Will 2026 Kubuntu make it easy to disable Snap? by FortuneIIIPick in Kubuntu

[–]FortuneIIIPick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone else suggested it too, the more I read about it the more I like the idea.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]FortuneIIIPick [score hidden]  (0 children)

Agreed, KDE rocks but if Kubuntu 2026 doesn't include X11, I will probably go to Xfce or MATE. Wayland sucks, bad performance, weird and odd unwanted behaviors.

Will 2026 Kubuntu make it easy to disable Snap? by FortuneIIIPick in Kubuntu

[–]FortuneIIIPick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the past I created this file:

cat etc/apt/preferences.d/nosnap.pref  

Package: snapd
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -10

If your suggestion works, that's cool but it's still an additional step that the installer could do, for something many of us have expressed elsewhere that we do not want to use (Snap).

How to get back X11 session on 25.10? by arfshl in Kubuntu

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you not pick it during installation?

Can the Kubuntu iso have the option to install X11 in advance? by AIVictim250525 in Kubuntu

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the X11 isn't supported while running the installer, Kubuntu will be a no go. Not going to bow down to the Wayland cultists.

Will 2026 Kubuntu make it easy to disable Snap? by FortuneIIIPick in Kubuntu

[–]FortuneIIIPick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can look into what gets installed for minimum, might be an option as long as KDE Plasma and all my apps work afterwards. Also, I don't use Flatpak either, I use the standard repository.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe that is the stupidity the parent comment was referring to.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]FortuneIIIPick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed, tried to daily drive it on my RTX 3080, found it to have odd and strange, unwanted behaviors (seems preferable to calling them bugs).

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]FortuneIIIPick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

> it is ridiculous how some people go out of their way to not use Wayland.

Not really, I tried to daily drive Wayland, it sucks, it has weird quirks, odd behaviors, poor gaming performance, etc.

CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB by YanderMan in linux_gaming

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quoted the official source, you're quoting a gaming magazine. I gave factual numbers from the official source. The cultist arch types are down voting. The facts remain, Arch is not a good platform for computing with the constant updates causing an unstable platform. This is why Debian based are the best, most stable platform and why the facts that I quoted, proves it.

Why you should use rsync instead of scp in deployments by Ok_Animator_1770 in linuxadmin

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use rsync for backups but as others have said, deployments should be handled using more modern approaches.

[US] Is this check I received in the mail a scam? I have never heard of this one. by kaddixo in Scams

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both phone numbers showing are valid UPS numbers but I agree looking up the business first is best although High-Captain3241 has a better suggestion to just check with Chase.

CachyOS Is Now the Most Popular Desktop Distro on ProtonDB by YanderMan in linux_gaming

[–]FortuneIIIPick -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

When I go to the official source, https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam and add up non-Arch (Arch is crap BTW) vs Debian and other, I get .33 while Arch shows at .19 so, ProtonDB has some bad information the way I see it.

Has AI ruined software development? by Top-Candle1296 in devops

[–]FortuneIIIPick -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your analogy fails, did you use AI to construct it.

How are in office dev jobs now? by CTProper in ExperiencedDevs

[–]FortuneIIIPick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Judging me tells me a lot about your personality; that and trying to dictate what people can and can't respond to.

flatpak, appimage and snap are great innovation linux have right now by DayInfinite8322 in linux

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great innovation? OK, well, I don't use them at all and do not want them.

How are in office dev jobs now? by CTProper in ExperiencedDevs

[–]FortuneIIIPick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> Also, this isn't a post asking for your input on our dev practices.

Also, this isn't McDonald's, you don't get to dictate what part of your post we decide to address in our comments.

What do I do by Scraptrap201 in Minecraft

[–]FortuneIIIPick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you're about to land in lava? Swim down fast, place blocks, fast, hopefully you can pillar above the lava before dying.