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pan_troglodytes, in [Old 1997 story] The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was

Whatever the actual numbers, it is not unrealistic that Linux will emerge as the second operating system after Windows, especially given Apple’s currently confusing sense of direction.

curious for a 27 year old article how accurate it turned to be (androidOS notwithstanding). Windows seems to still be the “2,000-pound gorilla” but there are other options available these days…

astraeus,
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Windows has lost a ton of market share, unfortunately it gave much of that market share to MacOS

rhythmisaprancer, in [Old 1997 story] The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was
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This is funny because 2008 is also when I got stuck on it. Interesting read, thanks for sharing!

ElPresidente, (edited ) in Are older, but Linux compatible computers capable of running the newest kernel/version of various distros?

So long as the computer supports an instruction set from like the last 30 years you can run the latest kernel.

Here’s a 133 Mhz Pentium running Gentoo with a very recent kernel.

I’d probably recommend something like Debian though unless you are really pushing the limits of the hardware.

ipsirc,
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Linux Kernel 4.14.8 (Dec 2017)” - Would this be the “very recent”?

ElPresidente,

As far as I know. nothing done in that video would be impossible on the latest kernel. Everything would compile and run comparably.

Sir_Simon_Spamalot,

4.14 is close to EOL, but it is still very well supported.

jakepi, in Am I going off the deep end by considering Fedora Silverblue or Kinoite?

Have you checked out OpenSUSE MicroOS at all? It’s similar to Silverblue. Runs great on my Framework 13 with Intel 13th Gen.

I wouldn’t be too concerned with “officially” supported Linux on the Framework. It is a very Linux friendly machine. The folks they have supporting Linux are active in the Framework forums and very helpful.

I eventually went back to my tried and true Debain. I loved the immutable OS thing for all the reasons people have listed here. My one issue was direct access to external devices can be a pain. IE: I just could not get USB passthrough working with virt-viewer after all my fiddiling.

kjo, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9
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I do. It suffice.

revv, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9

I like it. My only issue with it is that it doesn’t seem to want to download attached (vs remote) images automatically.

HubertManne, in [Old 1997 story] The Greatest OS That (N)ever Was
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I honestly thought this was going to be about os2

rhythmisaprancer,
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Gosh my dad ran that in the early 90s. Was that Linux? He was then and still is a Microsoft person.

s38b35M5, (edited )
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I think it was an IBM/MS OS. Forget if it was desktop, server or “other” though.

Edit: that’s right, it was IBM hoping to privatize the OS on a hard-to-clone PC (PS/2) when they saw their market share eroding quickly. arstechnica.com/…/half-an-operating-system-the-tr…

rhythmisaprancer,
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Wow, big memory trip! It was os/2 warp, I saw that package and knew it!

Dad worked for IBM in the 70s, no surprise. I also remember him having an OS box with a penguin on it but I don't believe he ever installed it. ~95ish.

GenderNeutralBro,

I was expecting Copland (what would have been Mac OS 8, had the project survived).

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9
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I do not, but only because I use ProtonMail and don’t have premium so I don’t have IMAP/SMTP bridging.

I used it all the time back around 2011/2012 and it was pretty great, but that was admittedly a long time ago so I imagine lots have changed since them.

rufus, (edited ) in [Discussion] Git - How is it classified?

I think there isn’t really something “authoritative” in Git. You can upload your changes somewhere or another developer can download changes from you. You can also all make incompatible changes and then you won’t be able to sync it anymore (you’d need to fix that first and manually handle the conflict). There’s nothing authoritive in it. In practice most people choose a central place and all upload their changes there and everybody else regularly pulls them from there. But you could as well directly do it with the computer of your colleague if you have a network connection and access to it. Files including history of changes are the same on every machine and server. (If they’re all up to date). It’s like storing a directory including past versions on 10 different computers.

JustCopyingOthers, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9

For me it’s good, let’s me leave emails on the server so my desktop can read them too. Let’s me reply below or above and compose in ascii. Doesn’t impose ways of working I don’t want.

makingStuffForFun, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9
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I have 4 accounts and it works as it should. Lots of options. It’s a complete mail system

anoklola, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9
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@Sinfaen I really want to, but the UI is just not that good, and I do really care about how the application looks.

Sinfaen,

Nothing’s gonna be perfect for everyone 👍

knobbysideup, (edited ) in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9

Used to. Prefer Aquamail. I’m a thunderbird user on my workstation though. The latest changes were controversial, but it’s fine once you enable the system title bar and hide the menu bar.

xinayder,

Which changes, care to elaborate?

beeng, in Does anybody use Thunderbird on Android a.k.a. K-9

Love it. No adds in my Gmail!

Tippon,

Do you get ads in Gmail in other clients? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one

junezephier,

Google’s gmail app recently started showing ads in the inbox alongside messages, really gross stuff

Tippon,

That sucks. I haven’t had any yet, but I’ll keep an eye out

beeng,
autumn64, (edited )
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that sucks sm

penquin, in Interview with KDE’s lead propagandist

Nate looks like my older brother. Like an almost carbon copy 😳

snowraven, (edited )

Plot twist: you elder brother has been the lead KDE propagandist all along.

penquin,

Lol. They’re so close it’s creepy.

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