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by pushpop 7y ago
“Can” is not the same as “does”. Theming literally can break the UI in unexpected ways, however if often doesn’t. But if one manages the theme themselves then they are able to manage those edge cases themselves. If a distro does it then t
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by pushpop 7y ago
Actually no that’s not what it said. Or at least not in the way that your terse paraphrased summary suggests. What it actually does is list a number of reasons why distro themes are bad (in their opinion). Some of those reasons amarettos eq
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by pushpop 7y ago
The letter is about distributions not end users. It says end users are allowed to do as they wish. So that accessibility concern is covered.
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by pushpop 7y ago
Oh nice. Thank you for the explanation. Does that have an impact on how long a scrub takes? I’ve always loved the ability to do online scrubs but they can take a long time
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by pushpop 7y ago
Why is that? I’ve not read up on that particular feature.
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by pushpop 7y ago
I’ve been running the RC5 - so last release before this one - for a week and found it to be stable enough. But I might have just been lucky. Ultimately there is a risk with any file system- if not a software one then a risk of hardware fail
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by pushpop 7y ago
I wasn’t expecting that to be their mission with a device like this. What I mean by “successful” is two things: 1. Have any longevity beyond a novelty. By that I don’t mean hundreds of hours clocked up; I just mean people will use it for mo
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by pushpop 7y ago
Excellent. I have been running RC5 for a week for compatibility with a feature in FreeBSD 12’s build of OpenZFS. So I’ll be building this release tonight.
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by pushpop 7y ago
Nintendo have had their fair share of failed consoles as well
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by pushpop 7y ago
It won’t be. The games industry is littered with hardware that flopped. Most indie games fail to turn a profit and even the likes of Sega and Nintendo have released hardware that has failed to sell. Apple couldn’t even make a successful con
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by pushpop 7y ago
I’m one of them
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by pushpop 7y ago
I’m someone who picks up new languages easy - regardless of their paradigm - and this is honestly the first time I’ve spent 10 minutes going through a languages documentation and still not been any wiser where to start. That is an extremely
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by pushpop 7y ago
That was 10 years after it’s initial release and the spec hadn’t much changed from the specification defined by those Bell Labs employees. It wasn’t until 2011 that C++ saw some significant changes through the community. And in the first 10
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by pushpop 7y ago
If it’s a static site and you own the domain then vendor lock-in isn’t really a problem regardless of if you use cloud services or not. Because you can just dump those files on a different provider and change your DNS entry. It’s not even r
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by pushpop 7y ago
For personal sites like that, curators often do it for the love of the subject rather than a financial reward. Hence why some personal sites are hosted without any adverts. Edit: I see I’m getting downvoted a lot for this comment. I appreci
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by pushpop 7y ago
Of course Apple would disagree. It’s hardly surprising that companies will defend their income streams even when those products are actually pretty rubbish.
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by pushpop 7y ago
> I assume you install different browser than Safari. So is it frustrating that you have to install 3rd party browser? That’s not really the same because Firefox isn’t a core part of an OS and Safari is actually a pretty decent browser
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by pushpop 7y ago
I’m guessing you don’t use C or C++ either then because they were proprietary Bell Labs languages. You should probably rule out assembly too because they will have proprietary instructions for proprietary CPUs. Which means if you really wan
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by pushpop 7y ago
Honestly, I would much prefer using a package manager than manually installing packages. Using a package manager means you only have one place to look for the package (searching in a browser for software can be so error prone for inexperien
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by pushpop 7y ago
Distributions were never meant to describe distinct OSs. The term literally describes a collection of packages: or “distribution of packages” to be more precise ;) The point of distros was never about a limitation of abstraction at the kern
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by pushpop 7y ago
I don’t see a problem mixing those two OSs if that’s what you really want to do. If we’re honest, it’s pretty edge case stuff we are talking about and most users experienced enough to be mixing Windows and Linux systems would be aware of th
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by pushpop 7y ago
I second that. It’s a fantastic day out
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by pushpop 7y ago
Linux will allow anything as a valid file name. Including slashes, colons, new line characters and even none-printable characters. Usually GUIs filter will catch the worst offenders but it’s less of an issue on the CLI because you can escap
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by pushpop 7y ago
Yeah maybe that’s the case. In the UK kids are taught about how how brutal our history was because it’s an important part of our heritage having been conquered multiple times and each time the culture of those invaders being incorporated in
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by pushpop 7y ago
I have a theory on why guides in Linux are predominantly text based and it has nothing to do with elitism. I think it’s a mixture of two factors: 1. From the perspective of the writer, it’s much easier to describe instructions via text when
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by pushpop 7y ago
> There's been this undercurrent in archaeology and historiography since the 1960s that interprets the past as a successful of peaceful cultural, technological, and linguistic diffusions and that downplays evidence of conquest, for
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by pushpop 7y ago
So some nut job thinks owning guns is vital for modern society? Good luck using that hand gun to overthrow your government (which is what the 2nd amendment exists for) while they roll in with their heavy armoured tanks and drones. I’m sure
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by pushpop 7y ago
The distinction only exists because you chose it to. Both were drafted by politicians. The only real difference is one was written hundreds of years ago to address problems that existed then and the other was written for a modern era to add
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by pushpop 7y ago
To be honest I’d lump you into the same as the caveat made earlier about people with physical disabilities because even though you’re (presumably) able bodied, at night time your movement is restricted. I can totally see the benefit for peo
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by pushpop 7y ago
Why am I getting downvoted? Do people disagree that it’s common for bedrooms to have lamps? A little context would be appreciated because my comment is 100% accurate in terms my own experiences yet several people seem to disagree. Genuinely

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