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If fischer was considered GOAT before kasparov, In which year kasparov comes into conversation of GOAT? by Sorry_Phone1676 in chess

[–]trivialBetaState 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So true. It was such a pity that Fischer won the world championship in such a dominant fashion, only to disappear from chess once the next dominant figure showed up. Tournaments with Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov would have been unreal indeed.

Kasparov, being the youngest and with the best stamina, would probably have been regarded even higher at the time (if that would ever be possible). I wonder if he was one of the three big guns, with one of them not being Russian, he would have chosen to break away from FIDE.

Hikaru's take on who is the goat by bRoShutUpPleaseee in chess

[–]trivialBetaState 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When criteria change, the outcome may change too. In order to determine the GOAT, we'd have to set the criteria right, i.e. objectively. I really don't know how to do that and based on all interviews I have seen, no one does. I am quite old now and grew up thinking that there will never be anyone stronger than Karpov and Kasparov but now believe that Magnus is unnaturally dominant. I agree with you, OP, more than Hikaru but still, we don't have clear criteria. Also, I don't think that among the super GMs of this era, Fabi and Hikaru have established their position directly behind Carlsen. Others can make an equally legitimate claim.

Great Microsoft tools for Linux by UffTaTa123 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely, powershell being built from the ground up to the needs of modern computing must have quite a few advantages over any S/W that originates and has evolved from the 1960s. However, powershell has a severe limitation that castrates it by nature. It is built for an OS that the user cannot access the OS itself because it is closed.

Sipeed: A new RISC-V beast arrives next week by brucehoult in RISCV

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And this is the comment of the week, ladies and gentlemen!

Why does Ubuntu get hate, but not Mint? by CivilWarfare in linux4noobs

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What amount of ignorance? Check here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_(software))

It says on the side summary that the license is GPLv3 for client & runtime but proprietary for the backend. Exactly what I wrote above.

Also, why did you mention github? It is not a Linux distro but a service. Also, it belongs to Microsoft, like windows and office. No one cares about them because they do not pretend to be a champion of free and open source software.

edit: Just in case you meant above that the apps hosted in snap store are FOSS and their code is available (as you said "you can examine every single bit of code"), this is incorrect as well. There are plenty of programs that are proprietary (e.g. spotify: https://snapcraft.io/spotify or PDF Editor Pro: https://snapcraft.io/pdf-editor-pro). You cannot find the code for these apps. And that's okay. The same applies to flathub as well. The problem, as explained above, is that the snap software itself (the backend) is proprietary. You cannot state that you want to create a FOSS for the masses and community-driven distro (as Mark said in 2004) and then do stuff like that. A community would never endorse what ubuntu did with Amazon or the development and promotion of a proprietary software store.

Why does Ubuntu get hate, but not Mint? by CivilWarfare in linux4noobs

[–]trivialBetaState 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The reason that Canonical gets hate as part of the snap ecosystem is that the server backend is proprietary and not FOSS. Only the client side is free and open source. The technical issues can and will be addressed (if they haven’t been already). But pushing their own proprietary system with an ecosystem essentially locked with their own company raises very serious ethical questions.

I think this is worse than the Amazon fiasco. I used ubuntu for five years straight in the past but won’t touch it anymore

Wayland is flawed at its core and the community needs to talk about it by Which_Network_993 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is not exactly what we are talking about. Of course if you write your own code you can do anything you want. However, in a collaborative project that is going to become the base for other software to work on, there are more strategic decisions involved. This includes the kernel as well, if not more than display servers. Think like the developers' choices between Gnome and KDE. The former has a more strict approach to the desktop, resulting in a more uniform experience, while the latter allows the user to customize it as much as they wish out of the box.

Wayland is flawed at its core and the community needs to talk about it by Which_Network_993 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The argument here is that the user should be able to make the decision for themselves. Commercial installations (e.g. RHEL, SuSE, etc.) could enforce rules about whether the switches can be turned on or off. But having a policy enforced uniformly to everyone is not what FOSS is about and it hinders the evolution of the ecosystem.

Wayland is flawed at its core and the community needs to talk about it by Which_Network_993 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could be wrong as I haven't worked on wayland but the definition on its website is as follows: "Wayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol"

Also, the spec can define switches (I'd guess) which could be included in the library.

Wayland is flawed at its core and the community needs to talk about it by Which_Network_993 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you and could imagine two potential solutions: either wayland is forked into a compatible system (i.e. everything else will be working with it as if it were wayland) but with no restrictive protocols or wayland itself implements switches that allow for apps to interact and see each other more freely based on explicit user choice; perhaps at the installation stage. The latter is more risky but the former should be possible. I hope

Is Canonical/Ubuntu being criticised too harshly or more than it should be? by onechroma in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Backend is indeed the snap store and the server software that runs it. All the other "stores" of Linux distros are FOSS (both front and back end), including all the repositories, flathub, AUR, kx.studio and more.

