Ah, that’s actually what I was thinking of in my previous comment

For sure and I agree that should be enough but the average person is not good with computers and they don’t want to learn. They won’t understand the nuances of different distributions of Linux. Like try explaining the difference between a .deb, a .tar.gz, and a .rpm to a person who’s already hésitent about using Linux. Flatpak solves that by just having one download that any Linux install can use

Oh 100% but have you tried to explain how to use one to a computer novice? Like yes, the answer is usually “they should just…” but novice users will never. With flatpak, they get an experience similar to how MacOS works and a bit like how .exes work and it Just Works™️

Edit: like I’ve had trouble showing people how to use the GNOME App Store which could not be any more simple. Anyone who has been convinced to install Linux already feels way out of their element so making everything feel as natural as possible is essential (and I mean, flatpaks are awesome anyway)

I love installing things from the CLI and prefer to only do it that way but Linux needs a single click install method for applications if it’s ever going to become a mainstream OS. The average person just wants to Google a program, hit download and install. If not that then they want to use a mobile-like App Store.

Flatpak is kind of perfect at achieving both those things

IE was really bad for web compatibility in that it really did not properly support the specs.

Ignoring that, I’ve found any browser you don’t normally use is a lot snappier only because you don’t have any extensions installed

1906 or earlier from what I can see from historical rental listings in our local newspaper

It’s been a while since I installed arch manually, but wouldn’t that only help you understand a bit on disk partitioning and some basic commands like copying files/chrooting? You generally learn that stuff the first time your install breaks on any distro

I think people can vote to kick people but that’s it really

I grew up mostly with the PS2 and above and I thought the same thing 😅. I did think there had to be a better way though

we’ll just launch the login feature this month and put out signup next cycle

I have an m3 pro MBP but I’m still sad about the end of Intel support just for what it means about Hackintosh

Saaame. I created an account on the new Piefed but I’ll only fully switch over once Voyager supports it. I’ll be sad to lose my two year user history on Lemmy.ca though :(. I wish account migrations that kept comment/post history and account age were supported

It’s definitely a name I haven’t heard in ages

I don’t. Like I said, it needs a lot of tweaking and the only time I have it do more than laying down the base for a function is at the beginning of a new project that’s not too important (like personal projects). I end up rewriting nearly everything anyway but it helps with getting over that initial overwhelmed feeling when staring in a blank file

I use AI for work and personal projects, sometimes even letting it generate file structures for me but damn does it ever need a lot of tweaking after generation to both work and be maintainable.

I don’t know how anything it spits out even works for those who just purely vibe code since it’s usually either wrong or broken.

I don’t really. I just sort of reinstall things as I need them

I just keep my home folder backed up safely. The software installed doesn’t really matter to me since I can redownload things pretty quickly

OP I think it’s just that your link has ‘but’ connected to the .app TLD so it breaks the link.

Cool idea though!

Took them like two decades but they finally almost killed Hackintosh :(. All it took was developing their own CPU

ARM macOS doesn’t but x86 CPUs are still supported by macOS for the time being. It’ll be a sad day for the Hackintosh community when they drop that support though