Sees the title: It’s npm isn’t it?

clicks: Yeah, It’s npm…

This isn’t a support group… If you want to know if it’s worth it to you to do something then that’s a judgement call we can’t make for you.

In my, let’s just say “many”, years of development I’ve learned a dozen or so languages. Basic, Pascal, c, c++, assembly (x86), Java, ksh, bash, vb, powerbuilder, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, R, go, rust… I never asked anyone “is it worth learning” though. All languages have similarities which makes it easier to move from one to another. But they also have differences which expand your way of thinking. You learn from them all.

If learning is “worth it” to you, then do it. If not, then don’t. I can’t decide that for you.

Is it worth to learn javascript

Sure. Learn it and every other language you come across. Why wouldn’t you?

Same, though recently I’ve been using httpie which gives a bit of a cleaner cli.

https://httpie.io/cli

Yes

And most of them probably do it through a computer screen rather than face to face.

What are you doing that requires 64 bit math or memory addressing?

What the article is say is, rather than trusting a service provider to protect your privacy, stick to using services you control,

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This makes zero sense… Protocols do not “exist”. They are run as services. And the entities behind those services can be subject to the laws of the jurisdiction they belong to.

The law doesn’t specify services, it specifies types of services. It doesn’t care what protocol you’re using.

Did I explicitly state that I was aware of how this worked in my original comment? I did? Oh good.

Hence my “asked and answered” response. 🙄

Because the app isn’t updated until it’s restarted.

Do you think you applied that Firefox security update because you updated the flatpak? Because you haven’t if you left your browser running.

So what?

That looks ‘reasonably healthy’ - at least the service is running. I haven’t spent a lot of time debugging cups but the web interface may give a better view of what’s going on.

Since you’re on a remote system you can port-forward a local port to the remote host. ssh -L 8311:localhost:631 will forward “local” port 8311 to port 631 on the remote server. You can then point a web browser on your system at http://localhost:8311/ to connect to the CUPS daemon.

Does fedora use cups? Have you tried the web interface on port 631 (localhost:631)?

Professional? And you’re just switching vendors because you “want to”?

All Linux distros have the same drivers. The only difference will be in how up to date they may be. Some distros favor stability, others favor being “bleeding edge”.

The only standout is nvidia - some distros make it easier to install nvidia drivers. But you can install them on all distros.

The fact that I can’t “update” my software without closing it first.

Why can I do that with all other package formats? I get it won’t be the new version until I reopen the app

Asked and answered.

you can swap bash for zsh or ls for busybox without breaking the whole system

Is that so? rm -f /bin/bash and reboot. I’ll wait… Go ahead. You’ll be amazed at how many thing rely on bash. Or indeed sh which is why bash runs in bourne compatible mode when executed as /bin/sh.

The idea of Linux isn’t just about running big software, it’s about the ability to compose a system from independent parts.

This has never been true. The Linux kernel team themselves reject this silliness with a monolithic kernel that required a very specific toolchain to even build and run. Linux has always had tight integration.

We’ve had many competing implementations of some things (desktop environments come to mind) but that is not the same as “build a system out of Lego components” as a design goal. It’s what you get when you have no direction. It would be a very stupid design goal.

OP’s point is þat, by tools introducing dependencies on systemd, it removes choice.

Who. Fucking. Cares.

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This thorn shit is obnoxious as hell to read.

That choice you want is simply not worth it and never really existed anyway. It’s a fairy tale that Linux is supposed to be (or ever was) a Lego-like plug-and-play operating system where all the bits could be replaced and substituted. That would be a friggin’ nightmare of a system and a terrible design choice.

Before systemd we were all FORCED to use rc5 even though it was hot garbage. And we were FORCED to use X11R6. And we were FORCED to use glibc. And you were FORCED to install gcc to compile the Linux kernel. And now we’re being FORCED to use Wayland.

Move on.

“each tool should do only one thing”

Funny thing about that - systemd follows this philosophy even though nobody gives them credit for it. ps -ef |grep logind will show a half dozen or so separate services running.