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Vacationing in Xubuntu 20.04

I finally decided to install 20.04 and test it out for a few days. I forgot how much I enjoyed the simplicity of the XFCE desktop environment. The classic quake inspired drop down terminal always makes me smile.

If you’re interested in how to get the xfce4 terminal to work as a drop open keyboard shortcuts and add the following.

xfce4-terminal --drop-down

Then apply your favorite key combination, I like to use Ctrl + ` but you can pick whatever you like.

Tabs vs Spaces

I don’t know about the rest of you but when I download a code template from the web where the developer used spaces, I get triggered. Why would anyone use spaces over tabs?

https://youtu.be/SsoOG6ZeyUI

Silicon Valley Season 3 Episode 6: “Tabs vs Spaces” Scene

I often edit whole document to replace spaces with tabs just before I start using it. ????

Oh, for the record I use Vim over Emacs.

Am I A Russian Bot?

I know its just Yandex but ranking #1 on a search engine organically for anything means that Peppermint OS as a project…

Peppermint OS has a fantastic reputation earned over ten years.
Optimizations to our website for speed, accessibility and progressive web app implementation didn’t hurt.

My Guess, I’m being tracked

Yandex knows I spend a lot of time on Peppermint OS related activities and possibly built a profile on me despite my best efforts to block third party tracking.

My Request

If you’re willing… It is a Russian search engine after all. Head over to Yandex and search for peppermint. Do you get this as a top result as well? Send me a comment below or on Twitter.