darkfoe

u/darkfoe@lemmy.serverfail.party
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Been straight Linux since 2005ish. It's definitely really improved just before COVID - things just work now without fiddling. In the past yeah, I had to fiddle quite a bit to make things work and write up some scripts for installs that would break next patch, but now I'm almost done a Witcher 3 play-through on Linux without even needing to adjust a thing.

  1. O365 usually works fine for the online portion on most browsers, so that should be okay for their use. And won't require them to change habits in terms of how to use the software. (Bonus: cloud storage of their documents.) Only downside is they'll likely need an active internet connection to do anything
  2. This one is tricky. I've had mixed experience getting newer Adobe products running in Wine, but it's been awhile for me so I'd say try it yourself. There are probably a bunch of good FOSS/cloud options available nowadays too if annotating, commenting, etc that maybe others can elaborate more on
  3. Easy peasy, Brave does work well and should help them avoid malware on "those websites"

I'd say any LTS release you can get a working setup of Adobe in should be fine for them. 90% of what they're going to do is probably via a browser so it's OS-agnostic. I'm fond of Debian since it's very stable, but it comes with the drawback of older packages as time goes on, though you can pull in repos for more recent stuff for most important things.

on Good storm outside! · c/edmonton · 2 pts · 3y

I've been hiding in my apartment in the AC due to it. AC in the car is leaking currently, so even using that to get around is still brutal.

Surprised it's not mentioned here, but Bzflag.

Super fun tank shooter game that doesn't take much to run, and reminds me of a cross between the very old bolo game and Mario kart's battle mode.

on golang version for lemmy? · c/golang · 2 pts · 3y

Nope - rust only for the backend. Node runs the frontend. Could definitely use a bot library in golang - it's the language I program in daily so I'd definitely appreciate it

on New Season expectations · c/futurama · 8 pts · 3y

$. Plus, it's been awhile and the writers have loooots of material over the years to work with I'd think. Also sounds like the general cast/animators/writers have fun with making the show

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/chat · 1 pts · 3y

Caucasian male here: it's past my shoulders now, roughly between my shoulder blades, from pretty short at the start of COVID. I credit my success to not visiting a hairdresser for a couple years and just brushing it daily.

There's definitely an awkward stage that appears at a certain point, but once you can toss it into a ponytail it gets easier.

In all honesty, there are a ton of us tech enthusiasts who have no problem paying 10-20$ per month to run an instance out of our own pockets. We get the ability to subscribe to content we used to use Reddit for, and we can have a few folks hop on with us. Multiply that by a bunch, and add in community funded instances, and we'll be fine.

Gotta consider server costs were only a fraction of Reddit's costs. Salaries are quite pricey, and we have lots of folks volunteering time which will make it all work.