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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't remember the last time I saw a big ol' loading bar, honestly. Maybe a small one in steam?

SSDs have made it a rarity for me.

[–] samus12345 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Downloads. SSD doesn't help much there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But then you get a download rate and watching the bar is pointless

[–] samus12345 7 points 1 year ago

I've had ones that don't show a rate, and it's maddening. Usually something like downloading an MMO through a launcher.

[–] jaybone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brew and yum and apt do this in ascii.

EDIT I don’t know about Pacman. I don’t use arch.

[–] mingistech 6 points 1 year ago

You obviously don’t work in IT.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OS install. Even then, it's not much of a chance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

And windows just displays a %age. Linux of course depends on the distro

[–] buddhabound 3 points 1 year ago

I literally used this method while stuck in the Ticketmaster queue for Taylor Swift tickets.