If there is a free codec alternative I assume they can use that when the game calls for that codec? Perhaps I don't know enough that that's harder than replacing DirectX calls with Vulkan.

Hopefully any legal updates can get up-streamed. I'm not interested in proprietary codecs anyway.

I'd like to watch but something makes me paralyzed when I anticipate the confrontation.

What fixes? Why can't Proton have them but GE can?

What the, is that a new emoji?

All we have are words or violence.

Judge Tuxedo's reasonings here: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Infos/Help-Support/Frequently-asked-questions/Why-does-TUXEDO-OS-not-support-Snap-.tuxedo

I once saw an adult struggle to navigate the cursor to a button. It's a trivial task to most people but that's only true when you know how.

The terminal is not innately intimidating, it's just new - it's not something that they were taught in school. That's where the hurdle actually is.

I didn't use early generation smart phones and was completely bewildered when I discovered apps often used swiping left/right to interact. No app I had used before ever indicated that was an option. I suggested we should add indicators to our app to teach people but that was rejected because "everyone knows that". It's easy when you know how.

As a nerd who subscribes to the Linux section of Lemmy; well done for everyone trying to learn something new. The learning never stops :')

Is it possible to do work in a shed without using a drill?

It is good of you to do this work and post your findings, so no offense intended, but this command line meme is better off not being spread. The terminal is a tool and should be used when it's needed. Time spent worrying about this is time that could be spent making it easier to understand.

I was introduced to the terminal by a friend so I don't know of a good starting tutorial for newbies. I wasn't interested until I saw you could use the output of one command as the input of another command using a "pipe", the | character on the keyboard.

Sadly I think they have to aim to do both, to make the most money as a publically traded company.

Last I heard Apple was protecting it's users from Facebook collecting their data.. by being the ones who collect it instead. Maybe that not quite right as I don't listen to news on Apple (outside of their opposition to right to repair).

Something tells me that could easily change.