like, desktop linux will never take off because nobody will ever willingly volunteer their time to d

like, desktop linux will never take off because nobody will ever willingly volunteer their time to deal with the staggering idiocy of the average user, and put in so many bad ideas to make things easy to use

CCrono Microsoft will leave some gaping holes in Windows security and wing it

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:09 PM

they generally don't leave gaping holes in

RRoyAwesome they generally don't leave gaping holes in

Crono•7/3/24, 9:09 PM

>generally

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:10 PM

their product cycle being what it is aside

digitalpope•7/3/24, 9:10 PM

they patch them once the governments have gotten their fill, lol

Ddigitalpope they patch them once the governments have gotten their fill, lol

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:10 PM

or you know, spend 200 bucks on the fix in the next version of windows

RRoyAwesome like, desktop linux will never take off because nobody will ever willingly volun...

Crono•7/3/24, 9:11 PM

Endless is doing precisely that

Crono•7/3/24, 9:12 PM

Some of their research got into upstream GNOME from what I hear

Crono•7/3/24, 9:12 PM

It's a good cause really

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:13 PM

i bet they get paid

Crono•7/3/24, 9:13 PM

The average person is far smarter than what I hear most giving credit for, it's just that ignorance and intelligence can coexist

RRoyAwesome i bet they get paid

Crono•7/3/24, 9:15 PM

Well, it's a non-profit

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:16 PM

sure, but just by nature volunteers wont do things they disagree with

Justin Garrison•7/3/24, 9:16 PM

Anyone want some steam deck parts? I have a complete original shell (I replaced mine with a clear shell) and original joysticks. I also have a clear hard case that I'll probably never use

RRoyAwesome like, desktop linux will never take off because nobody will ever willingly volun...

halva•7/3/24, 9:16 PM

the most important sector is enterprise anyway
as someone living in a country that now has to switch to linux for reasons, i can safely say that nobody cares about that

halva•7/3/24, 9:16 PM

really it just comes down to windows being cheaper and easier to enroll in a corporate setting than linux

halva•7/3/24, 9:17 PM

once enrolled, the stupidity barely matters

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:17 PM

there is no "buisness case" in volunteer projects, but they do exist in paid projects

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:17 PM

so things like creating a usability feature that could be exploited can be a buisness case

RRoyAwesome there is no "buisness case" in volunteer projects, but they do exist in paid pro...

halva•7/3/24, 9:17 PM

yeah that's why companies like red hat and suse and canonical exist lol

Crono•7/3/24, 9:18 PM

Most desktop Linux development is done for RHEL

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:18 PM

yep

RoyAwesomeOP•7/3/24, 9:18 PM

lets just say a big fat paycheck is a good counter argument in a technical disagreement

Crono•7/3/24, 9:18 PM

And Fedora, which is the developer hook for RHEL

Crono•7/3/24, 9:21 PM

Man, I'm loving IBM Plex; this font is crazy. The different weights are like different fonts, super distinct in the QS tiles and such.

CCrono Man, I'm loving IBM Plex; this font is crazy. The different weights are like dif...

Justin Garrison•7/3/24, 9:21 PM

not a self hosted streaming service?

Crono•7/3/24, 9:22 PM

No, the font IBM commissioned to replace Helvetica Neue for them

Justin Garrison•7/3/24, 9:22 PM

My deck seems to be stuck in an update loop with the July 2nd update. Every time apply the update and reboot it says an update is available. Is that a known issue?

CCrono No, the font IBM commissioned to replace Helvetica Neue for them

Crono•7/3/24, 9:23 PM

Wonder if Kyle knows about it given that he uses HN as a system font