What's something you want to tell us lemmy users ?

Linux will never be a home operating system for most people. It will not even come close to windows or Mac. It is not user friendly, it is not supported by the VAST majority of home use software and it has too many distros. No one wants to get with an OS when the first question is which version. The learning curve is too steep and when stuff goes wrong it is way harder to find and solve.

It's nice that yall like it but the amount of forceful shoving of Linux on lemmy is hysterical knowing how no one listens.

Damn.
31 flavors and you choose to be salty...
- Hey. Blame OP. They asked. I wouldn't have said shit otherwise
The discussions on Lemmy were exactly what made me try out Linux, and now I'm an avid Linux'er. +1 for Linux.
There's no harm in telling people about Linux though. The majority of people who can figure out the fediverse probably have the requisite technical skills to figure out Linux. Yeah I agree it'll never be a home OS for most people, but also many homes don't even have a PC at all anymore.
- The problem is when people get militant and / or hostile about it
- This, today PC means laptop, that's what almost everyone who has a PC uses, most people do with just a tablet though. 95% of the garbage people use the internet for can be done on a mid range smart phone. The people who need high powered desktop devices or use them for entertainment are already a minority in the market for computing devices. The largest chunk of OS marketshare is decided by business purchases, not individual PC owners.
- There is a large difference between telling someone and then getting mass downvoting anyone who dares oppose Linux while throwing a hissyfit and claiming that Linux is the greatest thing since oxygen. Lemmy is on the latter, not the former.
My recent unpopular opinion post on this topic was controversial
https://lemmy.world/post/15869915
- My post (on my other lemmy account before I switched this one to my main) sharing a video by a youtuber that said some open source software was badly designed in terms of UI and how it could be improved received so much hostility that I got fed up and ended up deleting it
  It wasn't even a negative video, my post wasn't even negative
  What was the point of sharing it if people just react hostile towards it even though you shared it in good faith
  The bad design with some open source software is why I don't use some of them and why I haven't installed Linux as a dual boot operating system yet
  I use blender and krita because they have good designs with the gui and its catered towards the user using the software in this case creatives
  Gimp however and other badly designed open source software don't cater GUI towards the user demographics that would be using them
Agreed, I don’t get the argument for using Linux beyond vague “windows bad” hand waving. Frankly, having to use computers probably every hour of my waking life for work and entertainment, I find nothing wrong with windows, or Mac OS. Or iOS or iPad OS beyond just the idiosyncratic annoyances each OS brings to the table. Is there any tangible reason Linux is superior to all the other OSs out there beyond it being open source? Also how is being open spurce objectively a benefit?
- Privacy/no data mining is (frankly) a huge deal and a major problem in modern society is that this is not valued at all. To me, this is really analogous to the climate crisis in the sense that we've known about the impending climate crisis for decades and no one valued it till we got to the point of no return/crisis point. I really cannot emphasise enough what a big deal it is to value your data/information/privacy.
  Other than that, Linux really is a functional OS and there will be other benefits like multiple desktop styles to choose from, the possibility to do more advanced things if you need to (if learn how), the OS is virus-free, better performance (because the computer doesn't need to work so hard on your OS and can spend that energy on other things), giving life to old hardware that Windows no longer supports (and saving your money as well as the planet from thr e-waste), the importance of an alternative choice so the market is not monopolised by predator corporate giants. There will be loads more benefits, but those are a few to begin with.
  It also has downsides (as mentioned above).
- Doesn't it use less system resources?
  When Windows 10 isn't supported anymore, better to use Linux than have an unsecure computer or buy a new computer.
This kind of self-fulfilling prophecy is what will drive down even more support for Linux. The thing we need to do right now is to let more people try out Linux so that corporations will see Linux as a potential target on the desktop and make products for Linux, not the opposite like what you are saying.
- Me: Linux won't work because Linux people push it too hard despite it having multiple downsides in comparison to the more widely used OS
  You: NO, YOU JUST NEED TO USE LINUX
TIL I haven't had a home operating system for a quarter century.
- TIL you can't read. I said most people. Not everyone.
As someone with decision paralysis and executive dysfunction issues, this is true for me. I'm probably more than capable of using it for a daily driver but there are 5000 flavors and I will likely never be able to make a solid choice until one is obviously vastly superior in some way I need.
- Just use Ubuntu. It just works.
  That's what I use if I want to just get things done.
not supported by the VAST majority of home use software
Just want to say most people only need a browser, and it's only going to continue on that path. That's why ChromeOS works.
To lump my own personal bitch onto this: liking a thing and bringing it up regardless of conversation or context isn't a personality
You are wrong. The reason that linux isn't popularvis that windows comes preinstalled in computers and most people don't know how to install an operating system pet along what an operating system is. Linux is dead easy nowadays, ao.much that my tech illiterate parents can use it, spread misinformation elsewhere
https://files.catbox.moe/jgn66k.png
I’ve seen more criticism of Lemmy’s Linux Problem, than I actually have seen LLP in action

Considering a lot of us are here from the Rexodus and have cake days coming up (or recently passed): Happy cake day.

