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Cancel seems to cancel the entire update process not just removal of the one app.
This is almost more annoying than Windows update :/
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AerynOS is the best, most user-friendly distro that you shouldn't install.
https://aerynos.com/
Don't install it.
It will probably work great.
But it's not ready yet.
Still in Alpha.
Top secret.
Go use Solus or something.
I said don't install it.
Shush.
You'll be ok not knowing the wonders of a fully custom atomic package manager.
That's right, atomic, like nukes.
Must mean it's dangerous!
What are you doing in my swamp?
Back away slowly or it'll feel threatened.
No touch!
Law school is for people who are boring, and ugly, and…serious. And you, Button, are none of those things.
Keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.
Ya like jazz?
We're not really looking at market applications right now. -xkcd 678
It's a UNIX system, I know this!
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Boy, I'm pretty good at this lawyerin' stuff!Honestly it's a pretty fitting description of @TechConnectify@mas.to 's channel... 
Never have I seen someone so eloquently explain the biggest problem with AI-assisted development.
This is what the AI-coding pitch never confronts. Yes, generate code faster, sure. But the catching — the eye that says no — comes from somewhere AI cannot reach.
Timeline of major consumer versions of Windows:
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@AerynOS@hachyderm.io
Possibly 
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@jeff_3ix@hachyderm.io
I actually just tested it in a VM and something about it doesn't sit well with me. All the YaST stuff is kinda shoved in my face which I don't really like, along with some other minor things; it just doesn't feel terribly polished.
Why is openSUSE so unpopular?
It seems like a genuinely good distro 
idk what you're doing right now but you should consider watching Mr. Rogers explain crayons. https://pbskids.org/videos/watch/competition-how-people-make-crayons/34760
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social
It's the Vector Network Analyzer graph but with 99% more Will Smith ;)
What happened to FossFlow?
It used to exist, as evidenced by https://alternativeto.net/software/fossflow/about/
The repo used to be https://github.com/stan-smith/FossFLOW
But now it's just been... deleted?
If you want to run a local model with adequate performance, the highest cost I’ve heard was $8,750 a month per user to replace ChatGPT Pro, on GPUs rented from Amazon. You might bodge something together for less. But that puts the unsubsidised price at a maximum of 40× to 45× OpenAI’s subsidised price.
from https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/18/github-copilot-ai-token-charges-to-go-up-10x-100x/
Doing the math:
$8,750/month * 12 months = $105,000
Yup, that's right. You could give every single employee their own personal college grad and it might still be cheaper. 
OMG OMG OMG Toyota made a geared CVT and nobody knew 
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@oliver@lfnt.site Huh, interesting...
I was partaking in my semi-regular search for a Solus replacement, and it appears openSUSE may not be it after all :/
Huh, interesting...
I was partaking in my semi-regular search for a Solus replacement, and it appears openSUSE may not be it after all :/AerynOS is the best, most user-friendly distro that you shouldn't install.
https://aerynos.com/
Don't install it.
It will probably work great.
But it's not ready yet.
Still in Alpha.
Top secret.
Go use Solus or something.
I said don't install it.
Shush.
You'll be ok not knowing the wonders of a fully custom atomic package manager.
That's right, atomic, like nukes.
Must mean it's dangerous!
What are you doing in my swamp?
Back away slowly or it'll feel threatened.
No touch!
Law school is for people who are boring, and ugly, and…serious. And you, Button, are none of those things.
Keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times.
Ya like jazz?
We're not really looking at market applications right now. (xkcd 678)
It's a UNIX system, I know this!
ZO RELAXEN UND WATSCHEN DER BLINKENLICHTEN.
Boy, I'm pretty good at this lawyerin' stuff!
Apple's headphone adapter is the only headphone adapter OR jack that I've found which is low noise enough to work with my IEMs.
Is that weird? I can't tell.
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@jeff_3ix@hachyderm.io
Maybe you should give Solus a go? It's got its own quirks, but I've gotten comfortable with it.
