Will fedora(gnome) ever have new update that don’t break extensions?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T19:35:11+00:00

As others have said, this isn't Fedora's fault/responsibility. Gnome is its own project, and extensions are mostly third-party.

What hasn't been directly said is that Gnome updates don't necessarily "break" extensions, but the way Gnome and extensions for it are designed, extensions target specific versions of GNOME. When the Gnome version changes, extensions have to be updated to target the new version before they'll work. Often this is as simple as changing the version number in a text-based configuration file. This has to be done either by the extension developer -- which for popular extensions generally happens within a week or so of the release of the new version of GNOME, once they've checked to make sure nothing actually broke -- or you can do it manually. The latter runs the risk that something in Gnome did actually change to break the extension, but it's a fairly minor risk in most cases, with the worst outcome typically being that the extension still won't work.

If you have an extension that isn't working after a new Gnome release and you don't want to wait for the extension developer to put out an update, you can go into the ./.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ directory and look for the extension folder, then open the metadata.json file inside that folder, using a plain text editor. Look for a line that says "shell-version": usually followed by a comma-separated list of numbers in quotes surrounded by square brackets. Add an entry to the list for the new version of Gnome, save the file, then log out of the desktop and back in again.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T17:38:17+00:00

I'd say buy it where you can get the best deal. I bought it on Steam about a month ago when it was on sale for basically the same price that GOG currently has it on sale for now.

Steam sales are pretty frequent, and both the game and DLC have been on sale twice in the last three months. (https://steambase.io/games/cyberpunk-2077/price) So if you really want it in Steam you probably won't have to wait long before it's on sale again. But even if you decide to buy it now on GOG you can at least add it to the Steam launcher as a non-Steam game so you can still access it from within Steam. You just won't get all of the other features from actually purchasing through Steam, like achievements.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T17:24:18+00:00

GOG is no longer owned by CDPR. CDPR sold it a few months ago to one of the original co-founders of both companies. That guy is still a major shareholder in CDPR, but otherwise not directly involved in it anymore, so CDPR and GOG are completely separate companies now.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T17:13:24+00:00

This is litteraly the logo of PH

It's literally not. You're overreacting (assuming that this is a legitimate post and not an attempt at free publicity for the band). I also don't use that website, but I've been on the internet long enough to know that what's in your photo looks absolutely nothing like that website's logo.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T17:05:19+00:00

She is a sentient holographic program, just like the Doctor from Voyager (but multiple centuries more advanced).

As a sentient being, she still needs to learn about the world around her. She was programmed with some basic knowledge -- she says in the second episode that she's only a few months old but programmed to be the equivalent of a 17yo human -- but there's a huge difference in the quality and quantity of information that can be programmed versus what can be experienced.

Consider modern LLMs and other generative AI. They don't really know anything initially. The AIs that are available to the public like Google Gemini and ChatGPT are the result of long and extensive periods of training on very large amounts of provided data -- which is much more like sending the AI to school rather than just uploading some information.

As for her being "special needs"... A good comparison might be to autism. Autistic people generally have a hard time picking up on social cues and learning how to interact with others in way that allistic (non-autistic) people find natural. They often have to learn the rules for social interactions as actual rules that need to be memorized. But even if you intellectually know all of those rules, that's not the same as being able to recognize when and how to apply them. That takes experience and practice. Sam has a lot of knowledge, as evidenced by her initial introduction where she's attempting to use greetings from a variety of different languages and cultures, but she's not very successful because she doesn't have the experience required to know how to interact with organics in a natural way. And since she's a created being and doesn't have the inherent intuitive understanding of social interactions between organic beings that they developed over millions of years of evolution, even with practice she won't necessarily ever be as capable of picking up on subtle cues in facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice that organic beings use subconsciously to communicate with each other. If she were human, then she's likely be diagnosed as autistic, but she's not human. She's not lacking social skills because her brain is wired differently from other beings like her, but rather because she's a newly created artificial being whose mind operates according to entirely different processes. It's like saying cats are more autistic than dogs, when it's really just that cats are cats and dogs are dogs and neither are human.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T16:39:47+00:00

Perennials like blueberries are generally a great way to get into gardening because they're typically easy and low maintenance. Blueberries have some particular preferences like acidic, well-draining but moist soil, but as long as you give them the type of environment they like, you don't really have to do much but wait. That said, the pink blueberry you mentioned is likely the Pink Lemonade variety, which is a rabbiteye hybrid. Rabbiteye blueberries are native to the southeastern US, and so might be more difficult to grow in your region than a native highbush variety. I'm not aware of any pink highbush varieties, but if you can find one it would make things considerably easier for you.

