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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Yeah as if Nvidia never benefited a lot from open-source. So Vulkan isn’t open-source, who knows? Maybe go back to the days of fragmentation, kill portability.

    You’re acting as if Nvidia, Microsoft, and Valve are related. Good luck to Microsoft making a new proprietary API besides DirectX, an already proprietary API. It would only show they haven’t learned anything from UWP. And Valve has always contributed to open-source because they don’t want to depend on Windows. You don’t recognize Steam Deck and SteamOS 3? You haven’t been here long enough to recognize LunarG.

    If Nvidia decides to be hostile or selfish, nobody cares? Can’t we be wary of being exploited by companies?

    Just say when you’re shilling, don’t spread misinformation with your own made up scenarios.





  • i just don’t do distrohopping, it’s a pointless venture imo. started with arch linux as my main desktop, never went back.

    tried some things occasionally, but i already sunk the time learning all sorts of things that may not even exist in other distros, configuring my system and the DE (and other things like zsh and vim setup), so it’s just a waste of time honestly.

    i’m thinking of using NixOS instead of Debian (what i used previously) for my upcoming server project though.







  • Literally this. Even though I never faced any of the issues both of you had, but I don’t get why it’s hard to use Windows.

    Linux is meant to be difficult to setup for new users.

    Windows is meant to be an asshole to setup for enthusiasts.

    Want to use Windows? You need: WSL2, Powertoys, AltDrag, Scoop, and so on.

    You want to install thousands of fonts inside hundreds of folders? You have to learn some obscure undocumented Powershell class to make a script that installs all those fonts for you system-wide (or even user scope for that matter).

    You also need MSYS2 for stuff like GNU Make, GDB, etc. You can use Visual Studio, but have fun with that because you’ll be pulling out hairs every once in a while.

    Oh you want to process multiple files with regex? Definitely good luck with that.

    It’s funny that I find it easier to use Linux, and do everything that I used to do on Windows the same on Linux just as easily.

    Edit: powertoys, not powertools. my bad


  • Fair, but I don’t agree with the choices personally speaking.

    Photoshop, sure. I’ve been in groups where you need it to open PSDs to collaborate.

    Plex is up for debate. Jellyfin is not there yet, but it’s already a viable alternative.

    Steam is proprietary because it’s a distribution platform for pay-to-play software, not sure why you’d want an open-source alternative.

    Unraid, will never use it. Heck, can’t see the need to use any NAS-specific operating systems over plain Linux. Yes, it takes a whole lot more to set it up, but it’s just as worth as paying $130, or more if you live in a developing country.

    Fences, just no. I’ve used them a long time before, sure they’re really useful, but the best alternative is to just not depend on it. I’m faster at typing the name of the application or the folder I want to access, so I use KRunner. Sometimes the best organisation tool is to NOT use a particular organisation tool. If you really need one when dealing with large amounts of data, you can definitely use methods like Zettelkasten, think of extended attributes or metadata.



  • Wouldn’t personally mind myself either, but I don’t think it has to be every 6th post, rather than just being placed somewhere that are slightly prominent (like the not-so-used sidebar) but not overly distracting, like how ads used to work. That ad space can change over time, to show other ads if need to be.

    Instance owners should have complete freedom on how they can deliver ads…regardless of what instance is used to access it. The frequency and the type of ad is important. The ad should be at least relevant to that instance. The ad should at least be what the owners consider worthy to be endorsed, to be curated.