QR @ Pinkenba

Setting up  the Linux Box Over the years, my house has become the computer graveyard and I generally try and stop things going to landfill where I can and reuse parts. Therefore, I have several laptops laying around that function but don't have current supported Windows operating systems but will run Linux and be faster to boot than my current work laptop when you choose the right Linux install for your device. I had an old MSI Laptop that was given to me as the LAN/Ethernet port was faulty, and the screen was flickering on Windows and I cho se it for my challenge. For the last 15 years I have used  Debian -- The Universal Operating System . Why? it just works. While the release cycle of new packages maybe slow it is stable and security patches are regularly provided with a committed support period. More Debian history can be found here  Debian - Wikipedia .  Debian supports a range of Desktop Environments within the installer and personally I find the LXQT and KDE t...

Modelling isn't a game for Summer At this point I had left the original intent of scratch building and declared myself a model rail hobbyist and wrapped up my  Getting Started  section. The amount of rain and humidity over the summer 2024 and 2025 period was crazy for Brisbane, but  Cyclone Alfred  made everything clear. I like the humidity, but there were days even I was tapping the air-conditioning button first in the house. The period was a mix of rain and humidity on repeat, waiting for a southerly change to come in and take off the edge never seemed to happen. Interestingly looking back at the data from the  Bureau of Meteorology  the rainfall was almost like someone had moved Brisbane towards the equator, so  I turned my focused to Layout Planning. How big is Pinkenba Pinkenba consisted of two aspects a single passenger line station and the main freight facilities, using the magic of google maps, the whole precinct estimation is  Total area:...