m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@hacknorris Try Void! It has pretty good (and short!) documentation that helps you make the first steps. It gets pretty straightforward once you get around basic things. If you like building from source, it has xbps-src which is pretty easy to use and the documentation is pretty straightforward too if you are not on some weird architecture.

@hacknorris @Linux_in_a_Bit Twitter has this disgusting bird, LiveJournal used to have Frank the goat. Windows has an abundance of these, the whole OS-tan thing, AFAIK, the Win7 one, Nanami Madobe was canon/official in Japan and was used in MD ads. Can't think of any Mac ones 🤔

@iska@mstdn.starnix.network @dj @nerdtronics@mstdn.starnix.network @toxic memtest86 uses linux kernel, really?!!! I was pretty sure it runs in x86 real mode and just interacts with MMU directly.

@sai @allison A tough question! Someone else from Bell Labs maybe? Don Knuth?
There aren't a lot of figures who are well known and not controversial at the same time 😅

@sai @allison Just replace him with Gates! How did he get into the good row anyway? 🤔
Must be a bribe or some other underhanded trick.

@blackmore Seriously, it is a good thing people keep their guard up, but I think this topic is overblown big-time. Schwab is no evil ringleader. I was reading Project Syndicate for years, they and WEF have kinda similar agenda, "ze bugz" is definitely not the worst bullshit idea floating around. And we had good laughs about shit sandwich in early 2010s so the whole idea for alternative source of protein is not new.

@tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology I think I digressed and didn't make a point. You are right, consumer market is not the only thing keeping them afloat. But we do not want to kill MS off completely, do we? 😅
We just want them to stop influencing consumer market by pushing Windows aggressively, I think we can. They gave up on Edge and went with their Chrome clone, they gave up on Windows 10 Mobile and went with Android. They can still sell their hardware running Windows and have their enterprise cake, no problem!

@Rezard Я название «Пятёрочка» только так и читаю. Хотя что уж там, вот мои карты постоянного покупателя… 😊

@tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology You are right, it does make most money from enterprises, but if you take a look at revenue structure you'll see that "cloud" stuff is a huge part of it. They are changing their business model precisely because you can't stay profitable just by selling Windows and Office licenses anymore.
Windows is still a major player in education, but MS is jumping through hoops to prevent Chromebooks from eating into their market share.
True, I am optimistic, but I'm not unreasonable.

@vanilla I agree, we can't solve every problem out there with this, but we already did a lot to shake the Intel-Microsoft monopoly. Google got more dangerous than MS ever was in the process, but that's a different story.
We have somewhat open hardware, free ROMs for phones and truly free smartphones by Purism and Pine64, we have federated social networks and federated IM. Yes, most people don't use better alternatives, but honestly, I don't see modern world as some kind dystopia tech-wise.

@tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology Would you be willing to elaborate?

@safiuddinkhan@fosstodon.org A good example of long lost technology from a more advanced civilization. Modern people only use steam to buy PC games.

@vanilla @tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology Buying from companies that squeeze every cent including by paying workers less is not a proper way to abolish capitalism 😋
If you are low on funds just buy older hardware — used hardware. This way you do not support evil corporations AND help reducing e-waste. I'm still using an HP laptop from 2013 myself. I've upgraded RAM to 16 gigs, added a 1Tb SSD, installed #VoidLinux — and it is extremely good at everything I throw at it except for 4k video!

@tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology And MS doesn't feed on support from governments and enterprises, MS exists off your money. Not directly, but still. So that is how it would work — buy a computer that comes with linux. Tell the market what you want instead of adapting to it yourself by buying a system designed for Windows and installing Linux on it. Capitalism kinda works in this case. Even HP has models like Dev One which comes with Linux — looks like a decent piece of hardware to me 🤷

@tindall@cybre.space @elmiko@mastodon.technology It already worked! MS is far from being a friend of free software, but MS we have today is a shadow of its former self. I remember the days when there was no Purism, no System 76, no linux support for most hardware — chances were good that even your wired network adapter won't work. And MS could shove just about anything down your throat.
It's not like that anymore. As average Joe moves to mobile MS is close to being irrelevant.

@Mitsu Sounds perfectly reasonable! No one is willing to share his carefully selected collection of oddballs with a stranger.

@eris Not the frog only. Some tried to associate the "okay" hand gesture with alt right. That is just insanity on a whole new level!

@Mitsu Oh, you already have this video!
Didn't scroll down far enough, sorry 😅

@Mitsu I wish I could have one as a pet.
But they are basically large rodents so they have a pretty short lifespan, that makes me reluctant. Losing one would be so sad 😭

@FutaFanatic Wait, are they not?
Weren't same sex marriages in the US legalized around the same time Microsoft introduced the Windows+dot shortcut for emoji picker?