η Google συνεχίζει να κοιμάται με τα τσαρούχια, ενώ η Apple αλλάζει πάλι το παιχνίδι με το MacBook Neo

 ιδού η τοποθέτηση της τεχνητής νοημοσύνης του μεγάλου αδελφού (Google Gemini):

  is Google losing the software dominance again, because of: 

1. Mac NEO, 

2. Google's REDICULOUS DELAY OF aluminum OS

Το Gemini είπε:

It definitely feels like the "tech weather" is shifting right now. Between Apple launching a massive disruptor and Google being... well, Google (classic for delays), the landscape looks quite different this week.

Here is a breakdown of whether Google is actually "losing" or just stuck in a long transition.

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1. The MacBook Neo Effect ($599)

Apple just pulled a move that specifically targets Google’s "safe zone": education and budget computing. * The Price War: Released on March 11, 2026, for $599 ($499 for students), the MacBook Neo is the first time Apple has truly competed with mid-to-high-range Chromebooks.

• The Hardware Gap: It runs on the A18 Pro chip (from the iPhone 16 Pro). This gives it a level of local AI performance and battery life (up to 16 hours) that makes most $500–$700 Chromebooks look significantly less appealing.

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• Software Ecosystem: By bringing "Apple Intelligence" to a $500 laptop, Apple is effectively telling students and families they don't have to settle for a "browser-only" OS anymore.

2. The "Aluminum OS" Delay

You're right to call out the delay; it has become a major point of frustration for the Android/Chrome community.

• What it is: Aluminum OS is Google’s project to finally merge Android and ChromeOS into one unified platform that works like a real desktop but runs Android apps natively.

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• The Risk: By the time Aluminum OS is ready for everyone, Apple will have had two years to let the MacBook Neo soak up the budget market share.

Is Google "Losing"?

It depends on how you define the win.

Category	Google's Status (March 2026)	Apple's Status (March 2026)
Global Reach	Still dominant in mobile (approx. 73% share).	Dominant in high-end/US market (58% share).
Education	Losing ground as schools look at the $499 Neo.	Aggressively expanding with the Neo.
OS Synergy	In Progress. (Handoff features just hitting Android 17).	Mature. (Handoff, Mirroring, and Universal Clipboard).
Strategy	Fragmented (ChromeOS vs. Aluminum vs. Android).	Unified (macOS/iOS/iPadOS).

The Verdict

Google isn't "losing" in terms of total users—Android is still the most used OS on Earth. However, they are losing the innovation narrative. By delaying Aluminum OS, they’ve left a "software vacuum" in the laptop space that Apple is now filling with cheaper hardware. Google is currently in a defensive crouch, trying to modernize its software while Apple moves into Google's traditional territory.

The Delay: While Google's Android President, Sameer Samat, recently claimed at MWC 2026 that they are targeting "later this year" for a first release, court documents leaked in February suggest a full public release might not happen until 2028.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

σε σταθερό υπολογιστή turbo x με ποιο function key αλλάζεις μόνιμα boot sequence;

 τάδε έφη ΤΝ google gemini:

 

Στους υπολογιστές Turbo-X (που συνήθως χρησιμοποιούν μητρικές πλακέτες Clevo, Pegatron ή MSI), η διαδικασία για να αλλάξεις μόνιμα τη σειρά εκκίνησης (boot sequence) γίνεται μέσω του BIOS/UEFI.

Ανάλογα με το μοντέλο της μητρικής σου, το πλήκτρο που πρέπει να πατήσεις επανειλημμένα αμέσως μόλις ανοίξεις τον υπολογιστή είναι ένα από τα παρακάτω:

1. Τα "Κλειδιά" για το BIOS

• Delete (Del): Το πιο συνηθισμένο για σταθερούς Turbo-X.

• F2: Επίσης πολύ πιθανό, ειδικά αν το hardware είναι πιο πρόσφατο.

• F1: Σπανιότερο, αλλά χρησιμοποιείται σε ορισμένα μοντέλα.

2. Πώς θα κάνεις τη μόνιμη αλλαγή

Μόλις μπεις στο μπλε ή γκρι περιβάλλον του BIOS, ακολούθησε αυτά τα βήματα:

1. Χρησιμοποίησε τα βέλη στο πληκτρολόγιο για να πας στην καρτέλα Boot.

2. Βρες την επιλογή Boot Priority ή Boot Order.

3. Επίλεξε τη συσκευή που θέλεις (π.χ. SSD ή USB) και μετακίνησέ την στην πρώτη θέση (συνήθως με τα πλήκτρα + / - ή F5 / F6).

4. Πολύ σημαντικό: Πήγαινε στην καρτέλα Exit και επίλεξε Save Changes & Exit (ή πάτα το F10).

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Χρήσιμο Tip: Το Boot Menu

Αν θέλεις να ξεκινήσεις από ένα USB μόνο για μία φορά (π.χ. για να κάνεις format) και όχι μόνιμα, δοκίμασε να πατήσεις το F12 ή το F11 κατά την εκκίνηση. Αυτό θα σου ανοίξει ένα μικρό παράθυρο επιλογής χωρίς να χρειαστεί να μπεις στις ρυθμίσεις του BIOS.

