Get well soon, friend 💐

That sounds very Mozilla.

Actually, it'd be more Mozilla if it happened again next month.

There are dozens of us!

This is the way. I always recommend people to get their feet wet with the live boot. I've been using Linux for almost 3 decades. Live boot is the easiest way to find out what will work for you. I'm not a Mint user, but it's great for the people who like it; best part about FOSS.

The criminal

If expensiveBSD laptops had reasonably easily replaceable batteries I’d love to get an old one for Debian. But they don’t so I use old Thinkpads when I want a laptop.

Some years ago I think windows source was available to be studied in some universities? No sure how true that is and if any recent version is available. Sure would be fun if the slopmachine just ingested all of it...

FL Studio was the reason it took me so long to ditch windows. Try bottles. Don't bother with the automatic configuration, just install it in a default gaming setup. Very minor tweaks got it working better than in win11 on my laptop.

Traitor, put him next to Snowden 😡

It feels like a century has passed since then. Probably because of the Nazis flooding the field.

I think it was that the XP source was leaked. There was a huge deal because those who saw it were highly discouraged from contributing to wine.

You got a cackle out of me. Thank you for that lol

They were easy to replace when the hardware was meh 🙄

But I really want to check out framework.

those who saw it were highly discouraged from contributing to wine.

Can you expand on that a little?

It's not April 1...

My friend, that was a true effort to channel the spirit of pure evil. I hope you're OK. Do you need some tea?

Me too, buddy, me too

Edit: but their development pace is accelerating pretty quickly, so an M4 build should be available much more quickly than their past builds have been available. Considering their development curve, I think the middle of next year? With an M5 build about nine months after that.

Each Apple Silicon generation, their builds are coming out quicker and quicker. And, for most Mac users, the Linux option is best for older Macs anyway, so the latest generation is less of a pressing matter.

macOS is still a pretty good BSD distro. The worst thing about it is that it is really locked down corporate distro, not that it lacks POSIX and/or FOSS/linux interoperability. It’s not like we’re dealing with Windows here… the “ickyness” of it is a matter of principle, not actual technical capability.

The potential for copyright infringement (or at least the appearance of copyright infringement) would be too high. Better to keep a "clean room" approach in the wine project to avoid attracting Microsoft's ire.

WINE is a compatibility layer (famously, WINE Is Not an Emulator) for Windows APIs on posix OSes; most notably this allows you to run Windows applications on Linux.

Microsoft would truly love to beat WINE to death with a legal sledgehammer but so far they do not have the legal ground, as WINE is developed based on public knowledge and Microsoft famously keeps their source code closed.

If you saw the Windows source code, and then you contributed to WINE, it is possible
Microsoft could make the legal argument that WINE was using stolen trade secrets, even if the verbatim source code was added to the WINE codebase.

Whether or not that would have worked for Microsoft is up in the air; but the WINE project didn’t want to find out the hard way.

Never heard it being called that, but this is brilliant.

https://eu3-browse.startpage.com/av/anon-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpicfiles.alphacoders.com%2F476%2Fthumb-1920-476655.jpg&sp=1785091654Ta440ef1fa8d1a665fce87bd761b9d06d82c583f4a7f779b2e5bc346dca1239c8

Ill be honest. Reading it all the way through was a challenge in critical cringe management even being certain it was a joke.

Amateur glares in NixOS

I've been looking at switching to Windows, but it's always the horrible gaming experience that holds me back.

For starters, compatibility is complete ass. Windows doesn't let you choose the compatibility tools and forces you to run every game (every application for that matter) in the systemwide environment. It also only has a single wineprefix-equivalent that just dumps everything in your home directory folder (please don't crucify me). If a game requires a different Wine version, you can try to set that half-assed compatibility mode thing on the executable, but I'm convinced it's only there as decoration. If it doesn't work, you're kinda fucked.

Windows also lacks the minimal set of utilities that I expect from a system that can run games. There is no Bubblewrap and you can't sandbox your games without using a VM. There is no gamescope, nor any way to run an application inside a nested graphical session. If an older game can only do exclusive fullscreen, you can't switch to a less intrusive (windowed/borderless) mode. If a game does have borderless or windowed mode, but doesn't support your native resolution, you're playing in a tiny window or not at all.

Windows 11 seems really neat, but it's not ready for general adoption. There are just too many missing features.

There is such a thing?!

Ah, that definitely makes sense. Thanks!

