Why am I actually tired of that trope? Because when you propagate the wrong preconception that you need an unstable or quirky distribution to make Linux work with modern hardware, you are gatekeeping. You are preventing others from switching to Linux and it is due to your ignorance.
I'm using Debian stable on my desktop but I also play games, AAA to indie, with the latest gadgets, e.g. Steam Controller or even VR headsets. I also control my house with IoT with single keypresses on my mechanical keyboard which has its own touchpach (no mouse) with individual RGB key. I have a more modern setup than most but I still stick to a stable distribution because one can have both, you just have to buy devices that respect your agency by relying on well supported and/or open protocols, e.g. BT or Zigbee.
PS: I get that it's humor, don't "explain" it to me. I also have a fixie bike because I got tired of trying to fix my proprietary e-bike so yes I can also feed the trope (in the sense of going "back" to older technologies outside the computer) but unfortunately beyond it is important that people understand it is actually incorrect.
TL;DR: tired trope, I have weird brand new e-gadgets and peripherals doing very demanding tasks while still relying on Debian stable.
I traveled through France via train and this is way WAY scarier when you go through. This aerial view is still abstract, actually seeing it, kilometer and kilometer through the entire country is deeply unsettling. This is the new normal and it is catastrophic.
Good, it means we will be forced to move on to better alternatives. No more fallback to the "old" we are used to and thus have a hard time giving up on.
Probably a SteamVR bug, might want to check https://wiki.vronlinux.org/ there might some useful hints. I encountered few hiccups but so far nothing from preventing me to play.
I didn't suggest they are exactly the same. Since I don't have a benchmark, can you please clarify for example which popular game would be playable with one but not with the other? That would help the rest of us better grasp how very different it will be.
FWIW I have a SteamDeck so you could also use that as a metric if that's useful.
My point isn't the availability of settings as a meaningful information but rather if somebody did change a setting, or not. If somebody changes a default setting, or a default OS, they are radically more likely to be a power user.
Yes... it's like default settings. The very action of changing a setting on any devices means you are a "power user". You made a conscious decision on how the device should behave and you suspect it can be done. Meanwhile the vast majority of users do not even consider this a possibility.
Windows users are not using a computer, they are doing another task that happens to required a machine, they don't learn about what it is, how it works, how it can be modified.
IMHO it was perfectly in the 70s when there was no laptop, desktop, mobile phone, mobile data. Now that one needs to use such infrastructure to interact with others, vote, pay bills, get access to culture, etc then I do believe computer literacy is not optional anymore.
I professionally do both, namely I get paid to develop free software but I also pay free software developers, e.g. https://gcompris.net/ via their https://www.patreon.com/animtim . I also until recently worked in a public institution and was paid to write free software.
I think it is important not to conflate free software with free of cost and indeed free of production. Free software developers, like me, need to pay their bills but that does NOT have to be opposed to your freedom in using and modifying that software. By implying a false dichotomy by software being either proprietary or funded somehow you are in fact sadly promoting proprietary software, please do not do that.
Good thing movements reclaiming streets back for citizens already exist. In fact even businesses who initially opposed this actually realize it's better for them too.
Looks at photos of Amsterdam and Paris just decades ago. It's like smoking in planes.
We as a society try, fail, learn, and overcome BS.
Indeed, classic. AI isn't good enough for THEIR domain, their expertise, but for stuff they know NOTHING about it's somehow OK. Total lack of introspection and Dunning-Kruger effect.
Why am I actually tired of that trope? Because when you propagate the wrong preconception that you need an unstable or quirky distribution to make Linux work with modern hardware, you are gatekeeping. You are preventing others from switching to Linux and it is due to your ignorance.
damn that was helpful, insulting someone rather than asking for clarification, blocked and reported.
This is so dumb it is tiring...
