Oh…That would explain the endorsements by barbeque chefs on the book sleeve.

Crazy how ethics work. Like a pig might be more physically and mentally capable than an individual in a vegetative state, but we place more value on the person.

I looked this up in my ethics textbook and it just went on and on about pigs being delicious.

I think I might try to get a refund.

Most KDE apps will run on Gnome and vice-versa, but they might not run particularly well under those conditions.

I used to run into issues with this all the time. Recently, I find, for poplar apps, there’s always a version built for my chosen desktop environment.

Of course, I’m not very picky, anymore: Libre-this, Open-that, Free-Whatever. I usually find the one that comes up in the app search is good enough for what I’m doing.

I feel like linux demands an understanding of the relationship between hardware and software more than windows does.

Yes, when we install Linux on something that didn’t ship with Linux installed.

But in an apples to apples scenario - pre-installed OS provided by the manufacturer, it’s Windows that comes with more bullshit.

And there are (finally!) plenty of options to buy a pre-installed Linux computer, today.

It’s a tiny fraction as many as pre-installed Windows or Mac, of course. But it’s still plenty. There’s a half dozen companies with solid reputations and hardware specialties, and I only need one.

I haven’t especially heard the Linux or Rust stereotype, but it’s fair enough for a funny joke.

Stallman is one of the world’s most prolific C developers, so that part of the joke may be just making fun of his (likely) reluctance to adopt Rust, which is often recommended to C programmers.

My little sister has two, and most of her friends do too. It’s weird.

I suppose that makes sense. Support has gotten much stronger, in the last decade or two, for using multiple monitors.

The picture was slow to load for me, and I expected Beanie Babies or some kind of precious metal or BitCoin.

Have you considered turning it into a paint ball arena?

It probably wouldn’t be a good investment, but it would make a great story.

I had not heard of Trinity Desktop. That does look like a much simpler path to beautiful Windows XP stylings.

Apparently, many people want to make Linux look like Windows 95?

It’s funny that Ouya’s brand recognition is so infamous that no additional explanation is needed.

I’d say Linux is somewhere around early Windows XP when it comes to usability for a normal person.

I was confused until it struck me that maybe you don’t consider Windows XP the peak of operating system user interface design.

I’ll admit, Vista really messed with my perspective.

That’s why we got together and agreed on one version of Linux to recommend to new adopters.

Even technical folks aren’t huge fans of RTFM.

If I’m doing something incredibly interesting, and I’m asking for help, I should RTFM.

If I’m doing something routine, we can (and usually do, now), make it simple enough not to need a manual.

Oof. Sorry you had such a bad experience.

Pro tip for others: It takes time for volunteers to reverse engineer new proprietary laptop hardware.

If the laptop manufacturers aren’t advertising Linux support, it’s up to the community to play guess and check, to figure out what the proprietary drivers do.

You might get lucky and pick the same exact model as a passionate reverse engineer. Or you might not.

With old stuff, your odds are much better that someone has figured it out for you.

For new hardware, it’s still essential to pick a vendor that chooses to write and release Linux drivers.

This will get better when truly open hardware platforms gain popularity.

the smog monster voiced by Tim Curry. His song made me feel things.

You’re in for a real treat if you haven’t seen “The Rocky Horror Motion Picture Show” yet.

I hear you. Gadget Hackwrench is the one. I’m actually a little afraid to watch the 2022 movie in case something bad happens to her.

It was fun, and Tress delivered another delightful performance. Her total screen time was less than I expected, but I guess the movie was trying to fit a lot in.

I’ve never had any issues with any VSCode plugin failing in VSCodium.

But I’m not a PyLance user.

That you can have multiple terminal panes open to accomplish a small portion of the above?

Yes. Obviously. Two conclusions available to you are, either CLI developers are idiots, or they have tools you are unaware of.

The answer to “how can anyone work this way?” is out there, if you’re really interested.

People insisting on using the command line for everything is like a carpenter that only buys a circular saw and refuse to buy any other saws. Like yeah, you can do almost any cut with a circular saw, and it’s not a bad place to start, but theres a reason carpenters don’t limit themselves to a single type of tool.

You’ve just given the usual argument for learning Vim.

Having mastered both, my lack of patience for GUI tools is just that: impatience. I can use any tool, but I reach first for the fastest.

Everything you can do in VIM, you can do in VSCode running VIM in a terminal, but not the other way around.

You would sure think so, right?

But the VSCode plugin ecosystem still lacks some features available in the Vim ecosystem, and (fl just for example) LazyVim has most of the features available in VSCode.

At the end of the day, the biggest difference is speed. Even very brief unexpected delays can break my concentration. While VSCode is no slacker, it still has some delays, probably mainly because it’s still JavaScript under the hood.

Once there’s a GoLang, Rust or C port of VSCode, I may well switch permanently.