So that’s why I’m still so useless. Damn chemo, you took my chance.

A device commonly designed to make us addicted to extortive systems filled with highly manipulative algorithms is bad for people, and especially so for young people? Gasp I’m shocked!

…but seriously, who is even surprised by this? The only thing I’d want for these rules is to have an exception for dumb phones and mp3 players. This wouldn’t violate the idea behind the Smartphone ban.

…while being forced to do so to achieve a basic thing, and after finding it as the solution on the web (because it usually is). Remember, Pop!_OS screwed up so badly that the installation of a common user program caused the removal of core system packages. While it’s correct to expect people to read warnings, expecting beginners and common users to either learn about the (very complex) inner workings of an operating system just to install something or to let go of their entire gaming library is unreasonable. And although Linus of course should have an interest in learning these things given his work and should’ve taken more care, the video was specifically to showcase how their experience as new users look like. And Pop!_OS was generally regarded as user-friendly, not as solely aimed at professionals (important detail).

If the only solution to a problem with a very common task on a user-friendly OS is hidden behind an advanced-level skill wall (yes, knowing all the important packages if your OS means you’re an advanced user) that may kill you if you do a single wrong action then your system offers shitty solutions.

Fortunately both user-friendly distros and aspects of them like Flatpak have gone way further since then, so this shouldn’t happen as easily anymore. The warnings in apt are way more noticeable now too I think. The Linux community learned from all the bad press… most of it at least.

Yeah, LibreOffice stuck with the old UI/UX for better and worse. Luckily we do have a nice selection of Office Suites in addition to them. OnlyOffice, WPS Office, Collabora, KDE Calligra, Softmaker Office… surely there’s one for everyone on Linux.

Personally I like OnlyOffice.

I use openSUSE btw.

What are you talking about? You can copy-paste from Terminal programs to GUI programs and vice-versa like everywhere else (with the terminal of course needing CTRL + SHIFT + C / V, which as we know is historical to Unix terminals). I’m doing that for years, so does my family. It works just fine.

And bringing up Nvidia now really is bending down backwards to paint Wayland as bad while it’s painfully obvious it’s the driver’s fault. We all know the classic Nvidia driver sucks in more ways than one and loves to break, even Nvidia knows that and works on a replacement. That’s not Wayland’s fault.

What’s always funny to me when someome brings up missing features of Wayland is how, apparently, the missing features of X11 are getting pushed under the table or somehow also blamed on Wayland in some twisted way. Like, holy shit, compare the display settings of KDE on a modern display between Wayland and X11. My laptop didn’t even show a third of all options anymore.

Sure, it will be nice once Wayland can do a few things (better), the current development push surely helps. But it’s not like X11 can do everything either.

Same. Might be an issue with the legacy install method, the Flatpak OBS works like a charm.

Same, I always think of CJ from GTA:SA because of the gimp suit mission. Heard about the other definition later when I could actually speak english a little bit more (age restrictions never worked, lol).

Those are not thigh-highs.

openSUSE!

Who installed the damn audio mods on the cats?!

So no difference to right now?

You didn’t share anything tho’

In which way does it differ from Yunohost?

Didn’t know John mentioned a telephone number. Learning new things every day.

I’d love to see a comparison with PHA, the only true bioplastic available for 3D printing right now (as far as I know). Sounds really promising!

Replying to that with an “RTFM” response has to be some kind of meta-joke.

Get real noob, I use bare Linux syscalls.

Something tells me that if a city can do it in 2004, so could a company with all the improvements in 2025. And as with the city, the biggest issue will be the management being idiots (corruption) and/or underfunding the IT.

If a company has to treat their employees like delicate flowers who can’t deal with a slightly different interface it’s not the issue with software, but the companies’ training program / policies and unwillingness to invest in them. And it’s not like investments in FOSS IT and your employees wouldn’t pay off, all those proprietary licenses are expensive as hell. See link, the city saved money despite even having to develop whole new tools, acquire licenses and whatnot. Lots of small stuff not necessary today anymore.

Not saying it wouldn’t be a complicated endeavour, but certainly not impossible and definitely one that pays off.