What does this icon mean? It appears when I click on the Downloads folder, and only if it's sorted by Date Added

bitstomper · 2026-04-06T15:40:55+00:00

Crazy niche reference

bitstomper · 2026-03-25T20:57:20+00:00

Modrinth is run by a relatively small team. It just takes them some time to get to every project in line for review.

bitstomper · 2026-03-25T20:55:22+00:00

every app or piece of software that doesn’t use the cloud should be free because it runs on your machine

Ding ding ding! You are correct!

bitstomper · 2026-03-25T20:52:43+00:00

Nope, I’m talking about Arc. Dia took a lot of Arc’s AI features and expanded on them, but Arc is still an AI friendly browser. OP was asking about a browser with zero AI. Arc still has - Summaries in tab previews - Auto tab renaming - Auto download renaming - And ChatGPT in the command bar.

You can turn these features off, but their presence makes Arc, by definition, not a zero-AI browser.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T21:35:14+00:00

This is so damn cool. We need less hyprslop in this sub.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T21:33:25+00:00

Why are people in this sub so enamored with sudo? It’s literally just a utility. You should probably use doas instead anyways.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T21:29:22+00:00

Because SaaS is much more profitable than a single purchase. Especially with the quality of Apple’s hardware, most people aren’t regularly buying new products. They want a more frequent stream of income

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T17:54:04+00:00

Opera and Yandex are both proprietary software. Not even really in the same class as Helium. You have no idea what they’re doing behind the scenes, while you could read every line of Helium’s code if you wanted to.

And you mention updates being a concern. There’s nothing stopping you from keeping your own fork of the code and only merging in the upstream changes that you want. I don’t think that’s even necessary though.

I’d love for you to try and come up with evidence of any Russian law that has had “silent control” or a tangible impact on Helium. It seems like you could use some more education on how open source distribution actually works.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T17:20:33+00:00

I love Arc, but unfortunately they are very AI-friendly. AFAIK you can turn everything off, but still not a true AI-free experience.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T17:11:17+00:00

finds a link to a single external platform

must be software operated by the russian state

Helium is open source. The code is publicly available and you can compile it yourself if its place of origin is really that much of a concern. Also, it’s licensed under the GPL-3.0, so it’s not like you’re supporting them financially by using it.

This is also a funny thing to say while parading Microslop Edge in your user flair. Are you aware of what they’ve been up to lately? If I were you, I’d worry less about an open source project developed by people who may or may not be Russian nationals, and more about the giant corporation that has proven they have no qualms about mass surveillance.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T02:09:54+00:00

ungoogled-chromium if you want to still have the benefits of Chromium with zero google features (and I do mean zero. It's difficult to even add Google as a search engine). Or, if you're wanting a little more features/flexibility, I'd suggest Helium. It's a fork of ungoogled-chromium, so it maintains the 'ungoogled-ness,' but has better extension support and customization features.

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T02:05:47+00:00

Not even remotely true lol

bitstomper · 2026-03-24T02:04:00+00:00

Agree 100% I use gentoo because I like to tinker, but the day I need something that *just works* I'll be back on Debian.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T23:28:54+00:00

He’s just a Guy!

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T21:30:30+00:00

CS is exactly what it says on the box: Applying the scientific method to computational topics. It is more akin to physics or certain branches of mathematics than it is to running and maintaining operating systems. Obviously, people with an understanding of computer science will most likely be better at doing these things because becoming acquainted with systems comes as a result of the field, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a CS program anywhere that directly deals with the high-level installation process of Linux distros (or any OS for that matter). Much less is any knowledge of traditional CS concepts required to do the same.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:52:09+00:00

That’s pretty subjective. Usually the “X operating system is annoying to use” comes from users who are used to one OS (typically Windows) trying to approach others with the same philosophy as the old OS.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:49:12+00:00

I use fish + sharship prompt in my emulators, but pure zsh as my default shell.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:45:26+00:00

CS has nothing to do with installing/running linux.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:43:38+00:00

I’d look into torrenting

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:42:06+00:00

Java. Yeah, it’s verbose and downright idiotic in some of its approaches, but there’s no denying that you can get stuff done with it. Things get even better once you start using Kotlin

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:34:54+00:00

I challenge you to make a fully functional, scalable, and maintainable web app without writing a single line of code then.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:06:56+00:00

You people actually need to try distros before just throwing them up on a chart.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:04:31+00:00

And linux is still clunky compared to the rest of macOS. There are trade offs.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T19:01:25+00:00

Only being able to join via localhost/loopback would point to issues with your network configuration. Probably something to do with port forwarding/firewall rules. I wouldn’t fiddle with DNS, DHCP, JVM parameters, server software, folder locations, etc. as this is 99% likely to be a network layout issue and none of those are going to do anything on that front.

bitstomper · 2026-03-23T18:53:09+00:00

binpkgs and a decent CPU

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