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unknown1234_5

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  • What does your OS do that I should steal?

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  • I'd still recommend trying kde. on my system it idles at around 3.7 GB of ram without steam and discord running, and 6-7 GB with them. gnome people like to pretend other things don't run very well but the truth is that their lack of certain features does not make them any faster, the setup of a particular system does.

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  • download a virtual machine app (I'd recommend virtual box, boxes is great too but iirc its Linux only), download the .iso file (this is the installer) for the distro you want to try from the official website, in your app of choice create a virtual machine and select the file you downloaded. from there you just follow the installer. it may help to look up how to use the app you chose bc VMs can be a little iffy. if you've ever used an emulator, it's a similar process but with ISOs instead of roms.

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  • in my experience plasma 6 and gnome (idk what the newest one is but I've tried the newest in the last couple days on a couple distros) both boot just as quick and use about the same amount of resources.

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  • if you ever feel like trying it, Linux is easy to try in a virtual machine or on real hardware (do not install it to your main machine when you first try it except in a vm, which does not change your system). I'd recommend trying fedora workstation and fedora kde because they are decent examples of the best two desktop environments. mint exists as well, but I personally wouldn't recommend it. btw, there is no "best" distro, just find one that works for you and ignore the tribalism.

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  • kde kinda just comes like that, taskbar and important apps (system stuff, browser, etc.) only. I've added some stuff but only things I use or anticipate using.

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  • I don't have anything I could back up to rn bc dorms, but setting up something like that is definitely in the plans and the way kde's built in backup stuff works it should be pretty easy when I get around to it.

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  • what's the compose key? never heard of it but any excuse to not waste a key on caps lock sounds great.

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  • no idea, I mostly use it to be able to read microblogs and reply to them while still using threads primarily all on one account. my best guess is microblog-only things don't see the community and threads-only things see it as a regular thread formatted like a microblog.

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  • nice. I should mention that the microblogs need to be put in a magazine (community) as well, but you can always just use the random one.

  • Fences around schools: yay or nay?

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  • it's not 'zero oversight', you have to get a background check and wait 2 weeks to get your gun even though you passed (this bit is kinda pointless), and other stuff as well depending on where you are and where you're getting it. all that is irrelevant though because all a gun is is a tube with a stick in the back that hits the primer on the bullet, meaning all you need to make one is some pipe and a drill. also once again, see drugs for an example of how people will continue to attain illegal things even though they are illegan.

  • Fences around schools: yay or nay?

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  • my thoughts on that are centered around school shootings because that's the reason schools are adding fences. to address the points you mentioned though, during my senior year when we had a fully constructed fence people still skipped school all the time (same people that always were) so the fence did not help. the whole custody thing is better solved by the parent that should have custody letting the school know about the situation at which point the school will have a legal obligation to ensure the child's safety. shootings aside, this leaves only making kids feel like prisoners for potential changes the fence could make.

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  • kinda, but you still have to put the microblogs in a community. it's a little odd but I like it.

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  • I use mbin and it does threads and microblogs. it's a little janky at times and there is only one app (interstellar, android) but I like it.

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  • as someone who graduated fairly recently (school added the fences my junior year) it just makes that place feel like even more of a fucking prison. also, fences are easy to bypass so all it would achieve is making it harder to escape if a shooter did get in. on top of that shooters are typically students, so it doesn't keep them out to begin with. this means that the only two things it actually achieves are making students feel like they are in prison and keeping them on the premisis so the shooter can kill them even easier. the real answer to what the fences are supposed to do is to 1) put more effort into mental health stuff as that is often the main reason the shooter is doing it, and 2) teach kids to escape the school instead of teaching them to just kinda sit there. and before anyone replies taking about gun control, getting illegal stuff isn't that hard (see drugs), making guns isn't that hard (see luty submachine gun, or any 3D printed gun), and schools (including the entire campus) are already gun-free zones and have been for a long time. making things illegal does not stop people from getting them. the solution is to make people with mental conditions that make them dangerous to others get help, and to make the drills we already do better by teaching kids what will work, not what sounds nice.

  • Samsung is the next company to try to popularize 3D displays (again)

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  • sounds like they are doing what the 3ds did with some upgrades. hopefully the "AI" is actually useful instead of just being injected into a product that doesn't need it.

  • Odin - a self-hosted FOSS streaming service.

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  • how does it compare to something like jellyfin (or Plex, despite not being FOSS it'd be unfair not to mention them)?

  • What is the funniest instance of reality slapping the spoiled rich person in the face that you have seen?

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  • idk if Boeing is, but either way the issues they've had have been software and maintenance issues.

  • Not federated Lemmy instances?

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  • well I'd say since non-federated Lemmy is just a forum with a bunch of stuff for federation that you won't use, there's no point. if you want a forum, then Lemmy is the wrong answer. Lemmy is (or at least is designed to be) an open-source, federated copy of reddit, keeping the good parts while removing the corpo stuff and adding the benefits that open-source and federation bring. with only one instance, it's little more than a mediocre forum.

  • What is a human behaviour you've never understood?

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  • I do this sometimes but typically more because I want to see if people still think it's good post-hype.

  • Not federated Lemmy instances?

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  • why use Lemmy instead of just being a normal forum if you aren't going to federate?