Point taken. I assure you at least some of us are not going to shame others for choosing something other than Linux. We know it’s not simple to switch and get a comfortable environment.

We’re just willing to do the work for various reasons that feel important to us, and will gladly evangelize it gently.

Admittedly, I’ve not been in the market recently. It is, however, the counter argument most frequently used to ignore the advice I stated.

And Cromite is my example of how the problem with Chrome is not the rendering engine tech, but the motivations of pthe people driving it. Cromite is an excellent alternative to gecko.

Back when I was very young, my software development philosophy was build your software on an Amiga 3000 and test it on an Amiga 500. Why? So that you can make it as efficient as possible while building it on the most user-friendly tools.

I still don’t understand why this is not a thing. Just because memory is cheap and CPUs are fairly cheap does not mean we should just go blindly using it all up so we can spend more money on the next more powerful set of CPUs and ram.

With added sexual excitement to keep things interesting?

… On the desktop. It’s de rigeur for servers.

Your points are valid, and if I saw this on a site like pcmag, medium or whatever, i would totally be on the same page. Still, how many “on the fence” people are likely to be here, on Lemmy, subscribed to a linux forum?

I chose to take it as snarky humor for the “in crowd”. Benefit: keeps my blood pressure manageable.

That is the real altruistic, hopeful view, but there are downsides that I enumerated in my other comment. Here’s another, though - With large scale acceptance comes a flood of people who just want a tool that works, not something they can build on or improve.

The greatest strength of this community is the love of the platform and the joy of exploration. Most are in it for altruistic or at least self enrichment reasons. Many are able to contribute when they see a gap. That can be diluted quickly.

Then the entrepreneurs see opportunities to make money from those people, and the enshitification begins.

I’m a bit less nihilistic about it, though. I acknowledge the benefit if being a small enough “market” that the enshittification doesn’t hit Linux like a tsunami as you alluded.

More users means more bullshit money grubbers, more dishonesty, more incentive for greedy hackers to attack.

I enjoy the snark, but also agree it’s condescending. Folks, take it as cynical humor, and don’t be so harsh.

Anyway I commented to say that #10 is creeping into at least some distributions.

My Ubuntu sends security updates that frequently impact system libraries and thus demands (politely) a reboot.

Gnome software does it all the time, but a regular “check for updates” will often install without demanding reboot. I suspect the update won’t be in effect until reboot, though.

Another angry upvote for you.

Angry upvote. This is the case when they are serious about it. See my other comment for how I feel Texas approaches it.

It is because of who is running Texas. We don’t believe them. It’s either kabuki, or a means to extract something from the corporations while blowing smoke up our asses.

Yes, I couldn’t find one when my old LG from 2012 died. I did not activate wifi, added TV antenna. I already have Chromecast TV so I’m tracked enough, thanks.

Since this is Texas, I’m predicting the suit will be settled once they secure a contract that ensures they get copies of every collection in Texas, indexed by name, address, and if available, SSN in perpetuity.

The cost of using a phone. “In love” is what I wrote and the keyboard decided I meant involve. Just to write this, I had to correct the corrections twice.

Ask a finance pro why they went into finance. If you don’t get the same answer, they are lying.

Anyway, I fell involve with computers and programing at 13 years old, and nothing else appealed to me, so guess what I became?

Sides stepping the web problem, you could set it up on a local server with a vpn and effectively have a local LLM.

Hmmm. I’ll take a closer look.

Per non_burglar… It’s called A/B boot. The purpose is to enable live update. Update while using the device without interruption, then when it finishes, the next reboot uses the new version. Thus, an update/upgrade is actually updating the “slot” not currently in use.

Looks nice, but I tried this sort of thing with the FXTec Pro, and never received it. After 4 years, they announced the last ones going out, and they apparently “lost” mine. Contacted them and their response was equivalent to a shrug. Next time I buy a product, it’s going to be verifiably on sale publicly.