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Linux Distro Hopping is a Bad Idea by PanzersGhost in Linux

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While I mostly stick with Fedora these days, I think distro hopping was valuable in that it kept me curious, eventually leading me to Linux from scratch, which taught me much more about how Linux worked. Additionally, it exposed me to different ways of doing things, and got me diving into kernel code, trying to fix things.

I still dabble in things like Nix, Guix, Silverblue, because they offer completely different ideas that are useful in my work.

Curiosity is not a bad thing.

TurboArch - this script allows you to replace any Linux distribution with Arch Linux, preserving user data and some system configuration. by PanzersGhost in Linux

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Heh, interesting. I ran Arch for years. I would think the typical Arch user would want a clean install. But it's cool nonetheless.

Biden to send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine despite them being against US law and banned in 120 countries - a year after Jen Psaki said using them 'would potentially be a war crime' by [deleted] in WorldNews

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What do you mean "more one sided than it is"? Regardless of any shady things Ukraine may be guilty of, Russia tried to blitz their capitol, raze their cities and infrastructure, install new government officials, new currency, etc... As far as I'm concerned, Ukraine has a free pass to do whatever is necessary to retain their sovereignity. Are they shining examples of great human beings? Not likely. But I find it very interesting that eastern Ukraine has massive reserves of natural gas... Something that Europe could easily rely on instead of Russia. I think that's what this war is really about.

Biden to send thousands of cluster bombs to Ukraine despite them being against US law and banned in 120 countries - a year after Jen Psaki said using them 'would potentially be a war crime' by [deleted] in WorldNews

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know Ukraine has their problems, but I don't understand how anyone could support Russia in this ridiculous war. Putin is a clown.

Do you consider yourself unemployable? by JerkChicken in AskSaidIt

[–]xedrac 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No? What's the context?

With Pride Month Over, Gatorade Switches Back To Straightorade by Tom_Bombadil in WorldPolitics

[–]xedrac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I used to like the month of June...

Supreme Court strikes down Biden student loan forgiveness plan in 6-3 decision by Drewski in politics

[–]xedrac 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was all a ruse to help democrats do better during the midterms. Promise something grand, then the big bad conservatives will take it away, making them the enemy. All part of the plan.

Reddit Blackout Welcome Thread by [deleted] in whatever

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Single handedly making sure no redditers stay...

Trans-Identified Male Places First In Women's Category At Belgian Waffle Ride North Carolina by [deleted] in news

[–]xedrac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a disgrace that continues to steal from women sports. If this keeps up, there will be no women sports left.

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language by [deleted] in books

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm offended by the explosion of LGBTQ agendas in books. Shouldn't we rework those too?

George R.R. Martin and Patrick Rothfuss have totally fucked over an entire generation of new authors. These books dominated their genres for a lot of years, and their fans have been left waiting for over a decade for them to fulfill their promises. by Chipit in books

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Considering that The Name of the Wind has twice as many ratings as The Way of Kings, and only half as many as A Game of Thrones (on Goodreads), yes, I'd say it's accurate to compare him to Martin's influence.

Author Stands Firm Against Request to Censor Racism References from Her Book by zabaru in books

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I thought their requested edit was a good one, timing down the racism card a bit.

Illinois to Become First State to Ban Book Bans by [deleted] in books

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Come on now, let's keep it at least somewhat civil.

Illinois to Become First State to Ban Book Bans by [deleted] in books

[–]xedrac 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

state funding from public or school libraries that remove books from circulation will be withheld.

I suspect this bill was introduced specifically to avoid that type of material from getting banned, which blows my mind.

One decade later, GNOME still sucks by [deleted] in Linux

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You could argue that it was the stimulus for an explosion of alternatives, which isn't such a bad thing IMO.

Reddit is killing their brand in the worst possible way by EternalSunset in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]xedrac 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I agree that men cannot be women (#WhatIsAWoman), and that reddit has a lot of SJW and ignorant people on it. But on the same note, it'd be nice if every thread here on saidit didn't devolve into politics.

Reddit faggots can't answer this, so I'm asking you: how to make XFCE usable? by [deleted] in Linux

[–]xedrac 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

XFCE is super ugly by default. It's not that hard to make it nicer, but I tend to prefer a more minimal approach these days.

Reddit is killing their brand in the worst possible way by EternalSunset in MeanwhileOnReddit

[–]xedrac 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Says the one commenting on a Reddit clone(fork?)... 😀 Personally, I find a lot of utility in Reddit, but I have to sift through much fluff to find it.