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The place to get snaps is proprietary and exclusive.

You can’t unlock the bootloader on carrier-locked Pixel phones; they need to be SIM unlocked in order for the “OEM Unlocking” option to be available.

…No

I thought only people who subscribed to CrowdStrike’s services had that driver installed.

Same thing would happen on Linux if someone wrote a bad kernel module and integrated it into the OS. In fact, Crowdstrike did have a similar problem a few months ago on Linux.

I’m no fan of Microsoft, but this isn’t their fault.

Lemmy isn’t listed as a Reddit alternative. I wonder why that is.

They are also recommending PrivacyTools.io, which had a nasty takeover and started selling ad space. Privacy Guides is the better site.

BTW, to wrap code in markdown, use ```

And yet the mergers still went through

SteamOS is unique in that it’s an immutable OS (which means basically everything out of the /home folder is not modifiable by the user). This limits you to package management that works within the /home folder, which is basically just flatpak and AppImages by default. You can also use things like nix, but that’s a bit more complex.

Modifying the SteamOS system still is possible with utilities like rwfus, but that’s a bit more complex (OverlayFS is the keyword to look up if you’re curious).

With normal, mutable distros, you are able to modify the entire root of the filesystem, which means there are no restrictions on how you can modify your OS, and you can use regular package managers that do so for you.

Also FYI, flatpaks work on every distro, so anything that’s available on the SteamOS Discover store will also be available on every other distro. It uses flathub.org

Not sure about Reaper, but most Windows-only VSTs work fine on Linux using yabridge in my experience. Some DRM can have issues, though, and sometimes you need to install dependencies using winetricks.

Also, I noticed you mentioned using Ubuntu since Mullvad is supported. I have a feeling that you’re attempting to download software through websites instead of using your distro’s repo or by using flathub. Downloading software “the Windows way” by using websites isn’t recommended unless it is not available on repos. Mullvad works on every distro, for example, and is available on most repos.

The difference between “open source” and “free software” isn’t a definitional one, but a philosophical one.

Still none of the actually good versions of MS-DOS, like 3.3, 6.22, or 7.10. They try to virtue signal that they care about historical preservation and open source and they can’t even do that right.

MS-DOS 4.0 was like the Windows ME or Vista of its day. People just stuck to 3.3 because of how bad it was.

Every distro is going to be good for gaming. Arch is going to be about equal to Fedora when it comes to gaming (both are good).

SteamOS is based on Arch, for instance.

You’re not really going to see a difference when it comes to compatibility or performance, and even if you did, that’s usually just a configuration issue (like setting a large enough VM heap size, which distros are starting to do by default anyway).

To Your Eternity. One of the deepest anime that I’ve watched.

I can only watch it in short bursts, though, since it can hit quite hard.

Is this an alternative to FSYNC and ESYNC?

Mainly Phoronix and Lemmy.

What an apt analogy.

I guess I dodn’t make myself clear. People should be angry, but they should point that anger at these massive corporations who keep distributing everything in single-use plastic containers, even when there are friendlier alternatives.

People also need education about greenwashing and how to detect it.

Don’t blame yourself for something that is the fault of massive corporations.

Not your fault there are few, good alternatives. By all means, if switching to more ethical products makes you feel better, don’t let me stop you, but this is a problem that needs government regulation to solve.

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