floppybutton

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[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Free market baby!

If only we had a way to predict this exact scenario.

Except when they play uncle touchy like Matt Gaetz and the Shitstain-in-Chief

Literally Shitler

For sure, you never lose your right to complain. But be fair to yourself too, even if you complained incessantly, you stuck it out (and what is a Linux user without incessant complaining?).

The point is what you said though, they could very easily solve an issue that could be preventing a large group of potential users from adopting... because the maintenance team doesn't want to update the installation guide or the file names. Again, it's a very Linux thing for them to take that position. And that's why I end up recommending an Ubuntu spin to people, even though I think the whole package that Mint presents is nicer out of the box.

[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I love Mint. It's still my favorite Debian-rooted distro, even though I moved on from it more than a decade ago. But their refusal to adapt their install image to newbie-proof it frustrates me so much. I can't think of another mainline distro that's given me any problems in creating install media or installing, and that makes it impossible for me to recommended Mint to anyone who won't have me over their shoulder during the install process.

I commend you for sticking to it and figuring out what the issue and fix were. 90% of users would have given up, reinstalled Windows, and went on Reddit to complain about how shitty Linux is.

I keep coming back to KDE time and time again. It's so easy to mess with, I can set it up exactly how I like it without much effort, and it always looks good because someone else did all the work making themes and widgets I use.

That said, I love XFCE, I'm just trash with CSS so it takes me forever to get it how I like, and on my Surface I can't get the scaling to work so everything is beyond tiny.

[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oh I think it's a great idea, and I love CA. Unfortunately, I don't live there so I wouldn't be able to reap the rewards. Though if it were really going to happen, I know there'd be a lot of chuds selling cheap and running for the midwest so I'd definitely make the move. Right now my job has me anchored on the other coast so I only get to be in CA for a couple of weeks a year (incidentally, for work).

[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess it's just another type of... Draft dodging.

[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Ooh that's a tough one. I mean, CA, NY, and MA are all pretty good choices. But I think CA would be the best pick if you could only get one. Though MA would be a surer bet on the referendum outcome, I think. Lots of people in northern CA are redneck AF.

[–] floppybutton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dammit, now I'm gonna have "da da de dah dah dah da dee dee dah" looping in my head all day.

Doesn't change the fact that I'd be happier than a pig in shit if my (already blue) state was annexed by Canada.

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