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  • LTT does another Linux Challenge

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  • I mean, I get it, but I kind of reject the premise. Normies don't install operating system, period. Not Windows and not Linux.

    What's the point of Linus playing dumb here? What's the point of him always seeming to install Linux when he's pressed for time at a LAN party or before needing to leave? Has he ever done a video where he approaches using Windows as if he was a caveman who never witnessed electricity before?

    It's really starting to feel like a bad faith attempt...

    This is the self-proclaimed "tech tips" guy we're talking about. If you're knowledgeable enough to know what Linux is and why you might want to install it, you should be knowledgeable enough to not trust "listicles" (often produced by LLMs today) and LLMs (trained on outdated listicles from 10 years ago).

    PopOS is a bad choice today. Granted, some of that is the fault of System76, as imho, Cosmic really isn't really for prime time. But I think most people with any reasonable knowledge of Linux would probably not recommend it right now. Like, if they had asked Wendel from LevelOneTechs, I seriously doubt he would have recommended it...

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  • I mean that’s kinda the point. They’re noobs, they don’t know what’s right from wrong. People who don’t know right from wrong are likely to go down the wrong path.

    Ok. But that's a personal problem, not a Linux problem. In the end of the day if you're relying on "listicles" and LLMs to make basic decisions for you (for just about anything, frankly) you're going to have a bad time.

    PopOS is a bad and outdated recommendation right now, because they have literally just switched to Cosmic, a brand new desktop environment that just came out of beta a few months ago. I would argue that it should still be in beta right now, and I do think that System76 made a mistake by calling the current version 1.0, but in the end of the day ChatGPT predictably gave Linus a bad recommendation, because that's what LLMs do.

    If you go to ChatGPT for tech advice, legal advice, medical advice, or even something as computationally friendly as solving math problems, you're probably making a mistake. That's an "AI" problem, not a "Linux" problem. Use your brain and stop relying on "AI" to think for you.

    IMO Linux’s biggest issue with normal people uptake is choice. Normal people don’t want 7000 options. It also makes diagnosing problems all the more harder.

    I disagree. Choice and competition is generally good, as it means that different kinds of people with different use cases can have their needs met.

    IMO Windows' biggest issue is the lack of choice, in the sense that computers are treated as one-size-fits-all systems where your grandma is expected to use the same computing environment as a professional software developer, which ultimately leads to a system that's not ideal for either of them. Why are we gaming on the same OS that people at the tire store are running? Would we be surprised to find that is holding computing back?

    In the end of the day, choice is good, lack of choice is bad.

    People have 7000 choices of food, but it doesn't stop most people from finding something to eat for breakfast. People have 7000 choices for transportation, but it doesn't stop them from getting where they need to go in a way that suits them.

    It's not hard to get a good recommendation of what Linux distro to use today if you just ask someone who knows what they're talking about.

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  • The part of the video that's unspoken is that he spends most of his time trashing Pop!_OS while he is invested in a company that is competing against System 76.

    I'm not saying that to dismiss the complaints against PopOS, many of which are totally valid. Cosmic is honestly not good enough yet to be shipping as the default DE on PopOS, and by doing so System76 are really undermining the reputation Cosmic, PopOS and their entire company. Own goal there by System76.

    At the same time Linus is making questionable choices at best. Asking ChatGPT for distro advice may be the "normie" thing to do right now (although I'm not too sure about that), but it's not the smart thing to do and it did lead him down a bad path. On top of that installing his OS at a LAN party when people are waiting for him to play a game is just dumb and makes this entire the entire thing seem like a bad faith attempt.

    With that said, Valve are to blame for not making sure their old games all work perfectly on Linux out of the box.

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  • Dumbfuck

  • Lead Lemmy developer dessalines@lemmy.ml Appears to Have Had Their Account Compromised After Moderation Actions Raise Serious Concerns

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  • Sure, but we allow people to power trip by giving them power in the first place. People choose to use Lemmy and participate in lemmy.ml, directly or indirectly; that gives the maintainers and admins power.

