AlexanderESmith

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[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

SSO can be afforded by more than just cloud services. Look into OpenLDAP.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are absolutely online stores that do that, but they're usually gamer-focused, so there's three issues;

Note: I'm taking about laptops, because it's all I've bought for the last decade or more;

  • The non-gamer focused stores rarely (if ever) have the option (Lenovo, Dell, Microsoft, etc).

  • The gamer focused stores usually sell hardware that runs Linux like shit because the hardware needs extremely specific drivers (which isn't necessarily an issue for Linux, but if it doesn't exist yet, you're either building them yourself, or waiting for someone else to do so).

    • Note: Most Clevo systems - that are private-labeled by the likes if IBuyPower, OriginPC, etc - run Linux really well. Some of these sellers make custom hardware, or sell other private-label systems, so your milage may vary.
  • The gamer focused stores are usually patroned by people who are all in on Windows gaming, because they don't do much else with the system, so they don't experience the kinds of annoyances that power users would gripe about (which is why the above point doesn't compel those sellers to do anything different).

    • And before someone corrects me: Gamers are not inherently power users, they just have powerful systems. It used to be that powerful systems were only buildable and maintenable by power users, but that hasn't been true for years. If all you do is install and click "play", you aren't a power user.

As for desktops, I really couldn't say. Haven't been paying attention for years. It's possible that you could buy a system without a hard drive, never mind an OS.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I may be spoiled in that I don't play AAA multiplayer games, but I do play AAA single player and indie single/multiplayer (usually the type where one of the players is also the server, e.g. Terraria).

Been running Linux on my systems for more than a decade, and - especially since Proton/SteamDeck enchantments made their way upstream - I haven't had any major ssues (except having to wait a while to play RDR2-PC in Ubuntu because of a weird game-specific graphics card driver issue, but even that was fixed in due course).

Fuck Windows, and fuck the assertion that it's the only way to run games.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You almost just killed me right now. Literally couldn't breathe xD

Same for the people in court next to Farty McTrumpPants too, probably x'D

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

"Orange man with small hands does another illegal thing, this might be the end"

It never is. Fuck you to every sensationalistic "news" outlet that continues to post the same artcle with differnt herbs and spices for the 10,000th time.

He's a douchebag. We all know already. Shut the fuck up about it unless he's in jail or dies. Then shut the fuck up about his dumbass kids. I don't want to start hearing about them for the next 40 years after I'm finally rid of their asshole father.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Usually they just over-pay for their computer because you can't really buy a system without Windows pre-installed (unless you build it).

I have so many computers that came with Windows installations that I never even booted into.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I mean, my first reply to OP literally said the same thing, but sure, it's me moving the goal posts.

And I'm not talking about private as in "who owns and has 'rights' to the data" because "discord is s private company with TOS" (which offers zero protection, since scrapers don't care about TOS, even when the scraper is a major company - See StabilityAI, Google, et al).

I'm taking private as in "not any random person can log in and see it". Private discord servers and DMs don't appear to be included. That's the "private" I'm taking about.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@admin

Imagine having private conversations in private.

This data was apparently scraped from public channels.

[–] AlexanderESmith@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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