Yeah, I'm not talking about the technical issues. Those are just growing pains. Snap is really no better or worse than, say, Flatpak. I don't like dealing with it, but that's not why I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu.
It's stuff like redirecting apt installs to snaps. It's Canonical I have issue with, not Ubuntu itself.
I'd agree if it weren't for the Snaps bullshit. Because of that, I don't want to recommend it to anyone because I don't want to encourage Canonical.
Mostly, I sleep. When I'm not sleeping, I play relaxing video games or watch older TV shows/movies. So it's like Stardew Valley and Better Off Ted/Airplane all day.
And, of course, chicken soup or your regional equivalent sick people food.
I don't disagree, but they're Canadian...
I'm not sure "boycott" is the right word, but I refuse to pay for games that have microtransactions in them.
I also won't have anything to do with Hasbro in general and D&D specifically until they issue a public apology for the halfling art in 5e. I'm only half kidding.
I have a local grocery chain I only go to when I'm desperate because the president of the company is an absolute shit bag of a human being, and because they have armed guards confronting shoplifters, which is really fucking dystopian if you ask me.
My experience with Arch is generally that it gives me enough rope to hang myself. Basically, every arch setup I've ever done has broke on me, but it was pretty much always my fault.
And I keep doing it because I'm masochistic enough to find it fun.
I kinda feel like this is better for folks who've been at it for a little bit. There are way too many distros claiming to be beginner friendly for a tool like this to be helpful.
I think it's better to just send them to an easy to install, up to date distro that will suit their needs that has a DE that's easy to understand but different enough from where they're coming from to keep them from expecting it to work like windows. Stable updates from a GUI, software availability, and easy to use backup tools are all a plus.
Which OS am I talking about? Hell, I have no idea. Fedora? Maybe Vanilla 2 when it comes out? Certainly nothing Arch based (sorry, guys, I love arch too but it's not for beginners...).
As an uninvolved party…
Sigh. Not uninvolved anymore I guess.
When one guy stopped calling me names and arguing against points I wasn't trying to make, I backed down and listened and then acknowledged that he had a point.
I'm not rehashing the argument again. I'd appreciate it if you didn't go into my post history and throw things back in my face. I don't know what the etiquette is, but it seems rude.
This is kinda funny to me because I hadn't realized how terrible the Windows workflow was for me until Gnome 3 came out.
Ever since, while I'll use extensions for stuff like alphabetical app grid and Caffeine, I never do anything that changes the Gnome workflow. It's not for everyone, but it absolutely is for me.
Dude, yes, they're run by one person because it's a hobby. This is like saying 99.9% of stories don't get published because there was no profit motive. There usually isn't when it starts, just a drive to create or fill a perceived void, or even just practice. I write damn near every day with zero profit motive.
Linux wasn't started with a profit motive. None of the open source BSDs were either. As far as I can tell, they're still not particularly profit motivated. Neither are a lot of other open source projects that have lasted ages. Where's the profit motive behind Bash? It's been around for 34 years.
An inability to pay bills can stop a person from working on a project, but at the end of the day it's usually not profit that keeps an open source project alive. It's popularity and passion.
While I 100% agree with your sentiment, one-word replies are, like, super dickish.
To which I imagine, if you reply at all, you'll reply with a single word. So here, let me laugh at your wit:
Ha. Ha. Haaaa.