There are companies working on providing that experience for Linux. System76 is one. You can buy a laptop with their is pre installed. Everything works, including suspend. If something breaks, you call the support number or email and they either talk you through fixing it or sending it in for repair or replacement. It’s not that different from having a Dell or HP.
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Octorine@midwest.socialto Pop!_OS (Linux)@lemmy.world•Actual manufacturers of laptops / desktopsEnglish3·2 years agoI keep hearing that, but I have a Thinkpad, and I can’t imagine a situation where i would use the trackpoint. It’s just so slow and inaccurate that I can’t stand it.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Pop!_OS (Linux)@lemmy.world•Actual manufacturers of laptops / desktopsEnglish2·2 years agoI am looking forward to Virgo. I don’t care so much about the track point (I don’t see what everyone sees in them) but I hear it will come with three mouse buttons, and I’m really happy about that.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Open Source@lemmy.ml•How do I make contributors to my project transfer copyright to me?English7·2 years agoSome GPL projects do it. If you find someone infringing, it’s easier to sue them if you have one copywrite holder instead of 100.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Linux@lemmy.ml•Microsoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this monthEnglish29·2 years agoSoon we’ll be able to emacs the way the developers intended.
I’m pretty sure I was set up for substitutes, but this was a while ago.
I did end up replacing my router a few months after that, so it may have just been that my connection was very slow.
Also, every time I tried it and it didn’t work, I had to do a full Pop Os install in order for myguix install media to start working again, which added a few minutes to the process.
I was thinking something to do with nonvolitile memory.
The real problem was that the guided install - guix pull - system reconfigure - reboot process took about three to four hours each time, so I gave up after a few iterations.
I did try playing around with bios settings a little, but I’m sure I missed some possibilities.
I thought that, but I had identical results using the stock install media and the modified nonguix one from systemcrafters.
The weird thing was that the initial install went fine, even after the first reboot. The problem was the next boot after my first system reconfigure.
Not only could I not boot my system after that, but I couldn’t boot the install media either. The only thing that would work was the installer for the most recent pop os.
I tried and failed to install it on my laptop last year. Couldn’t figure out the problem and went back to pop. I’m messing around with it in a vm, though, and liking it a lot. I may try again when I have some more time to troubleshoot.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Virtual Reality@lemmy.world•What are your favorite games of 2023?English1·2 years agoI played a little bit of aw2 when it first came out, but it didn’t grab me, so I stopped. I’m playing Moss 2 right now, but may give AW2 another go after that.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Virtual Reality@lemmy.world•What are your favorite games of 2023?English5·2 years agoGOTY for me is Vertigo 2.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Rust Programming@lemmy.ml•Why are all the rust projects MIT licensed?English2·2 years agoI think I remember reading it in the FAQ, but I can’t find it now. It looks like the Redox book used to have a chapter called “why mit” but it’s not there now.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Rust Programming@lemmy.ml•Why are all the rust projects MIT licensed?English2·2 years agoPreference for MIT and Apache is part of the culture of rust. Also, the lead dev behind Redox has mentioned that he chose MIT over GPL because it makes it easier to contribute, which he felt was important for getting Redox off the ground.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Rust Programming@lemmy.ml•Why are all the rust projects MIT licensed?English6·2 years agoGPL was the most popular at one point. MIT overtook it around the turn of the century, I think.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Virtual Reality@lemmy.world•New VR Games & Releases October 2023: PSVR 2, Quest, Steam & MoreEnglish2·2 years agoI’m about halfway through Vertigo 2 right now. It’s really fun. The first boss is a PITA though.
Looking forward to 7th guest.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Open Source@lemmy.ml•What are your go-to ebook *readers*?English3·2 years agoI like book reader. It’s simple and does the job.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Open Source@lemmy.ml•What are your go-to ebook *readers*?English2·2 years agoI had a similar experience. Back before epub took off, I started reading Gutenberg books on my wince phone. I think I was using an app called jbookshelf. Even then I loved the convenience of it.
Once android happened, I switched to epubs and it was so much better.
Now I’m mostly using koreader, along with kindle and Google play books. I prefer reading anything in a foreign language on Kindle, because it’s so easy to look up words.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Valve Is A Wonderful Upstream Contributor To Linux & The Open-Source CommunityEnglish112·2 years agoDrm on Steam is optional. It’s up to the dev whether to include any or not.
However, if the game uses any steam features, like achievements, voice chat, leaderboards, etc., then those won’t work without steam.
Octorine@midwest.socialto Linux@lemmy.ml•Projects that are experimental or daringly innovating the terminal and command line world?English6·2 years agoFzf isn’t really experimental. It’s pretty mature at this point. I found it to be pretty innovative, though, adding an interactive spin to the find program.
I would like Debian and the fsf to come to some kind of agreement so Debian can ship the emacs documentation.