Looks like human trafficking is back on the menu, boys!

Just curious, why are you resistant to turn off your VPN?

I keep mine off most of the time & only rev it up when I feel like I really want or need the anonymity.

I use Pop_OS & the other day I was browsing the Store & stumbled on this app called ‘youtubedl-gui’. Then I found out it’s also available via apt.

Really cool little piece of software. Maybe check it out

Give the propaganda machine a little time to massage those smooth, malleable maga brains, they’ll come around.

"I’m affluent with the privilege & means to escape when I know it’s going to go bad &, trust me, it’s going to get bad.

Anyways, good luck, suckers!"

But only advocates!

Remember, if you find yourself asking this seemingly obvious questions, you are also an advocate!

And how can you be a good, neutral centrists if you’re an advocate!? Why, the very idea is ludicrous!

So, be a real fence sitter. Remember, avoid being an advocate by not asking the wrong kinds of questions! 🌈⭐

D:

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Tech people, especially AI researchers, refuse to leave.

Lol ty, but, it was a joke.

What is that supposed to mean?

There are other, cheaper options as well but they require consistent diet/exercise on top of the Rx, so I think they are less popular for that.

Yes! This happened to me when I turned off the ‘safe boot’ on a laptop via BIOS. It locked me out but I had never agreed to install Bitlocker in the first place, let alone know what key I was supposed to have. It was a total loss & I had to wipe the drive.

MS is hot trash.

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Yes.

These motherfucking Nazis

FUCK ALL REPUBLICANS

I’m using Cosmic, which apes Gnome but is not Gnome. I’m being a total purist though & keeping as much KDE & Gnome out of the DE as possible.

That said, Cosmic has no problem updating the menu when Flatpaks are installed. I also don’t tend to run software from a script just for funsies, it’s usually to do with an automated process. Another issue is sometimes, a script will call on a hook for software, like a browser for example, & flatpaks can cause problems with the scripts locating or sharing data with the scripts due to the nature of the sandboxing.

I still have plenty of flatpaks installed because they are pretty good, even with (what I consider) flaws. Imo flatpaks are kind of like Docker in that they’re great & everything, but also kind of a pain in the ass.

As far as appimages, I guess it doesn’t bother me to update manually once in awhile and, as I just explained, I actually usually want software to have access to everything. I installed Ghostty via appimage, for example, & I use it all the time, but it’s not critical that it gets updates, so I just check manually on occasion.

Anyways, I 100% agree with you on the rest. I’ve never considered the AUR as a giant repo but yeah, that’s a good way to think of it.

The distro I use (Pop_os) has a lot of outdated packages in the ‘store’, & I think that’s pretty common for any distro that’s not bleeding edge.

The store compensates with flatpaks a lot of the times, but my issue with those is they don’t integrate with the system very well. To launch Krita (for a random example), instead of using ‘krita’ in the command line, I need to use like, ‘~/.local/var/org.kritafoundation.krita.flatpak’ (I am making that up, but it’s probably something similar). This becomes a real issue when using scripts or needing software to work system wide.

Appimages are actually my current favorite method for universal install. I rename them, then stuff them in my ~/bin/ directory. My gripe with appimages is there is no auto generated .desktop file.

I like building from source, but sometimes it feels like I install 10 gigs of dependencies to build a 400kb piece of software.

Adding repos was invented by the Devil & is thus appropriately cursed to break systems, so I stay away unless there’s really no other options.

I guess what I’m saying is every single method sucks, but still better than Windows lol.

Honestly, an up-to-date store would be the best of all Worlds, which I suppose is Arch’s AUR, but, nah. Arch looks like a headache.

Anyways, I’m blabbing. That happens when I start geeking out about Linux.

Video link for the layzee.

Believe me, I am not advocating that most people only use their Browser, but it is the reality of the situation & actually kind of a good thing in terms of Linux adoption. As you point out, people moved to Chrome w few issues b/c, imo, most normies just need a browser.

As for the rest of it, most people consider the need to download exes one at a time a downside. And again, flatpaks & appimages are the workaround to universal compatibility (anything but adding repos).

That said, you obviously have a lot of experience. I hope you can get to the point where it doesn’t feel like Linux is fighting you.

Good luck!