There was a general cake day thread recently on !casualconversation@lemm.ee
Thanks, you too
What should we call cake day on lemmy?, should we leave it alone or change it to be something more reflective of lemmy
- I'm content leaving it be. It rolls off the tongue and has the right meaning. I'm also not feeling creative enough at the moment to propose an alternative lol

the main lemmy developers are evil people, and they also admin the lemmy.ml instance. Stay away. other lemmy instances are admired well enough, but look for a mbin instance just to give the lemmy devs less power.

That’s the great part about the fediverse. We’re not bound to a specific app. I like Mbin myself.
BUT they do share their software with everyone entirely for free so there's that...:-)
- Damn commies should be rich as Crassus by now!
That's a big claim. Do you have evidence?
- https://lemmy.world/post/16211417 has some good discussion including evidence. You can normally see evidenc looking at moderation logs as well
- Is there a good/decent android app? I'm game to give things a try particularly because fuck lemmygrad jr (lemmy.ml)
- What's the key difference with Kbin?
What makes them "evil"?
- https://lemmy.world/post/16211417
Currently, lemmyverse.net doesn't appear to be indexing mbin servers, which is a drawback for finding communities on them. It isn't indexing all kbin servers, either, and the kbin results are only available via the hamburger menu, not mixed in with the lemmy results.
- Mbin is not lemmy. It interoperates with lemmy but is otherwise different. Thus they strictly should not. Though you can make an arguement they should, it is the decision of the site owners and so while I think they should index mbin I won't fault them for not.
Has anyone forked lemmy yet and if so have instances switched over ?

If you've ever said "cowabunga dude" unironically, it's high time to schedule that prostate check.

From "cowabunga, dude" to "ow, my bung-hole, dude!"

While we're at it let me get something off my chest
Mitochondria is plural. One powerhouse of the cell is a mitochondrion. Bacteria is also the plural of bacterium.
Does this matter? Not really.
- Data used to be generally used as the plural of datum before it became generally used as a mass noun.
- It matters a little to me and I didn't know that 'mitochondria' is plural. So thanks.
I had a prof describe the nucleus as "the power house of cell function" and the confusion that statement caused was fucking palpable lol.
Midichlorians are the forcehouse of the cell.

Gutenberg was a grifter. He stole money from people, sometime his own family, and ran up debts that he couldn't pay.

The only reason that he started printing bibles and became religious was because he was going to be thrown in prison for swindling people out of money, and it's a bad look to throw someone in prison who prints the word of God. In fact, most of what we know about Gutenberg comes from his court documents.

Also movable type and the printing press were already known in Europe and had already been invented in East Asia several hundred years earlier than Gutenberg. (the first printed texts date back to 700 CE and movable type prints around 1000 CE, both in modern China). It was nothing new.

Stop with the echo chamber. Dissenting views aren't trolls by default.

ur cute

Bullshit

The weather outside is nice, go enjoy it

The weather is not nice today, but I wish it was. Had to run through 98f yesterday with my baby to pick up some lunch and did not enjoy it

I really like you guys ❤️

I'm learning rust and going to contribute one day.

Similar vein, don't wash down your sleeping pills with like 4-5 glasses of water

Two things:

I have taken over !eldenring@lemmy.world from the squatter who had created it because I anticipate some action once the DLC comes out and the only other ER community is on .ML.
When I made and deleted a post after just a few seconds to add my primary account as a moderator (since you can only do that with users who have posted in the community) it got down voted twice in less than a minute, which makes it feel like someone is following me just to downvote me. Just wanted to say hi to my stalker.

Number 2 is bots maybe?
You're fairly visible with the way your username is (I see you in lots of different communities myself, this may not even be the first time I've spoken to you lol) and while it doesn't matter to me or probably ≥99% of posters/commenters here it also appears you're a furry judging from instance
It's unfortunate, but that's all it takes to get a few losers with too much time to creep and downvote
Also: I look forward to the ER content friendo, I'll be subscribing momentarily

I know the world is rough but they to have a good day.

