At least back then, snaps wouldn’t work if the home folders were not under /home/<username>,

Do you mean that it literally had /home/ hard-coded instead of using $HOME? That’s crazy if so.

Hot take: If you don’t like ads, then don’t use services/sites that are funded by ads?

It’s also the only desktop OS that’s actually Unix. MacOS gets official Unix certification with every major release. All other “Unixy” OSes are just “Unix-like”.

I like using Sriracha, or peri-peri sauce from Nando’s or Trader Joe’s.

Very popular in the Netherlands.

the scroll wheel can tilt to scroll sideways

I use these for switching tabs in browsers/IDEs by remapping them to Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab using Input Remapper

I’m just glad that KDE now has an option to disable pasting using the middle mouse button (mousewheel click). Only available on Wayland though - AFAIK this behaviour is deeply rooted in X11 and it’s not easy to disable it.

Your data really isn’t worth that much.

Also, it’s a common misconception that large tech companies like Google and Meta sell your data. They don’t. The data is what makes the company valuable - they’re not going to give away their competitive advantage. Instead, advertisers can target people based on the data. The advertisers never actually see the data nor exactly who their ads are reaching (it’s just aggregate anonymized data).

On Google and Facebook, even individuals can use the same tools that large advertisers use to list their ads, and see exactly what they see.

I was using Debian on desktop for a while. I’ve been using Debian on servers for over 20 years so I figured it’s a good choice. I liked it, but ended up switching to Fedora. The only Linux distro I can use at work is Fedora (we use a modified version of Fedora) and I liked it enough to start using it at home too.

I appreciate the newer packages, especially for things like KDE Plasma and the Nvidia drivers. For example, Fedora had KDE Plasma 6.1 before Debian had even started packaging 6.0 for experimental.

And make sure it’s a VPN that supports port forwarding. Sharing is caring.

or just use Usenet.

I’m using the Windows XP Bliss wallpaper on my Fedora PC at work. I’ve had a few people ask about it haha. Most of the company uses Macs.

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case insensitive by default, yet case preserving

This isn’t just a Windows thing… It’s the same on MacOS by default.

because it creates new attack surfaces, new opportunities for bugs, and is very unlikely to accurately deal with all of the edge cases.

Unicode case folding has been a solved problem for a long time. The Unicode standard has rules for which characters should be considered identical, and many libraries exist to handle it (you wouldn’t ever code this yourself).

Same on MacOS - when you format a drive, you can pick whether it’s case sensitive or not.

Oh, I didn’t realise (I don’t use it). Thanks for the info.

Ideally use a VPN with port forwarding (like AirVPN or Mullvad) so you can properly seed :)

Forced launchers like uplay and origin are the issue

These are usually first-party though (made by the same company that makes the game), not third-party.

then complain about them later.

I don’t see where they’re complaining? They don’t seem to be asking anything of the C devs other than help with API definitions.

Sounds like the equivalent of Alt+SysRq+B.