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ghariksforge @ ghariksforge @lemmy.world
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Why don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?

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  • I admit AUR was a huge reason why I made the move to Arch. But with Flatpak gaining more and more traction, the benefits of AUR are shrinking fast.

    • Do you think DuckDuckGo is a good choice for people who are concerned about their privacy?

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  • Isn't DDG essentially a front end to Bing?

    • Permanently Deleted

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  • I have been disappointed by Signal a lot.

    • They tie themselves very closely with Google services, to the point that they refuse to be on FDroid by design
    • There was a long period when they stopped publishing server side code when they were bashing others like Telegram for not open sourcing their server side code
    • Their Linux desktop client is absolutely horrible.

    • Unpopular opinion : Bing is a better search engine than Google when it comes to piracy

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  • Google is just better at censorship.

    I use searx because it aggregates over multiple search engines. You can find searx nodes here: https://searx.space/

    • if I selfhost, does that take any load of Lemmy?

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  • What is the easiest way to learn about ActivityPub?

    • Musk is undeniably just trying to run twitter into the ground at this point.

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  • There are rumors that Twitter is having a dispute with its cloud providers, that is why they need to limit bandwidth.

    • Lemmy is so good right now for no particular reason

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  • Platforms are fun in the beginning because everybody has a voice. This nurtures a lot of creativity and energy. However, as ad revenue starts to flow, advertisers demand that the platform banish fringe opinions and undesirable voices (the magic keyword is brand safety). As a result moderation ramps up, and kills the creativity and energy that made it fun and interesting.

    This is why Lemmy works (for now).

    • What's your opinion on Snap/Flatpak, and why?

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  • Flatpak made my life much easier. It solves so many problems that the Linux ecosystem had. "Package once, use everywhere" is great.

    Snap could have been similarly good, but I think Canonical made some mistakes.

    I don't hate Snap. I think a bit of friendly competition is good for both Snap and Flatpak.

    • Baldur's Gate 3?

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  • These days most games work out of the box with the latest version of wine/proton/dxvk. I stopped checking for compatibility.

    • Guide: The idiot proof guide to downloading ebooks off IRC. With Pictures and everything!

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    • Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes

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  • IBM is working hard to kill RedHat. They are probably having a party at Canonical right now.

    • Lemmy devs approaching the reddit API deadline like

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  • May their servers be strong, and their storage consistent!

    • Will do!

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  • is it possible to learn this power?

    • Liftoff! - 🐒 A mobile client for Lemmy (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux)

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  • Looks promising! Is it on FDroid?

    • 📢Entire mod team on r/mildlyinteresting removed and locked out of their accounts after changing their rules upon community's request. (They're also switching subs BACK to SFW)

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  • They should migrate to lemmy.

    • Japan pushes for Apple and Google to allow sideloading

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  • There are no legitimate arguments against sideloading.

    • /r/horny complies with forced reopening of the sub, now accepting all Christian minecraft content (mostly horned goats for now)

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  • indeed!

    • /r/horny complies with forced reopening of the sub, now accepting all Christian minecraft content (mostly horned goats for now)

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  • If NSFW people start to move away, then Reddit is done for.

    • Reddit CEO Steve Huffman on blackout: It's expensive to run a company.

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  • This is why the fediverse is so great. It really is really expensive to run a social media company. By spreading the cost over many actors and encouraging competition, this allows us to host content without being beholden to billionares.