ldev

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by ldev 9y ago
thanks package manager, you're useless
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by ldev 9y ago
> If you want the latest and greatest of everything, you could use Arch Linux. You're kidding me, right? https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/log/trunk?h... There's sometimes weeks be
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by ldev 9y ago
0.2% desktop users agree. Continue live in your strange bubble, just stop mentioning linux to normal folk.
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by ldev 9y ago
Install git without requiring root privileges... Also git is a 3rd party application, yet somehow all distros treat git as part of base system/OS bundle/whatever, so Fedora 25 has set version of 2.9, 24 of 2.7, etc. WHY. WHY. It&#
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No updates for old Windows with new CPUs(arstechnica.com)
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by ldev 9y ago
Because you can upgrade from windows 3.11 all the way to 10, good luck with ubuntu. Yeah, I see your point.
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by ldev 9y ago
No, you were blinded by your own hygiene... Using contact lenses for 7 years now.
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by ldev 9y ago
> 25 yrs Is is really worth to butcher a word to save one letter?
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by ldev 9y ago
Not really news, saying "linux distro chases ideas to rewrite instead of sticking to one thing and fixing it and that's why linux desktop won't ever happen" is like saying "grass is green".
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by ldev 9y ago
Because we solve practical problems, and do not nit pick of what is technically correct. We are not drones and easily understand that in this context it's megabytes. Just look at all that "technically it's mebibytes bla bla b
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by ldev 9y ago
Original comment sounds more like google's shill comment, to be honest. Because iPhones take pictures instantly too (although they have a quick ui feedback), and it's either hard to believe that attendant never touched iPhone, whi
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by ldev 9y ago
> X11 runs really well these days -- responsive, fast, reliable Well, you haven't seen Windows then - the graphics stack is phenomenal and a marvel of engineering. nVidia drivers crash? I only get a second of black screen and then r
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by ldev 9y ago
> Not performing testing on Linux is inexcusable in my book in this day and age. No, wasting time for two open minded users instead of working for 99,999% users is inexcusable.
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by ldev 9y ago
Give him another 17 years and he might learn some basics.
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by ldev 9y ago
He thought that no one would bother to look for him in Lithuania, too bad Lithuania is a member of EU and not forgotten nook.
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by ldev 10y ago
Expected redirect to golang.com
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by ldev 10y ago
Now I know why most of my colleagues in software development do not have a degree - academy really, really closes your mind in some strange bubble and shields you from real world... This article - I don't even...
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by ldev 10y ago
Those linked benchmarks are useless. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/amd-ryzen-review/ I'd take Intel CPU that runs 120 FPS average over AMD that runs 130 FPS average, when lowest FPS for In
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by ldev 10y ago
I'm actually using my computer and not running it as a build server. I'd take 16 ghz single core CPU over 4 core 4ghz any time of the day.
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by ldev 10y ago
>That's mainly an Apple problem though. And Google's/Spotify's problem is that they do not have any good or even decent phones.
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by ldev 10y ago
I like Apple Music more - more songs and it uploads your mp3s that are not matched and make them available everywhere.
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by ldev 10y ago
Well 3G is as low as you can get somewhere deep in the woods, not really a problem...
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by ldev 10y ago
Exactly, that's how some not very bright people were tricked into thinking that Node.js is actually fast.
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by ldev 10y ago
Surprise, "technical smart people" do not matter - they're just vocal crybabies.
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by ldev 10y ago
Not really far if you count games that sell 1 million+ copies. Right now I'm playing Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, Forza Horizon 3 and Resident Evil 7. And Hearthstone. Haven't seen a game that I would enjoy released on linux in age
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by ldev 10y ago
No, because 3D never really had "wow this is so much better" appliances, meanwhile (if you don't get motion sickness with VR headset) racing games with VR are so much better and work insanely well .
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by ldev 10y ago
https://www.netcup.eu/bestellen/produkt.php?produkt=1587 9 EUR, 2 cores + 6 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD. It still baffles me that someone is using shared hosting services and upload their php files via ftp...
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by ldev 10y ago
Except for telemetry - I think after using Linux, Windows is confusing to you, because I don't have Cortana and still can search for files, don't see ads. Understandable, as Windows is not *nix, you should just RTFM.
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by ldev 10y ago
How do I enable ads on start and lock screen? A lot of people are talking about it, I feel left out. :/ >You no longer have search without Cortana. Could you elaborate? search for what? >These are not small annoyances that happen
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by ldev 10y ago
Ugh, Emojis are thing for very informal conversations - your friends. Seeing them splattered in somewhat official statement looks so out of place and unprofessional.

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