savvywolf

savvywolf, 9 months ago

If you’re cold, they’re cold.

Run this command to warm up your computery friends.

savvywolf, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

Recently switched to using Flatpaks instead of random .debs for a number of apps on my system. /var/lib/flatpak takes up 7GiB, which honestly isn’t that much (even though it’s like quarter of the OS size), given that’s the software I use most of the time.

Was skeptical at first about Flatpaks, but SteamOS showed me that is great at just giving OS developers access to a fully populated app store with minimal work.

Honestly, nowadays I’d say “ability to install flatpaks” should be the criteria on which we decide whether an OS is really “linux” or not (that is, SteamOS is, but Android isn’t).

Edit: Okay. I said something stupid here, my bad. What I was trying to get at is the distinction between Android, etc. and “Desktop” Linuxes like traditional distros, Chromebooks and the Steam Deck. Even though it technically runs Linux, it’s hard to argue that developers for Android are really writing apps that work on “Linux”. Wheras if someone releases a Flatpak version of their app because they think the Steam deck is cool, it works on other distros “for free”.

savvywolf, 10 months ago

… Didn’t Chrome get in trouble recently for scanning random files on the user’s disk looking for malware?

savvywolf, 10 months ago

And YiffOS for us uncivilized degenerate bastards.

savvywolf, 10 months ago

You can’t install MacOS on a PC, silly!

savvywolf, 10 months ago

Long time Mint user here. Switched to them ages ago because they didn’t try to “revolutionize” the desktop in the whole Gnome 3/Ubuntu Unity era, and the OS was close enough to Ubuntu that instructions and software for Ubuntu would run on it. Since then, it’s only been getting better, and they haven’t been accumulating drama (Snap, telemetry, whatever Redhat is doing, etc.). like the more popular distros have been.

I’d recommend it to new people because it Just Works, has flatpack support, is similar enough to Windows and the many Ubuntu-specific instructions in the wild apply to it.

savvywolf, 10 months ago

I just wish I could tell why something I make is bad beyond a niggling feeling of unpleasantness.

savvywolf, 10 months ago

In the spirit of bashing Ubuntu, I’d like to propose we stick with the swiss army knife. But it’s one of those strange Kickstarter projects where it’s entirely controlled by an unnecessary phone app.

Arch being something that requires some research and prep beforehand makes sense through. As well as having fans who will swear that is actually quite enjoyable if you try it.

savvywolf, 1 year ago

I think it’s because AI has been shoehorned into many areas where it doesn’t belong and can even be dangerous. Probably just a (perhaps justified) kneejerk reaction to that.

However, I can see this being an actual good use of AI, provided the limitations are clearly communicated. Doesn’t look like they’re replacing human volunteers either.

savvywolf, 1 year ago

I’d rather have an app with unnecessary options that nobody will ever use than one where some UX expert somewhere has decided the exact way I have to interact with the program.