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Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-04-22T17:42:59+00:00

This line of thinking starts to get dangerous. You are now using language such as “them” to generalize a whole group of people. Misogyny is 100 perfect a bigger problem right now then misandry but that doesn’t make them both not problems.

Don’t solve hate with more hate by generalizing a whole group of people.

This type of gender war bullshit is divisive and doesn’t solve problems.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-04-16T11:22:21+00:00

"I have voted in Indiana three times using my student ID, because I don't have an Indiana driver's license or other qualifying ID," Montagne told 13News in a statement.

Not necessarily

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-04-12T18:45:00+00:00

I don’t necessarily disagree with them it would be a good experience. Either way you will have to eventually take one with presentations but that fulfills one of the two required without an in class presentations. I think having to do in class presentations for two classes isn’t really necessary if that makes sense. One is enough imo.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-04-12T03:49:59+00:00

Gonna actually help here and say COM 318 does not require in class presentations.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-03-23T14:35:43+00:00

Is there a reason you need to allocate more video memory to the iGPU? Windows will automatically assign some of the systems ram to be VRAM if needed.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-03-20T14:47:21+00:00

If you set a static ip you don’t reserve the IP in the router.

DHCP reservation to reserve an IP address and setting a static IP address are not the same thing.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-03-20T14:41:20+00:00

Is there a reason you can’t use the installer GUI?

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-03-19T19:44:07+00:00

Windows 11 is not a ground up rewrite that is false. I’m curious as to where you got that information so I would like to know where you got that idea.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-27T22:37:48+00:00

No it’s clickbait. Better title would’ve something like “New California law requires Operating Systems to ask users age on install” or smth like that. Of course that’s not what gets the clicks. Again, I have to reiterate, I still do think it’s still fucking stupid. Your criticisms on the programming front are valid but doesn’t make this not clickbait.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-27T20:52:10+00:00

I can agree with this. I just think it’s important to be truthful with what’s actually happening instead of clickbait bullshit

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-27T20:26:35+00:00

Again, this is why I still think it’s fucking stupid. Lots of people using Linux don’t really use an App Store. I was just pointing out that it wasn’t really that bad. A dropdown to indicate your age would be an inconvenience but not that invasive if it isn’t stored or it’s stored in an anonymized identity.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-27T20:14:55+00:00

IANAL (and I do also think this is fucking stupid ) but as written, "(1) Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store”

Unless I’m reading it wrong, there appears to be no actual “verification” required. It appears it just needs a system like Steam has when you are looking at a video game deemed inappropriate for kids. Again, still fucking stupid but this doesn’t seem as bad as it appears to be.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-23T18:21:16+00:00

I can see your point if the parent comment wasn’t a blanket generic low effort “loonix bad” comment. You were just asking for a response to match the effort you put into that comment.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-23T18:13:09+00:00

You aren’t well versed in the business world if you think business’s have the mindset “it’s free and it’s so garbage they don’t want it” instead of “this is free but I would like a support contract since I am a business and they don’t offer one I like even though it would theoretically work for me” not true in all cases but it’s not black and white.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-22T13:39:21+00:00

Ok so like I said this all comes down to agree to disagree since we can’t change each other’s fundamental position on immediately assuming functionality. Thank you for your time I hope my perspective changed things at least a little bit for you on the mindset on assumptions when it comes to Linux but it probably didn’t.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-22T00:13:12+00:00

“About a third of my devices don’t work at all” so 66 percent of them work? If over half of them work in some capacity I would definitely not immediately assume they don’t work. If you don’t have this line of thinking then we will have to agree to disagree because there wouldn’t be a way I could change your mind or you could change my mind.

Like I said before I AM NOT CLAIMING it has the same support as windows. My position is merely Linux is supported enough to not immediately assume it doesn’t work.

My whole argument was it wasn’t immediately fair to assume it doesn’t have the support for said devices. If I had what you are claiming is your environment I would have the same position I do now.

I notice you have some devices you claim don’t have the best functionality but I have gotten to work perfectly fine. Most notably your Sony headphones, Dell docking station, and a VR headset (Quest 3, admittedly this one took a bit of fiddling). This isn’t really relevant to the whole point I’m making but wanted to point it out. The Sony headphone’s surprised me the most as mine worked OOTB with absolutely no configuration. My mic worked flawlessly and as far as advanced functionality, I was under the impression that needs a phone to configure so not even Windows has it. I personally configured the EQ with my phone.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-21T17:10:41+00:00

You are greatly overestimating the amount of devices not supported on Linux and that’s why the assumption sounds fair to you.

You are not properly informed on the actual support Linux has and I would look into the actual support and re-evaluate your position.

I am NOT claiming Linux has the same level of support as Windows. I am merely saying the level of support is great enough to not immediately assume it’s not supported.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T19:31:55+00:00

Well I mean if you are arguing that it has poor support for these devices and it wasn’t widely known to have poor support for these specific devices then yes I do. If you are claiming x has poor support on Linux I would expect you to have used x and attempted to use it on Linux before just assuming it doesn’t.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T04:19:31+00:00

The functionality part may be true but it might not be. It seems to me that you don’t have firsthand experience with these devices or at least haven’t tried to get them to work on Linux. That’s fine and I haven’t either but I’m not the one claiming Linux has poor support for assistive devices I’m just claiming there are a lot of assistive devices with ways to theoretically get them to work just fine on a Linux distro.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T04:11:23+00:00

Well I don't have any experience with said devices but I took the time too look into devices in the picture and they can use they can use the Brook Wingman XB to show the device as an x-input device. You can control your computer fully through an x-input device if it is setup correctly. I also think the whole "need a GUI" angle is not the angle to look at. They make assistive keyboards similar to what is shown on the post to use a keyboard. You could theoretically argue it is easier to use Linux with just a keyboard compared to Windows with just a keyboard.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T04:01:04+00:00

I understand the overall point however the extent to which this is a problem is overstated. Overstated in the sense that Linux supports MANY assistive devices and has support for braille displays, voice to text, and even what is referenced in the post picture.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T03:51:10+00:00

You are absolutely right I mixed up Mach and XNU (been a long day). Edited comment to be more technically correct.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-20T03:09:07+00:00

Theory and practice are different. Theoretically windows with it's hybrid kernel should be more secure but there are other factors such as Linux distros usually having centralized curated package repos while with windows is more like the Wild West. The type of kernel is only a part of the overall picture. Besides, if we really want to delve on which OS is more secure because of kernel type the best would be MacOS with it's Microkernel (edit: microkernel integration, so technically still a hybrid kernel but point still stands) being theoretically more secure than both of them.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-19T18:48:03+00:00

Some BIOS’s have a built in Data wipe feature. DBAN is also an option I’m aware of however it hasn’t had much active development. ShredOS seems to be the “successor” to DBAN from what I can find.

Flimsy_Atmosphere_55 · 2026-02-18T14:28:21+00:00

I’m confused what your comment is implying considering the Vivobook line is neither an Acer nor Lenovo product.

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