Around 2006 I watched a video on YouTube of a guy showing off Pendrive Linux booting from a USB drive and it blew my mind that you could run an entire OS from a lowly USB drive. I then made my own and used it to play games on the computers at my middle school and have been unfortunately addicted to Linux ever since. Later on in my 20s I took a Linux class in college and my professor was really impressed I already knew so much about Linux. 8 years of "brute forcing it" taught me quite a bit. Now I'm a jaded network administrator and have also settled on Mint because the last thing I want to do in my free time is fix my own fucking computer.
I believe the ones pumping it up are the "AI bros" and "tech bros" AKA non-technical folks. These types don't actually have the skills or knowledge to put together something like this themselves so they rally around Omarchy because that work has already been done for them.
Really not surprising. In the US these type helmets are literally just meant to appease helmet laws. Most of the people who actually buy them would much rather not wear anything at all. And if you think that's stupid, well, you're exactly right.
That's good to hear. I just recently ordered some of that phase change material for my 6700 XT. I'm hoping it's going to rein in the temps a bit. I've also seen my card hit 110°C tjunction which is decidedly not excellent.
The argument that Proton purely drives Linux adoption without disincentivizing native development ignores how publishers behave in reality. Instead of inspiring studios to eventually target Linux as a primary platform, Proton gives them an excuse to ignore the platform entirely while washing their hands of compatibility when updates break things. There are already SEVERAL cases where developers have pushed updates to games that worked in proton previously but no longer do. For Honor, Rust, Apex Legends, GTA V to just name a few. When developers treat Proton as a convenient accident rather than a target, it doesn't pave the way for a native future. It creates a volatile ecosystem where a single background update can permanently strand players on an unsupported island, with the studio refusing to spend a dime to fix it. Proton keeps Linux users as second class citizens.
I mentioned this as a potential issue with Proton when it first started blowing up and was largely dismissed. It's great that it works. It's really amazing on Valve's part what it can do and the gap it bridged. The problem is that it does NOT incentivize developers to support Linux natively. In fact, it does the exact opposite.
EDIT: For those who don't see why this is an issue - Proton means in the eyes of developers linux users are mostly second class citizens. There are already several cases of developers pushing updates that break proton compatibility and the developers simply shrug their shoulders and move on.
The pheromones thing does have some basis in science, but it mostly applies to ANIMALS who use scent as the PRIMARY INDICATOR they're biologically ready for mating. As humans we have the ability to communicate verbally which kinda superscedes any need for that mechanism. That said, I have noticed that after dating someone and being around them for a period of time you do start to form a positive correlation between their natural scent and happiness, security, etc. Note that's natural scent, not sweaty-ass BO. I've had several partners that would love to "smell" me and tell me I smell good even though I wasn't wearing any specific colonges or other fragrances. It takes time for that positive correlation to form though, so It's probably not going to do you any good on your first fucking date.
XFCE has long been my favorite DE for lightweight systems. It's so flexible!
Ohhhh, they paid for the PARTIES not the WEDDING. Well, why did they say so?? That changes things completely! Fucking crooks.
Around 2006 I watched a video on YouTube of a guy showing off Pendrive Linux booting from a USB drive and it blew my mind that you could run an entire OS from a lowly USB drive. I then made my own and used it to play games on the computers at my middle school and have been unfortunately addicted to Linux ever since. Later on in my 20s I took a Linux class in college and my professor was really impressed I already knew so much about Linux. 8 years of "brute forcing it" taught me quite a bit. Now I'm a jaded network administrator and have also settled on Mint because the last thing I want to do in my free time is fix my own fucking computer.
I believe the ones pumping it up are the "AI bros" and "tech bros" AKA non-technical folks. These types don't actually have the skills or knowledge to put together something like this themselves so they rally around Omarchy because that work has already been done for them.
It's mostly the Harley-Davidson crowd that uses them, so that should give you a pretty good idea of the type of person we're talking about, haha.
Really not surprising. In the US these type helmets are literally just meant to appease helmet laws. Most of the people who actually buy them would much rather not wear anything at all. And if you think that's stupid, well, you're exactly right.
That's good to hear. I just recently ordered some of that phase change material for my 6700 XT. I'm hoping it's going to rein in the temps a bit. I've also seen my card hit 110°C tjunction which is decidedly not excellent.
There are native Linux games, as few and far between as they are.
I'm not ignoring it. I even said it was great in my original post. I just don't believe putting all of the eggs in the Proton basket is a good idea.
No mention of thermals. My RX 6700XT is like a freaking space heater. I hope things have improved on the AMD side in that regard.
The argument that Proton purely drives Linux adoption without disincentivizing native development ignores how publishers behave in reality. Instead of inspiring studios to eventually target Linux as a primary platform, Proton gives them an excuse to ignore the platform entirely while washing their hands of compatibility when updates break things. There are already SEVERAL cases where developers have pushed updates to games that worked in proton previously but no longer do. For Honor, Rust, Apex Legends, GTA V to just name a few. When developers treat Proton as a convenient accident rather than a target, it doesn't pave the way for a native future. It creates a volatile ecosystem where a single background update can permanently strand players on an unsupported island, with the studio refusing to spend a dime to fix it. Proton keeps Linux users as second class citizens.
I mentioned this as a potential issue with Proton when it first started blowing up and was largely dismissed. It's great that it works. It's really amazing on Valve's part what it can do and the gap it bridged. The problem is that it does NOT incentivize developers to support Linux natively. In fact, it does the exact opposite.
EDIT: For those who don't see why this is an issue - Proton means in the eyes of developers linux users are mostly second class citizens. There are already several cases of developers pushing updates that break proton compatibility and the developers simply shrug their shoulders and move on.
That's janky as hell, I love it.
Yup. This was my paint.net replacement.
Nintendo was first with the SNES controller.
his friends call him Johnny Appleseed.
The pheromones thing does have some basis in science, but it mostly applies to ANIMALS who use scent as the PRIMARY INDICATOR they're biologically ready for mating. As humans we have the ability to communicate verbally which kinda superscedes any need for that mechanism. That said, I have noticed that after dating someone and being around them for a period of time you do start to form a positive correlation between their natural scent and happiness, security, etc. Note that's natural scent, not sweaty-ass BO. I've had several partners that would love to "smell" me and tell me I smell good even though I wasn't wearing any specific colonges or other fragrances. It takes time for that positive correlation to form though, so It's probably not going to do you any good on your first fucking date.
Pretty interesting. I'd like to know the dimensions and how much it hurts the range.