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alekq··on Let’s redesign the laptop for a work-from-home era
Besides power, the arguments for the desktops are also price, simple(r) upgrades and repairs.
alekq··on GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked
I was happy KDE user for very long time - first 3.x, then 4 (even with all those glitches and bugs at the very beginning). Then I had 7-8 years break off Linux and last year decided to install it on my new desktop machine.

Went with Plasma first - did not go well. I simply cannot get comfortable with it and general look and feel is not working for me (I prefer defaults and I avoid much tweaking and any 3rd party customization). I settled on Cinnamon, but it was close tie with GNOME which was actually quite refreshing experience for me.

So, to each his own, but I just do not see KDE as "the sanest" default.

alekq··on GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked
Which feature(s) exactly do you miss on XFCE that makes it unusable in comparision to GNOME?
alekq··on Xfce 4.16
In case you are interested to try it in VM, OpenSuSE images are good option. Vanilla is available here:

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce:/rat:/i...

alekq··on Zig 0.7.1 Released – 69 bugs fixed
Not sure that elixir fits into that comparison...

Maybe Crystal, Free Pascal even.

alekq··on Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
Yes, Linux and regressions, it is quite common and frequent annoyance. Many times I regret for not using some LTS distro, but stalled/outdated software stops me from making the switch.
alekq··on Your Computer Isn't Yours
It is (too) expensive, but crap is certainly not.
alekq··on How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home
That is the "curse" of Linux I always had difficulty to understand: something does not work at all or the way I like it - switch the god-damn OS (= distro) where it works instead biting the bullet and trying to fix it. It's insane...

This is only personal observation, not direct remark to your case. I've just seen similar scenarios too many times.

On the other hand - I've played with Arch since early beginnings, but last time more than 10 years ago. Although minimal, simple and straightforward, I have never been able to grope that rolling-release core philosophy.

alekq··on Linux Distributions You Can Rely on for Your Ancient 32-Bit Computer
It's strange they do not mention Slackware.
alekq··on Show HN: Linux sysadmin course, eight years on
Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner.

Anyway the question for HN - is it too "late" for a person to consider career change in 33? To clarify, I am not in IT business, my formal education (and job) is in business administration, however with recent and important changes in my private and work life, I am considering to bite the bullet. Initially, I considered back-end development, but actually Linux sysadmin might be more appropriate for me.

alekq··on In search of 2.11BSD, as originally released
+1

It is great encouragement that time investment is never lost if it is something you love and enjoy, even when no one else has benefit of it.

alekq··on How to program a text adventure in C (2016)
It’s great that you read the linked page, because at the introduction he wrote:

But then, why this tutorial? Why write an adventure game using a general-purpose programming language? Because doing so can be entertaining, challenging and educational. The programming language C may not be the most obvious choice for writing a text adventure; it's nothing like LISP-based languages like MDL and ZIL. But while writing my own humble text adventure, I learned that C fits the bill quite well.

alekq··on New iPad Air and iPad Mini
It is probably more connected to career choice and technical background of the person, then the age.

I am pretty sure that most of people can use it as domestic media consumption device (it really is perfect use case), however when it comes to work, people I meet in my business use it for it’s compact size and battery life (great for travels and portability in general), as well presentation-wise possibilities.

alekq··on Heat Pumps Work Miracles
They do work, but with decreased efficency, which in the end line has an effect on total power output (not enough to satisfy heating capacity/needs of user’s installation) and increased energy consumption.

Most of modern heat pumps (air to water) can work without issue all they way to -15/20* C.

alekq··on LambdaNative – Cross-platform mobile apps in Scheme
A recent example of cross-platform app/game made with LambdaNative: https://www.reddit.com/r/scheme/comments/6hng3q/i_developed_...
alekq··on Nim 0.12.0 released
Certainly, it is in domain of forecast, however I see it as a good target for natural migration of (Object) Pascal developers and use cases for Python developers in need of native, fast and small executable etc.
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