Wait you can buy games from Epic? I thought it was all give-a-ways

Oooo, I hope this happens.

Kingston supports a lot of small communities around it’s geography

Do I know sudo can be passwordless? Yes

But that sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Steam OS is actually the rare exception to my issues. It’s problem is that it’s only available on a steam deck,.

When it become available to mass download I will be very interested in trying it as a desktop os

Not really much point comparing modern Linux to Windows XP on security inconvenience

Not saying that Windows XP is usable today. I am more saying that where Linux is now, is where Windows was 20 years ago. I would say Windows 11 us where Windows Vista/8 is, slowly moving down to Windows ME. Soon Modern Windows and Linux will cross paths.

Specifically usability. I would say Linux is about Windows 98/early XP era for usability.

Printer drivers are not the same level of “it just works” as it is on Wondows. My Brother Printer’s features weren’t working with the default driver (scanner and double sided printing just didn’t work), so I needed to install brother drivers from their website which required sudo access.

Installing packages, and software updates also require sudo permissions. Which means to keep a password nearby or easy to remember which is hard when Windows never required it for the longest time.

Installing graphics drivers are hit or miss and requires some tinkering and research to get right. This is both for AMD and Nvidia. Open-CL is the roadblock I ran into specifically for AMD, and installing the drivers outright for Nvidia on Fedora.

For those who I am thinking of, their tech literacy is good enough to remember how to open a web browser, and find their emails. But they can’t even remember what the password is for their WiFi, so having to enter passwords daily for their machine is a massive ask, let along trying to keep the software updated and maintained. Especially when they buy new hardware and I am not around to make sure that it works. As much as I don’t like Microsoft and Apple, when you buy a new printer, or install new software, most users can work it out on their own. Linux doesn’t feel as streamlined or supported in this regard, at least for now.

With that said, compared to where Linux was not to long ago, I would say that the OS is 80-90% new user friendly, but requires as much tinkering as a Bethesda game needs to get it usable. Good for a teenager trying to play games on a budget, or a kid who wants to tinker, but for those who just want to use their iPhone and not think about anything else, it’s too much of a learning curve.

I am keeping an eye on the Immutable OS’s like Fedora Silverblue and Kinote, as Flatpak updating solves most of these issues and Fedora specifically removes the issue of system updates requiring sudo access. But until a Linux distro hits ease of use parity as Windows 7 or 10, I’ll just keep recommending Macbooks if they need new machines.

I’ve been on Linux for the last 4 years. I have no intention on going back to Windows. Microslop has lost all trust with me.

The problem, is Linux isn’t ready for my Grandmother yet, but she needs a computer. Macs work, as an alternative and with the Neo it’s almost affordable. Chromebooks are just landfill, and while I’d love to keep them on the HPs, Acers, and Dells they are use to. I can’t get Linux to the same state which they were use to in Windows.

One of these days it will get there, and Linux has moved very far and fast since I started toying with it in the mid 2010s. But it’s not ready today.

This was the main reason I switched to Linux… even if this is implemented I have no desire to go back to Windows, but I might recommend MacBooks less to my less techie friends.

PS5 and what’s left of Xbox and even the steam deck use custom AMD silicon for the CPU and GPU

ironically AMD still wins even in this situation

That’s not right.

They are yelling at women that they aren’t good enough… unless they are waring their product. Oh if you use that other product you are just as ugly as you feel inside.

Russia calls Canadians war mongers. “Welp I guess we can stop pretending, it’s time to reefer the good old geneva suggestion checklist”

The article says google will be fighting this, but I don’t think they have a leg to stand by. Unless they want to be liable they will need to sanitize the data. But then we are just back to regular old search results.

The first one is free right now if you don’t already have it

Sue them for what exactly? Being able to backup and archive your own software is legal. Stuff like this has been on the market for years now.

It taste like burning to me, but I think I might just be allergic.

That was the Switch for me. Went PS3 -> Wii U -> Switch then when Nintendo started charging I stopped playing.

If you do the Gameboy player. Get a flippy drive and you can use homebrew for it.

I stopped liking with PlayStation after E3 2013. Back then they took a free service PlayStation Network and charged people monthly for the privilege. Let alone how they mishandled the PS Vita and blamed their failure on Cellphone gaming.

I eventually got a PS4 in 2020 @ $200CAD to close out some series which started on PS3. But I never felt the need or want to get anything newer.

Ooooo desktop mode is now Wayland by default