Guy who's trying his best :(I'm still constantly baffled by just how absolutely beyond shit modern computers are
kabel42
R.L. Dane 
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16-bit/early-32-bit was my favorite era. (Basically, the #68k era ;)
Computers were just becoming capable, but not too big for their britches.
@OpenComputeDesign @rl_dane I had a good time with my first amd athlon 64 but sure, simpler times :)
I think computers were honestly better when they were limited to absolutely no more than 1GB RAM, no more than 256 colors, and no more than 1024x768 screen resolution.
1GB RAM: no LLMs
256 colors: no horrid low-contrast soupy interfaces
XGA Resolution: no horrid empty spaces and bloated interfaces
I keep wanting to make that as an OS 😄
(If only I had the skillz)
Yeah, and the pushback I get from statements like that is insane to me.
"But we don't want to go back to Windows 95."
I don't either, it was a crap OS, but the interface was better than the crap interfaces they're shipping today, so ?!?!????!?
pixxI'd rather w95 with its software suite and interface than w11 with its.
W11 is a worse OS than w95 was.
@pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42
It does have memory protection, though. That was Windows 95's most glaring weakness.
Edit: I meant to say that it doesn't. derp.
Edit2: No, I was saying that W11 has memory protection. lol
@OpenComputeDesign @pixx @kabel42
Brofam, Windows 95 used to crash on me daily.
Linux? Basically never.
FreeBSD? Maaaaybe once a week.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
I have linux installs last me years. Except for Arch-based. :P
Also had bad luck with Solus, but I only tried it once.
@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
'I've installed arch when my core 2 duo was new and it still works on a AMD Ryzen 9 7900, so i can't complain
'I've installed arch when my core 2 duo was new and it still works on a AMD Ryzen 9 7900, so i can't complain
@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
Okay, but that's worse.
I mean, you you do get how that's worse, right?
#RandomAproposTheGoodPlaceQuotes #S1E01 #TheGoodPlace #TheGoodPlaceQuotes
@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
yay can really mess up a system. Not that it ever happened to me, but there's a lot of caution about it, and that's why it's not installed by default (IIRC).
@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign @pixx it is if you use the endeouver installer :)
It also just uses libpackman, so it shouldn't make much of a difference except for extra info in the update dialog and some aur automation
It also just uses libpackman, so it shouldn't make much of a difference except for extra info in the update dialog and some aur automation
@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
Endeavour pooped in the bed when doing a grub update.
So did Manjaro.
I swore off Arch-based after that.
@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
Do you use LUKS?
@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
I could neither resuscitate it, nor find any useful info or help on the forums for doing so, neither on Manjaro nor EndeavourOS. :/
@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign @pixx for me
sudo grub-install was all i needed IIRC, maybe you had a broken initramfs?@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @pixx
No idea. It was my work computer, and I didn't have a ton of time to futz with it. I backed it up, nuked, and paved. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
making my system unbootable is less bad than giving my data to housekeeping, the TSA, or pervy patrick at the coffee shop.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
I'm sorry. :'(
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
Never leaving the house.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
No, it's not.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
It's not better in_there.
No matter how bad it is out_there, it's never better in_there.
It just feels safer, and more comfortable.
And to be sure, it IS safer than the world at large.
But you are also missing out on so, so much.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
humanity, love, kindness, serving other, art, music, enjoyment, fresh air, literally the entire universe.
I get all the art and music I need in here. I get all the fresh air I need at work (and more sawdust and diesel smoke than I need, sometimes, but that's besides the point)
And, if past experiences are anything to go by, there's no love, kindness, or humanity to be found out there
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
And, if past experiences are anything to go by, there's no love, kindness, or humanity to be found out there
Absolutely not true, and even if it were, the answer is "there SHOULD be, YOU are there."
I'm afraid I'm not terribly kind to strangers, either.
I'm not _cruel_ to strangers, I just nothing them. Probably won't even respond if someone says hello to me. Although, that's mainly because I've been burned _way_ too many times by people on bluetooth (grrrrrr) or people talking to someone behind me
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
Bluetooth is bad manners. Not quite as bad as speakerphone, but bad enough.
I feel like you're being [this guy].
Don't be that guy.
@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @pixx
Justified, perhaps, but it's not a rational view of the world.
It's giving up way too easily, which only leads to greater unhappiness in the long run.