to some disappointment is still using Mesa 25.1 series graphics drivers

Good call IMO, my distro just upgraded to MESA 25.3, and I’ve had problems with black screens in games since that. I even tried switching to older kernels and since it’s apparently not the kernel, my guess is on the MESA driver.

PS:
I use a Radeon RX 6600 XT GPU, and it has worked fine for years before the upgrade.
I checked the cabling first, and that the card was firmly socketed, but they are fine, and it clearly happened after the kernel/MESA upgrade??? It doesn’t happen in desktop, only in games.

It was never a major part of my job description, and I lost interest doing small hobby projects.

OK thanks for clarifying. 👍

it being not obvious what happens under the hood

To me it feels like it does things I didn’t ask it to. So I’m not 100% in control 😋

the idiomatic version of a loop in Rust usually involves iterators and function composition.

What? You need to make a function to make a loop? That can’t be right???

C-loops are easy for me to understand.

Absolutely, the way C loops work is perfect. I’m not so fond of the syntax, but at least it’s logical in how it works.

OK that’s new to me, I have to admit I haven’t been looking at it for years, I do not feel comfortable following Microsoft specifications, as Microsoft has a long h9istory of fucking things up for others on purpose, and their safety record is probably among the worst in the industry.

I am willing to bet that the ownership paradigm that it enforces is going to feel at least moderately new to you

Absolutely, I am more used to program closer to the iron mostly C. My favorite was 68000 Assembly, python is nice, but I prefer compiled languages for efficiency. Although that efficiency isn’t relevant for basic tasks anymore.

The compiler error messages sound extremely cool. 👍

Thanks, I might take a look at it just for fun. 😀

I would have guessed that mixing different programming languages would cause problems. But apparently it’s working well.
It’s been 20 years since I did any serious programming, so I’m a bit rusty, is that what Rust is for?

Only as long as Microsoft allow it, and only because a lot of work was put into that shit. The first couple of years it was very flaky.

OK so when did you hear of an actual successful attack that could have been avoided if the user had used secure boot?

Microsoft secure boot is 100% made to be a pain in the ass for Linux users. It doesn’t add any security, but is instead a huge added unnecessary risk factor for data loss for users.

(Translated)

The decision not to sell VLC represents an act of resistance against the increasing privatization of software. In an era when many free applications are monetized through advertising, subscriptions or data collection, VLC remains true to its original mission:

Cool 😎
And thanks. 👍 😀

Ardour is amazing.
https://ardour.org/

Edit Oh you have to expand entries that just has: NixOS, uspol
To see the actual post. Weird format?

But it would have been nice if you had pointed to something a bit more comprehensive, or at least made a summary of what the claim is based on.

I had a crisis too some years ago, when Windows 7 was the shit, I heard Windows 7 was very good (for Windows).
So I tried to dual boot Windows 7, goddam a load of crap!! I’ll never believe anyone claiming Windows is good again.
The structure of security is a bloody mess, providing worse security, while taking control away from the owner of the system.
And lack of package manager makes it ask for updates at the most inopportune moments. Just a tiny program like Adobe reader was super invasive, and was a major pain in the ass.

Windows is not in any way user friendly, it’s just what most people are used to.

Thanks for the chart. 👍
Tomato tomato.
I wrote profits, and from the chart you show, clearly above 50% of their revenue is from Windows and derived products.
Last I heard the profit margin for Windows and Office was around 90%, AFAIK by far the highest of the business. So I’m pretty sure that combined with Server products Search and the part of gaming that is on Windows, it will be very close to 80% of the profits.

Windows is only 12% of Microsoft’s revenue

That may be true, but a lot of their profits build on that Windows monopoly. I wouldn’t be surprised if about 80% of their profits depend on Windows.

This type of post used to be pretty popular in most Linux communities, laughing at how stupid Windows is, but apparently not anymore?

Go Bazzite, there has been a lot of talk about Bazzite lately, also on YouTube many have been reviewing it, like JayzTwoCents had a feature about it, which probably helped.
I haven’t tried it myself, but it’s great to see that it’s still possible to shake up the Linux community with a new approach.
Congratulations and best of wishes. 👍 🎈

What you say could be boiled down to:
If just everybody concentrated on making quality software for Windows, we could have much more quality software for Windows.

Your view is common but irrational.
The concept is described by Linus Torvalds as “Scratch your own itch”. The richness and diversity of Linux distros is a strength not a weakness.

If you want to make a Barbie themed distro you can. And if you want to, why should anyone try to prevent you?
If development was concentrated around fewer distros, it is far from a sure thing this development would go in the direction you would personally want. You would just have fewer options.