This time it’s different and there is a good reason

I used to hang out at the record store when I was a young person… Nowadays I’m old and don’t have the same patience.

At this point I must cancel my Spotify subscription. Any suggestion on how to implement a somewhat automated music discovery system that can replace Spotify’s “radios” and playlists?

I already run a Navidrome instance.

wtf, for 2800$/month you can pay someone to shop for groceries and cook for you. Groceries included.

Ok, that’s fucking genius

My often used apps are numerous, and there are a few that are not often used but by their nature need to be opened quickly when necessary (such as the camera or qr scanner)… Plus I like to have a monthly calendar and clock on my home screen, those take up quite some space.

That’s what I’ve been using, but I still prefer Nova’s ability to create folders, I could open most apps I needed in an instant by sliding to the correct screen, opening the folder and tapping the app. With Kvaesitso even with categories and such it’s much more of a hassle, the fastest way is typing the first letters of the name, not the same.

Spelling is not taught in my language.

Because it’s not necessary.

I’m assuming you’re using the AppImage version of Orca? It works for me with KDE Wayland

I use it on Linux. Crashy but it works.

That goes for the whole article, if you swapped the genders the outrage would be unfathomable

So men who seek AI partners are painted as losers whose situation is mostly their own, or society’s, fault, while women doing the same is men’s fault.

I’m all for improving everyone’s behavior, in and out of relationships, but this doesn’t strike me as constructive messaging.

Dude, dial down the hostility

Bazzite mostly just works in good part because it’s based on Fedora, which mostly just works.

Nah, the precision Apple touchpads had 10 years ago still is unmatched today by Windows or Linux, but I’m afraid that’s not a software issue

Assuming you don’t know anything about Linux desktop or server:

• Be patient.
• Linux has Desktop Environments, for short “DE” like GNOME and KDE, whose purpose is to provide a graphical interface and useful utilities.
• Software on Linux is mostly installed through package managers, so you don’t search the web for an installer, you search the web if you need to figure out what software you want to install (alternativeto.net is a good place to start if you already know a similar software), then you install it through your package manager. Some applications won’t be in your distro’s repository, you may want to try installing a flatpak, on KDE you use Discover for that, on GNOME you use GNOME Software. As a last resort you can use AppImages, those are downloaded from the web, ideally from the developer’s GitHub or whatever.
• Linux has excellent hardware support but it’s a good idea to do a web search when you’re buying new hardware, especially peripherals; manufacturers often don’t write drivers for Linux, so the community has to pick up the slack, usually it’s no problem, but sometimes it is.
• Linux users can be very opinionated… Think with your own head, only you truly understand your needs.
• The terminal can be scary but it’s very useful. Once you’re settled in, try to learn a bit about it.
• Conditional on the previous point: if you have more than one computer, learning ssh can be very useful to control one from the other, exchange small files, etc.
• ssh and rsync especially are excellent for transferring files safely and without errors, but they’re encrypted, so they have overhead. File shares on Linux are mostly NFS, which is complicated and not widespread, or Samba (SMB/CIFS), which is Microsoft’s protocol reimplemented, this one is easier and usually integrated in DEs, but it has caveats sometimes, so maybe try to set one up before you need it, it’s not fun to deal with in a hurry.
• Most DEs have system managers to check resource usage and processes (programs), but most people prefer to use terminal utilities like htop, or more recently, the snazzy btop, they can be installed through your package manager.
• Linux doesn’t have drive letters, it has a file structure that starts at “/”, different mass storage devices can be mounted in arbitrary locations in this structure. For example your personal files will be under /home/yourusername, this could be the same partition as everything else, or it could be a separate one, or a separate drive. If you have a non-removable drive where you store only let’s say Games, you could very well “mount” it under /home/yourusername/Games. This is very useful in some cases, and something that Windows I think implemented but still doesn’t use. Removable drives are usually mounted by the DE and end up in /var/run/media or whatever.

Devil’s advocate but if it’s implemented chip-side like they do with GPS, custom chips can circumvent that.

But yeah, the explanation’s probably simpler.

Linux is too mainstream nowadays, I’m moving to FreeBSD

This is why suggesting distros like CachyOS to beginners is dumb. I know everyone wants to promote their own favourite, but then this is what happens.

Stick to the big names, having large userbases helps them stomp out these bugs.

STLexandria torrent on TL?