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Sidenote, i'm taking the plunge into NixOS, but notably using Flakes. While i've dabbled in Nix in the past some things felt more odd to me than perhaps they should have. Primarily…

Stupid question - would it be sane to get involved in this stuff without having a means of transporting large objects? Every time i look into wood related work, be it home repair o…

Can anyone comment on the state of UX with Element these days? I'm changing to Linux/Windows from Mac, so i'm dumping iMessage - but i'm not convinced Signal has a good enough UX t…

Ooo, and one more: Depth of features. Software that achieves my goal in a focused manner is something i typically enjoy. I don't want it to do everything under the sun, i want it t…

Tangent, what's the best way to use Nix-like features in a mainstream distro? Eg, i've been evaluating PopOS recently because i want a Mac equivalent OS. Ie, i don't want driver/co…

(small preface: a lot of my replies to your comments are not intended to be combative or smug, but i fear they may come off as such. Apologies. I don't intend it, but i'm also too …

I'm not talking about any specific location. Just the idea that it's some bigoted idea to say that, if year after year an area is burned to the ground, we shouldn't spend taxpayers…

I dunno, it does seem reasonable to me. Including your (albeit too wide) statement. I refuse to live in a flood plain. Why would you? Not only do i not want my house to be destroye…

What's the material advantage of Wayland? I've done a tiny bit of research on what it is, but not how it materially provides a better UX to the end users. Thoughts?

I assume you're referring to the integration between Windows and Linux? Because WSL2 i've not had a single "chmod" issue, .. not sure why i would. Chmod within linux works just lik…

For me, the draw is Linux without problems using my montiors, GPUs, Bluetooth, USB, etcetc. Which is litaraly the same reason i use(d) Mac, but am now looking to move away from. Ma…

Interesting, i've heard Nvidia is the way to go. Closed source, yes, but still great drivers. I saw some very concerning behavior from AMD GPUs, like not releasing decent drivers f…

Any recommendation for linux compatible hardware? I'll be building a new machine next year and i'd like to make it work with Linux, so a buying list would be nice. I know the CPU/R…

I'll give it a look. Admittedly it doesn't sound attractive, because it sounds like the exact bells and whistles of configuration that i _don't_ want haha. The longer i'm a softwar…

Yup, this is my exact use case. I'm needing more hardware and my multiple Macbook Pros are getting old - but i'm not satisfied enough with Mac these days to drop $4k on upgrading. …

I've been debating Linux vs WSL2 recently and this is exactly the type of issue that has me pausing on embracing Linux Desktop. I've paid thousands to the Mac ecosystem over the ye…

How does VSC integrate with the linux side? (or any program like Visual Studio. Ie custom Terminal emulators like Alacritty) Eg on a native system (Linux/Mac), a lot of editors lau…

I'm definitely going to give it a try, but posts like this[1] don't give me too much hope. From early research, i'm struggling to understand what advantage WSL2 has over Cygwin. Th…

I'm not a terribly die hard Unix user - but i am used to the basics. A quality terminal, running a terminal editor, Git, etc. (I now realize i am using Kakoune, which heavily uses …

Sidenote, i am with you fully - and you may be interested in `!s` - Startpage. I know very little about them, so please - do your own research, but supposedly they straight use Goo…

Yea i was going to ask how the license would differ from a CS degree. I assume you're thinking of more of an .. apprenticeship arrangement? Something to vet the authors capability?…

I think to some degree there's usefulness in gatekeeping titles - as titles could be a great way to know areas or level of expertise. Key word "could" be. Unfortunately the nature …

Cool looking book, thanks :)

Nothing - if i knew of any. All the Linux OSs i've tried is a mixed bag. A gamble. And i have a terrible experience with windows currently, so even ignoring Unix, Windows doesn't s…

I felt like every poor quality controlled release they've had on OSX for the last 10 years has been trying to do that. I feel lost. Wanting to have a simple OS that lets me develop…