have enough of their boxes hopefully closer to my house.  When November came, events began happening fast. First PLDT is ending support for ULTERA. It means I can't expect online support and I can't get help from the hotline number 171 and *1888 if my call even gets through. The twitter DM for which I depend on forwards a message that "all ULTERA concerns are strictly over-the-counter". I have to go to PLDT aftersales people to ...