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FrostViper8
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FrostViper8
9mo ago
I am not denying there is inflation and shrinkflation. However I kept my bill in check by doing the bulk of my shopping and cheaper stores e.g. Aldi (quality of most stuff is comparable to more expensive super markets) and only spending mor
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9mo ago
> A supermarket shop for the basic essentials (cheese, eggs, flour, vegetables) now come to around $60/80 a trip. No it doesn't. Maybe if you are shopping at Waitrose. It is more expensive. But it isn't £45 for basics. I d
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9mo ago
> IMHO, I find the reverse. It feels like a phone/tablet interface. It's bigger and uses way more disk and memory, but it gives me less UI, less control, less customisation, than Xfce which takes about a quarter of the resource
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9mo ago
Linux is already pretty decent on memory even with a DE like gnome/cinnamon running. I have an 15 year old laptop with Cinnamon / Arch and it uses 700-800MB once booted. Frequently the issue isn't memory (I've maxed the
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9mo ago
Yes. I created the account because someone asked what the problem was with Lunduke and I had something to say. I've been aware of Lunduke for quite a while and he has always come off a clown. The fact is that hasn't actually given
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9mo ago
It won't do anything of the sort. It will allow him to make 200 videos complaining about it, get a load of ad-revenue and sell subscribestar memberships. The best thing to do with people like Lunduke is ignore them.
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9mo ago
I've found that Gnome works about as well as other "lighter" desktop environments on some hardware I have that is about 15 years old. I don't think it using a JS engine really impacts performance as much as people claim.
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9mo ago
You can just mute/hide a channel from your feed permanently.
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Lunduke is a grifter and just generally a bit of an idiot. e.g. I remember he once claimed Google was censoring him when he was de-listed from search, this was way back in 2009. His site had a malicious iframe because the PHP CMS he was usi