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ip34162
6y ago
There are many others if you care to search online.
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6y ago
In future, we are gonna have a blast. Some lucky ones already are. :) /s Cars Have Your Location. This Spy Firm Wants to Sell It to the U.S. Military: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26492322 One company wants to
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Wow that sounds awesome.
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6y ago
I also would love to know more about this. The thing I do is wait for LTS version 20.04.1 or 20.04.2 before installing so all the kinks will be ironed out.
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6y ago
This is not true. Ubuntu MATE works ootb. Linux Mint Cinnamon works ootb. Both have GUI to install apps. Just like KDE and GNOME.
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6y ago
Try KDE Neon. It has the latest Plasma on top of stable Ubuntu LTS. https://neon.kde.org/ Also KDE Connect is awesome for integration with android phones. It's available in non-KDE distros too. Available on Fdroid too.
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KDE recently improved it's interface. https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.21.0/ If anyone want to try the latest KDE Plasma, KDE Neon has it on top of a stable Ubuntu LTS base. https:/&#x
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Ubuntu MATE, which looks like GNOME 2, has option to enable dock. https://ubuntu-mate.org/features/panel/ Linux Mint has a MATE flavor, so it too might have it.
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PipeWire (from the guy behind Gstreamer) is coming. Seems like it won't be anything like PulseAudio. The future seems exciting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PipeWire
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Ubuntu MATE has the GNOME 2 look. Linux Mint has a mate flavor too I think.
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Seems like RMS's Achilles' heel is harassment towards women, over the years, even after being made aware of it politely by others. In that light, these are classic reads on the topic (copy pasting another comment): [1] Why are The
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Here's something, not everything: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21287006 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20994216 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26545420
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He had a rare type of pancreatic cancer. // Jobs had a rare form of the cancer, known as neuroendocrine cancer, which grows more slowly and is easier to treat, explains Leonard Saltz, acting chief of the gastrointestinal oncology
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This blog has some info on Apple and privacy. https://sneak.berlin/20200604/if-zoom-is-wrong-so-is-apple/ https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/ https://sneak
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He was superstitious when it came to medicine, and that lead to his death. His cancer was curable. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/oct/21/steve-job...
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FOSS doesn't depend on the FSF Board. There are many in the FOSS community that want RMS removed. https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2019/joint-statement-on-the-gnu-pr... https://sfconservancy.org/blog
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Android does that too. The elephant in the room is denying internet permission. Nobody implements it because it'll hurt their bottom line.
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I never had a problem with LTS versions of Ubuntu MATE. If you want modern-looking LTS, try KDE Neon. https://neon.kde.org/
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Netflix on a recent android mobile showed that the formats supported for hardware decoding are h264 and VP9. So, thought the mobile doesn't have h265 h/w. But then installed mpv from fdroid and played h265 video and mpv said it&#x
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// People should lose their jobs over things like sexual or any type of harassment // It's not just the Minsky issue that makes people don't want RMS to be in power. It's also a pattern of sexual harassmen