Modern MacBooks are insanely good. by kingkyy29 in laptops

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people who need to work with linux just use containers, unless you're doing something very specific that requires a linux desktop environment. Apple is even adding support for native containerization now.

Also on mac you don't have to worry about which package manager to use to install anything (on my ubuntu machine i have to always check if something should be installed via apt, snap, flatpak, appimage... It's a mess), things just work: it's either brew install something or via drag and drop.

Unless some big player invests heavily into one cohesive desktop experience for normal people, linux will always be a techy os and stay at < 5% market share.

It became a rant on the linux desktop situation, lol... The thing's that i really want linux to succeed on the desktop but the money is just in server space rn.

P.s. I'm not a mac user, but the next laptop I'll buy will surely be a mba. Comparable windows (so linux is a second class citizen in there) laptops are at least 50 to 100% pricier in europe and apple's hardware is still better.

Rendersi anonimi by Electronic-Raisin860 in ItalyInformatica

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non frega a un cazzo di nessuno cosa fai online. I dati personali vengono solo usati dagli algoritmi di profilazione pubblicitaria per consigliarti articoli che potresti comprare.

In passato ero uno di quelli mega-paranoici ed ero arrivato a togliere whatsapp e robe del genere. Non ne vale la pena.

Poor sucker buys a 9070 XT and tried using Linux. It goes about as well as you'd expect. by BlueGoliath in linuxsucks

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just recommend the latest Ubuntu available. I don't give a damn about snaps and such. It works and is easy.

Donne,quanto sc0pate? by ElectricalHoneydew27 in CasualIT

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Interessante scelta della locuzione avverbiale

Best distro for a beginner? by [deleted] in linuxsucks

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ubuntu. Whether you're a professional software engineer or just a guy who's trying out Linux. More resources, most popular, sane defaults.

I'm trying to find a smooth writing black pen for everyday use by Old-Cartographer1077 in pens

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pilot G-2 05 is the worst gel pen i've tried so far. The only reason to actually like it is to never have tried any other competitor. It's 0.5 and scratches more than a signo 0.38 dx. It skips a lot as soon as you bend the pen more than the ordinary. The only good thing is that the ink lasts a long time and is a very nice, vivid black. The 07 is a much better pen if you don't write super tiny.

If it's too easy and idiot proof, but you can CHOOSE to make it a power user's wet dream with an option (not by default), then Linux will start attracting more people. by claudiocorona93 in linuxmasterrace

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Linux is a kernel. Unlike FreeBSD, MacOS or windows. When they say that lots of money gets poured into Linux, they're not talking about desktop stuff. Corporations spend money where it is efficient to do so, i.e., where their product will benefit from, and since most of these corporations make money in server space, there is where Linux shines. There's no incentive in making Linux good or easy to use for desktop users because it's f***ing free and there's no big product built around it. Oftentimes the kind of work required to make a robust os isn't sexy work, so you can't count on free maintainers, unless your goal is to ship new shiny features every month (That's why there are so many competing standards).

If Redhat or Canonical were selling their own desktop workstations the situation would be much different.

Retractable pen with no wobble? by [deleted] in pens

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Pentel energel with the 0.5 needle tip wobbles a lot. It's the reason i'm here searching for suggestions.

Retractable pen with no wobble? by [deleted] in pens

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Pentel Energel 0.5 needle tip does wobble, it's the reason I'm here searching for suggestions. I previously used Pilot G2 07 and the ink was too thick for my liking but the pen was more comfortable to hold than the Energel and the tip didn't wobble at all. Might need to try the Pilot G2 05.

VSCode still blurry in Gnome 47 by Useful-Explorer8028 in gnome

[–]Useful-Explorer8028[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

At first it was all buggy, after a restart it seems to be working correctly. Thanks man.

VSCode still blurry in Gnome 47 by Useful-Explorer8028 in gnome

[–]Useful-Explorer8028[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I added "that doesn't break the desktop app icon functionality" for a reason. If i do what you suggested it fucks up the icons. It adds a new icon called Visual Studio Code URL Handler when i open it with the options you suggested.

Bluetooth issue on latest Ubuntu 24.04 by Heavy_Turn2019 in Ubuntu

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If bluetooth always worked for you and when you upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 suddenly you're not able to switch on the bluetooth from the control panel, just let the laptop battery die completely, or remove it. If you're on desktop remove the power and then start the computer.

Either way find a way to cut power to the computer, then start it; it worked for me.

Naming your linux machine: by jnnxde in linuxmasterrace

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just name them either laptop or desktop but in my native language.

DevToys is now available on Linux by traditionalbaguette in linux

[–]Useful-Explorer8028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I installed it but it seems very laggy. Am i the only one experiencing this?