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   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   Harsh word. I don't think gimp and Inkscape are all that terrible for casual use. On that note, I honestly can't think of anything other than Adobe products and Microsoft Office that is preventing a mass migration to Linux (or rat
2. 32.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   I'm sorry to be the one to say it, but this is an advertisement.
3. 33.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   > That Apple could not retain him speaks volumes of the company they've become. They're a conglomerate at the intersection of tech and fashion. Well said. Apple would have made the strides it did in its developer platform had i
4. 34.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   You're lucky if you get to use C++14 in the real world. My last C++ job was maintaining a 2 millions of line of legacy MFC code.
5. 35.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   > Wireless hasn't been a problem (for me) for at least the past 3 years Same experience here. My guess lingering reputations take more than 3 years to die off. Everything has surprisingly worked well out of the box me with my two Xu
6. 36.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   XFCE can also be configured to mimic OS X enough where you won't really miss anything. It can also be configured to look like windows. In general, XFCE can be made to look like anything that's why I'm such a fan.
7. 37.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   I just installed Xubuntu on my mother's aging MacBook. Wifi and sleep/resume worked out of the box (even during installation) and batter life has been good. Plus her internet browser and email are much snappier now.
8. 38.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   I can confirm FeeeBSD is very stable on my 2008 UniBody MacBook. Even Suspend/Resume works
9. 39.▲
   by autoreleasepool 10y ago

   Yet, most people end up down scaling to 1440p due to the sub-par AMD graphics it comes with
10. 40.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    > They even took away the escape key Wait, really?
11. 41.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Fallout 4, Skyrim, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft and many more popular games are heavily CPU bound. Also, considering this is hacker news I think we can assume the gp doesn't need "just" a gaming PC
12. 42.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    > these are all equivalent I'm almost positive that isn't the case. Need to find my copy of Effective Modern C++ and get back to you. It's been a while
13. 43.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Are you on a Mac? I used to do this to
14. 44.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Firefox also offers amazing stability on FreeBSD when compared to Chromium. That alone is what converted me.
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    Building Electron and VSCode in FreeBSD11(gist.github.com)

    2 points by autoreleasepool 10y ago|0 comments
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    I did make sure my motherboard was Hackintosh compatible. It's for sure on my to-do list of things to try when I have the time.
17. 47.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    To be honest, I use Windows 10 as my daily driver on the PC. Xubuntu is on the chromebook.
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    After being an Apple "Loyalist" for over 15 years, I recently sold my rMBP and built a desktop (i7 4790k, GTX 1080, 16Gb DDR3 @ 2933Mhz). It was by far the best hardware decision I have ever made. Building the system was an absolu
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    You make a great point. Can anyone explain why software is exempt from this?
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    For anyone looking at e-cigarettes, I have recommend the JUUL [0] as it is by the far the safest, best pulling, and sleekest looking e-cigarette I've tried. The only downside is that there isn't a simple way to reduce nicotine con
21. 51.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Visual Studio Code really shines on Mac and Linux where there is no VS2015 available
22. 52.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Excellent news. Now I might actually learn PowerShell
23. 53.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    As a newcomer, FreeBSD's new pkg tool is what sold me to the platform. I am too new school to to deal with Ports. I don't get much of a rush out of compiling my own binaries.
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    I love José's talks but I wish he would show more code along with his diagrams. It's easier to conceptualize new features that way
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    GitHub Removes Streaks Permanently(thenextweb.com)

    6 points by autoreleasepool 10y ago|0 comments
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    What UX designers can learn from 1990s Japanese video games(techcrunch.com)

    73 points by autoreleasepool 10y ago|30 comments
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    I'm currently working through the book Programming Phoenix and it's going well. I would love more video tutorials because I personally prefer them to books. There was one where Chris went through building a chat app, but it's
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Elixir and Phoenix. I want to be a meta-programming guru by 2017. I'm having a blast so far.
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    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    I can finally uninstall BackspaceMeansBackspace!
30. 60.▲
    by autoreleasepool 10y ago

    Everything changed when Tony Iommi cut the tips of his fingers in a factory accident and had tune his guitar lower resulting in the signature Black Sabbath sound