Zurrrrr

11 ms·

61.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Yup. I'm in the latter group I suppose, since I don't really want to deal with any title that has intrusive DRM or anti-cheat as it is. I do security research and they don't tend to like some of the stuff I have on my system
62.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
> It's the community widgets that tend to have memory leak problems, not the core package. As mentioned, this seems to be a quirk in how Lua and GTK interact (many community widgets use GTK). What widgets are you referring to that y
63.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Exactly. As someone else pointed out some AAA titles don't work, and stuff with strong DRM/anti-cheat won't, but that's a minority of stuff at this point which will only dwindle further.
64.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Yeah it's ridiculous. The nerve to keep forcing something on a user after they have clearly rejected it. Honestly that kind of crap should be illegal IMO. After a lot of GPO settings and hacks I've tamed W10 to be acceptable, but
65.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I've been using it for several years at this point and haven't encountered any memory leaks (it already uses so little). As for widgets, I've had no trouble with that, there's quite a few fantastic collections and I&#x27
66.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Nah. Plenty of gamers and linux users disagree.
67.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Depends how you look at it. If 95% of games play fine on Linux, and if a significant percentage of those play better on Linux than they do on Windows, then it's clearly not as far behind as you are trying to argue it is.
68.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
You're welcome! It's really cool and IMO has a leg up on alternatives like i3 because the whole thing, every aspect is entirely programmable. Enjoy :)
69.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Windows is Windows because of the huge API, all the legacy support, the graphics subsystem, all the DirectX stuff etc. If the somehow did switch to running a Linux kernel for some reason, it wouldn't be noticeable to the end user at al
70.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I used to dualboot with Slack and some version of Windows, since the early 2000s, although I stopped somewhat when VMs became a thing anf then WSL. I genuinely liked Windows 7, but 10 was a start down a bad path and 11 is just too far gon
71.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Right, but that's a very very tiny handful of titles. It's not surprising that the biggest AAA title games might have issues or DRM nonsense, but that's a small handful of games. I disagree it's 'far from great&#x27
72.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
That seems to be very much the exception. In many other cases Linux gives significantly better performance and less issues. Linux is very much a viable gaming platform these days, and Windows only has a minimal advantage in that area.
73.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
With your comments referring to how hard or complex you think switching would be, it doesn't seem like it. But OK.
74.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Sure there are still cases where you can't switch, but the gap is ever closing and is already very very narrow. Proton covers most games, and WINE covers most windows software, and plenty of big software has native versions for multipl
75.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
> Yes, it is. The job of a proprietary OS is whatever that company says it is. That's just semantics. The job of an OS is to be an OS, not to be an advertisement delivery mechanism. At least primarily. Just like a car is primarily f
76.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
It doesn't require 'great effort' at all. Maybe 10 years ago. There's a reason numerous governments and industries have switched over. I suspect you are vastly overestimating the complexity and trouble you would face in
77.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Use a simple distro and look at WINE or OSS alternatives? What program do you really need that is Windows only?
78.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
That's a pretty weird take. If you understand what definition he is using you can better understand his point. Otherwise you're just arguing against a strawman.
79.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
All those books and movies deal with artificial consciousness, even though they call it ai. We are not even close to having anything like that.
80.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
If you consider stallman is using the colloquial definition of artificial intelligence (which, as pop culture uses it, is basically artificial consciousness ), his answer makes a lot more sense.
81.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Multics? I was talking more about things like RSBAC.
82.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
This is an interesting app/approach. I solved a similar issue by switching to LaTeX and TeXStudio. Being able to add any marker to the nav tree helps me be organized, and I can easily add in my notes as comments. With a good color sche
83.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
> The fact that you must trust programs to do the right thing is the root cause of the problem. Well, yeah, that's the issue. That's why relying on simple DAC is so inadequate. Really, some kind of MAC is needed. Things like pl
84.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
This looks really nice, I'll have to dig into it more later. Always nice to see the OBSD team actually implementing protections and controls instead of relying on audits.
85.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Thanks. The goodreads blurb makes me think it's something like Salmon Rushdie or a Kevin Smith (with less toilet humor) take on things.
86.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
What is that exactly? The site doesn't say.
87.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Yet another example that piracy is not just a superior product or about not paying for content, but is an absolute core need.
88.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
Maybe someone can sue them, and maybe win, but that isn't the issue. The issue is corrupt cops, or cops that did something bad, never being held accountable and often being rewarded instead.
89.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
I guess he just wanted some lemon pound cake also.
90.
by Zurrrrr 4y ago
It's not possible to have checks and balances with cops due to qualified immunity - there is no way to hold them accountable, and they certainly don't hold themselves accountable.

More ›