MiddledAgedGuy @ MiddledAgedGuy @beehaw.org

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Homoginizing Linux would be destroying so much of what makes Linux special. And besides, as many have pointed out, that's not the source of the problem anyway in that most people don't care what OS is installed or even comprehend what an OS is.

I also don't think Linux needs mass adoption. It'd be great if it did, but it being a tool for those who care about what tools they use is fine too.

Signal is centralized and requires a phone number. This is potentially impactful to your anonymity. So, for example if the recipients device is comprised that encryption doesn't mean much and you may be identifiable.

All that said, I use Signal. But it's good to know it's shortcomings.

Edit: added potentially. You could certainly have a number not associated with your identity.

I sure hope so.

Chill was somewhat a choice. Ranting about a controversial public figure on the internet feels like screaming in the wind to me (I don't say that to dissuade others, just my opinion). And it fits my interpretation of be(e) nice besides.

For whatever reason the hyperlink to the song wouldn't show on my lemmy client or the instance page, but the song is rat by Penelope Scott if anyone else is curious and has the same problem. And yes, I can identify with that!

He's certainly polarizing isn't he?

I liked the guy for a minute when all I knew is that he was involved in EV's and renewable energy and such. That sentiment died real quick though!

Edit: Added the polarizing bit.

I agree with you.

Linux is awesome. And the big modern distros have come leaps and bounds in terms of accomodating novice users. And in OP's example where they are doing X and Y tasks on Z hardware where the software used for those tasks is popular and the hardware is well supported it's great for that! But on the whole, your average user is less likely to encounter issues they can't resolve with the big proprietary commercial OS's.

I think Linux usability for the average user will continue to improve, and adoption will continue to increase. But just by it's nature I don't see Linux and the open source ecosystem as a whole ever being as easy as commercial offerings. And I think that's ok. I do wish that people as a whole would put more effort into understanding at a high level how their technology works and what it's doing. It's a vital part of our daily lives afterall. If they did Linux usage would skyrocket. But it is what it is.

I wasn't intending to get up on that soap box when I hit reply. I'll step down now.

I've struggled with this thought as well.

On one hand, I welcome anyone who wants to contribute in a positive way to the threadiverse. On the other hand if it somehow becomes ubiquitous for this purpose, I feel like it'll lose what makes it special.

I can't tell if I'm gatekeeping or not.

I agree with this take.

I like Star Wars fine. If they make something, I'll probably watch it. But I don't consider myself a fan. I don't keep track of the lore and would be hard pressed to tell you the plot of anything I hadn't seen recently. Which is a long way of saying I'm in the don't have a strong opinion camp.

Disclaimer: fairly uninformed opinion. I don't know the inner workings of lemmy nor am I a legal expert.

Re: NSFW defederation. I remember reading somewhere around here about an instance that defederates from nsfw instances because of concerns over illegal content. That feels plausible, and being unintentionally in the middle of it feels risky. Something to consider.

I'd never thought of it this way. It certainly makes sense to me though, and gives me a new insight.

I like "universe of forums" as a descriptor.

This feels like a good solution. Perhaps make it the default on new installations?

I can confirm, sort of. I'm not from there nor have I been to Brazil specifically but I've been to South American and Asian countries where it's nearly as ubiquitous as using native calls and texting in the US.

As an outlier in skimming the other comments. Mine wasn't great.

I replaced it a few years ago, so I'm working from incomplete memory here, but here's what I recall. I had a Brother laser printer. I don't recall the model. The drivers were binary, only available for x86/x86_64, and only packaged in deb and rpm. Which certainly covers most cases, but it's still limiting.

I saw in another comment some only support GDI. I bet that was the case for me.

I think a good takeaway from this isn't to not buy Brother, but to check support for the model you're looking at beforehand.

Super Mario Bros, when I learned the princess was in another castle.

Like at least a few other comments, the Last of Us sticks out. Just, the whole thing.

Not really a game mechanic by definition, but I hate forced PvP in open world/MMO style games. Even survival games, where one could argue it fits.

I won't buy a game if they do this, so I guess in that sense the PvP is a choice.

Oh that wasn't meant as any kind of call out to you searching or not. Just indicating that I didn't put much effort into mine, so don't treat it as any kind of knowledgeable response.

Sounds good, hope it all works out well!

I like Debian for a server OS and in fact use it for plex as well. The astute observer might go through my posts and notice I don't use Debian as a daily driver because of it's relatively slow release cycle, but that's part of what makes it a great server. It's stable and well vetted. As you may be aware it's what Raspbian is based off of, so you'll have some familiarity too.

I agree with the other poster that your Nvidia hardware transcoding question might be better as it's own post. But I'll say what little I know and gleaned from a low effort search just now.

If you use the proprietary drivers, you'll probably be fine? Aforementioned search tells me you need nvenc for that, which seems to be a part of their proprietary stuff. Be sure to install from the Debian repo, not the Nvidia website. Their drivers are problematic as you pointed out. I've personally had issues with them and wayland, but ymmv for your purposes.

From technically savvy people, I imagine.

The average user won't understand the implications or won't care enough to avoid it. That alone would lead to a HUGE amount of adoption if/when they deploy this.