Please, make more cat-related community!

https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=cats
showing 75 communities

Nuclear power plants won't help solve the climate crisis.

They take too long to build.
While the risk of a catastrophic failure is very low, its effects are so bad they can't be included in any sensible risk assessment.
They prolong the dependence on energy companies that are too big to fail and can therefore blackmail the government.
They depend on enormous amounts of water for cooling, at a time when rivers frequently get too warm for that due to climate change.
They run on a non-renewable fuel source that is imported from politically instable countries.
And when you include the cost of building them, insuring them, dismantling them and dealing with their waste, they're simply not economical.
The only way to run them is with massive subsidies and unconditional securities from the state. I.e. tax money being funnelled to big corporations.

- How long from "design concept" till enough are tested, certified and built to help combat climate change? We have about 20 years left to transform our energy sector if you're optimistic. Building one with the old proven design takes about 15 years.
nuclear power plants are way too vulnerable and dangerous of a terrorist target.
- Wtf are you talking about? Nuclear power facilities are freaking huge and have top notch security. You ain't getting anywhere near any place you could ever do any damage. And since everybody who's supposed to be there needs clearance, it's easy to have strict security protocols in place. Anybody who isn't supposed to be there or takes anything in or out they aren't supposed to is identified easily and taken care of.
  Any nuclear facility is more worried about espionage than any kind of attack. Even if you are able to bomb a part of it, worst case it will be shutdown for repairs for a while and maybe kill a dozen or so people who are near the bomb as it goes off. Something like a crowded square in a city centre is a much easier target for terrorism and probably has more impact in the causing fear department than bombing some energy facility.
  So no, denying nuclear power based on fear of terrorism isn't only unfounded, it's also exactly what the terrorists want. Fuck them guys, don't give in to fear.
  And in case you don't know: a nuclear power plant is not a nuclear bomb, it can't become a nuclear bomb and it doesn't contain any materials to create a nuclear bomb. Just because they both contain the word nuclear and work on a fission principle, doesn't mean they are the same thing.
  (I blame the recent Chernobyl series for fueling the fear of nuclear once again. You should know that whilst it is a good series, it is not a documentary and they dropped the ball hard on all the science parts)
- Honestly if the UK can spend a couple of decades with half a hiroshimas worth of high explosives sitting unguarded within sight of London I think a nuclear facility with actual security will be fine.
This highlights issues with using capitalism and some human mindsets

Math is truth.

Meth isn't.

how do you know...? with details please. asking for a friend.
(/s btw)

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop.

Fuck you for some reason. That is all.

Learn what nuance is.

I agree 100%!
Well... maybe 70%.
- Love it! Well… maybe just- like it a lot.

MY CAT SAYS HI!

🐱🐾

Hope your having a good day or night wherever you are.

we're all in this together

If tripping has turned ugly for you, but you love the potential of psychedelics, then you should seriously consider doing some kind of shamanic ceremony, instead of your next random death-metal-concert-on-shrooms-in-a-strange-city or whatever your usual pattern is.

Set and setting really matter a lot, and ceremony has culturally evolved as a very healthy and productive setting.

You shouldn't rob a bank without a plan. You shouldn't use your tongue to stop a fan.

Erh... yes... ehm... fine weather today, right?

I awkardly gaze to the ground while I wait for the elevator to arrive at the right floor.

Be-bop-a-lula, I don't mean maybe... seriously.

You guys and gals a pretty cool! Ok, a lot react way too hard at stuff (I've done it a bit too, check my comment history). But overall, a reasonable online space.

this

https://lemmy.ca/post/22174441

That link led me to a thread on /generaldiscussion where a user posted about how they want their teacher to dominate them sexually.
We really need to figure out a canonical way of linking to content in the fediverse.
- I think that was the intent. OP is also the OP of that thread lmao. Maybe he also just wants us to know?

You can't handle the truth

The no poop anniversary is coming up!

GrapheneOS is more private and secure than iOS.

Dr Pepper is the best soft drink!

Hello.

Remember that veganism is an ethical way of living affordable and available to everyone*. Eating and using animal products is a choice, therefore killing and abusing animals is a choice. Stop abusing immigrants to butcher animals for your taste buds, thanks. Stop falling for obvious propaganda and cheap lies by the agricultural industrial complex, thanks. This is still a message of love despite the fact that this makes you feel dissonance in yourself, you're human, we get it. Do your best, actually try, the world needs us to be kind to animals and nature.

*as far as is possible and practicable.