thedruid

So. We just encourage ignorance and security threats so we… can… be … better than them? I don’t think that’s the healthiest outlook …

Super glad you understand my point. it honestly is the one thing holding us back I believe

Yeah I love linux, but it’s user experience , while light years ahead of what I used in the late nineties and early aughts, is still clunky compared to others.

That being said, honestly most of linux’s issues are GUI related, when it comes to going mainstream. The capabilities and efficiency are far ahead of windows and mac os but most users don’t care.

Directions, examples and mundane work should all be seamless for mainstream consumers.

A good rule of thumb is, " if a user has to look for it to fix it, or open a terminal window to install software, then it won’t be accepted fully.

Mainstream users don’t want to type commands in a prompt. Why does everyone think windows blew DOS out of the water in sales? It wasn’t because DOS wasn’t working. It was, hell early windows ( I started on 3.11 so that’s my limit of knowledge ) still used DOS.

So bottom line. Start putting the non tech consumer first or we’ll forever be stuck in this “almost mainstream” category forever.

When free speech stops being a pseudonym for hate-speech, then I’ll pay attention to this

Usually what " free speech " and " no censorship" means no consequences to actions. That is t what those terms mean.

So I ignore those marketing buzzwords.

Let’s talk about speed, moderation and posting tools, user tools available, etc …

What abilities does the the platform ACTUALLY have.? If those are in the neighborhood of what I’m looking for, I’ll check it out.

But free speech and censorship buzzwords have lost meaning

And so it begins …

He wants to hand it off. Hell step down and give it to Vance. Seriously. That’s his play if he’s not the guy

Fuck this.

I was born before we landed on the moon. So could be.

You do know the world has been around longer than 40 years, right?

And you weren’t around when the Internet was born if you’re under 40, hell if your under 50, using the the 1970s as a generous approximation of the appearance of packet networks, you still weren’t around at the birth of the internet.

I

Just told my kid this…

now I feel your being disingenuous. Seriously. You have a good day. I won’t be replying

Having to do most real things besides browsing the internet via command line on 2025 is definitely a sign of gatekeeping , imo. Yours may vary

No. I mean consult and discuss with them.

yeah., I think end of the day. its really about personal preference. I prefer linux because I am done with corporations controlling and ruining my life

Of course I’ve used windows. From 3.1 to 11.

I’m in Linux now. Been using that A long time as well

Additionally very very few people even know what a registry editor in windows is

Because what they want windows to do doesn’t need them to understand it. That’s the point.

They click a couple buttons, windows crashes behind the scenes then loads again , all without the user seeing it now.

Back in the day the bsod would show up but they got rid of it.

Now dos (both ibm and Ms ) that was a fun thing to play with. .

It would better to make peer tube super easy to use without needing to do more than cluck once on. A button and get going

The thing holding open source back is the gatekeeping. Developers could spend more time actually working with u.i experts to make things easy, but no. Rather make everyone think it’s some magic that requires 50 steps.

Make it easy to do business and give them a great product. That’s all that needs to be done. Do that foss community, and you’ll win.

This is the lure of a. I. And it’s insidious.

No. That’s generalizing

It depends on the person learning. You may get more out of a video and I may get more from a book

So Linux can be a pain in the Ass to set up done things, but I’d light years ahead of what it was in the late 90’s

Youngster. You are in for a very, very rude awakening.

No one is making any of those claims. You don’t know the staggering amount. If things you don’t know. And that is sad.

I wish you a good day

I do. He will lose power. It WILL happen. It takes awhile to organize millions of people, but they are being organized, the protests have had an effect, Legal battle lines are being drawn with higher universities, etc… the slow roll of mobilization is happening and is gaining momentum. millions demonstrated last weekend, though the media barely talks about it. There will be encampments and other big protests set up. It is in the planning. from what I hear just don’t want it top end like occupy wall street. it has to be more organized, more united.

The magic word is time. It sucks. its slow, and its the master. But the time is also coming when the protests and organized institutions all reach a critical mass that the illegal administration cannot shout through. That’s when he will go to trial.

In two weeks , the container ships coming into the United states drops from over 20, to 12. That’s a huge hit to the supply lines and economy of the U.S. A hit to the food supplies , and the cash flow. those are the two that matter. think about what his support will be then.