silentTeee

silentTeee, 1 month ago

I wish I could up-vote more than once…

silentTeee, 2 months ago

Looks awesome! I love witnessing all the progress the System76 team is making. It really makes it seem like anything is possible.

silentTeee, 3 months ago

In a similar vein, Evelyn Wang from Everything Everywhere All At Once… She may not start out badass, but oh boy does that change

silentTeee, 3 months ago

They are. Which is why these people go for FWB…if they can even get that

silentTeee, 7 months ago

You know, I had never noticed this correlation until you brought it up, but it’s kind of sad how accurate it is…

silentTeee, 7 months ago

It’s funny you mention this, because a few days ago I went to my local market to grab milk, and the regular milk was more expensive that the plant-based milk…never thought I’d see this day in the US!

silentTeee, 8 months ago

So I kind of get this, but from what I can understand it’s more tedious from a DevOps perspective to switch package management systems than to just switch to repositories that target older software versions. Hence why I’m curious as to whether simply basing off of Debian-testing like Ubuntu does is the most likely outcome.

As for NVIDIA support, I was playing around with the latest Debian release and almost immediately noticed that the NVIDIA proprietary packages were available by default. In other words, Debian seems to be just as inclined to support an NVIDIA setup as Ubuntu does out of the box now.

silentTeee, 8 months ago

This is an interesting perspective! So then by that logic, is there a possibility that Canonical will try and pressure System76 to officially switch to snaps over flatpaks?

silentTeee, 8 months ago

See, this is why I was curious if they would just set their own release schedules and run based off of Debian-testing. But I guess that would be a lot more work, and they’d effectively be duplicating Canonical’s effort, in a sense.

silentTeee, 8 months ago

See, this was my thought as well. Canonical seems to be going the way of RedHat, and I understand that they need to turn a profit, but my understanding is also that most of their money comes from server support. Not really sure how much they can squeeze out of Desktop users, but I guess that’s what snaps are for…

silentTeee, 8 months ago

Oh, absolutely. Regardless of the underlying distro, COSMIC is set to be an epic DE experience.

silentTeee, 8 months ago

Interesting, I didn’t realize that. Thanks for clarifying!

silentTeee, 8 months ago

Interesting two cents! Your line of reasoning is pretty thorough, and I think your educated guesses are fairly sounds! Thanks for contributing! I agree, while switching to Debian as a base would certainly be a lot of work, System76 has definitely gone above and beyond in far more complex ways, particularly with their COSMIC DE effort.

silentTeee, 8 months ago

So something I just thought of, and I’m surprised nobody brought up (well, I guess some did indirectly, it just wasn’t obvious to me): A major benefit of basing off of Ubuntu is more up-to-date hardware support. While it’s true that Debian now supports non-free firmware by default, that doesn’t mean that it will be recent.

Debian support for hardware is truly impressive, but it ultimately lags behind because Debian prioritizes stability over new features. This is why routine Debian updates only cover severe bugs and security issues, and from what I can tell that also is the case for hardware support and the kernel.

Ubuntu tries to keep in step with new hardware releases, which makes much more sense for power users like engineers, developers and gamers, all of which seem to be key consumers of System76 hardware. Basing off of Ubuntu makes it easier to satisfy that clientele. I imagine it also makes submitting upstream fixes for hardware-related packages easier.

silentTeee, 8 months ago

Most underrated rom-com of its generation, I tell ya!

Sauce: Seto no Hanayome

silentTeee, 10 months ago

Wait where is this from?? I demand sauce!

silentTeee, 11 months ago

This would honestly be pretty nice as there aren't that many modern routers that support FOSS firmware options. It would be pretty amazing to have a System76 desktop setup with a monitorand keyboard, and a router to boot!

silentTeee, 11 months ago

...shoot, you're right it is gross...have any tips on good cleaning routines, chemicals or tools? I'm worried about typical household cleaners ruining my nice keyboard.

silentTeee, 11 months ago

As someone who really only went on Reddit for memes and techie discussions, I think I can say this: for my use-case, there was nothing special about Reddit itself. In fact, one thing I have realized is just how little the nature of the host matters beyond ease of use. Sure, certain formats lend themselves better to certain use-cases, but ultimately humans are social creatures, and even in the most inconvenient of circumstances, we find a way to make it work.

And once you realize that, it becomes less about the medium, and more about the people who lead the discourse. From what I can gather, Reddit lost that discourse a long time ago. And as such, their downfall was only a matter of time.