Gotcha. Thank you.

Oh, I'm never really paying enough attention to not have realized it wasn't satirical

Well, he is in Finland, which is as much as "next" to Russia as you're going to get.

There is literally such a lemmy community, but it is not much of an actual community of people over there. From what I've read it is more or less one person who bans anyone who challenge their critique.

I'm very surprised some moron didn't take you seriously and downvote that comment, even with the caveat. This is Lemmy, after all.

From a programmers and workflow perspective windows is complete garbage. It does not allow me to change my WM. Im stuck with the default behaviour without the ability for full customisation like Hyprland or Sway have. Installing Programms is deeply unintuitive. Have to search for a Programm, download it from a sketchy looking button and run an installer. Software providers often enough don't even provide sha256 sums. How can I be sure, that I downloaded the correct executable? Even if a hash is provided, most people won't bother to check it. These are elementary flaws that hinder widespread windows adoption.

Oh fuck. The linux stock is going down!!

The border between Finland and Russia is 1,340km long. This has helped them become best of friends. They especially like to cuddle for warmth in the winter.

Al those Linux geeks with their tails between their legs as they go back to the secure windows environment. Whose smug now guys? Hope your Linux subscription has a refund policy.

He lives in the US actually.

Oh fucksoh shit fuck fuck shit shit I'm so screwed by this!!1!! 😂🤣.

In my head cannon, Hannah Montana Linux is the upstream source of all Linux repos.

I bet someone from /linuxsucks (banned me, yay) genuinely believes every word

The source code for windows has always been fairly widely available among industrial actors (provided suitable NDAs were signed). So, nothing exceptional there.

My friend tried to install Windows after trying Linux for a year and he couldn't find a driver for his hard drive. I also warned him that he may end up playing League again and divorcing his wife.

r/linuxsucks101 is the real deal, r/linuxsucks is kind of an ironic sub currently

They'll have to fire the Linux CEO over this just like they fired the Antifa CEO

A little off on the lines of code... it's only around 20 million. I'd be a little worried if there was billions of lines of code, it would be unmaintainable slop.

Not to mention subscriptions. 🤭

The nords and Russians have a long history of friendship. Here's a representative friendly competition in sauna.

On 7 August 2010, two competitors were removed from the sauna and brought to the hospital in critical condition after six minutes of 110 °C (230 °F) heat, both suffering from serious burns and trauma. Russian finalist and former third-place finisher Vladimir Ladyzhensky, an amateur wrestler, was dragged out, suffering from convulsions, burns, and blisters.[5][8] Ladyzhensky died despite resuscitation. Finnish five-time champion Timo Kaukonen was, according to a spectator, able to leave the sauna with assistance.[9] He was reported to suffer from extreme burn injuries and his condition was described as critical but stable.[10][11] Kaukonen's preparation included hydrating meticulously and growing his hair long enough to cover the tips of his ears, making them less likely to burn.[6] Just a few minutes before the finals, Kaukonen told the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang that the saunas used for the 2010 championship were a lot more extreme than the saunas used for previous competitions.[12] As Kaukonen and Ladyzhensky were disqualified for not leaving the sauna unaided, Ilkka Pöyhiä became the winner.[13]

The organizer, Ossi Arvela, said that there will probably never be another sauna competition. Two days later the City of Heinola noted that there are no official decisions about the future of the event, and the decisions would be made after the incident has been examined.[14] Arvela later reported that Finnish police had decided not to file charges in connection with the tragedy, but were continuing to investigate.[8] Kaukonen woke up from a medically induced coma six weeks after the event. His respiratory system was scorched, 70% of his skin was burnt and eventually his kidneys failed as well. In late October, Kaukonen was reported to be recovering quickly. He did not blame the organizers for his injuries.[15]

Ladyzhensky's autopsy concluded that he had died of third-degree burns. His death was aided by his use of strong painkillers and local anesthetic grease on his skin, which was against the rules. Kaukonen was competing according to the rules.[16]

On April 20, 2011, the City of Heinola announced that they would no longer organize the event, noting that "If the city was to organize the World Sauna Championships in the future, the original playful and joyous characteristics of the event should be reintroduced. No ways to achieve this have been found."[17]

I wrote in, and they gave me a 100% refund, and said I could keep the software. They must know how badly they fucked up.

Irony of my comments were lost on them, lol

Of course it's the saunas, lol.

It has been leaked before