I'm using Debian stable on my desktop but I also play games, AAA to indie, with the latest gadgets, e.g. Steam Controller or even VR headsets. I also control my house with IoT with single keypresses on my mechanical keyboard which has its own touchpach (no mouse) with individual RGB key. I have a more modern setup than most but I still stick to a stable distribution because one can have both, you just have to buy devices that respect your agency by relying on well supported and/or open protocols, e.g. BT or Zigbee.
PS: I get that it's humor, don't "explain" it to me. I also have a fixie bike because I got tired of trying to fix my proprietary e-bike so yes I can also feed the trope (in the sense of going "back" to older technologies outside the computer) but unfortunately beyond it is important that people understand it is actually incorrect.
TL;DR: tired trope, I have weird brand new e-gadgets and peripherals doing very demanding tasks while still relying on Debian stable.
VLC and mpv do not.
I traveled through France via train and this is way WAY scarier when you go through. This aerial view is still abstract, actually seeing it, kilometer and kilometer through the entire country is deeply unsettling. This is the new normal and it is catastrophic.
Good, it means we will be forced to move on to better alternatives. No more fallback to the "old" we are used to and thus have a hard time giving up on.
Honestly shitting himself in front of cameras is the least of our problems.
Ah yes, makes sense. Well overall if there is a lot of text it's tiring anyway. Maybe if you are already familiar with the content skimming is OK.
Probably a SteamVR bug, might want to check https://wiki.vronlinux.org/ there might some useful hints. I encountered few hiccups but so far nothing from preventing me to play.
I didn't suggest they are exactly the same. Since I don't have a benchmark, can you please clarify for example which popular game would be playable with one but not with the other? That would help the rest of us better grasp how very different it will be.
FWIW I have a SteamDeck so you could also use that as a metric if that's useful.
My point isn't the availability of settings as a meaningful information but rather if somebody did change a setting, or not. If somebody changes a default setting, or a default OS, they are radically more likely to be a power user.
Very finicky but feasible. Yes I imagine once the Frame is out that'll be a lot more convenient and reliable.
Wondering how it'd benchmark against https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-Nano-Pro-Gen14-AMD.tuxedo in an even smaller form factor and similar price range for specs.
Yes... it's like default settings. The very action of changing a setting on any devices means you are a "power user". You made a conscious decision on how the device should behave and you suspect it can be done. Meanwhile the vast majority of users do not even consider this a possibility.
Windows users are not using a computer, they are doing another task that happens to required a machine, they don't learn about what it is, how it works, how it can be modified.
IMHO it was perfectly in the 70s when there was no laptop, desktop, mobile phone, mobile data. Now that one needs to use such infrastructure to interact with others, vote, pay bills, get access to culture, etc then I do believe computer literacy is not optional anymore.
That's not what they said. Free software can be paid for, either via users or via subsidies. Nobody in this thread suggested that developers starve.
To be pragmatic here are ways free software can be monetized :
I professionally do both, namely I get paid to develop free software but I also pay free software developers, e.g. https://gcompris.net/ via their https://www.patreon.com/animtim . I also until recently worked in a public institution and was paid to write free software.
I think it is important not to conflate free software with free of cost and indeed free of production. Free software developers, like me, need to pay their bills but that does NOT have to be opposed to your freedom in using and modifying that software. By implying a false dichotomy by software being either proprietary or funded somehow you are in fact sadly promoting proprietary software, please do not do that.
Should work already https://www.protondb.com/app/275850 if you have a Valve Index and a good gaming Linux desktop.
Corruption in play sight, terrifying symbolism for all to see. Washington is more transparent that people think.
Good thing movements reclaiming streets back for citizens already exist. In fact even businesses who initially opposed this actually realize it's better for them too.
Looks at photos of Amsterdam and Paris just decades ago. It's like smoking in planes.
We as a society try, fail, learn, and overcome BS.
Indeed, classic. AI isn't good enough for THEIR domain, their expertise, but for stuff they know NOTHING about it's somehow OK. Total lack of introspection and Dunning-Kruger effect.
Ugh, people with those pesky facts, very inconvenient! /s