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@nixCraft all good at one point in time, and something worth doing once. However, not as your daily driver - for my daily driver, I prefer stuff that is mainstream, just works, and needs minimal tweaking.
"All the best people in life seem to like LINUX." - Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple #Unix #Linux #quotes
To the programmer, sympathetically: what's wrong, did the computer do exactly what you asked it to again? πŸ€”

::: Firefox 115 | Video acceleration for Linux on Intel GPU's ⏩  

Firefox: an open source NON-Google web browser that doesn't snoop everything.

Firefox: the last chance against Google based dominion? Even the likes of Brave are of Google's Chromium base.

If Firefox is put to sleep - Google basically quite controls much of The Internet πŸ€” hmm?

Firefox 115 includes an easy import from Chrome for your saved payment methods. Why not give Firefox another shot?

Read all => https://9to5linux.com/firefox-115-esr-is-here-with-hardware-video-decoding-for-intel-gpus-on-linux

DL now => https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/115.0esr

#Firefox #ESR #VAAPI #Intel #video #acceleration #VA #API #Mozilla @mozilla

My problem with the software dev profession in 2023 😱
If you have ever attempted to build Linux from scratch, you will gain a deeper understanding of how linux functions under the hood. This was my personal experience.
The β€˜Enshittification’ of TikTok
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

Had a non-technical friend who I've helped stay on #ubuntu for around a year for his academic work complain that PowerPoint slides from his professor didn't render well in either #libreoffice #wpsoffice, #freeoffice .

I found that pretty surprising - I'd have expected slideshows to be the easier format, as document and spreadsheet compatibility seems to be much better now in 2023 than two decades ago!