Hopefully one day AerynOS will be ready enough to actually use...
🕺 And all the hits are saying the same thing
There's only tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
And life is finite
But that's all lies
And "reasonable" people know better than you
That cost in the long run but they don't know the short game
So you will be badgered and taunted and told that you're missing a party that you'll never get over
But that's all lies
That's all lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8
Banks have fees? 
I guess that's why everybody loves credit unions.
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I think what really kills it for me are the blue outlines around everything, and the density and amount of options that are foisted upon me within a single view.
I just want KDE to look like Gnome, or Gnome to be as usable as KDE. Or maybe just something in the middle... idk 
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@jeff_3ix@hachyderm.io
As for me, I'm gonna keep messing around; been on Solus for a few years and I feel like I need to change things up.
Maybe I should try Cosmic or something
I find it interesting that there isn't a translation layer to run MacOS on Linux.Replying to on fux.am
@amlor@fux.am Good answer! 
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@feoh@oldbytes.space
KDE's window management is the best in existence. There's even an extension to get that little Windows 11 tiling popup thingy but I realized I didn't even need that because everything else worked so well...
I'M BORED! 
#lazyweb does anyone know of a Linux distro where:
Nothing is ever out of date by more than a few weeks, but things are tested so my system doesn't break.I can use a normal KDE Plasma desktop immediately upon install.It's not Solus. I use Solus. It's great, but I'M BORED.
Thank you! 
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@ancientjames@mastodon.social
Sure but like...
That's crazy!
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I mean what's the point in having all the settings if you don't have the settings I need?
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(this is probably not an original thought, but I did come up with it on my own, I promise)
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@jeff_3ix@hachyderm.io
Maybe I should give it a more serious shot though...
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Thank goodness for copious amounts of ElectroBOOM and for BPS.space making a video about VNAs!
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@ColetteDiskette@retro.pizza
True.
I will note that sometimes when people are trying to suss out an XY problem it can sound like that, but it isn't.
i.e. people might say something along the lines of "Why would you want to do that?" when they really mean "What are you actually trying to accomplish?"
I saw this in a group chat recently:
"I found a program that requires the 32-bit package of guntls. Is it in the repository? If not, does it need to be packaged?"
Somebody responded "Why would that need a 32bit GNUTLS package...?"
And they answered "I'm really sorry – while I was downloading Overwatch on Battle.net, it got stuck. An AI told me it could be because of the 32‑bit gnutls. I assumed it was a widespread problem. Sorry for the trouble."
Classic XY problem, but notice how the question, "Why would that need a 32bit GNUTLS package...?" could've easily been interpreted as condescending.
My point is that... wording is hard, I guess 😅
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Or not, depending on how far it goes. idk, not an economist.
I have finally determined, once and for all, the ideal outlet orientation. 
Some say "just change the electrical code."
I say: Of course physical changes to plugs/outlets, and/or mandatory grounding would fix some of these issues, but good luck getting that to happen!
Yes, there are some exceptions, but over all I believe neutral on top is the safest option:
Some say "just change the electrical code."
I say: Of course physical changes to plugs/outlets, and/or mandatory grounding would fix some of these issues, but good luck getting that to happen!
Yes, there are some exceptions, but over all I believe neutral on top is the safest option:Replying to
@rl_dane@polymaths.social @primeapple@polymaths.social
Yes, but anything's better than Arch (unless you need something to build another distro on top of)
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Buttons should look like buttons.
The more I look into different distros, the more I understand why Valve decided to take Arch (of all things) and make it immutable.
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Update: Good news! (kinda)
If I had bought a Framework 13 Pro a week ago, I would've gotten the RAM downgraded from 32 GB to 16 GB.
I now no longer have anti-buyers remorse! 
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@rl_dane@polymaths.social
Yeah, a Smith chart; that's what the Veritasium video is about
Oh my I am VERY HYPE for this KDE update 
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/07/31/fixing-multi-gpu.html
https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2026/07/31/fixing-multi-gpu.html