matt

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[–] matt 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, because I want my friends (who aren't tech orientated) and interest groups (which aren't tech orientated) to be on the Fediverse.

They're always complaining about this, that, and the other about the big platforms but they have so many hang ups regarding Fedi software, so they don't use them.

A lot of it is perception, but you have to try and make it so people don't have those perceptions or break them.

[–] matt 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, the point of the 4 day work week is that it will become the new standard for full time work, rather than the current 5 days.

So all your points are kind of moot, as they will ideally be addressed through cultural changes, employee expectations, or regulation.

[–] matt 14 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I have worked in service/retail, and this argument doesn't make a lot of sense. Most service/retail is actually 7-day weeks, but the workers average out to 5-day weeks with rotating shifts etc.

All that would have to happen is the workers now average out to 4-day weeks, with a similar level of pay (which is what the 4-day week advocates are asking for).

The 4-day week isn't about office workers, it's about everyone.

[–] matt 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd really love to see the conservatives completely collapse like this, although I suspect it isn't going to happen. One can dream though.

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

Debian doesn't push the responsibility to the user to finish setting things up though, it is designed to be complete out of the box, especially since Debian 12.

For what it's worth on my computer with a GTX 1650 and Debian 12, I am unable to use Wayland at all as the drivers simply do not work (yes, this is the nvidia-driver package, not nouveau). On Plasma, everything seems to move at a snail's pace, and on GNOME the desktop is constantly flickering and showing old portions of the screen. X11 is perfectly fine though.

On my cheap laptop with integrated AMD graphics though? Debian 12 with Wayland works like a charm and has no issues.

So, I'm going with nvidia being the problem here.

[–] matt 1 points 1 year ago

I don't get this take - because if this was the plan, why not just shut Twitter down straight away instead of whatever is going on right now?

The actions of the platform don't indicate they're trying to kill it, just that they have really bad ideas trying to make money off it.

[–] matt 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry, but your logic doesn't follow. The installation is as easy as it possibly can be... which is incredibly easy, you just keep clicking next, put in your username / password, choose what drive you want to install on, and voilà, it is done!

...just like it is for Windows.

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

I'm not entirely sure how you expect Linux distributions to start coming pre installed on computers from major retailers.

It would be great to see, but it can't just happen without those retailers having a reason to sell them.

While there are systems that some companies sell with Linux on them, those companies are not where "normal people" are buying computers.

[–] matt 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hmm? I'm sorry, I'm not following because all distributions follow the same format here, which is that you flash an ISO to a USB stick (or other removable media).

This is, in fact, how it also works for Windows.

[–] matt 3 points 1 year ago

I definitely agree their website needs work, it is very confusing to browse if you need anything other than the net installer! I find everything else by using search engines instead.

[–] matt 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Your issue seems less the command line and that things aren't "working", or the tools you want aren't pre-packaged.

Using Arch Linux was not the best idea if you want something that "just works", as it works on a philosophy where you install the minimum amount required and then add things, such as drivers or packages, as you need them. In other words, it's a distribution where you know what you need for your system. It is also a command-line centric distribution, so it's strange that "GUI" is your bug bear when you picked one that deliberately forces command line.

Regarding overclocking and GPU configuration, you just get CoreCtrl, which even has a GUI.

Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely agree that everything should have a user interface as much as possible, but the whole "Linux means you have to use command line all the time!!" is simply just not true anymore, and I feel this issue comes from people recalling memories from 10 years ago or using distributions where command line is necessary, rather than something like Ubuntu or Linux Mint where it mostly isn't.

[–] matt 11 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Have people installed Debian since Debian 12? The installer is very straight forward, and Debian 12 also comes with all the firmware modules to make things "just work" for people.

I would like to know exactly what Debian does wrong other than a blanket statement of "it's hard".

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