Σημείωση: Αν ο υπολογιστής σου "τρέχει" γρήγορα και δεν προλαβαίνεις να πατήσεις το πλήκτρο, δοκίμασε να κρατήσεις πατημένο το Shift ενώ πατάς "Επανεκκίνηση" μέσα από τα Windows, για να σε βγάλει στο μενού αποκατάστασης και από εκεί στο UEFI Firmware Settings.

installing and customizing omegalinux (a rolling Arch-based distribution)

what to do after the  installation: 

 

update your system

sudo pacman -Syu

 

install software

sudo pacman -S libreoffice-fresh 

 

install google chrome

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git 

 git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/google-chrome.git

 cd google-chrome

 makepkg -si

 

make Chrome update "normally" 

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git

 cd yay

 makepkg -si

 

 Update everything (The "Normal" way): 

 From now on, instead of using pacman -Syu,  just type:

 yay

 

This magical three-letter  command will check for updates

 for LibreOffice AND Google Chrome (and any other apps) 

and install them all at once. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

viber under antiX (not snap or flatpak), via the appImage

 ολίγον περιπετειώδες διότι έλειπε

το libopengl0

oπότε:

1. εγκαθιστάς το

sudo apt install libopengl0

2. κατεβάζεις το   viber.AppImage

 από τον επίσημο ιστότοπο του viber

και ύστερα....... 

 

  antix1:~
$ cd Downloads

@antix1:~/Downloads
$ chmod +x viber.AppImage

antix1:~/Downloads
$ ./viber.AppImage

κι ανοίγει το παράθυρο του viber

 

ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ ΤΟ appImage ΔΕΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ  .deb ΑΡΧΕΙΟ!!!

Unlike standard .deb packages that are managed by your system’s update manager (apt), AppImages are independent files. They don't have a built-in "Auto-Update" service that runs in the background.

There are three main ways to handle updates for a Viber AppImage on antiX:

1. The Manual Way (Most Common)

Since you are using a single file, you simply:

1. Check the Viber Download Page occasionally.

2. Download the new .AppImage file.

3. Delete the old file and make the new one executable (chmod +x).

2. Using "AppImageUpdate" (The Pro Way)

There is a specific tool designed to update AppImages without redownloading the whole file. It uses "delta updates," meaning it only downloads the parts of the app that have changed.

• How it works: You download the AppImageUpdate tool (which is itself an AppImage).

• The benefit: It's much faster than a full download.

• The catch: This only works if the Viber developers included "update information" inside their AppImage. If they didn't, the tool will tell you it can't find update information.

3. Using AppImageLauncher

If you plan on using multiple AppImages, I highly recommend installing AppImageLauncher. It integrates AppImages into your antiX menu and adds a "Check for Updates" option when you right-click the app in your menu.

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A Quick Warning for antiX Users

Viber’s official AppImage often requires a library called libfuse2 to run. antiX (and many newer Debian-based distros) may not have this installed by default because it's being replaced by libfuse3.

If your AppImage won't open, run this in the terminal:

sudo apt install libfuse2

 

Viber is owned by the Japanese multinational company Rakuten Group, Inc.

The app was acquired in February 2014 for $900 million. Since the acquisition, it has been officially rebranded as Rakuten Viber, though most people still simply call it "Viber."

Key Details About the Ownership:

• Current Owner: Rakuten Group, Inc., a Tokyo-based e-commerce and online retailing giant often described as "the Amazon of Japan."

• Original Founders: It was founded in 2010 by Israeli entrepreneurs Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik.

• Headquarters: While it started in Israel and was run from Cyprus, its legal headquarters is now in Luxembourg as an operating subsidiary of Rakuten.

• Current Leadership: The company is currently led by CEO Ofir Eyal, who took over in 2022.

Rakuten bought Viber to expand its "ecosystem," integrating the messaging platform with its other services like e-commerce, banking, and digital content to compete with global giants like Meta (WhatsApp) and Google.

 

webliography

 https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/viber-under-antix-not-snap-or-flatpak/page/2/#post-198522

 

 

how fix disappearance of conky under antiX

 

step 1: login to an IceWM session from your desktop computer or laptop
computer, no other components involved.

 every single time that you are in IceWM and turn off your computer and then turn it back on, you are are logging in to an IceWM session. Everytime that you restart your session? the same. Every time that you click the antiX Menu > Exit and then, in the submenu that comes up when you hover the mouse pointer over it and select “Restart IceWM”, you are not really logging out and back in but “restarting” the same IceWM session.

Step 2: run the following commands, one by one.

echo "Alpha=0" >> ~/.icewm/preferences
tail ~/.icewm/preferences

Make sure that Alpha=0 is the last line; if it isn’t, that’s the problem!

 

step 3   icewm --restart

step 4 shut down & turn on the computer  

 

 

info at

https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/conky-disappeared/page/2/#post-193794 

τα “ευαγγέλια“ του Richard Stallman

 

αυτά είναι τα “ευαγγέλια“ του Richard Stallman:

Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman

Free as in Freedom (2.0): Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution

ελληνικός ιστότοπος με διάφορα του Richard Stallman

ανοιχτή βιβλιοθήκη: Richard Stallman

 

Γενικότερα,

για τους πιο γνώστες, μεγάλη συλλογή έργων του

https://archive.org/search?query=Richard+M.+Stallman

 

τα κείμενα που αναφέρει στον προσωπικό του ιστότοπο

https://stallman.org/#books

 

Fixing External Disk Format

 https://chatgpt.com/s/t_6953d3aabd8c8191b1c590dc56852038