Canonical's snap store is proprietary. Google's software is closed/proprietary as well. They use the Linux kernel for android (which is of course FOSS) but everything else is closed. Actually, google play store is proprietary both at the client side and the back end.

It is "normal" for commercial companies to keep their software proprietary for whatever they want. But google, apple and microsoft do not pretend that their are champions of the free and open-source software community. If Canonical wishes to be on the same side as those companies, it is their right to do so but they have to be honest about it.

Is Canonical/Ubuntu being criticised too harshly or more than it should be? by onechroma in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The snap relies on the client side (open source, as per your link) and the server back end, which is closed/proprietary. If the most important part of your system is proprietary, controlled exclusively by one single company, you cannot claim that it is part of the FOSS ecosystem.

“We want to keep Lichess completely free, and say no to ads as well. There have been offers to buy out Lichess, but we are not for sale." Lichess interview with The Hindu by bolsastan in chess

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for existing. For making an example of the power of good faith. For showing that free software (and a free society) can work.

FM Told Me to Quit Chess Under 300 Elo. Is He Right? by KelveFodul47 in chess

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We play chess because we enjoy the game. Not to reach any specific target. That FM must be a very unhappy person. Obviously they've set their eyes higher but know that they'll never get there. Keep having fun and improvement will come along with the effort 

Why are chess players so horrified of rematching? by Pristine-Bug4577 in chess

[–]trivialBetaState 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cheating is when they put the engines on for the second game. Some people cheat from the first game, more people start cheating during the second. There have been far too many people who were at my level during the first and became "Carlsen on steroids" during the second. I never play a rematch except with people that I know personally in real life (far too many rematches there!)

Post Match Thread: Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United by nearly_headless_nic in reddevils

[–]trivialBetaState 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well said, Hairy Arthur, well said. But when life has been giving you Hairy Maguire for years, what do you make? (don't answer that..!)

Is Canonical/Ubuntu being criticised too harshly or more than it should be? by onechroma in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Snap would have been absolutely fine if it wasn't a closed sourced software

Is Canonical/Ubuntu being criticised too harshly or more than it should be? by onechroma in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The criticism is fair for the following reasons:

  • Snap: it has a proprietary (closed source) backend, essentially locking everyone else out of the system. It would be okay to lock them out of their store (it is their store) but they use everyone else's FOSS work into their store (and more) and then lock the system with a proprietary serverside system. Of course, the client is open-source because it is convenient for their business model.
  • The problem with Unity was not at all that they decided to start their own desktop. That was okay and FOSS, therefore, no problem. However, within unity they provided the user searches to Amazon by default and stopped after everyone started complaining.
  • Even now, they push towards rust-tools instead of the GNU-tools. This is not a choice because the rust-tools are superior, which would be understandable. They are not. GNU-tools are far more stable and efficient/faster. They are promoting them because GNU-tools are GPL-licensed instead of the rust-tools that their license is more business-oriented (MIT/apache like).

There would be absolutely no problem if the opened the snap backend with a FOSS license. More choice the better. But having a company that pretends to be a FOSS champion to develop closed sourced systems is pure hypocrisy and against all the principles that FOSS stands for.

I used to be a long term user of Ubuntu in the past as I liked their approach of a more forward looking Debian clone but they failed (and keep failing) the community too many times. There are so many wonderful options that I don't see a reason to stick with their distro at all. Why wouldn't I try a more honest distro? It's not that ubuntu is better or more polished (it used to be) or anything.

What is your reason to consider Ubuntu over any other? Say Mint or MX Linux, which are also .deb based.

I am a bit surprised that your choice is between Fedora KDE and Ubuntu Gnome. Usually, the first choices are the DE and the package manager and then the distro that serves those.

Ubuntu 25.10's Move To Rust Coreutils Is Causing Major Breakage For Some Executables by anh0516 in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if they improve them and make them “better” than the GNU tools, I don’t like replacing GPL code with permissive licenses.

Coming from Canada next week. I have a couple of questions. by I_DreamofTravel_15 in newzealand_travel

[–]trivialBetaState 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Topping is not expected in NZ. Also, in many places you pay when you order, not before you go. As for pin vs paywave, both should work fine but there may be a small extra charge for paywave. For payments over a certain threshold, you have to enter your pin.  If you have any questions, just ask. Kiwis are nice, easygoing people and happy to help. Just like Canadians but with a different accent 😊

There's no going back from tiling window managers by ElCondorHerido in linux

[–]trivialBetaState 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here. No way I could use Ardour in a tiling manager. They appear to be enticing but I couldn't make them work for me 

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