People spend more on Apple/Nintendo because of quality.
Perhaps we had very different experiences with the JoyCon…
Joking aside, I agree. I used to buy Nintendo for that reason. Then came JoyCon drift and out of control Nintendo lawyers.
“$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I’m going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead.”
Sure. But it’s also a choice between a library that will forever cost $70 00-$90.00 per game, and a game library infamous for game sales so good that an average player cannot finish their library because the seasonal sales are too good to pass up.
Most KDE apps will run on Gnome and vice-versa, but they might not run particularly well under those conditions.
I used to run into issues with this all the time. Recently, I find, for poplar apps, there’s always a version built for my chosen desktop environment.
Of course, I’m not very picky, anymore: Libre-this, Open-that, Free-Whatever. I usually find the one that comes up in the app search is good enough for what I’m doing.
I feel like linux demands an understanding of the relationship between hardware and software more than windows does.
Yes, when we install Linux on something that didn’t ship with Linux installed.
But in an apples to apples scenario - pre-installed OS provided by the manufacturer, it’s Windows that comes with more bullshit.
And there are (finally!) plenty of options to buy a pre-installed Linux computer, today.
It’s a tiny fraction as many as pre-installed Windows or Mac, of course. But it’s still plenty. There’s a half dozen companies with solid reputations and hardware specialties, and I only need one.
I haven’t especially heard the Linux or Rust stereotype, but it’s fair enough for a funny joke.
Stallman is one of the world’s most prolific C developers, so that part of the joke may be just making fun of his (likely) reluctance to adopt Rust, which is often recommended to C programmers.
I had not heard of Trinity Desktop. That does look like a much simpler path to beautiful Windows XP stylings.
Apparently, many people want to make Linux look like Windows 95?
It’s funny that Ouya’s brand recognition is so infamous that no additional explanation is needed.
I’d say Linux is somewhere around early Windows XP when it comes to usability for a normal person.
I was confused until it struck me that maybe you don’t consider Windows XP the peak of operating system user interface design.
I’ll admit, Vista really messed with my perspective.
That’s why we got together and agreed on one version of Linux to recommend to new adopters.
Okay, maybe we should have reconsidered when Hannah Montana Linux won the vote…
Even technical folks aren’t huge fans of RTFM.
If I’m doing something incredibly interesting, and I’m asking for help, I should RTFM.
If I’m doing something routine, we can (and usually do, now), make it simple enough not to need a manual.
Oof. Sorry you had such a bad experience.
Pro tip for others: It takes time for volunteers to reverse engineer new proprietary laptop hardware.
If the laptop manufacturers aren’t advertising Linux support, it’s up to the community to play guess and check, to figure out what the proprietary drivers do.
You might get lucky and pick the same exact model as a passionate reverse engineer. Or you might not.
With old stuff, your odds are much better that someone has figured it out for you.
For new hardware, it’s still essential to pick a vendor that chooses to write and release Linux drivers.
This will get better when truly open hardware platforms gain popularity.
I’ve never had any issues with any VSCode plugin failing in VSCodium.
But I’m not a PyLance user.
That you can have multiple terminal panes open to accomplish a small portion of the above?
Yes. Obviously. Two conclusions available to you are, either CLI developers are idiots, or they have tools you are unaware of.
The answer to “how can anyone work this way?” is out there, if you’re really interested.
People insisting on using the command line for everything is like a carpenter that only buys a circular saw and refuse to buy any other saws. Like yeah, you can do almost any cut with a circular saw, and it’s not a bad place to start, but theres a reason carpenters don’t limit themselves to a single type of tool.
You’ve just given the usual argument for learning Vim.
Having mastered both, my lack of patience for GUI tools is just that: impatience. I can use any tool, but I reach first for the fastest.
Everything you can do in VIM, you can do in VSCode running VIM in a terminal, but not the other way around.
You would sure think so, right?
But the VSCode plugin ecosystem still lacks some features available in the Vim ecosystem, and (fl just for example) LazyVim has most of the features available in VSCode.
At the end of the day, the biggest difference is speed. Even very brief unexpected delays can break my concentration. While VSCode is no slacker, it still has some delays, probably mainly because it’s still JavaScript under the hood.
Once there’s a GoLang, Rust or C port of VSCode, I may well switch permanently.
Is there a stable way to use closed (edit: intentionally DRM-ed) extensions (like the MS Python one) with vscodium by now?
Yes. Use this config edit.. Everything (edit: not written by assholes) works fine.
Edit: Damn. PyLance’s developers are up to some bullshit. I would take a hard look at who I’m accepting free candy from, if I used it.
That’s really smart. That way if I ever figure out the command to exit Vim, it’ll behave the same as my current method (powering off the PC.)
Another tip I haven’t seen yet:
It varies by client, but Markdown generally works, here.
Spoiler tags seem to still be a separate extension from regular Markdown.
Many of us try to be more careful to include ALT Text with images, as it supports both blind users, and anyone whose server is just being slow to load images:
Example of Image with Alt text in Markdown:
Panic on Funkotron is a great for that. It has light platforming, chill vibes, and great tunes. It’s a great game world to just hang out in.