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[-] Katzastrophe@feddit.org 10 points 5 hours ago

Shoutout to the 3DS custom theme shop for having a Tuxkart theme

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago
[-] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Free bsd users have driver support issues

[-] fnrir@lemmy.world 12 points 5 hours ago

Have ~~freedom~~ their code stolen by corps

[-] msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 68 points 20 hours ago

Christ a bit of paranoia would do modern internet users good, I still remember when it wasn't normal to have every single piece of identifying information online and readily available for anyone.

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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 94 points 22 hours ago

I think the real thing we need to do to attract windows users is have tuxkart installed by default.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 54 points 21 hours ago

Tuxkart about to be a dependency for base

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[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 77 points 22 hours ago

Hahaha Windows users having sense

have no idea how to install another OS

[-] frengo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

Why would i need to? I tried Linux and it's mental. Took 20 minutes to edit mount settings on my hdd. fstab, gnome disks, and whatnot. Meanwhile Windows is: here's your files bro, whenever you want. And don't even get me started with the countless problems i encountered to install apps, edit hdd permissions, configuring panels and more.

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I need to try windows again. I remember it being more complex than Linux. I switched just so things were easier. Cygwin! Registry editing! Getting a Microsoft degree just to edit my desktop menus. I didn't just sit there and install my programs like a good kid and actually wanted to, you know, do things with my computer. And boy did windows hate me for it.

I'm hoping modern IDEs or just having Linux on standby would make Windows simple enough to use.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 hours ago

Yes on Windows I think disks are not mounted, they are just there on the letters

But that works fine on Linux too. I have not used multi-drive systems much, but I use an encrypted SD card that is liked to a folder in my home so that programs dont even need to write to anything custom. Was like a few clicks and even worked on GNOME, on KDE that is easier too.

Panels, yes. KDE had a separate panel config per monitor which is worse than on Windows. But apart from that, they work out of the box and are really customizable.

GNOME... doesnt allow configurations like at all. You need 3rd party apps for everything, then you can do whatever you want, which also works well.

So maybe that just has changed.

[-] frengo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

That is my experience of one week ago

[-] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If you wanted to take a second crack at it, it is easier than ever to learn how to use Linux. The one thing I have found ChatGPT useful for is guiding me through setting up a new program or daemon or to explain to me what that super cryptic error message means. ChatGPT is not perfect and requires whoever is using it to sanity check the result it gives, but more often than not I find I walk away with a better understanding of what I was doing.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

At least on Linux you get error messages with actual information ;)

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 1 points 8 hours ago

Why would I go through all that effort when there’s no real reason to

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 hours ago

Lol

Denial at its finest

[-] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

I use windows on my PC, mint on my laptop and lineageOS on my phone. Installing linux on a gaming PC feels pointless to me

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago

I made the full switch probably 1.5y ago. Gaming on Linux is great now. The only major issue is modding. Nexus doesn't have an app for Linux yet (it's in development) so you have to install mods manually. That's not too big of an issue, but it is annoying. Other than that it's nearly flawless, excluding a few games that have anti-cheats that haven't added Linux support, like Valorant.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net -2 points 7 hours ago

Well then you probably dont know enough :)

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 14 points 20 hours ago

I'll have you know I know exactly how to install Linux and simply choose not to!

(I ran Ubuntu for 3 years)

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 11 points 20 hours ago

I know how to quit smoking weed erry day, I simply choose not to.

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 10 points 20 hours ago

Damn, just call me out dude

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 14 points 18 hours ago

It's all in good fun

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[-] Californian_hotel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago

I can, I just prefer windows

The only Unix system I ever willingly install is android, even though it's harder to install than Linux

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[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

Old people crew checking in to shout out Tux Racer!

[-] kinsnik@lemmy.world 45 points 21 hours ago

Mac owners have money? more like had money

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 13 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The key is to have that infinite money glitch, aka be born rich and have parents that stay rich

[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 29 points 21 hours ago

In all fairness paranoia is important in things like finding someone trying to slip a backdoor into xz. Going by the most recent Windows 11 update, Microsoft seems to be "we'll fix it in production".

[-] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 17 points 21 hours ago

Well it wasn't so much paranoia as obsession. The person who found it wasn't paranoid, they just went "Why is my connection taking a quarter of a second longer than it used to? This is unacceptable!!!"

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[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 10 hours ago

More like Windows user have games.

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