In the workplace, there are still a lot of domain specific programs that don’t have Linux support. Companies don’t have much of an incentive to port that stuff over. As for the people who just need a web browser, they probably would use Linux just fine if they could buy a computer at BestBuy that comes with Linux preinstalled

Compare that to LLM programs, where it’s a matter of “download this app instead of that one, because this one is free and that one costs $25 a month”

Having an option vs not having an option

Also Linux and Windows are pretty different in use cases and capabilities. Meanwhile, local AI models have a very similar user experience. If hardware was cheaper and people could run better LLMs locally, they wouldn’t pay monthly for it.

Is ambitiousslab@feddit.uk also the author of the blog?

A blurb about the article is nice and helps to convince people to click on the article, but it isn’t necessary. From what I can tell, ambitiousslab seems to be sharing things that they find interesting and doesn’t follow the pattern of the usual bot spam we deal with

Would CoMaps be a better recommendation than OSMand?

For those who are familiar with Ente, how are their apps? I use something different for 2FA and photos, but I need recommendations for people who don’t want to deal with selfhosting and backing up Aegis

Network effect is the biggest problem for messaging services, and so I would still push for Signal over the alternatives that are technically better. This guide seems like it is focussed on users who are new to the space

I agree with the Linux recommendation, but I’d offer CachyOS over pure Arch for newcomers. The limine bootloader gives a lot of peace of mind, since you can tell the user “if you get a bad update, reboot and pick an older option on the first screen”.

Thanks!

A big reason for me is that people can tell who the source is more easily, instead of seeing a generic Yahoo link. If someone is blocking or flagging a particular domain through their app / front-end, then it won’t work for a yahoo link.

Also while I don’t think Yahoo is doing something illegal, my gut says that these articles are harming the smaller news orgs. When Yahoo/MSN publishes the full article, the user likely doesn’t notice who the actual news org is, likely doesn’t go to the real news orgs website, the news org has a harder time building a brand / reputation, and over time they might become even more dependent on Yahoo to stay afloat. A lot of the time when I look up a story, the yahoo page ranks above the actual original source, and that feels wrong to me

Meanwhile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Canuck

@sanitation@lemmy.today, could you edit the post to use this link instead?

They put out a LOT of updates in a row a few months ago

Hopefully the maintainers are taking a break, and they aren’t burned out.

Are they though?

At the very least, no one is doing it here. I’d rather have a rebuttal comment if/when a post that tries to do that, rather than seeing these posts

:) Thank you!

No worries at all, irl life comes first :)

Thank you for putting in the time to make it so that your new pages have a similar tone and style to the rest of the guides. We don’t require it, but it helps keep things consistent for the readers

Oh that’s annoying, the next best step might be the matrix chat

If it’s a false positive, you should be able to get it resolved by contacting the admins

Try posting in !main@sh.itjust.works

Commodore has had an interesting year. A retro-tech YouTuber got into discussions with the company and ended up buying it. I think they had plans to become a public benefit company of some kind, with a focus on openness and preserving old tech.

I’m surprised that the Wikipedia article doesn’t have a lot of details on those recent developments from the past year

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International

Supposedly you can’t install some things. Hopefully this is an optional parental control feature, and not baked in to every phone. They would be losing a lot of potential nostalgia sales if they only chase after the “forced distraction free” market. Some people can control their usage without needing the device to do it for them. 🤷

The phone also blocks internet browsers and social media apps at a system level, “using patent-pending technology, eliminating temptation and designed with distraction-free schools in mind.” This ties in neatly with the upcoming ban on social media for the under-16s in the UK, but I can’t imagine there are many teenagers who even know what Commodore is.

:(

I wonder what went wrong, hopefully all of the kids make a full recovery

Hmm…

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