russjr08 @ russjr08 @outpost.zeuslink.net

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Yeah worst come to worse, it just "doesn't work" - but its not like it would be damaged just because drivers/firmware aren't installed. I would bet most people don't even install the drivers right away in Windows either, they just plug it in and see if it works - and then if it doesn't work they may do some further digging to why (leading them to the drivers/firmware that is potentially needed).

I'm assuming this dock just has ports for video output, USB, etc on it? I'd expect most ports to work, with the only potential one not working out-of-the-box being video depending on how Dell implements it. My only experience with docking stations is an old Star...something dock, and that worked in Linux with no issue, I think at the time I had to install a DisplayLink driver since that was the video output tech that it used to send video out through USB (and even then, older models already had a built-in kernel driver, I just had a much newer one). These days with the prevalence of things like Thunderbolt/USB-C I wouldn't be surprised if everything works out of box just fine.

I did do some quick research on dell docking stations in general, the only one that needed any manual intervention was their TB16 docking station. Apparently that one does require some firmware to be installed for a few components of the laptop that is required. Did you ever run Windows on this laptop? If so (or if the laptop itself is just relatively new), that firmware should've already been installed long ago via Windows Update as this information was from about 5 years ago.

Either way, I'd say just try it and see if it works - if it does, then you'll be able to skip the hassle of trying to get Windows installed (either via a live environment, or via a dual boot)!

Wine may unfortunately not work for this, as trying to install drivers and firmware through Wine isn't really a thing AFAIK - because it doesn't have the same level of hardware access. Not to mention, even if you did get drivers installed, it would probably only work within applications that are also installed into that Wine prefix (some people do this for say, peripherals like mice & keyboard that have accompanying software such as iCue for specific games).

Out of curiosity, have you tried the dock even without installing these components? I'm not super familiar with Dell's docks, but I know that others tend to "just work" due to already having drivers baked into the kernel.

For the firmware side of things, I've heard there are various projects that can create a Windows Live USB for you, which you could use to run the firmware installer theoretically.

It is also dependent on how they've installed Prism, if through the Flatpak it bundles its own Java versions, Java 8 is included and can just be selected in the settings specifically for that instance

For me, the macOS way of scrolling is actually the "reverse" method. On my PC with a mouse, I scroll the wheel down and the text goes down. On mobile/trackpad though, I do get what you mean about it being a learned behavior. On one hand (ha), when you drag upwards the content is going upwards as well, even though you're technically just going down the list.

I like the way that the GNOME desktop settings explains it, personally. They still use the term "natural" for the mobile way of doing it, but use "Traditional" for the standard desktop PC/mouse way of doing it - but even better, they differentiate between the "view" and the "content". Perhaps that's the picture you should use in your post as I think it does a better job of explaining it (as if you first used PC, then the "reverse" method is natural, and vice versa if you grew up using mobile first).

Oh thank gosh! Will certainly be happy to see that.

Now if only I could find a way to fix the weird rendering issue that happens with Electron apps... and by a similar nature, screen sharing in Discord (on a whole screen-basis, rather than just only XWayland apps). Couldn't get that to work even with xwaylandvideobridge. But, those aren't KDE specific issues.

I'm looking forward to the day I get to eventually just move off of Nvidia hardware.

Aww man, you're telling me I'm just a figment of someone's imagination?! ☹️

Could you provide the exact command you're using? I don't have Distrobox installed at the moment to test, but theoretically distrobox-enter [container_name] -- your command here should work, but I also see there is a distrobox-host-exec "your command here" option (docs here) that I've yet to try, perhaps that will do the trick?

In my experience, this isn't a gendered distinction - but rather just down to the individual person.

Some of my closest friends that are both men and women alike are friends I consider "letting my guard down" around. The same applies in the opposite direction, where I have friends (but generally more on the distant friend / acquaintance side) men and women alike that I have to be a bit more guarded around.

And while I can't comment on this specifically because I of course don't know you and as such have no frame of reference, from what I've experienced in the past and seen others go through, is that a lot of times it's how you bring it up. If it seems more forceful, it's going to have a higher chance to not land well with people (of any gender).

Edit: Another thing worthwhile to note, is that people have different ways of expressing emotional acceptance. For example, my grandfather would never turn me, or anyone away for expressing their emotions. But, he's more of a silent listener, and doesn't usually comment on it - but I know that he is still accepting of my emotions the few times that I bring it up. It's very similar to the concept of love languages, if you've ever heard that. It's very possible that the men in your life are more the silent listener type.

I definitely wouldn't completely discount that as a possibility for sure, but Unity sure is bad at damage control (as are most companies that make dumb decisions like this) - even if this is true, it would've been better to just not mention it, as it could only ever just douse fuel onto the already out-of-control PR fire that has erupted due to all of this.

LOL

We removed it way before the pricing change was announced because the views were so low, not because we didn't want people to see it.

(emphasis theirs)

I don't believe that in the slightest. While yes, they did do that quite a while before the change took place, it was hosted there as an easy way to track changes to the ToS. I bet it was more of a "Any changes we make will stand out a lot more", not realizing that any big change they make was going to stand out regardless (this whole thing being an example).

I mean come on, they could've at least tried with a better lie. I would've gone "Eh, maybe" if they'd said something like "Our legal team suggested that we keep it hosted in a central location, on our website". But really, "not enough people looked at it"?? What a joke.

Hello from across the Fediverse!

Yep, I worked five years of Internet tech support - I still do not like taking one-on-one calls with people. I'm usually fine with being in a group call generally, because the focus isn't on me to drive the whole thing forward all the time, along with a few other reasons.

Not to mention, it's not even just on a physiological level either - it wasn't really all that long ago where I was on a pay-as-you-go phone plan where phone calls absolutely would add up if I spoke with everyone over the phone instead of text (which no one in my circle uses regular SMS so texting basically didn't cost me anything).

I shudder to think of what they must be like in face-to-face interactions

Short of an "Act of God", Unity has no chance at redemption lol.

I'm kind of surprised, I thought they were done with The Division series after TD2 being put into maintenance mode. Will be interested in seeing how it ends up at least.

Isn't BlueSky still on an invite system?

Oh that's quite simple! I've been just using Nginx, I'll have to have a look into Caddy, thank you!

I think it's far more likely that easier solutions to hosting your own LLM/ChatGPT/etc will be pushed, rather than someone (or a group of someones) offering and maintaining it - as you mentioned, that takes a lot of resources. Think about the issues that various Fediverse software has had in terms of keeping up with the load sometimes, and LLMs use way more than most Fediverse applications. Especially if you want it to be as snappy as the current ones already out there.

This can be obtained from ProtonDB, once you've signed in then click the the "Dashboard" tab!

Ah this is fantastic! I've only been using Kagi for a few months, and have been concerned about running into the search limit, but this means I can go and set it as the default everywhere now.