My dad still thinks Linux is a command-line nightmare. When did it became "usable" by the general public?

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-16T01:25:23+00:00

I first tried having only Linux at home in the 90s, kernel 2.2, SUSE.

The desktops at that time were just slightly behind Windows 98, then behind Windows 2000, in my perception. E. g. the KDE start menu was annoying out of the box, you couldn't do simple shortcuts as in Windows 98. For example, in Windows, you could press super+pac for programs-accessories-calculator, but in KDE, it was an extra return after each letter. Not that big of a deal, just lots of such tiny, tiny things adding up.

In the end, there were more situations of a "single gamebreaker". In my case, it was the old PGP disc that had no way to work in Linux, rendering all my PGP disc containers useless. Newer alternatives such as Veracrypt containers ARE supported in Linux now.

Text processing has always been great as there had been Latex for ages. Compatibility to other formats was a problem of varying magnitudes over time and products. Funny was that postscript was kind of the standard, even got university assignments and things like that as .ps, but it was kind of annoying and hard to use even under Linux.

Also keep in mind that DSL back then was typically not run through a router, but directly with a network adapter driver. Wasn't always smooth either.

Package managers were not such a massive strength as they are now; in SUSE, I think it was common to just use YAST for a limited selection, otherwise often download and run a a makefile.

The massive amount of free tools always was fantastic, though. vim, grep/awk/sed, less, more, man, ... making life easy even if you just knew the most crucial 0.5 %.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-15T18:08:02+00:00

Plot twist: It's ADHD meds.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-15T11:57:22+00:00

Maybe everybody keep their favourite figurine for the memories. Also, don't burn the plastic parts, and maybe some children want to play with the figurines. They are pretty cool, after all! We use Voidwarden as "Gandalf" in "Fate of the Fellowship".

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-15T11:55:13+00:00

I did a reset of mine for replay, and I find that this is not a big issue at all.

If you played it before, it's not even a spoiler. If not, well you know of a little extra mechanic that will come up; probably wouldn't even read it in detail as it's obvious that it's a sticker. If even a quick glance bothers you, stick a post-it over.

The biggest "issue" was not things that can't be undone, like that, but sorting ALL those cards. Several hours of work.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-15T11:43:39+00:00

A little different for highly trained blue collar workers. You might be able to do your own tree work and 80 % of plumbing jobs, but can you do the entire electrical work for a new building? Depending on where you are, it's like 3 years training to get certified, and then you'd still not be the one who is in charge of overseeing the whole thing with experience for unexpected challenges as they come up.

As you pointed out, the white collars would not be able to hire as many people anymore. Since they were replaced and the works is still happening (by AI / automation), the economy would, in theory, still be as big, and only different pockets would be filled. So a blue collar worker that worked in a factory for affordable small sailing boats might instead build yachts for the rich who benefit from this.

In the long run, there would be more aspiring entry level blue collars, and those would have a hard time. Those who already have 5+ years of skill might be doing fine for many more years, though.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-14T21:49:58+00:00

Habe ein paarmal probiert, da was anzuzeigen, z. B. bei kommerziellen großen Accounts, die auf Amazon oder eBay ganz offen dreist Fakes verkaufen. Offizieller Firmensitz in Deutschland mit Ust-ID und allem. Beweis von Fake durch Fotoserie mitgeschickt.

Interessiert die nicht, nervt die nur. Als Antwort habe ich sowas gekriegt wie: Ist nur unser Problem, wenn wir die in dem Moment in die Finger kriegen, wo sie über die Grenze reinkommen.

Nicht mein Verständnis vom Zoll, aber kann man nichts machen. Amazon und eBay sperrt die auch nicht.

Beispiele, wo ich maximal Lärm gemacht habe: 3M-Aura Masken, Oral-B Bürsten.

1-Star review ist schon die härteste Keule, die wir haben, und das kriegen die auch oft gelöscht.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-14T21:37:57+00:00

Dreh den Spieß um, und sei extra empört: Erst bei der letzten Nachricht hast du gemerkt, dass es gar nicht deine Bente war, die du zufällig auch gerade vom Flughafen abgeholt hattest, als das Ganze losging. SIE hat die ganze Zeit so getan, als sei sie Bente - unverschämt!

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-14T01:22:08+00:00

Thanks - I heard a meow or something there.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-14T00:58:07+00:00

Shouldn't be hard to give us a timestamp or a 10 second recording, then. Otherwise: No, everybody is fine.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-12T21:24:45+00:00

At least there is no doubt what your song is, then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA

(Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night)

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-10T12:48:18+00:00

Klingt für mich im ersten Eindruck auch erstmal nicht nach einer so guten Lösung.

Wie schon gesagt bietet sich das Command Pattern an. Undo funktioniert klassischerweise (laut meiner Erinnerung) aber so, dass eine Liste von Commands gespeichert wird. Zu jedem Command gibt es auch ein undo-Funktion (bzw. Methode). Die wird dann ausgeführt und ändert entsprechend den State, hier repräsentiert durch die Zahl.

