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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago

Ski free was available as an HTML 5 game years ago, so probably

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

More than fine. It's the goal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Which they alluded to. They mentioned it was called before the recount was complete

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. I hope it lives up to the hype. I like gnome but at the same time even just the need for the extensions is annoying. Because you're right, they can be janky really easily depending on factors.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a good point. I think it's likely also that most of the OSS contributors would be anti trump anyhow. Even if not we shouldn't be afraid of accidentally supporting something that tangentially spiritually touches an American. Ironically I think that fear would have to be labeled bigoted if we're being honest.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love it. Way to go!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, got it. I thought you were saying the only people to like Linux are those who grew to hate windows. that describes me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I disagree. If you're starting from nothing, and you buy a pre-installed, linux is easier by far. The general populace does not install windows themselves either so let's not compare that aspect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You're right that most people don't use the RE. That was a bad example I guess.

The point of my question is this though: as pointed out in the original post, maintaining windows is no easy lift. To the point that your average user knows and hates the constant windows update process, and needs an "IT guy" in their life to help them overcome the hurdles which will arise. The idea that windows just works is a fallacy. Also same with Mac (or linux), but honestly? To a large degree linux can be that way for most users most of the time. Probably even more so than macs as long as it's a good setup to begin with (the right distro, the software installed the user needs). Most people just need a browser. And it's not without challenges just to keep even that running on windows. I'm aware of zero linux distros which force updates and even if you seek them out and install them, they aren't very disruptive 99% of the time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

The best example of fighting the good fight as far as OSes. Good on you. Linux these days is for sure way better than commercial oses in most ways. Windows is more supported and macos is more obsessively polished on the surface. Otherwise they got nothing going for them

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

True but have you tried windows? The registry editor is just one example of the top tier bullshit that the windows apologists will gloss over. To them it's normal to have to open what I'm sure started as a tool Microsoft only saw themselves using just to fix basic problems that shouldn't have occurred in the first place

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Exactly! For the majority of people it is easier yet many people will fight you to the death that the opposite is true

 

Nothing scary about this at all.

Update: apparently already backtracked: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-preparing-executive-order-telling-education-secretary-dissolve/story?id=119499614

This might be the normal Trump tactic of floating horrible ideas, so don't be surprised if it comes back later.

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