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What are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

Linux is pretty easy to use nowadays. The only thing I would check before switching is driver compatibility.

Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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Prigozhin most likely dead, and an explosion may have downed his plane, U.S. officials say in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

There was that whole https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 thing. Not sure how people forgot about this.

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Wouldn't they want to do that to show off their work? Or I guess not so they can distance themselves from it and pretend it never happened.

Alright, you know what? I'll be switching. in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Seriously. Do not go for suckless unless you are an advanced user. It is not reasonable to change from a GUI OS to beyond CLI to literally "code it in config.h". suckless is great but not for beginners.

Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The body doesn't magically disappear. Although it is probably in many, many pieces, this can be confirmed through DNA testing on small samples.

Live updates: Wagner’s Yevgeniy Prigozhin believed to be aboard crashed plane in Russia in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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API Misuse: Hacker Leaks 2.6M Duolingo Users' Emails & Names in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

There is no such thing as "api misuse". You provide the api and people use it according to the conditions you provide. Tighten your shit. Don't blame your own failures on other people.

The Phoronix forms, where AMD and NVIDIA engineers can effectively communicate in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What a dumb bet. I do use Linux, NixOS specifically, across all my laptops and servers. I still begrudge the corporate influence.

If you lost the bet, what do I win?

Easy way to remote share the desktop? in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Does it seem like VNC would fit your use case? TigerVNC is cross platform and reliable.

Linus Torvalds schools Lennart Poettering on the importance of users in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

He did nothing. Red Hat did.

Unable to access the harddisk after the installation of Ubuntu. in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah, start here. Also, there might be useful info in dmesg.