$ sudo systemd-inhibit lucifer

I haven’t had fun reading a comment thread like this in a while. Thanks guys, this is pure gold.

Edit: it’s just a tribute

It’s a work in progress. We’re getting there

And yet they all have a package manager of some kind to install packages from. It doesn’t have to be Flatpak specifically

You don’t need to be “techie” to install stuff from a package manager with a GUI. People use app stores on every mobile device out there and they don’t have any problems with that

While I agree with most of what you said, typical users won’t run into these issues unless they’re doing something more technical (e.g installing blender or something), in which case they can ask for help.

Can 800 year old grandma Doris use the feature? Can the average person who writes comments on YouTube videos? Minion meme posting facebook aunts? If not, it’s not ready for mainstream.

I don’t think these people can install Windows or are pros at using it either, and in which case it’s the responsibility of whoever installed the OS to guide them through it a little like I did with my parents (they’re in their 80s and they’ve been using Linux for the past five years just fine), and I imagine those kind of people to only care about browsing the web and maybe viewing a PDF every once in a while.

Ah. I see. That’s very informative.

I said “usually”, and I’m talking about mainstream distros.

Also the original comment says “the whole OS is not ready for the general public”, which is also vague. I don’t expect the “general public” to install Gentoo and suffer from this issue.

What? When was the last time you tried Linux?

With flatpak, it’s usually a one-click process to install anything nowadays.

Ah. The joys of adhd

Do they balance out?

The last thing a scraper wants is to stand out. Most scrapers out there masquerade as Windows+Chrome on PC. It’s not hard to spoof a user agent and any scrapers that identify uniquely get blocked real fast.

You madlad. This is the greatest comment I’ve ever seen

Oof. I didn’t realise that and assumed it was some new fancy hardware.

My original comment still stands though. The HWE (hardware enablement) kernels on Debian and its derivatives like Ubuntu/Mint are your best bet when it comes to new or obscure hardware. They link extra drivers into the kernel and have patches to fix issues you normally wouldn’t encounter, basically stuff they won’t include in the mainstream kernel for the sake of stability or whatever. I always used these kernels before I migrated to Fedora because the extra keyboard buttons on my laptop wouldn’t work otherwise.

It all depends on the context to be honest. I’ve found that tech people, outside of professional contexts, are generally a lot more helpful. Things are different at work.

That’s exactly how protondb works. And you also get hardware and distro information.

You can search and filter reports by all of the aforementioned criteria for any game that’s listed.

Did this happen to you in particular? Most tech oriented people (and Linux users by extensions) are generally chill

I don’t see anyone being toxic here except you so far. If it bothers you so much, just add “Linux” as a keyword to your block filter on whatever client you use to access Lemmy. Easy fix

He single-handedly changed a lot of people’s impression of Linux with a single video, and he did it gently enough to not intimidate and scare them away like many others did. I respect that.

Don’t use the stock kernel. Use the HWE one if you want newer hardware to work on Ubuntu and its derivatives like Mint.

Or try a Fedora live-usb and see if it works with the newer kernels.