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In order to start loving Debian - we need to try out other Linux distributions and see how easily things may break after system upgrade. While Debian is super stable - it could have a problem with newer hardware - older kernel versions might not simply support it. There is relatively stable way of installing newer kernel while still maintaining Debian golden stability. This approach is called backports. Here can be found official Debian article: Installing a Package from Backports ...

That’s the book about psychology. Provocative title, of course. Takes some time of reading to get to that point though. Audio-book version is narrated by two people in the form of dialogue, very interesting approach. Open person is philosopher and the other - young guy who’s trying to understand the new concept. He disagrees a lot and even yells at times (which might get even irritating), so we could here our unlocked questions while listening or reading to book while that sound guy speaks, which puts us in his role. Of course - one of the main goals is to find happiness. Are You truly happy? Perhaps You don’t need to read such books. ...

The concept or zero inbox we might have heard from book Getting Things Done by David Allen which is starting point in productivity books for those who want to improve their way of handling tasks. The philosophy The main idea is not only deleting every single mail in our inbox. The idea is to having “inbox” concept as bucket with items, that has to be dealt with, processed and acted on. One of the most popular task managers have it - Todoist. let’s think of an inbox concept as information buffer, that fills up somewhere on the background. When buffer is overfilled - it’s time to process it. ...

We tend to think only about the success and read success stories, thinking that we could succeed as well, if we just do the same. We try to find a pattern for success, could we find pattern to failure? How do You measure success? Well - one of the important aspects in this discussion - how to You define success/failure? What if the project was successfully built/made - but does not fulfill intended goal? Could it still be counted as success? What if customer got happy, but money was lost eventually? ...

“In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.” Albert Einstein Scientists have not yet determined the best method for language learning: from grammar to practice or vice versa. When it comes to acquiring knowledge or new skills, modern educational methods are based on the theory-to-practice approach. Is this approach optimal for everyone? Of course, every method has its drawbacks. But it might get much easier - when we understand what works for us deliberately. ...