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onlooker ,

I don't know about reproducible builds, but Telegram has a slew of other problems. For example, they advertise that your messages are "heavily encrypted", but this feature is restricted to secret chats which is NOT the default method of communication and they use their own weird-ass algorhythm called ProtoMT instead of one of many existing algorhythms which have been audited and verified. Not to mention you need to give them your phone number to use the app.

onlooker ,

I'm not sure which distro would work with your laptop. I would suggest experimenting with live USB images. Maybe using something like Ventoy which enables you to try out multiple live images from one USB stick. But as far as applications go:

  • GIMP is native to Linux and should work fine. You might also want to give Krita and Inkscape a whirl. Also, massive props for ditching Adobe. I hate that company as much as it hates their customers.
  • Blender works on linux.
  • So does Davinci. Allegedly. Haven't used it, but their website says Linux support is available.
  • I don't code so, um, no idea. Sorry. Hopefully someone else will weigh in.
  • Good news, Linux has working file explorers!
  • No ads, at least for the most part. Ubuntu had Amazon's search integrated into their search bar a while back, which caused quite a kerfuffle. Later, they added a toggle to turn this off, but this was years ago. Might want to check just in case.
onlooker ,

Oh wow, Razer was selling masks? Seriously? That's wild, I must've missed that completely. What's even wilder is that a bunch of people apparently decided that their best option for respiratory filters is, of all things, a gaming company. And one with a shaky QC history at that.

onlooker ,

Alternate title: CEO with no background in computer science and surface level knowledge of AI weighs in on latest industry buzzword and makes wild predictions.

Nothing to see here.

onlooker ,

It's going to be funny to watch their Pikachu face reaction when this decision chases off a good chunk of their users.

onlooker ,

We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. People didn't jump ship when Windows 8 became the norm (which didn't last long, thankfully), so I'm not expecting the needle to move much over a feature most users will never even know exists. A man can dream, though.

onlooker ,

For similar reasons to your own, I tried a few different Discord frontends a while back so I could chat with one of my friends who lives abroad. I never found a winner. They either wouldn't connect or would be missing tons of features (for example: one of them only let you watch the chat, not participate in it). I also seem to remember reading somewhere that Discord is pretty aggressive when it comes to third party apps. It's their app or nothing. You might have better luck than I did, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

And as others have mentioned, if you're looking for privacy, Discord ain't it. Sorry I couldn't give you a more helpful response.

onlooker ,

On the contrary! I absolutely loathe how bloated webpages have become over the last few decades, so it's very refreshing and laudable to see a webpage that tries to keep itself as small as possible.

onlooker OP ,

It feels like everybody, here are just a few examples. And if that doesn't cut it for you, Steam has a whole-ass tag for boomer shooters.

onlooker OP ,

I know, but just let me have my old man yells at cloud moment.

onlooker OP ,

Oh, they're definitely better, no question. But by that definition, wouldn't that make them Boom Shooters?

onlooker OP ,

Dammit! Upvoted with great begrudgement.

onlooker OP ,

No, you're not. But I like you anyway.

onlooker OP ,

I would love to see that take place, so sign me up for the Church of the Boomest Shooter. My only real concern is where do we go from boomest?

onlooker OP ,

Hey, at least it's shining.

onlooker OP ,

It wasn't? This is what Wikipedia says:

"OK boomer" or "okay boomer" is a catchphrase and internet meme that has been used by members of the Millennial generation and Generation Z (born between the early 1980s and the early 2010s) to dismiss or mock attitudes typically associated with baby boomers – people born in the two decades following World War II.

Who was it targeted at then?

onlooker OP ,

It does roll off the tongue nicely, I have to admit.

onlooker OP ,

Get off my lawn and leave me to my prune juice.

onlooker OP ,

Oh, I'm liking this take. Get ready for "Z Shooters" and "Alpha Shooters".

onlooker OP ,

Raging against new slang is just gonna make us more out of touch, and intensify the feeling of being old, so I just accept it and try to keep up.

NEVER! I choose to embrace my inner geriatric and complain about kids these days and their hippy-hop music.

onlooker OP ,

Okay, then riddle me this: which shooter DOESN'T go boom?

onlooker OP ,

That's a good one. True enough, Splatoon doesn't go boom, it goes splat.

onlooker ,

Are action RPGs okay? If so, Ys: Oath in Felghana. It's a remake of Ys III, which is also available on other platforms. However! The PSP version has features that other platforms do not, the main two being voice acting (other ports just have beeps when text is displayed) and a whole new mechanic, which is reminiscent of Final Fantasy's Limit Breaks.

One potential caveat, though: this is probably the hardest entry in the series. Fights are hard, but never cheap. If you're okay with that, you should have a good time.

onlooker ,

Counterpoint: I don't like having more than one package manager on my system, which means things like Flatpaks and Snaps are out. With AppImages, I just double-click on the executable and off it goes.

onlooker ,

True. I would consider another package manager if it integrated into my system nicely and if I had more than a few applications outside my regular package manager. But I only have like two AppImages on my PC anyway, so I don't mind updating them manually when I need to run them.

onlooker ,

To answer your second question: they advertise Signal as a secure and private messenger, so heavily using Google services would be kind of counter-productive. To answer your first question: here.

onlooker ,

"Suggestion #3 will shock you!"