    Now, I don't see eye to eye with the tankie crowd. That's fine, whatever. But I can still appreciate the creation of Lemmy as an open software project.

    Ultimately FOSS gives us agency. I don't feel that the creators of Lemmy have any power over me personally. They're not very significant, but I do appreciate their project.

  • Is it just me, or...

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  • Fuck it, out them and let's have a discussion. Otherwise there really isn't much to say here, is there?

    Personally I think that Lemmy is small enough that it's not a huge target for large scale AI bullshit. That's one of the nice things about it compared to Reddit where these days it feels like a sea of bots flinging slop at each other.

  • Lead Lemmy developer dessalines@lemmy.ml Appears to Have Had Their Account Compromised After Moderation Actions Raise Serious Concerns

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  • Mbin also exists...

    Also, to be fair, the software isn't necessarily problematic like the moderation is. No point throwing the baby out with the bath water.

  • New York considers bill that would ban chatbots from giving legal, medical advice

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  • This reads as a way to protect white collar industries from the effects of AI without addressing the root problem--that AI does not actually think, and that it is little more than a meat grinder full of scraped data.

  • Oracle plans thousands of job cuts as data center costs rise

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  • POP goes the weasel.

  • Trump says ‘I guess’ Americans should worry about Iran retaliating on U.S. soil: ‘Like I said, some people will die’

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  • Ah, some real classic Trump being Zapp Brannigan shit right there...

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  • Maybe. Though some people seem to care more about pragmatism than others.

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  • Go on?

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  • I think their views are similar (and similarly naive, in my humble opinion) as they both emphasize the idea of personal liberty to do whatever they want to do.

    The big difference is that the libertarian generally has more assets and thus a stronger belief in property, whereas the anarchist doesn't.

    But I'm neither, so I'd be curious to hear what people who consider themselves these things will say.

  • Confirmed: Cancer Free!

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  • Must have been terrifying. Glad you've been given a clean bill of health now! Stay vigilant!

  • What band/artist have you seen live more than once, would gladly go see again, and what keeps you coming back?

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  • I heard that Erik Melvin is suing Fat Mike and the band over money. Mike even wrote a song about it a few months back.

  • Kamala Harris might run for president again in 2028. Please, no | Arwa Mahdawi

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  • I won't be voting for her, but only because she isn't authentic or left enough. We need real change.

  • What balance do you find between constantly bettering yourself, vs just chilling?

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  • You sound paralyzed by the infinite possibilities behind you, and you're worrying too much about the opportunity cost of how you spend your time. You do A, and then think about how you could have been doing B or C instead. But the truth is that at any given moment we can only do 1 thing, and as such are choosing not to do an infinite number of other things.

    So, my kind of existential answer is that only you can decide what you should and shouldn't be doing.

    If having stuff and doing stuff brings meaning and adds value to your life, then do it. If chilling out and relaxing in comfort and good company is meaningful and valuable to you, then do that instead.

    In the end you will die, and after that, the death of the Earth, our star system, or galaxy and even the universe itself. We can interpret that fact to mean that nothing we do really matters, or we can interpret it to mean that anything we do is valid if we feel that is what we are driven to do.

    As long as you are being a good person and fulfilling your obligations to others, then you should recognize the power that comes with freedom over your life. Keep looking forward.

  • Have you ever had intrusive thoughts about getting murdered by people you live with while you're asleep?

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  • No. Never. Of course we all have weird and shocking nightmares from time to time, but during the day? Definitely not.

    Are you ok? Do you feel safe at home and around the people you live with? How vivid are these "intrusive thoughts"? Could they be categorized as hallucinations?

    Even if you think it's not a big deal, you might want to talk to a professional therapist about that.

  • Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution That Would Force Trump to End Iran Strikes

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  • Don't fall for this!

  • Apple introduces Macbook Neo - cheaper Macbooks starting at $599

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  • Honestly, it might be a wakeup call for laptop vendors, or it might just put a lot of them out of business. This is not a good economy for them to suddenly have to compete with Apple on value...