James R Kirk
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James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Why doesn't the Linux subreddit leave Reddit already?English11·2 days agoI’m having trouble following, you’re suggesting that the Linux subreddit continues to exist because of some corporate conspiracy to keep users on commercial media platforms?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Atomic Linux Distros: What Barriers Stand Between You and Making the Switch?English2·5 days agoYeah you’re right, “atomic” is not the same thing as “immutable”, but they are related terms and OP appeared to be using them interchangeably so 🤷♀️
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Atomic Linux Distros: What Barriers Stand Between You and Making the Switch?English1·5 days agoI didn’t say bricking, I was responding to the bit you wrote about immutability being “a fad”.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Atomic Linux Distros: What Barriers Stand Between You and Making the Switch?English1·6 days agoImmuteability is what enabled me to finally switch over full time. I don’t think a lot of geeks yet realize how huge they are going to be for wider-spread adoption.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Atomic Linux Distros: What Barriers Stand Between You and Making the Switch?English152·6 days agoidk I’ve gotten mine into a state i couldnt fix more times than I can count. Immuteable distros have been a game changer for me and if I’m being honest I think they’re going to be the biggest thing for mainstream adoption in Linux’s entire history.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Why do you use the distro you use?English31·9 days agoHaven’t used the command line since installing Kinoite, it’s… weird.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•I'm committing to Linux, but it's so unstable. Any suggestions?English5·15 days agoGood advice, also Fedora’s “atomic” distros are both bleeding edge and extremely stable!
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•I'm committing to Linux, but it's so unstable. Any suggestions?English3·15 days agoI agree with you completely. No disrespect to Mint, but immutability is (IMO) possibly the most important advancement for Linux adoption in its entire history. I would love to see more distros release immutable versions.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survivesEnglish4·21 days agoI did not realize you were OP (or even had a Lemmy account) 😂
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survivesEnglish23·22 days agoMastodon has more of a flat structure and is designed to be more conversational which is why I think it hasn’t caught on amongst celebrities and the pundit class. It’s great for conversation but only so-so at self promotion.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•Eight years on, Mastodon stubbornly survivesEnglish8·22 days ago@rysiek@mstdn.social’s blog is one of my favorites. He really understand the social aspect to a lot of modern technology.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Which Distribution and Desktop Environment should I use?English3·1 month agoLOL yes I try not to speak like a FOSSite when talking with newbies. “Arch Linux does not yet have an adequate solution for the hammer problem (when your computer is hit with a hammer) so I can’t recommend it.”
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Which Distribution and Desktop Environment should I use?English2·1 month agoI mean, rollbacks are quite literally a feature to prevent breaking it. That said I’ve never even had to roll back once.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Which Distribution and Desktop Environment should I use?English61·1 month agoFedora Kinoite.
- You will basically never need the terminal.
- Highly tweakable, but out of the box is very similar to windows
- It’s immutable (impossible to break)
- App “store” makes sense and is not weird.
- Extremely fast.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domainsEnglish16·1 month agoThe reason behind his weird android haircut is that he thought it looked Caesar-esque.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control RealityEnglish20·1 month agoYeah I have to imagine much of it is bots/artificial views already, this line from the article stood out:
That means this short reel has been viewed more times than every single article 404 Media has ever published, combined and multiplied tens of times.
It doesn’t shock me a single reel has significantly more views than all of 404 media, but “multiplied tens of times”? A recent comment me chuckle:
“Investor fraud is basically the entire business model of well basically everything anymore.”
(implying the ad views are faked to increase the stock price).
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Technology@beehaw.org•AI Slop Is a Brute Force Attack on the Algorithms That Control RealityEnglish32·1 month agoI think it’s interesting how “maximizing for engagement” inevitably leads to slop taking over everything. I wonder if real people (with real money) will continue to engage with the slop? Some people surely, but enough to sustain these mega-corps?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Gonna give Linux another try, any guidance is welcome!English2·1 month agoFedora is a solid choice. I recommend Kinoite because it’s familiar to Windows users and impossible to break.
op asked about the r/linux community which was not mentioned in either of your comments