SavvyWolf

Technically that would mean that one copy of the file is no longer updated when the other is.

You should consider using ln bkp.tar.gz bkp2.tar.gz instead.

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I’m cool with Obsidian because everything is just a bunch of Markdown files. If they go off into the deep end then I can just switch to VScodium or some random text editor.

Vendor lockin is the real problem with proprietary software.

Used them to debug a problem. Forgot to remove them. Wondered why I ran out of disk space a few weeks later.

Programs running graphically (Firefox, your file browser, etc.) need a way to tell the system “draw these pixels here”. That’s what the display server does; it takes all these applications, works out where their windows are and manages that pixel data.

XOrg has historically been the display server in common use, but it’s very old and very cobbled together. It generally struggles with “modern” things that must people expect today. Multimonitor setups, vsync, hdr and all that. They work, but support is hacked together and brittle.

Wayland is a replacement for XOrg that was designed from scratch to fix a lot of these issues. But it’s been an uphill battle because XOrg is the final boss of legacy codebases.

tl;dr They’re both software that manages drawing pixels from applications to the display.

Realistically, what are you expecting? If Valve suddenly decided tomorrow to release all of their source code on Github, all you’d get is a big blob of source code that is purpose built for Valve themselves and not really modular. They’d have so much technical debt and auditing requirements that it’d probably be easier to start from scratch, which I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect them to do.

And honestly, nothing closed source that Steam does is really novel enough to warrant being open source. The value of Steam comes from its ecosystem and playerbase, as well as the backing of Valve themselves. That’s not something that an open source Steam server or client would allow people to compete with.

I would like them to release an open source command line tool for downloading, launching and DRM-validating-ing games though. That seems reasonable for people who don’t want to run the full client and want something like Heroic or Lutris to be able to hook into.

We’d all like Steam to be open source, but that’s not going to happen for a number of reasons. So I guess you could say that a core part of the OS is proprietary, if you wanted.

We like Valve because they are actually contributing to open source projects, unlike Microsoft who say they love open source but don’t do anything to support it.

Also, the Steam Deck is really nice, and less locked down than “Windows” hardware.

Okay, so I originally was going to go in a long rant about how they’re still doing it, but decided that it didn’t really add much to the comment, so removed it.

Afaik they’ve, for now at least, shelved it in browsers, but are still going ahead in Android webviews (as part of their war on Youtube Vanced).

They 100% would stop you if they could.

It’s why Google’s website DRM thing was so scary.

It was rough. I basically gave up on playing 3D games on Linux for the longest time and used a dualboot. Much less hassle.

What convinced me was when they verified Apex Legends, which was a game I was not expecting to be verified at all. Turns out Proton secretly got really good in all that time.

I do not like the foot.

Remember: Always replace EagleOS on your SmartGun with Linux to avoid the NRA’s telemetry.

Windows and Linux are both easy to use… Provided that everything works out of the box.

Once you have to actually start solving problems, Windows really starts to fall down because you have to spend ages looking through settings and perhaps installing tools like bcd editors. Like seriously, the number of places you can manage your microphone settings are insane.

At this point, I think the only people that say Windows is easier are those that have never had to reinstall it or who have been using it since the XP days and haven’t realised that it is all learned knowledge.

I certainly think Linux tooling could be improved (a graphical fstab editor would be nice), but I struggle to see how troubleshooting in Windows is any easier than Linux.

If you’re asking on a forum like this, then you presumably aren’t that interested in trying new and experimental ways of using your computer - you just want something that “works”.

Maybe it ends up being a gateway to further experimentation with UIs, or maybe you just want to stick with something that works for you. Either way is fine.

Let’s not gatekeep and say that to use Linux you have to fall in love with the open source and free software movement. It’s fine to use Linux because you don’t want Windows’ tracking or it’s 2025 and you don’t have a TPM. It’s fine to want something that’s similar to what you’re used to.

I personally think UI design peaked with Gnome 2 and everything since then has been trying too hard to be different.

Also… What makes a look and feel “proprietary” and “closed source”? Like, they don’t block other people from copying it.

system dees nuts haha gotem

I’d say no. This is a bit of a risque type of humour. There’s so much here that could be misunderstood, and it requires some context which they might not know or appreciate.

I think generally memes about marginalised groups should be avoided entirely in work environments unless said groups are extremely normalised.

I’ve found meld to be a good graphical tool to do this sort of thing. Should be in the repos.

Would be nice if it could be launched by file managers though.

The steam deck does have a gyroscope for sensing rotation… Just saying.

You know, I do wonder how many of these statistics are influenced by Linux users tendancy to use adblockers and block tracking. Linux could be more popular than it looks.

Also, they should tell us how much of that increase is due to the Steam Deck. :P