plasma 6 Dolphin

 Always open with Home folder is disabled in kubuntu 25.10, so edit:
~/.config/dolphinrc

and add the RememberOpenedTabs=false line under [General]

MenuBar=Disabled

[General]
RememberOpenedTabs=false
DoubleClickViewAction=none
Version=202
ViewPropsTimestamp=2026,2,3,10,32,10.024

[IconsMode]
IconSize=48
PreviewSize=48

[KFileDialog Settings]
Places Icons Auto-resize=false
Places Icons Static Size=22

[MainWindow]
MenuBar=Disabled

[PreviewSettings]
Plugins=rawthumbnail,fontthumbnail,djvuthumbnail,ffmpegthumbs,exrthumbnail,ebookthumbnail,cursorthumbnail,appimagethumbnail,imagethumbnail,opendocumentthumbnail,svgthumbnail,windowsexethumbnail,audiothumbnail,comicbookthumbnail,kraorathumbnail,blenderthumbnail,windowsimagethumbnail,gsthumbnail,directorythumbnail,mobithumbnail,jpegthumbnail,gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer,librsvg

...and yeayhhh...

siril python venv

Not working? Help it along:

cd ~/.local/share/siril
python3.12 -m venv venv

Now choose your processing scripts 😀

new old computer

It's a seen-better-days workhorse from 2015. The only way I'm ever going to get 128 Mb...

chrome lose i386 kubuntu 25.10

Notice... when sudo apt update:

All packages are up to date.

Notice: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'https://dl.google.c
om/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

So... we change /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.sources and add the Architectures line at the end:

Types: deb
URIs: https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/
Suites: stable
Components: main
Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/google-chrome.gpg
Architectures: amd64

git get out of jail

--- fetch + hard reset main to match origin (DISCARDS local changes) ---

git fetch origin

git switch main 2>nul || git checkout main

git reset --hard origin/main

python cuda wheels for setiastrosuitepro

 Whilst there's a button for installing torch in setiastrosuitepro's stacking suite, you can also do it manually in the venv. e.g. for cu129:

pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu129

or cutting edge:

pip install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/nightly/cu129

Problems? Try different wheels e.g. cu128, cu130 etc.

probably best to uninstall first:

pip uninstall torch torchvision torchaudio

m1

 From 19:00 to around midnight, before swinging around north-east for the owl. Good seeing when it decided to settle.

supernova m1 cangrejo in taurus
atr533 on gso203    80x4min @ hcg100
process: seti HSS

process: startools

process: seti HOO

process: startools OOH

process: seti HOO + darktable