TrivialBetaState

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[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My first distro was Suse Linux 8.1. I had to buy the box as downloading was not an option with my dial-up connection back then. However, the first distro that I fell in love with was Fedora Core. The original one. I bought the book which had the DVD with the full installation. I was hooked. That was more than 20 years ago.

 

Another good lesson about why we should trust only FOSS ecosystems

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

MX Linux. It's exactly how I'd set up Debian if I wasn't too lazy. Although, I've gone back to Debian after Bookwarm was released. I love it but miss MX

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 11 points 8 months ago

Windows will reach 12 this year. Double score!

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 35 points 9 months ago

This is just zdnet being zdnet Firefox remains the best browser for me and many others. The percentage of users in highly educated groups is much higher and there is a reason for this.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago

I have been using wayland on kde the last two years on Debian and MX Linux with zero issues. My general usa includes coding, music production, Libre office and web browsing. So, no much gaming, if that is your concern.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 37 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Snap has a locked and proprietary store, even if the client is FOSS. There is no reason to "hate" Ubuntu but there are better choices.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ctrl+Shift+A will get you to Add-ons and Themes. Click on Extensions, if it is not already chosen. Among your extensions you should see relay. Click the switch to the right to turn it off or the three dots to remove it completely.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For someone as tech illiterate as my mom, I'd advise against trying it. But you are here and my mom would never know that Lemmy is a thing. You also ask about Linux.
I'd guess that you will have great fun using and appreciating what Linux and the foss communities have created.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 74 points 10 months ago (6 children)

The author is exited but I'm not. I am not a big fan of corporations taking the free work of FOSS developers and turning it into a proprietary dystopia.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I'd like to see them try.

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From DRM-equipped browsers to DRM-equipped brains. Now, that's progress...

[–] TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I think the case is crystal clear even to someone who has no technical knowledge. The question is whether the judge will be swayed by the lobbying power of the Big Tech

 

I cancelled my subscription since I received a notification that my browser is not supported. Perhaps I should have mentioned my issues with DRM as well, but this may have gone too far. One message is clear, too many messages are noise.

 

I found this ad from Personal Computer World (UK) in 1985. I think we all like their moto! Has anyone heard of this company? They don't seem to be still around from an internet search I did. But people who worked there may have had an interesting career (hopefully!)

 

How much would you pay for a PC with 128KB RAM, and no hard disk?

In today's money (inflation adjusted)

This an ad from Personal Computer World (UK) from 1985

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