banazir @ banazir @lemmy.ml

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I've stuck with DuckDuckGo for years. It's mostly gotten pretty good if you search in English. Other languages can be iffy.

Yes, Wine and Proton are great and they do actually solve a lot of issues with linux gaming. I don't exactly begrudge anyone for choosing to go that route because linux is complicated. But I do wish we'd talk more about native linux gaming and didn't always default to Proton. Valve has done wonders for gaming on linux, but I am not fan of Steam and their DRM policies.

I really appreciate programs like Bottles these days. Back in 2006 or so I beat Deus Ex on Wine and setting it up was a hassle. Today I'm amazed it was even possible back then.

Well, yeah, but I think the issue is that the best way to develop for linux is to make a Windows binary. I don't like that. Developers actively sabotaging Wine/Proton compatibility is kind of malicious though.

Ok, hear me out. Linux is not an easy platform to develop for because it's in constant flux where systems and libraries come, change and go constantly. Linux itself is a somewhat slippery concept (if we expand from the kernel) where "works on linux" can really mean it's been tested on one particular distro. Debian stable and rolling releases are not the same. Unless I am completely mistaken, I can see why major developers are hesitant to support linux, whatever it even is. Is Android linux?

Now, I'm all for this message. Given how OSs have been developing, I advocate for linux adoption and wish people would "vote with their wallet". Otherwise things just will not change. Well, not for better, if recent history is anything to go by. I just feel that this problem has more prongs than we like to admit, being linux enthusiasts.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I once found a holiday greeting card inside a library book about narcissistic parents and I always wondered if it was just a handy bookmark or a poignant gesture.

Hans Reiser developed ReiserFS, which was a good fs for it's time, and was then convicted of murdering his wife.

Oof. The filesystem was great though.

That is crazy dangerous. There are some really deadly mushrooms out there. People need to go to prison for this shit.

That is amazing. Great job!

You can do a really slim install of Debian that should work. For DE I recommend LXQT.

If you're feeling adventurous, Alpine might be slightly lighter. It's a good distro.

Those specs are not going to get you a terribly fast experience, but my laptop runs Debian ok and it's in the same ballpark.

Sure. I try to disable or disconnect cameras and microphones when possible. My laptop's camera has tape on it and on my PinePhone I've disabled the camera with a switch.

Huh, never heard of this one. Kind of sounds like Henry Miller. I'll try and see if I can find a copy, thanks for the recommendation.

Oh, well, it's been a while, but... While Risto's ideas tend to be interesting enough, as a writer and a storyteller I think he lacks finesse. Especially his characters and their interactions come off as flat and formulaic. Romance feels tacked on and clumsy and he'd be better off focusing on other areas. Still, I can't say it's all bad. I don't want to drive anyone away from giving his work a chance.

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo.

Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky.

Like others, I'm hyping the Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, and Stanislaw Lem's Solaris.

With the caveat that I don't really like his books, The Sands of Sarasvati by Risto Isomäki.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne is absolutely worth the read. Just bear through the long lists of fish.

Some cardboard advertisement card I got with a shirt I ordered online.

I have read these multiple times:

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine shooters. It's a heavy book.

How much of it is nonfiction is up in the air, but I love Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter is sharp and observant and funny as hell. It's eerie how little has changed in American elections in 50 years.

Ha. The kids are alright.

I love you.

You can always create a GUI yourself, if you think it's so simple. It would be greatly appreciated and giving back to the community would be nice.