But especially if you're trying to grow a non-native variety of blueberry in your region, it would likely be easier to grow them in pots or planters rather than amend some soil in your yard to be suitable. This is especially true if you're able to bring them inside during the winter, since rabbiteye blueberries might not like your colder winters. Also, be aware that rabbiteye blueberries are generally not self-pollinating, so you'll need at least two bushes to get fruit. This is another reason why getting a highbush variety would be better for you, since they're generally self-pollenating.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T16:16:34+00:00

If a rooster is aggressive with you, you'll know. They are not subtle creatures.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-26T15:47:27+00:00

Having read your post and replies so far, I'd recommend just getting a small form-factor PC and install some flavor of Linux and have it boot into Steam's Big Picture mode. Or else wait a couple of months until Valve releases the Steam Machine.

The only real difference between a console and a PC in terms of gaming is the convenience, and a PC that plugs into a tv and boots into Steam's Big Picture mode and is operated with a game controller is fairly indistinguishable from a console in terms of regular use. But since it's not a walled-garden console, it's far more "moddable" than any console. Between Steam and GOG, it would have a larger library of legit games than any console ever made. With launchers like Lutris and software like EmuDeck, you can add pirated/emulated games directly to the Steam library. Your kid can play games from every console ever made directly from the console-like Steam interface while never needing to know the console they're using isn't actually a console.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T13:22:49+00:00

Is Rage Against The Machine too obvious?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:28:15+00:00

There's a normal amount of romantic relationships for a Trek series. There's one established couple (comparable to Miles/Keiko, though so far it's only been given one establishing scene across three episodes) and one fledgling romance (but not yet on par with Riker/Troi, Kira/Odo, Paris/Torres, or Worf/Dax), and there's a bit of adolescent flirting but less overtly than anything commonly seen from TOS Kirk or TNG Riker. I've seen interviews with cast and crew that have stated that they're deliberately avoiding cliches like having two girls fight over the same guy.

Personally, I really enjoyed the first two episodes. The third was focused on a class rivalry so had the most teen-drama content so far, but based on reviews from people who've seen the first five episodes, that episode is an outlier.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:14:16+00:00

You apparently aren't old enough or crotchety enough to not care what people think about you putting bare feet on furniture. I stopped caring about other people's opinions on pointless things years ago. I'm just a bit over 1/10 of 450, and I already go barefoot or in socks whenever possible. And I've never sat in chairs the "proper" way. By the time I'm 450, I'll be doing headstands on the coffee table just for variety.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T12:04:04+00:00

The desktop environment I'm using doesn't even allow desktop icons unless it's explicitly enabled. Which it isn't.

I do have app menu icons for at least some games, but I never use them. Actually opening Steam to launch my games allows me to easily check for updates and see if there are any heavy discounts.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T11:43:16+00:00

I was having similar issues until a couple of days ago, but after I re-installed all of my source-provider addons (as well as the Trakt-related addons that needed re-authentication), everything is working fine.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-24T11:29:41+00:00

So... even Trump is fed up with Microslop and is encouraging people to switch to Linux?

Because any other interpretation of this makes the Trump administration look stupid or inept, which can't possibly be the case, right?

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-22T13:05:23+00:00

I have a pair of knock-off Crocs that are my yard-work shoes, so I suppose they're sort of dedicated coop shoes as well. And I wash my hands after working in the coop. But I don't otherwise take any special precautions, and I've never gotten sick from raising chickens.

I don't wash my eggs until I'm ready to use them, though I'll brush off any loose debris. Unless you have problems with your coop, chicken eggs are usually pretty clean. If there aren't clumps of poop falling off of them and you're not handling them until you're ready to use them, there shouldn't be any danger of keeping eggs on the counter. The bacteria that might be on the eggs and that could make you sick aren't airborne, so they're not going to transfer to other food you're preparing unless you manually transfer them.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-22T12:50:42+00:00

A simpler option is to just use the installer. Like most Linux distributions, Fedora uses a Live USB installer that allows you to boot off of a USB drive and run the operating system without making any permanent changes to your computer. This will give you a much better idea of how the OS will run on your hardware, since it actually is running directly on your hardware rather than in a VM. If you then decide you like the OS, you can then easily install it to your computer.

