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/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021

Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website

  • Ah very nice, I appreciate the explainer, thank you.

  • I guess maybe I don't understand what workspaces are? Because I've been operating under the assumption that I've been using multiple workspaces with GNOME for a long time now.

    Are you saying the GNOME update in April will each workspace to have it's own unique desktop folder?

  • No, what's that?

  • I can't believe there aren't any start-ups out there trying to "disrupt" the printer market.

  • Would this mean switching to Kubuntu? (still kinda new to this world)

  • Yeaaaah, likely the route I'll take.

  • Yep, when you make a Windows installer USB with Rufus it has the option to disable TPM requirement and the need for a Microsoft account.

  • Exactly. Few people are willing to deal with the adhesive used in Macs and smartphones. Even fewer will deal with solder.

  • Seems pretty straightforward and had a good resolution.

    Well, except for when the Redditor went home and spread lies technically factual statements presented in a misleading manner and omitting key details with the apparent goal of damaging the reputation of the store despite being treated with kindness and fairness by the manager.

  • There are literally dozens of us! I'm running Zorin. The Reddit debacle really hit home for me that free alternatives to commercial projects work best when everyone pitches in a little.

  • I've had the impression for a long time that Reddit could stand to lose a large part of its users in order to be more profitiable. The nerds getting into long winded "ackchually" "debates" are making the site worse for the meme scrollers and they are also not the type to click on ads. They're not trying to attract more users, they want to maximise revenue from the existing pool. I don't think it's a coincidence Reddit has been slowly moving away from "discussion board" and towards image and short video (like the other three big platforms) because that's where the money's at.

    My prediction is that shortly after the IPO we'll see .old go away, and a further sterilizing of subreddits ability to forge unique identities. The only question I have is how do they expect to attract sufficient moderators, buuuut they haven't had trouble after the API debacle so maybe there are more people willing to provide free labor than I assume!

  • Just your normal redditor who didn't create anything trying to feel superior by dismissing someone else's effort. Don't overthink it.

  • Compared to TrueNAS, CasaOS is more of a "platform for running apps", but unless you're storing dozens of terabytes of improtant data in RAID or something, it's still probably the easier/lower maitenence option.

  • If you are more interested in running apps than having a NAS, I recommend trying CasaOS. TrueNAS is great, but I found CasaOS significantly more straightforward, especially when it comes to smb shares (it's like two clicks).

    Also TrueNAS uses ZFS which is good for what it is, but means you basically need a machine running TrueNAS to read/write the drives in case something goes wrong.

  • "X12" got a laugh from me. What I don't get is that nobody is stopping you from working on X11 if you want, so why complain?

  • Zorin is designed with windows users in mind. It's very polished and it helped me make the transition.

  • Cory Doctorow has a book, "Walkaway" that is basically exploring the politics of FOSS on a societal scale. It's pretty nerdy obv but I enjoyed it and it doesn't overly glamourize any political system the way you'd typically see in political fiction.