OldFartPhil

joined 1 year ago
[–] OldFartPhil 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Login issue reportedly fixed with 0.18.2 update: Lemmy.world updated to 0.18.2

[–] OldFartPhil 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still favor native packages, but I don't have a problem with Flatpaks. I'll use them when a program isn't available in the repo or there's a compelling reason to have a never version of an application. I'm on Debian Stable, so I'm obviously not obsessed with having the newest, shiniest version of everything.

[–] OldFartPhil 2 points 1 year ago

116 °F (47 °C) during the 2021 Western North America heat wave
7 °F (-14 °C) in Mammoth Lakes, CA

[–] OldFartPhil 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What about running the Flatpak version of Brave? Flatpaks are containerized and should contain compatible libraries.

[–] OldFartPhil 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

To add to what @lordnikon said, the program is called Software & Updates and I'm pretty sure it's installed by default in GNOME (don't know about other DEs).

Software & Updates Screenshot

[–] OldFartPhil 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a boomer and I'm here. Although I'm probably the exception since I've never had a Facebook account and you couldn't pay me enough to touch anything Meta. Probably because I fit the rest of OP's criteria: way over 30, tech worker, Linux user.

[–] OldFartPhil 2 points 1 year ago

Paper mills smell like hydrogen sulfide - rotten eggs. It's a byproduct of the pulping process. It's bad, but some of the smells described here sound much worse. Source: the town I live in used to have an operating paper mill.

[–] OldFartPhil 3 points 1 year ago

Sure. They'd probably have different haircuts and different clothes, but great talent is timeless.

[–] OldFartPhil 5 points 1 year ago

I'm on Fark more than I used to be on Reddit. It's still my go-to for political discussions and kept me sane during the Trump years. Honestly, the community is pretty good there and there's a nice balance between insightful comments and snark. But Reddit was better for hobbyists, niche interests and tech discussions and I'm hoping those communities will develop here on Lemmy.

[–] OldFartPhil 91 points 1 year ago (28 children)

As @flloxlbox said, it will either happen organically or users will decide to merge communities, like the Android community did. It's the way federation works, it's not something that can be forced on people.

[–] OldFartPhil 7 points 1 year ago

Same here. I've worn contacts for 50 years (my user name isn't a lie). A few minutes of inconvenience at the beginning and end of the day, and I don't have to think about my vision aids the rest of the time. And I can walk in the rain and still see!

[–] OldFartPhil 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

GNOME. Been using Linux since before GNOME Shell was a thing and when it became a thing it just clicked for me. In my opinion, it's by far the most polished DE and provides the most elegant and intuitive launcher and workspace switcher of any DE or OS I've used. At least they did, until they fucked it up by moving from vertical to horizontal workspaces and made the workspace previews so small you can no longer see what's in them.

Which is the downside of GNOME. Sometimes their developers are their own worst enemies. Fortunately, there are usually extensions to fix the most egregious "enhancements".

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