@neonpurrs It’s an Electron app with all the absurd inefficiencies that entails. What irritates me the most is that it appears to work better than Apple’s native client. Which is embarrassing at a level that almost beggars belief. If someone told me, ten years ago, that a cross-platform JavaScript app running inside its own web browser would outperform a native Mac app, I’d have laughed you out of the room. Today, not so much. If anything, it shows how much some of Apple’s core software sucks.
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@alesya However, my experience is still valid. Interesting observation: it’s never #BSD users, always #Linux fanboys who get miffed when their favourite OS is criticised.
You know what, it’s fine. I did my Linux experiment, found out it’s not for me, not for anyone I care about and that’s that. I don’t need to be convinced. I don’t feel the need to spend inordinate amounts of time finding out how to use it in excruciating detail. I don’t enjoy it. You may. And that’s perfectly alright.
You know what, it’s fine. I did my Linux experiment, found out it’s not for me, not for anyone I care about and that’s that. I don’t need to be convinced. I don’t feel the need to spend inordinate amounts of time finding out how to use it in excruciating detail. I don’t enjoy it. You may. And that’s perfectly alright.
@alesya It is what it is. I’m not looking to change that, far from it. Everyone does the best they can, however they can. I’m just amazed that no matter the medium, there will always be those #Linux dudes, talking at you, wildly assuming and belittling differing experiences for some reason. In my experience, tech people often have difficulties understanding and relating to the emotional approach most other humans have to life. What is obvious to you, may not be obvious to me at all.
@alesya That’s probably all well and good and true. I’m always thankful for more information. I’ve now been called out several times for Doing It Wrong and one particularly eloquent individual labeled my toots “whiny”. All from stout and proud #Linux users. And right there is why I am still confident in my assessment that Desktop Linux is going nowhere slow. The expectations, the inability to empathise, the compulsive need to prove a subjective experience wrong as opposed to learning from it.
@[email protected] Thanks, Captain Obvious, for mansplaining free software to me while completely missing my point. What would I have done without you.
@stsp Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately I don't think it will fit. I have attached a picture of the form factor in my original post now.
@byterhymer @andrewg @donncha Good for you that it works. I have repeatedly had to export all ports, delete all traces of MacPorts, reinstall it, then reinstall the list of ports. The last time it happened, someone from the team told me that this is known to happen. Updating ports on FreeBSD after a major upgrade has always been entirely painless for me. Homebrew, despite my dislike, has never stopped working for me yet. But to each what works I guess.
@freezr One would think that, yes.
Since the #BCM4360 in my 2013 #MacBookAir is not supported in #OpenBSD or #FreeBSD but is mounted in a slot and can therefore be removed, I wonder if anyone more knowledgeable than me can tell we whether it's possible to exchange it for an #Atheros based card for example. Since there are only two USB ports on the machine, I'd hate to block one for Wi-Fi. Also, the #Realtek one I got works but mysteriously maxes out at 1 MB/s throughput.
