There’s also general gatekeeping of their developer tools which restricticts ports of software, and not following standards properly (USBc, sms).

You’re right - most media formats have support for metadata, which can include all sorts of things depending on how the image is created. For instance, most phones have an option to add location data to photos.

A lot of identifiable info like location data is usually an option you can turn off. And there are a lot of tools to remove metadata from files. A quick search brought up this, which seems fairly reputable (and open source, which is usually good for sensitive stuff like this).

Sounds like people with voting. They love to tell you how it doesn’t matter, and yet republicans put tons of effort into making it more difficult.

No reason really, there’s just no point to set a super high limit if your save file is a 5kb text file.

Also valve does review the game and might not like an absurdly high limit, but I don’t know if they actually care or not.

Yeah devs get to set the limit. (Source: am a dev w/ a game on steam)

Ungoogled chromium with some privacy extensions would probably be a similar experience.

Any reason for picking it over all the other chromium browsers?

The war is already happening regardless of what the us does. Would you rather we just sit back and let Russia destroy ukraine?

I don’t think the propeties of semi conductors would be the biggest issue.

Nothing because it sucks and isn’t worth the effort if you have an Internet connection and any knowledge on how to use a search engine.

I still wouldn’t use them for dishwashers. They’re overpriced and usually are worse than a standard detergent https://youtu.be/_rBO8neWw04

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I find personally it’s easier and more relaxed to hang out in person. But that’s with friends, so unless you’re on close terms with everyone that does seem like a big hassle.

I wonder though where you meet up, and what you do. I can totally see myself wanting to do a meetup like that if it’s somewhere fun, like a big city, and there’s some events planned out.

Keep hydrated. Eat food. Relax your eyebrows. If it’s bright out, wear sunglasses.

Monitors at different refresh rates is a downside of x11, which Mint uses for all its desktop environments. Fortunately, they’re working on moving to Wayland for the Cinnamon edition, which has better support for that. There’s an experimental version you can use now, and they plan to be done in 2026.

I’d test things first ofc, maybe with your laptop plugged into one of the monitors.

I mean, for most distros you should be about to install and use the OS without touching the terminal. Yeah, you may want to use it for some things (idk what you were trying to do) but it’s kind of the same thing in Windows with registry edits and such. It’s a tool and if you don’t know how to use it, you’re probably gonna get lost.

Also how is it easier to go to a webpage to download an installer instead of using a store? Even microsoft is trying to move in that direction.

I don’t want to say your experience is invalid because I definitely think Linux can improve in terms of user experience. But it’s not very helpful to just complain about stuff vaguely.

A decent GPU (rx 570). Could play any game I wanted without going through desperate measures to get it to run at minimal settings, could do more with game dev and 3d modeling, etc…

These days, integrated graphics are honestly pretty decent though. Hell, I’m pretty sure the steam deck’s apu is more powerful than my machine in a few ways.

Antichamber is great. Feels like a completely different universe with its own set of rules you need to discover. Also really interesting to see a puzzle game with an almost metroidvania-like progression, with the gates being your own knowledge of the mechanics.

Nah I just found nitronic rush back in the day, and found out they were working on a follow up.

Distance - an arcade racer that plays like a good 3D sonic game, has a cryptic story, and has elements of horror. Completely bonkers combination but it works super well.

Thumper - another very fast paced game, but also a rhythm game. The devs label it as “rhythm violence” and it fits. The music is percussive and ambient, mostly consisting of the sounds of you slamming through turns and hitting the a button with ferocious intensity. Levels can take well over 30 minutes.

The Beginner’s Guide - might be more well known but imo this is a must play for anyone who does anything creative. It’s a two hour walking sim, but I feel like it’s a story best told as a game.