Whoa
emr
joined 2 years ago
Does Valve ship a usable desktop distro?
What's crazy to me is that Linux was out way in front of this. Put me in front of windows back in the aughts and say 'go install a program' and you had to google it, hope you clicked the right download link, install it, hope you didn't get a virus. Ubuntu you just opened up synaptic and bam, there was a wealth of programs you could just install with a single click. It was mind-blowing, and way easier than what everyone else offered.
Baby Duck syndrome is real, and probably the reason I'm using Lubuntu; it superficially resembles the OSs I grew up using (Win9x/OS9/WinXP.) Windows, MacOS, Gnome, and Mate on the other hand relentlessly change their interfaces.
I'm sure they have sentimental/kitch value. At the very least, I'm sure a junk shop would take it off your hands.
I still don't understand why IA picked a fight with publishers with the emergency library.
IA provides a really valuable service and they're an incredibly juicy target. Going on anti-copyright crusades isn't their mission.
MacOS was just about as jank as Windows 9x by my recollection.
The screen was nice, the USB support was nice. I didn't hate the keyboard, though I was used to an IBM Model M so I hammered those keys...
Just wait till you find out the reliability of faxes and subsequently find out how much of the medical profession relies on them.
Is there somewhere I can read more of this?
Just pick an engine and stick to it.
Thanks for the info!
In Excession it felt more like
spoiler
The Culture is a race of intelligent starships that keeps humans as pets.