TheImpressiveX @ TheImpressiveX @lemmy.ml

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Got it!

It's more of an alternative to Microsoft Office, but it is mostly considered THE open source office suite for GNU/Linux.

For something cloud-based, you may want to consider OnlyOffice. I've never used it, so I can't say how good it is.

We are the Lemmyest Android community on Lemmy

Time to ban all computing devices.

Terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, killing thousands.

Since January 2021. I left Lemmy for about a year, then came back during the Reddit blackout.

What is "it"?

Lucky Star

https://nitter.net/TheBat_Family/status/1316006509923520512

Bruce Wayne.

Droste Image

Brand name, and people don't know any better, or even considered the possibility that other browsers exist.

Are tickets on sale yet?

I've said this before on Lemmy, but you may want to consider getting a projector instead. They (usually) don't have any smart-capabilities or Internet connectivity, and with the right setup, the screen size can be bigger than even the biggest consumer TV on the market.

The cons are that you need to be in a dark room, and if you want a really good projector (which you will), it'll be just as expensive, or even more expensive than buying a TV. Also projectors don't have OLED.

How does he live?

One of the Four Essential Freedoms includes the freedom to run the program for any purpose, even nefarious purposes, unfortunately. This license is well-intentioned, but isn't a free software license.

Here's some more excerpts from the book that I found amusing:

As you learned in Chapter 1, Linux is an open source operating system, meaning that anyone can download and modify it. Open source operating systems can benefit from improvements contributed by thousands of programmers. Some people choose open source operating systems out of an anti-establishment spirit; others choose them as a practical matter because they are free.

"Anti-establishment" isn't the word I'd use, but I guess that fits.

One of the most popular distros for casual users, Ubuntu, comes with a DE called Unity (shown in Figure 5-16)

That hasn't been true since 2017.

Be suspicious of free apps. In the best-case scenario, the app does what it says but installs ads or other software. In the worst-case scenario, the free app is, or contains, malware that might steal personal information from your device, encrypt your data files and demand a ransom for decryption, or monitor your device usage. Installing an app sometimes asks for specific permissions that the app will use. Be selective in allowing app privileges to items such as contact lists, GPS location, e-mail messages, and so on.

Okay, I'll admit this is good advice if we're talking about "freeware", but there's also free/libre/open-source software, which has all of the benefits of freeware, and also gives you the freedom to read/mofify/share the source code, if you wish.

As for that "malware" you speak of, you might as well be describing Google Chrome.

No media player supports all formats, so it's important to find one that supports the formats of the clips you want to play.

Clearly, these people haven't heard of VLC.

Codec is short for "compressor-decompressor"

It actually stands for "coder/decoder".

And that's just one page...

Try checking H-Node.

When that song came out, I was in kindergarten.

Next year, I'll be old enough to buy a beer.