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Quazatron

@ Quazatron @lemmy.world

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A peace loving silly coffee-fueled humanoid carbon-based lifeform that likes #cinema #photography #linux #zxspectrum #retrogaming

  • Reducing power consumption of a desktop PC

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  • Just like the good old days when sites would force you to have Internet Explorer and Flash plugin installed to work properly. Amazing.

  • Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC

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  • There are alternatives. I bought a Lenovo direct from their site with no OS installed. The saving from not having Windows was enough to afford double the RAM.

  • Darkenstein 3D free on Steam

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  • I was lazy and just copy/pasted the Steam page blurb.

  • Darkenstein 3D free on Steam

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  • TIL. Thank you.

  • Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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  • I agree, I notice more new blood around Linux compared to the previous "OMG, Micro$oft suxx, let's all ditch Windoze!1!!" craze (I guess it was Win8.1 -> Win10, maybe?)

  • Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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  • Each person knows what it feels more comfortable with.

    Linux is not inherently hostile, it just has a very different way of doing things that what you're accustomed, so you perceive it as hostile. It is sometimes easier for someone who never touched a computer to learn Linux that someone who grew with Windows to unlearn the habits.

    There's nothing wrong with feeling comfortable in Windows, it's the system you grew up with and know how to work with and maintain.

  • Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch ever"

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  • I'm old enough to have seen this "flocking" several times. Some people stay and are pleasantly surprised. Most people go back a few weeks/months later, and leave a "Linux suxx" post behind them. I don't expect this time will be any different, and that's totally fine.

  • Antiviruses?

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  • I just want to add that you that you can also setup multiple user accounts for different uses. One for banking, one for gaming, one for downloading random crap. It will not protect against privilege escalation attacks but will help against random scripts exfiltrating your personal documents.

    Another nice layer is containers and containerized applications (flatpaks, bubblewrap, etc). Each app will be somewhat limited in what damage it can do.

    Running pi-hole as your DNS or using some other filtered DNS provider (Mulvad or others) will also protect you from some shady sites.

  • What do all you coders actually do?

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  • Something something Jira something scrum agile Confluence something another meeting something hit tab and let copilot do it and repeat.

  • What do you get recognised for on Lemmy?

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  • Every bit counts. Thank you.

  • I hate how Apples + Googles Prinz services are fucking my Printer, yet CUPS does it right.

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  • Cups is awesome. I have an ancient HP laserjet 1100 connected to an ancient parallel-to-Ethernet adapter, connected to my ancient router. Cups works flawlessly with this setup, Windows never worked.

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    Tired of Microsoft?

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  • I have an issue with ReactOS. It's not technical, I'm sure technically it's great.

    Any software that tries to mimic proprietary technology will always be subject to the whims of said technology owners, be it patents, undocumented APIs, broken legacy APIs maintained for retro compatibility.

    This much can be said of Wine, but that is pretty much just a wrapper for games, not a full OS, so it's not critical.

    I hope I'm wrong, and please enlighten me if I'm wrong.

  • Is there any way of trying Battlefield 6 without buying it or paying £17 for a 1 month EA Play Pro subscription?

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  • You maybe high, but you are right nonetheless.

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    Why the Atheist should also believe in God?

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  • I tried to demonstrate that much, by applying logic and critical thinking. Unfortunately, logic does not work on religious people.

    The whole exchange was like trying to grab a piece of gelatin using chopsticks.

    It nevertheless gave me some insight on how religious minds operate.

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    Who's your favorite female protagonist in a video game? (Add pic of character in response)

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  • "Oh. It's you."

    Such a loveable heap of junk.

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    Why the Atheist should also believe in God?

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  • I once took the time to debate religion with a Jehovah's witness. His reasoning went like this:

    10 print "God exists because the Bible says so"

    20 print "The Bible was written by God, so it is true"

    30 go to 10

    After a couple of rounds on that loop I gave up and never opened the door again.

    It seems that you can't be a good person if you are not part of some herd.

  • Beginner: New Ubuntu install - Wifi card issue

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  • I faced a similar problem when converting my wife's laptop from Windows 10 to Endeavour OS. The issue was related to Windows hibernation. It seems that that process does some strange stuff to hardware, especially to wifi adapters.

    To solve it I had to boot back to Windows, disable fast boot, reboot again, shutdown, and then I could install Linux properly.

    Maybe you face a different issue, but I hope this helps.

  • What is your favorite version of FTL in science fiction?

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  • Chevron 7 locked.

    I was just watching that, it's still one of my favorite shows.

  • The demise of Flash didn't bring any big HTML5/JS equivalent for watching animations; fast internet and better video compression made those types of animations become raster videos as well

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  • I don't think anyone is defending Flash used for websites, aside from some personal blog or portfolio maybe.

    Yes, sorry, I just got a post-traumatic trigger when someone mentions it.