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by d3Xt3r 5d ago
Too bad that the OS isn't designed to be repaired. It would've been nice if they could partner up with postmarketOS or similar and ship a proper Linux distro, so we're free to customise/build/update/replace par
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by d3Xt3r 5d ago
Ubuntu isn't suitable for gaming... or anything at all. It's only really good for corporations because their offer paid support if you get Pro. Instead, I'd recommend switching to something more optimised for gaming, like Baz
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by d3Xt3r 6d ago
That bit about openzim was ironic - that text was linked to this page: https://wiki.openzim.org/wiki/OpenZIM - which is protected by Anubis, which doesn't work with many of the simpler browsers that openzim users
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
I'm curious if you've looked at a fundamentally different solution - namely, mklinux[1]? You not only skip the entire KVM/Firecracker VMM/Kata Shim/Guest Linux/Kata Agent stack which achieves your goal of reduc
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
Consumers also use and benefit from those features, even if they're not directly aware of it. For instance, my mom, a non-nerd who lives overseas, uses an immutable and atomic distro, which has the benefit of never breaking. Since she
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
Yes, indeed AOSP is trivial to hard fork and maintain independently of Google, which is why so many maintained hard forks of AOSP exists... right, right? Thank for the input, world's most brilliant coder.
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
The future is an inappropriate OS which spies on you and harvests your data, gets more and more locked down with every release restricting user freedom, and prioritises corporate interests over end user interest, yep yep yep.
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
Yes, I'm sure the billions of people will read the advice of a random commentor on a niche site and throw away all their handsets running a "very mature OS" and cause a crisis. </s>
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
I disagree. Linux (especially a top-notch distro like CachyOS or Aurora) is quantitatively and qualitatively superior to Windows in several aspects (performance, filesystem features, workload-specific kernel tuning, DE customisation etc). S
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
Plenty. The ones you want to donate to are postmarketOS, Alpine Linux (the distro postmarketOS is based on) and Plasma Mobile (the main DE used by postmarketOS and other distros like Mobian). In terms of usability, SailfishOS is the most us
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
Agreed. Linux is the future, fk Android. GrapheneOS should stop wasting their efforts on Android, when they could've contributed towards PostmarketOS or similar, or even made their own distro. Working on Android is a complete and utter
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by d3Xt3r 7d ago
> Every single time one of these new "minimal", "dumb", "lightweight" phones comes up today it's just marketing wrapped around a kneecapped Android device. Except the Commodore Callback[1], which is bas
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by d3Xt3r 9d ago
I thought you were joking, but then I checked the code... holy shit , it is real. Surely the author's gotta be trolling, right?
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by d3Xt3r 10d ago
> mainstream apps (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop) then Linux is completely off the table Not at all. First of all, the vast majority of people who use the Office suite use only basic features, for whom, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice
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by d3Xt3r 10d ago
Not a fan of the new look, feels a bit too Ubuntu-y/GNOME-y for my liking. I prefer the classic look, it's functional and arguably more user-friendly - like the categorisation of apps in the launcher, which helps keeps apps organi
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by d3Xt3r 10d ago
> Use AI tooling to flag cases where established patterns are being stretched beyond their original purpose. Ironically, AI tooling is increasingly becoming the reason for breaking Windows every month. 1,186 CVEs were patched this Patch
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
If you don't need it to be "instant" (can wait 15-20 minutes, can be even faster if you pick a lightweight version) then Windows in Docker is a pretty decent, free and local alternative. https://github.com/doc
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
> What's wrong with going where you're treated best? And where is this magical place exactly?
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
There's plenty of "stable and boring" distros: Debian, Alma Linux, Aurora, take your pick. As for effort getting spread across the ecosystem, how does that matter, as long as everything works? Is there anything specific that&
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
> Sound always gives me trouble, and getting the power profiles right takes way too much work. Sounds like you've been using a distro with bad defaults and/or poorly supported hardware. I challenge you to use a decent distro li
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
Houdini is a very specialist app that, considering the overall PC userbase, could be considered a niche app. So I'm sorry, but that's a pretty poor example. Especially considering that I, who grew up using MSDOS, never even heard
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
Literally the only reason I'm still on Reddit is due to r/sysadmin and their Patch Tuesday threads. It's been a lifesaver and getting more and more important with every Patch Tuesday as Microsoft keeps screwing things up even
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by d3Xt3r 11d ago
That's probably not Meta themselves, but their new agent called Muse. It's likely coming from actual individuals. Not sure why they're scraping your website though. Maybe time to turn off all the SEO stuff to make your site l
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
> Glasses such as the XReal on the other hand have a far better future than these VR headsets Far into the future, perhaps. These glasses may be fine for short stints, but not for serious 8+hrs of productivity. I have a Viture Beast and
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
> I'm the right kind of weirdo who sees the appeal in being able to eliminate the 32 inch monitor from my desk. I'd love to have all this desk space back to put "not computers" in. Or even just leave it empty. Unfortu
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
How old is your Brother? Mine's 8 years old and it can print/scan without needing to download any drivers (using IPP/eSCL). I was surprised when I set it up for the first time, because it took me like literally three clicks v
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
Good concept, but all those flashy animations on the screen are incredibly distracting and off-putting.
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
Unfortunately those two examples aren't any good. I actually saw the Lenovo one, but I didn't upvote nor comment because it was just a prototype, which I'm not interested in: way too many companies hype up prototypes and neve
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by d3Xt3r 12d ago
On the flip side, some interesting things get way more attention here. Like the recent Homebrew 7 release: Lobste.rs: 25 pts, 0 cmts: https://lobste.rs/s/vmapye/homebrew_7_0_0 HN: 500 pts, 197 cmts: https:/&
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by d3Xt3r 13d ago
Of all the new things in 2026, I wasn't expecting friking Norton coming out with a web browser. Too bad that it's yet another Chromium skin, with integrated AI that no one asked for. Not that I expected any better from Norton tb

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