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Jump from Arch to NixOS? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 2 points 2 years ago

I use Nix BTW...

Found this blast from the past (2015) on an old hard drive in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I couldn't make Windows Vista work on my laptop I spent almost a year saving for. I've been on Linux full time since. Thanks Ballmer!

Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas’ Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals in c/politics@lemmy.world

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 1 points 2 years ago

If Biden wanted an excuse to stack the court then this is it.

Ubuntu 23.10’s New Software App Will Demote DEBs (Apparently) in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 16 points 2 years ago

They kinda suck. They take a long time to launch
They are in practice proprietary to Ubuntu so they are not really FOSS
The draw of Ubuntu it is was based on Debian Testing and therefor pretty stable.
It's Yet Another Containerization stack. We already have flatpack, app image, chroot jails and more.

Why would a serious user want a psuedo proprietary Nth app containerization platform that sidesteps a serious incubation chain and has poor performance?

Reddit Gives Final Warning to Subreddits Using NSFW Protest Tactic in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The (49 hour) protests just communicate that u/spez can fuck us over 363 days of the year. The only thing that will work is leaving.

tasks.org appreciation thread in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 1 points 2 years ago

The ability to hide fields is such a nice feature.

network manager service name in c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 1 points 2 years ago

All of my Arch box's have NetworkManager.service .

AUR is cool... but scary in c/archlinux@lemmy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 2 points 2 years ago

It's important to actually read what's in the packages. The AUR saves me time installing that I can use up front confirming.

Thunder - An open-source cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android built with Flutter in c/fossdroid@social.fossware.space

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 1 points 2 years ago

Using it now

Thanks!

I got frustrated by electronics that failed fast, so I built a crowdsourced database of broken things to identify common failure modes and how to fix them. (7 month old reddit repost) in c/righttorepair@lemmy.fmhy.ml

[–] ancientweasel@social.fossware.space 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would be good to group things by model type instead of explicit model numbers since many companies like maytag rotate model numbers to ditch poor reviews without a changing the product much.