KnoLord

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In the server space, both FreeBSD and Linux systems are well-regarded. Linux caught up since that post and receives more support now, obviously, but I wouldn't flinch when encountering FreeBSD (or other *BSDs for that matter) as a server.

As for Windows... yeah, just look at the news regarding that...

on roll for perception · c/linuxmemes · 5 pts · 61d

I don't think the reason people liked the full switch to NT is because of GUI "enforcement", but rather that x86 DOSs had some historical limitations, both because of the OS and because of peculiarities regarding the IBM PC platform (like "conventional", "extended" and "high" memory, or many DOS programs expecting real mode operation) which NT and its HAL abstracted away, making it more stable, though not as stable as any base *nix system.

Well, I used to think like you too, having only active tabs I needed and bookmarking important stuff.

But now I have tabs, which are important, but not as important to bookmark them permanently. So I persist tabs across sessions now, because else my bookmarks are way too cluttered for my tastes.

on Me all Day · c/linuxmemes · 3 pts · 205d

5 year old

I recently upgraded from my W541 to a T470 I got for cheap. And I only upgraded due to hardware decoding features being a tad bit newer on the T470 and USB-C being kinda cool to utilise.

From an colleague of mine, who bought an M1 Macbook Pro when they were new; he told me that there was a Wine fork (don't know the name sadly) for Apple silicon which kinda worked with most (older) Steam games, not as nice as Proton on x86-64 Linux, but good enough for his game tastes. Don't know if it's still maintained or not...

Yes, I understand that GNOME (3+) has a place in Linux/*nix world and that, from a common user's perspective, it might be enough or even more intuitive than Windows and MacOS ever were. Blind hating never helped anyone, especially in FOSS.

For me, as someone outside the common user's realm, the weird aftertaste of internal dev drama and their decisions which features are "needed" and which are not needed (server-side decorations, tray-items, etc.) deter me from using GNOME more than the annual one-month tryout ("Maybe it isn't that limiting to me as I thought?").

on all the proof i need · c/science_memes · 3 pts · 254d

It's just standard LaTeX beamer, used by many math and CS professors (and sometimes even by undergrads, due to formatting requirements).

From what I could witness, most likely the "first abuser" is most likely a close family member, either the (step-)father or some uncle or grandfather - people who themselves believe in such values they call "traditional".