We are trialing off brand docks. Wouldn’t be a trial otherwise 😄 these work perfect btw.

We bought some for work to trial and they cost 65€, so hardly hundreds

There’s always a MAC address, it’s just the dongle’s then.

Cool, if this works like how you are implying, then this is going to make my life a bit easier.

Arch is on the bleeding edge and it doesn’t ask for a reboot. I think it asks for a reboot to load the kernel parts that have updated. Arch probably just assumes you’ll do it eventually, but if you don’t it’ll just keep running the current kernel.

Dutch uses “do under” (onderdoen).

If you have a driver’s license, do you know a car works besides the basic maintenance that is checking your oil and keeping the tires inflated? Some people don’t even do that last one, while it’s a thing you should check regularly.

I think it’s a good thing the general public is able to use a computer without knowing the inner workings, but it also shouldn’t be obscured from them if they want to know/learn.

Yes, true.

The whole “OS update when I want an app update” is because of how dependencies work on Linux. A library is installed once and referenced by any app that wants to use it. This way, an update in the library benefits all apps using it, as bugs het fixed. Also less storage is used when the one library is used by many apps.

Windows programs keep their own versions of a library and hard link to that one. That makes the app more flexible. You can copy the app and it’s dependencies around and it will keep working. In this scenario multiple copies/versions of the same library can exist in the system, which takes more space.

Of course there is some nuance. Both operating systems can have/use shared or hard linked libraries, but this is the general gist of it.

Clicking yes on the windows prompt for elevated rights for the installer to move things forward. Truly the Windows way.

People don’t even read the prompts anymore, clicking yes as soon as it appears. So much better.

I maintain a bunch of PC’s and 2 of them won’t update anymore with some vague error code that only has a microsoft community forum post as search result. I’ll get it fixed, but Windows update is not quite flawless and a non tech person would be lost at this point.

People seem to be having a hard time grasping that most of the time it works great on both Windows and Linux. Majority of people will have a solid experience. But on both platforms, when things go to shit, you need to get your hands dirty. And with that final thought, I like to add that because of it’s openness, is usually easier to troubleshoot an issue on Linux because it doesn’t obscure what it’s doing unlike Windows (“Please wait…”, “Setting things up”, … dafuq u doin, it says 100%, is it doing anything still or is it hanging?). Windows’ vagueness has been a pet peeve of mine and it’s only getting worse. I’m perfectly ok shielding it by default, but give me a verbose option.

All software is maintained by strangers.

Some software websites just look sketchy but aren’t, which makes it harder for people to filter out the actual sketchy ones. That’s just the reality. Jokes about download pages with 4 download buttons also didn’t come falling out of the sky.

Android has that issue too. Can’t install the same app via fdroid and play store. Sounds logical though. Even Arch pacman won’t continue of it detects existing files it doesn’t know about.

RIP Het Steen though, they really did that building dirty

You chose netinstall iso?

They could have opted to build and use the eurofighter but didn’t, instead choosing to rely on the expertise and good relationships between EU and US. At that time.

Not if an essential part of the OS depends on it (your “UI”)

I think the point is to invest the money into the continued development and improvement of the foss software instead of giving the money to businesses who shield their proprietary codebase. In theory.

Neat! I kept using du and df and work my way to the culprit. On PC’s with GNOME I use baobab.

That’s simply a matter of numbers. More people = more content, but people can’t seem to get past the fewer content so they don’t join/stay.

This is education everywhere