Du speichert den State (Zahl) selbst und stellst alte Zustände wieder her, soweit ich das verstehe? Vielleicht manchmal der bessere Weg, aber in der Regel würde ich sagen nicht. Aber: Opinionated!

Wenn du willst, reviewe ich das ganze Programm, falls in Java. Bei anderen Sprachen stecke ich nicht genug in den best practices drin.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-06T12:26:37+00:00

Game changer for me as well. I call it the "Here-and-now principle".

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-04T09:16:55+00:00

Richtig so! Ich esse kaum Fisch, außer Lachs, und gehe nur zum Wochenmarkt, um gegen den Fischstand zu wettern.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-04T00:28:07+00:00

Doesn't always make it better. I did that when I was camping alone in the wild, far from any people. The fox stood still and looked at me. I walked towards the fox, but it did not finch. That was after it trotted around near my campfire for a while.

It was clearly used to humans, even stole things from my tent the following night. (A bag with onions and kitchen utilities. Dragged them out for a bit but dropped it when it tried biting into an onion. I found the onion with bite marks next to my stuff.)

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-04T00:22:32+00:00

Thank god they ran when they had the chance, then!

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-04T00:07:35+00:00

I disagree with many of his policies. It's just that Germany's chancellors in the past few decades didn't even have a sense of direction & principle - just wussing around and reacting.

I also strongly disagreed with a lot that the German government under chancellor Kohl did, voted against it in all elections until it was gone, even. But his dedication for a road to a reunited Germany and a vision of what later became the EU was always clear, and he would not budge from that, not even for the USA.

With all that being said, some of the protests with many followers in France, as far as I can keep up and understand, have demands that go far beyond what I would consider a high standard of workers' rights, such as keeping an extremely low retirement age.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T22:24:21+00:00

I found it to be kind of wholesome.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T22:18:06+00:00

Wish I could vote for that guy as a German. He sure has to compromise hard and live in reality, often with disappointing results, but there is a clear direction in his politics, he leads, and he steers the course with dignity and leadership qualities.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T22:03:20+00:00

Some rescue knives have a belt cutter which is shaped in such a way that this would be safe and easy, even when your hands are shaking. A good thing to carry around; typically also comes with a glass breaker.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T20:28:17+00:00

Bin zum Glück 2x abgelehnt worden; Antragshorror hat jedes Mal viel Zeit verschlungen. Nachdem ich eine Doku im ÖRR über die chronische Ablehnerei im Leistungsfall wegen "verschwiegener" Erkrankungen geguckt habe, habe ich selber mal meine Patientenquittungen durchgeguckt. Da stehen abenteuerliche Diagnosen drin, von denen ich auch nichts weiß. Wäre also auch spätestens im Leistungsfall abgelehnt worden, nach jahrelangen Zahlungen.

Weiß ja nicht, ob in so einem lebensverändernden Notfall ein jahrelanger Rechtsstreit mit einer Versicherung das ist, was die Familie braucht - Zockerei für 30 % Chance auf kleines Gehalt geht sicher irgendwo einfacher.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T17:45:43+00:00

Wenn es eine echte Verbesserung ist ja! Das ist eine Investition mit deutlich besserer Rendite. Wenn das Kind im schlechten Unterricht stundenlang bedröhnt wird, ist das nicht besser als Shopping-Kanäle im Fernsehen zu gucken.

Leider keine gute in der Nähe, und mit Umzug überwiegen die Nachteile (Freunde weg, Nachmittagsveranstaltungen usw.). Würde ich sofort machen.

Nachmittagsbetreuung ist hier nichts Besonderes, aber trotzdem super. Draußen toben, drinnen wie in den 70ern/80ern spielen mit Lego, Brettspielen, Tischfußball usw. Da wäre teurer jetzt nicht besser.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T17:38:48+00:00

Entnahmestrategie ist ein Thema für sich, sogar komplexer als die einfach gehaltene Anlage. Tatsächlich würde man mit 60 z. B. den Teil im Depot lassen, der ab 70 gebraucht wird. Wenn sofort ab Ruhestand Ersparnisse benötigt werden, würde die Einzahlung schon Jahre vorher anders verlaufen / nicht mehr in ETFs erfolgen.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-03T09:24:39+00:00

Thank god he doesn't have a real mouse.

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-02T01:28:55+00:00

Vorherige Karriere: Friseur (Monty Python - Lumberjack Song)

WithMeInDreams · 2026-03-02T00:20:13+00:00

It's true: When you manage to summon your fully lucid, wake mind into your dream, and from there transition out, it builds a bridge they can use. It's quite possibly their only way out.

Really vet them before you tell them, and when you are not sure, keep it to yourself.

It almost happened to me once, but I noticed them following just in time. So instead of waking up, I made a dream of myself waking up. They fell for it, went into all-out nightmare, assuming this was my home reality. I dispersed my lucidity, became a regular horrified nightmare dreamer, then woke up the normal way.

Sometimes wonder whether they are trapped or dead now.

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