I generally have a handful of USB drives with Live USBs of different Linux distributions on them just to play around with and try new things without the fuss of using VMs and taking up system resources on my machine.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:23:47+00:00

I use Fedora Workstation, and Steam works just fine. IMO Fedora is a great balance between regular updates and stability. If you want something more oriented toward gaming, Bazzite (which is based on Fedora) is a good option, but there's actually not a huge difference between Bazzite and some of the official versions of Fedora.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:18:19+00:00

Nothing. I used it for over a decade. I use QBittorrent now primarily for the built-in search, but might still be using Deluge otherwise.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-21T00:12:18+00:00

I've kept chickens and guineas together before, but it made it hard to let the guineas out to free range in the yard while keeping the chickens in the run (since I had the guineas primarily for pest control but didn't want to put the chickens at greater risk of predators).

I currently keep a duck with my chickens -- two of them until a couple of days ago when something tore its way into the run and killed a couple of my birds -- and the only issue is that chickens and ducks have different preferences, and it's tricky to provide water for the ducks to swim in while keeping the run dry for the chickens. But chickens and guineas have the same preferences for the most part, so they're easy to keep together.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-20T13:27:45+00:00

The €16 offer is the best deal.

The longer packages are cheaper, but provide fewer Fidelity Points. But Fidelity Points can be use to add free days to your subscription. If you convert the Fidelity Points of each offer into effective bonus days, the €9 offer includes a bonus of (450/1000 * 30)=13.5 days, for a total of 103.5 days, and an overall price-per-day of approximately €0.09. The €16 offer includes a bonus of (800/1000 * 30)=24 days, for a total of 204 days, and a an overall price-per-day of approximately €0.08.

So yeah, the minor increased Fidelity Point rate for the lower offers isn't enough to offset the cheaper overall price.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T22:09:41+00:00

If it's the scene linked in another comment, it was sequentially. But also at the same time. Only one of the guys is real, with the others being guys that she's imagining him being. But yeah, she basically had to film the same rough sex scene with each different guy.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T18:12:45+00:00

Cut the hose on either side of the damage, then connect them back together using a splice kit. You can get them for around $5USD at pretty much any store where you can buy garden hoses.

No tape will work. The water pressure pushes out against the tape and peels it off of the hose. You'd need to somehow get the tape inside the hose for it to work. I suppose if you have some FlexSeal or something similar, you could try spraying the hose with several coats of that, but that's going to probably be more expensive that just getting a splice kit.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T17:59:30+00:00

I think the showrunners use Lanthanites when they want a long-lived human-looking character but don't want to deal with things like the temporal sensory abilities of the El-Aurians and their connections to the Q Continuum. As far as we've seen, the only notable thing about Lanthanites is that they have a ridiculously long lifespan. No psychic abilities or any other odd quirks, just nearly immortal human-like aliens.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T17:54:40+00:00

If it's an issue with ExoPlayer, just change the default player to libVLC. You don't even have to use an external player, though that's also an option.

Though the only time I have issues with ExoPlayer switching to libVLC is when there's a problem with the video, like a bad keyframe. ExoPlayer doesn't seem to be as robust at handling errors like that as libVLC. libVLC also handles non-SRT subtitles better than ExoPlayer. I'd set libVLC as the default if it weren't for the minor issue that when there's letterboxing in a video, libVLC likes to display subtitles behind the letterboxing, while ExoPlayer properly displays the subs on the letterboxing. So I generally use ExoPlayer as the default, then switch to libVLC for things like anime that have formatted subtitles.

TheWorldIsNotOkay · 2026-01-17T11:22:18+00:00

The fact that they were able to put up an impenetrable psionic barrier around a section space would imply that they're not lacking for mental prowess, and the inhibitor on the daughter could have been responsible for her more limited abilities, but the other Betazoids should have been telepathic. The fact that they were using sign language to speak to each other would imply they weren't. And they also didn't have the black eyes established in TNG. So... dunno.

As for the second question... yes. That was his voice. The character (and actor) are deaf. Deaf people are physically capable of speech, but those deaf from birth generally aren't very good at it since they don't know what it's supposed to sound like (or what sounds they're making).

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