That sounds like a really dumb design idea. Why make a federating protocol if you still rely on the server? I don’t even get why they did it at all then.

That’s indeed very interesting and peculiar.

For me it’s 4 Lemmy results and then 2 reddit results and after than chaos ensues.

1000% agree.

As a software dev, I’m using windows and I know I shouldn’t switch.

Tbh it’s even worse, I can not switch. And that’s why it’s even more ridiculous. Linux power users like to say that you can do everything you can in windows but with more control. And with “control” they are right, but with “everything” more than wrong. Everything that’s not working out of the box is a gamble on time wasted getting said thing to work. For the simplest thing you can be stuck for weeks just by sheer bad luck.

Say you are a software dev? Yeah Linux is pretty solid.

3d artist? Meh. Blender is the last thing that works, otherwise you are stuck. Octane, 3ds max, Maya, c4d, Houdini, v-ray, real flow, … You gotta be lucky to find them to be compatible even if it’s only with a workaround.

Music production? Well you are stuck on LMMS, which is basically only used by very specific experimental artists. Also plugins, especially those with copyright protection will give you one hell of a hard time.

Images? Well gimp is not Photoshop if we’re honest, and stuff like coreldraw is also hard to replace on Linux.

Video cutting? You have to carefully tip toe about everything Adobe, and that’s an awful hassle. And because everyone would love to give Adobe the middle finger, we are slowly realizing how hard it is to replace Adobe and that if you go somewhere, it is not working as well by default, you have to really make it work.

And especially in big enterprises time is money. So every time someone thinks about where to migrate to, how to migrate, or when they are migrating, and than when they have to propose new workflows, new solutions, a bunch of workarounds, maintenance pipelines, etc. it’s just not worth it. Not on a big company scale, and unfortunately also not on a me scale.

At the end of the day, an OS is a tool to me, not a lifestyle choice, a hobby or a commitment. And it shouldn’t be. As long as Linux is at least 2 of those things for everyone that’s not using it, it’s not very compelling to switch. And that goes for every distro.

Btw. this is the reason why I can understand people using apple over windows. Yeah it’s 1000 bucks to take like 20min less to do a thing. But it stacks up exponentially with every device that integrates into Apple’s universe. And if you spend even 20min less per day, that’s already more than 2h per week that you now have to dedicate to other things.

I’m not rich and this doesn’t entice me, but I get it.

So yeah, make a distro that’s not only modular and expendable,but make it also very easy to understand and make it as easy. And make it either as compatible with Windows software or add those features in a different way. And then people like me can dream about a FOSS universe for everyone.

Maybe I don’t quite get what exactly your brain is fixated on, but I think there’s a niche for your interest.

Idk where it is exactly, but for example Midi-Controllers for music production and performance are innovating a lot. You had normal keyboards, but then they did stuff like the OP-1 which has a very unique control surface and same goes for the ROLI keyboard or launchpads, which they kind of had to imagine out of thin air. Idk how well it translates tho.

I know depending on the software, real good innovative UI designs can be really expensive and there’s definitely a market for that as well. I’m looking at stuff like Apple’s iOS interface, but also web UI like bootstrap or Vue. It might be too new to scratch that itch, but the designs go through trend phases and everything old kinda becomes new again, do maybe there’s something there.

Now to give you a specific answer: I do music production as a hobby and software development as a day job. I just accepted that I will never make good money with my hobby and that that’s alright, because it moves the stress away from the things I love. And I’m also not that bad as a software developer, so that’s a plus. But to split up those things I’ve learned is a good thing, because you need hobbies, but if you make money with your hobby and you depend on it, eventually you have to start treating it as work, and that means you might not like it as much anymore and that would be sad.

So yeah, there might still be opportunities for you if you wanna work in the field of your special interest, but not working in that field can also be a really good decision, depending on how you think about it. That’s probably easier to say than to internalize or feel, but it is the way I have come to think about it.

Yeah honestly the “if it’s not a tool, maybe it’s art” is a really cool angle.

what a retard

Probably didn’t need the personal insult. Reddit with it’s CEO huff and puffmann is basically as bad as it gets, so I’m happy about every competition. Obviously Lemmy is doing way better but I’d be happy for Discuit to do well too.

I can’t remember exactly, but there was some shit going on with contract terms or monopolistic market behavior or something.

That’s the only criticism I’ve seen that was somewhat credible tho.

I don’t like that at all.

Hate on billionaires all you want, but a platform like this shouldn’t be forced to moderate. It runs completely counter to the USP of the app. It’s encrypted anonymous communication capabilities.

I mean if there’s a time to test it out, it’s right now I would argue.

Lemmy is still small enough to test those things.

Windows.

My hobbies and my work require a lot of different software. On MacOS everything would be expensive af and not customizable at all.

On Linux only 50% of the stuff would work, only 50% of that would work well and stable, and only 50% can be installed in less than 3h. And I need my software to be up and running in 7 days not 5 months.

I put this in another post as well, but the toxic positive endorsements of Linux really tick me off. If you use it, cool. If you like it, cool. If you wanna tell others it’s nice, cool.

But if you have to tell ppl how they are using the wrong OS, windows, on almost completely unrelated posts, you make ppl dislike the Linux community, you downplay that Linux can be a serious commitment and that mileage may vary, speaking from experience. You are doing an active disservice to everyone.

Everyone has their own os, and just how I can appreciate that ppl have good reason to use MacOS, Linux Users should be able to appreciate that ppl like me can not switch and even if they do, it is often not worth it in any way.

Also if I get down votes so be it, I think this just needs to be said rn. No hate for anyone using any OS, in fact I’m curious about the other comments:)

Maybe say you need to buy a specific thing against the flooding (maybe buckets or a pump or something like that idk) and then do both your appointment and getting that thing.

If not I still wish you got look with getting back up to speed on your mental health:)

Informal diagnosis with the official questions for Autism (don’t want it written down) and my therapist also pretty quickly told me she’s pretty sure I have ADHD as well.

Both was at around 22.

Great to have someone tell me why the world is so strange, but obv the heavy lifting on my life I have to do myself.

What the fuck

I knew about UK police’s incompetence but that’s a new level maliciousness. What a trash can of an executive branch.

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It’s a… Junk pile!

Ah okay, so that’s what happened the last time. How curious!

It’s just as believable as it was all the other times where Netanjahu would definitely make a reasonable offer and there would be peace.

I wonder what happened those other times.

Yeah. The nature devastation kinda takes the fun out of it…

At this point a lot of homeless people could run for president and be a viable candidate…

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