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  • If it works for somebody else, let them.

    If it was just another method of distribution I wouldn't care. When it becomes the only or preferred method, then I care.

    If market share is your only metric for success, then I don't know what to say. Look at the amount of threads/people stating "this basic thing didn't work so it had to be the distros, switching distros solved my problem rather than trying to diagnose it". Your idea of a "net positive" is a group of computer-illiterate Windows users who are now computer-illiterate Linux users, congratulations.

    And Gentoo? I remember drobbins from when we were on the Stampede Linux team and he was a dick then, apparently he still is. I wouldn't touch Gentoo with a 10 foot pole.

  • Native, Containers, Appimages. Flatpak not in a million years.

    I really don't know how to feel about all the Mint/flatpak supporters. It feels like a swarm of Windows refugees that have no interest in learning about the existing culture.

    Flatpaks, Gnome, KDE, they're all just bloat. Back in the 90's, Unix/BSD/Linux were everything that Windows wasn't. Fast, stable, infinitely flexible. I cherished grepping for Exim config settings in /etc rather than searching through 250 management console tabs for MS Exchange.

    I run Arch and nearly everything I need is available as a package or in the AUR, except for the real niche apps that I can grab via cargo/pip/npm/podman. Occasionally however I find some app I'm interested in and they only support Ubuntu or Flatpak, and I feel like it's getting worse so it's not like I can just ignore it.

  • Do you know what the median age in Gaza was in 2020 (before this recent escalation in genocide)? 18 years old. In my opinion 20 years per election might not be an ideal timescale for a democracy.

    It feels a little insane to argue about democracy and representation when it comes to people who have spent their entire lives in an occupied state. It's like pointing out there's a brown spot on your lawn while your house is on fire.

  • Rep. Crockett last month also faced backlash for referring to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as “Governor Hot Wheels.”

    Not gonna lie I snorted loudly when I read that.

    Backlash for what though? Do they not realize how awesome Hot Wheels are? You think if I had a prosthetic limb and someone called me "Robocop" or "Inspector Gadget" I'm going to get upset?

  • Personally I'm tired of people telling disgruntled Windows users to switch to Linux.

    Linux is not your backup plan, it's not a "Windows alternative". Yes, there are projects out there that try to make Linux easier for Windows users, and honestly they can fuck right off. Way too many people are trying to dumb down this incredibly powerful operating system to expand the market into the "gamers" and the "grannies who want to browse the web and send e-mail".

    Just... just stop.

  • As a web/devops dev, I 100% agree with your statement. I use GitHub Copilot in Neovim, Zed, Emacs, most of the time it just finishes my sentences or generates comments/docblocks/unit tests, I'm not using it to generate features.

    On the flip side though, the company also went all in on Microsoft Copilot, and holy fuck it's obnoxious trying to use Excel or Outlook with it shoving itself into your face every time you try to do something. And I have no way to disable it.

  • And now we're even further into fantasy land. Governments don't make tax laws targeting specific individuals or companies, you don't want them to do that. They don't target Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, they target yacht sales and capital gains.

    God I love the "it's so easy!" crowd.

  • It doesn't work like that though. I (Netflix USA Ltd.) do hereby grant a license to you (Netflix Ireland Co.) for my complete catalog for $0/year. You're not even charging people to watch my content, it comes free with their monthly subscription. If you want to advertise your service just buy some impressions from Facebook UK. All hosted by AWS in the EU.

    I'm sure there must be some taxable services, I just can't think of any examples, and I'm pretty sure it's not the people that you're thinking of.

  • Arch Linux @lemmy.ml
    BaconIsAVeg @lemmy.ml

    Just installed EndeavourOS last night! BSPWM, Alacritty, MOC and BTop

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/2072990

    I haven't used Linux as a desktop since back in the 2.0/2.1 kernel days, when you were praying the next kernel release would add support for the bits and pieces that made up your kit.

    After 2 months of Ubuntu, I decided to dive into Arch and Endeavour has made it made it easy so far!