Even RedHat is doing the clickbait thing now. Pitiful.

onlooker ,

How about Revolt? It's open source and it's pretty much a Discord clone.

onlooker ,

Sounds like a new market opening up. Anybody want to make anti-antivirus software?

onlooker ,

Syncthing is nice, but Localsend has a more user-friendly interface.

Players who don't like survival games as a genre: Which survival games are your personal exceptions, which ones have you enjoyed nonetheless and why?

Personally, I really don’t like most of these games due to the tedium and frustration that comes with hunger/thirst mechanics. Most of the exceptions that I do actually like either make up for it through something else that elevates the experience enough - or they either don’t have these mechanics or allow for players to...

onlooker ,

Does Terraria count? If so, Terraria.

onlooker ,

You should! The beginning may be a bit slow, but before long you’ll be building sweet bases or exploring the underground or doing whatever you like, really. It also has a ridiculous amount of content with even more to come next year, apparently. Also, no hunger/thirst mechanics! Like yourself, I don’t like 'em. Terraria has HP and MP, that’s it.

onlooker ,

Congratulations to everyone involved! I don’t use Windows anymore, but when I did, NPP was one of the first things to get installed. Super useful.

onlooker ,

Man, I wish Bandcamp would catch a break already, I actually like (liked?) the platform. I like supporting artists I like and I like supporting platforms that sell DRM-free music. If Bandcamp goes away and no other DRM-free alternative comes up, it’s back to piracy for me.

Does anyone actually successfully use OSMAnd or Organic Maps for navigation consistently?

I ask because I have tried both and neither consistently find destinations I need, and when they do, they don’t route me there in the fastest or most efficient way possible. My first experience with Organic Maps, for instance, tried to turn what was usually a 4 hour drive into a nearly 6 hour drive. I used Google Maps to get...

onlooker ,

EU here. I mostly user Organic Maps and navigation works fine, especially so when going hiking. Some kind souls have mapped even the minutest mountain path throughout the country. Seriously, I think I’ve only had one example where the path wasn’t on the map. And that was a wild trail. AND because I noticed in time, I tracked the trail from start to finish and added it to OSM later that day, so that’s no longer a problem. Gotta love it.

Looking up addresses though… That still needs improving.

onlooker ,

Let me just check out the window real quick. There may be flying pigs.

onlooker ,

Just go for whichever looks best for you, as long as it supports the EPUB file format, which is by far the most widespread ebook format nowadays. Be warned that the Kindle is particularly bad in this respect, because it only offers partial support for EPUB. You have to go through a whole spiel to get an epub file to your Kindle, whereas with most other e-readers, it’s just a matter of copying a file over to your device.

Here’s a comparison table for e-readers on Wikipedia. It may not be comprehensive, but it should give you an idea of what functions and/or features you’re looking for:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_e-readers

onlooker ,

Yeah, I only glanced at wikipedia’s e-reader comparison sheet and saw the word “Partial”, so that’s my bad. That said, transfering files to kindle still seems to be a pain. From Amazon’s page:

Upload documents through the web, an authorized email address, the Kindle app for iOS and Android devices, or a Send to Kindle application if available.

So, if I’m understanding this correctly, you can transfer files to your Kindle through:

  • a) Send to Kindle webpage
  • b) Email
  • c) An iOS or Android app
  • d) Send to Kindle application

For a) and c) to work, you need an Amazon account. b) seems to be a bit unorthodox, but sure. And for d) needs an application to be installed on your computer. Contrast that to, say, PocketBook, which simply shows up as a USB device and you just drag and drop your e-books into their designated folders. No account, email or app required.

EDIT: formatting

What are some FOSS programs that you think are a far better user experience than their counterparts? ( sh.itjust.works )

I used Plex for my home media for almost a year, then it stopped playing nice for reasons I gave up on diagnosing. While looking at alternatives, I found Jellyfin which is much more responsive, IMO, and the UI is much nicer as well....

onlooker ,

Agreed. I too like LibreOffice, but it still has a ways to go. I’ve shown it to a couple of people and they didn’t like it at all. Specifically, they mentioned the cluttered interface and unresponsiveness in some applications like Calc when dealing with massive spreadsheets. And dealing with massive spreadsheets is like half their job.

onlooker ,

Windows Media Player wrecked its own dumb self. It was good right up to Windows 2000 and Windows ME (which is a whole other kettle of fish), and then it got bloated, unintuitive and it kept nagging you for random shit. VLC is a great app, don’t get me wrong, the bar was not all that high is what I’m saying.

onlooker ,

I missed that part. Where can I read more about this con?

onlooker ,

As a Switch owner, fuck this. This is reason enough for me to stop buying games on the Switch and go full piracy/emulation mode. I don’t have any Denuvo games on my PC and I am not having any on my Switch.

onlooker ,

Oh, my poor, poor wallet. I loved C:S and this just looks better in every way. Well, except Linux support, but hopefully Steam Play will be able to mitigate that.

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