@sinbad i switched to linux when i was 25 years old, 19 years ago. i had to give up a few things but picked up a few others. can't say it didn't hurt, but i committed to the bit. i would say it takes about 3 years to acclimate, provided you don't periodically sneak out to secretly huff some colorful fenestres in the garage. needs a full detox.
@julienbarnoin@sinbad i started with gentoo, then arch and eventually stuck with ubuntu. it took me 3 years before i felt settled in. and i would say 3 years is a constant with many fundamental life changes: losing a partner, starting a new relationship, switching jobs, moving places. i often find after 3 years that i haven't had an annoying change-related event in a while.
@sinbad@julienbarnoin right. the hardware has to match the software. when i buy laptops, PC gear and so on, i always look up online for compliance and issues. it is difficult to retrofit hardware with proprietary drivers (whose license sometimes the IHV doesn't own, can you believe it!) for an open OS. and the reason for that is, well i said it before.
Does anyone know of any code laying around the net that distributes points on a mesh in a blue noise distribution?
A student intern i work with is looking for this. It's tempting to write it, but im also kinda swamped :X
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orenc thterodn goami soa
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orenc thte idn goamorsoa
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or nc thtgeidn ooamorsea
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@mrsbeanbag the sequences above btw have both been generated by the same algorithm: we interpolate two permutations of a string by collecting all swaps that would correct a character, sort by cost of swap (where smaller distance is cheaper), then each iteration pick either the cheapest, the most expensive, or the median expensive transform from all options (i forgot which ones i took)
I've been using Linux since it was first practically available (early 90's), UNIX before that, a variety of other OSs including UNIX derived NeXTSTEP, and I can genuinely say that Windows has many advantages and continues to do so.
Whilst part of the advantage comes from being the primary OS (for games, 96.76% market share on Steam), some comes from its feature set.
Most programs which work continue to do so (I have a 25 year old game I made, for which the installer and game still work).