Same. I still have Solus on my old laptop but I mostly only use that when I travel. Its the same install I’ve been using since 2018 with no issues. I did not install on my new laptop because hardware wasn’t supported on available install image and it seemed like Solus was on its last legs and not worth jumping through hoops for.

Aptitude has a GUI? I’ve been using it purely CLI for years.

I think the RIAA has a different view on that. Huge push backs against recordable cassettes and VHS tapes when they were introduced.

Sounds like someone didn’t learn to socialize or use Linux.

I think that’s the scroll wheel or maybe the bearings.

They do use an optical sensor… PMW 3360.

Check out ploopy trackballs. They have a wired thumb track ball.

https://ploopy.co/thumb-trackball/

We have 13 inch and 15 inch inspirons at work. The 15 inch is absolute garbage with an awful screen and feels like it’s going to fall apart even though it rarely gets used. The 13 inch is actually pretty nice, almost as well built as my old XPS. Good screen, all aluminum build etc.

Ubuntu - Loved it in 2006-2012ish but I jumped ship when Amazon appeared in search. Great place to start my Linux journey at the time.

Manjaro - Only distro to ever break entirely on me. I didn’t care enough to try and figure out why.

Tried endeavor and stock arch but they weren’t my cup of tea. No real issues with them though.

Fedora - I liked for a few years but abandoned after the RHEL drama this summer. Seems to be going the way of Ubuntu. Maybe that’s just my opinion.

I use and like Solus a lot but they didn’t update anything for 2 years until this summer. I use it on my gaming PC and an old laptop for web browsing but nothing important. It’s always been solid for me, I just worry about it going extinct. They do have an updated road map and seem re-energized though. I also think it’s a good beginner distro because you don’t have to dive into terminal much, and a good distro if you are a pro, but kind of bad if you are an intermediate user because there aren’t a ton of resources on it that bigger distros have.

I mostly use Debian these days. Stable on my server. Testing on everything else. I don’t see me abandoning it anytime soon.

I read his summary it was filled with sentences like “Thus begins the War of the Rings to End All Wars of the Rings.” It reeks of shitty fan fiction that should have lived out it’s life in a lost corner of the internet with all the other shitty fan fiction out there. It could easily have stayed there until humanity wipes itself out and the last servers lose power. This troll had to go a poke the bear and sue the rights holders for plagiarizing him in a prequel show loosely based off of existing Tolkien works when his novels are sequels.

As for what has value and why only things that have value matter. I think value is provided if a work of art or piece of media make you feel something, think about something new, or maybe just let you escape for a bit. What does that is going to vary based on the individual. I’m pretty sure this book only provided value to the author.

I think it’s okay to let this one go doesn’t seem like there is any value in his work.

I do think it’s time to open up the rights to older IPs and let the community make their own stories within universes though. I loved all the star wars EU stuff as a kid.

I don’t recall ever having spent a lot of time messing with Bluetooth so I think it’s worked just fine for me for a while. I’ve used Debian, Fedora and Solus on a few different laptops and desktops. I’ll give a few headphones and speakers a go tonight and see what happens.

Yeah and once I got a steam deck I got back into PC gaming and built a rig spending even more money on steam games. It’s win, win for Gabe.

Disney hasn’t done anything culturally significant in a long ass time. It’s been at least a decade of acquiring mature IPs and grinding them into dust for profit, or remaking shittier live versions of their classic animations. They sucked the magic out of Pixar films in recent years as well.

You can use jellyfin to manage your Kodi media which is how I use it. I get the customizability of Kodi with the seamless syncing between devices of jellyfin.

Unsavory actors will find ways around any restriction put in their way. So these restrictions only serve to remove freedoms from the rest of us not commiting unsavory acts.

I used Solus on my old laptop. Same install for 7 years!

Once proton became good I moved my gaming PC from windows to Solus as well.

Though I use Debian on everything else these days.

It split from Solus, but yeah.

https://buddiesofbudgie.org/

Maybe a little soon bro.

worked on chatgpt 3.5 last night. IDK if it’s fixed in 4.