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Easy mistake. The M stands for Moron, not mother.
Easy mistake. The M stands for Moron, not mother.
The idea that Linux is not susceptible to malware is a really dumb take, in my opinion. I work in security and see Linux machines get popped all the time. Also, wine is good enough that malware will run under it.
Do that while explaining how that contract clause works!
Try getting a used server. You can find one on labgopher. For the budget you have, don’t expect something great but it’ll be a start.
Similar for me. I went with PopOS this time, and it all just works. I’m thinking of switching to KDE Neon, just because I’m a KDE fan. One piece of advice I have is to have your home directory on it’s own so that if you do switch distros, you just install to the system drive and you don’t affect your data.
In my mid 50’s. I use a steam deck and my PC running Linux.
Thanks, I will definitely check out both of those
It’s like Ligma but different
I’ll take a look at that, thanks. It’s been a year or so since I last looked at it but back then there was a push button that you could use but I couldn’t get it going.
Privacy issues aside, for wider adoption the user experience needs to be better. Most people don’t want to be a sysadmin for their house, they just want to live in it.
Yeah, that’s why I said I’m very hopeful. It says so in my comment.
Sure, but if I had a Pi (or similar board) with a speaker and a mic, I’d hope to be able to do the same thing. A Pi Zero would definitely be able to do the job.
I’ve dabbled a little with it, but I really want something that’s as easy to use & set up as the commercial offerings like Google Home and Amazon Echo. I want to have an interface where I can connect my light bulbs, and have little hockey pucks that will listen for a wake word and do what I ask of it, and play my music. I also want to be able to get under the covers and do something that solves an odd problem that might come up.
I’m very hopeful for the project and I do think it will get there eventually.
That makes sense. I’m a lazy guy and I didn’t want to try testing so I went with a known quantity.
You should take a look at getting sas enclosures. They’re pretty cheap, like $200 for a 16 bay. That will be so much more reliable.
I used to work at Merrill Lynch, we had a Linux desktop pilot. We were an 80k company but had less than 1k users in the program, and most of us were capable of self-support.
It’s definitely doable at scale especially since most apps are web based these days, but there certainly is a retraining effort needed for support, and Windows would still be there. For most organizations, that’s not worth the effort.
Really appreciate that too.
Too many articles & videos use shitty AI to not say anything just to get the clicks.
Yeah, I do that too. Cast iron is amazing for stuff like that.
That’s just so wrong-headed. How else do you expect billionaires to monetize every aspect of our lives?