Diabolo96 @ Diabolo96 @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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This would make Linux a hundred times more usable and less prone to autodestruction ( steam nuking the OS, freaking installing python...).

Appimages are the closest thing we have of working .exe files, but it saw almost no adoption and it's dying because "not secure enough" or some other dumb reason. How hard is it to convert appimages into msi style installers that would unzip the app on some directory, notify the OS it got a new app, add a shortcut and uninstaller program ? I don't care if it's not secure, that's what antivirus softwares are for. Even then, I basically only install cracked software and I didn't have had a virus in years.

Thanks for sharing!

That would simply push the burden to software devs, as they'd need to make sure their app still works using several years old dependencies. The solution is the separation of The OS space and user installed software. Microsoft solution of letting each app bring it's own dependencies, while only providing some basic shared libraries was IMHO the best solution. The disk space wasn't a problem anymore so a few gigs of duplicate files across hundred of apps isn't the end of the world.

The problem isn't that it's possible in some distros with some tinkering, albeit that warning would scare the shit of someone that is used to computers, but not a Linux expert yet (ex : me), let alone your average normie user that can't do anything more complex than change their wallpaper. The problem lies in the existence of such a system in itself in the modern day single-user centred computing. I simply can't fathom a reason for it to be this way other than a holdover from the past, back when Linux was only for companies and servers.

Rant / gonna be honest here, tying software versions to the OS in LTS releases is the dumbest idea ever. Just because I want a stable OS doesn’t mean I want to be stuck with outdated apps for years. It's not the 70s anymore, having duplicate dependencies isn't gonna make my computer die.

Their solution? Flatpak! Downloading gigs of useless bullshit to run a 30mb app. Make it make sense! /

This one just made me sad because It reminds me of pugs.q

It's half exaggerated and half true.

Last year, there was some breakdown of Mozilla earnings circulating on the web and I vaguely remember them gaining like 600 or 800 millions (mostly from Google) while only spending something around 200 millions for software dev, and this was in 2022 (their revenue from Google increases each year for some reason). That's 33% to 25%, so it's either 66% or 75% of Mozilla revenue used for god knows what.

I feel like Mozilla is a big money laundering scheme at this point. It only exist so chrome isn't a monopoly, and I pretty sure the CEO and several other workers are getting paid an obscene amount to do nothing all day while only 20% of the money actually goes toward working on the browser.

This is the best kind of "thingsucks" memes. Revealing disturbing facts about the "thing" that even most the hardcore fans can't defend.

My pc on win 10 took 20 to 30 min just to to start up. 🥲

Lead.

Everything Xavier says is quotable.

An SSD ? It's about disk speed. The HDDs speed limit make win 10 sluggish as hell. While not as bad, even Linux (mint) is starting to be affected by this.

Rusty goo.

Can confirm. Win 10 on hdd is torture.

For people that haven't seen the masterpiece that is Xavier renegade angel, here's all episodes with subtitles, so you can enjoy the full madness.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkgnxvndpor-2xUgMIbC3Ldzy7TByVxd5

According to science were all related to one guy in Africa that lived thousands of years ago. We're technically all one family.

Joke aside, being part of your family highly depends on how close to that person/group of persons you are. A friend can be more of a family member than your own brother or sister. Relatives you never met or even heard their name aren't family.

Trying to stop a genocide is trying to start a regional war ? You guys have an extremely skewed view of the world.

If you deny that they're living under apartheid, the term used by south Africa itself to describe the palestinian situation, then there's need to discuss any further.

He's using the wrong spell. He should write a letter containing "Cashus multiplicatum !" Written in 45° with green ink using the feather of a great eagle.