I just installed openSUSE last night and I was thinking at the time about how crappy and dated the installer is. I mean, it does the job if you know what you’re doing but it certainly doesn’t even try to make it easy for anyone non-techie.

I’m not really a fan of Calamares, I think the whole concept of booting into an OS and then using it to install another OS is a bit weird and could confuse people.

I don’t think it’s ever going to happen without corporate backing. Maybe community run efforts can afford to have a few volunteers do some coding in their spare time, but volunteers don’t generally want to work on the boring stuff like the polish that users expect nowadays, and they’re never going to be able to run things like R&D, focus groups, etc, to get ahead of Fortune 500 companies. All they can do is see what works and copy, that’s basically all the community developed stuff has ever done.

Look at ChromeOS, it’s already got more users than Linux. If the Year of Linux ever happens it’ll look more like the Year of Chrome

I’m not going to use this myself but I don’t know why everyone’s complaining about it so much. It requires opt-in, it does all the processing locally, and if someone nefarious gets to the point they can read this stuff then they’ll already be able to record your screen, log keystrokes, etc. I expect it won’t be straightforward to view the data as well, it’s not just gonna be a folder full of jpegs.

I’m glad that people are actually trying to make interesting features still. OSs have been so boring years now, it’s good to see people actually trying to introduce standout features even if they are controversial. More of this I say.

Pretty rich coming from China and their actions in the South China Sea.

According to the Wikipedia article they changed their mind and decided to stay on LiMux.

I think people with 5mil could probably get in a lot cheaper.

I don’t get all the hate for Nintendo. Sure they’re expensive but they’re an OG games company largely acting like one. None of that freemium always-online microtransaction bullshit. Look at the Mario Kart expansion pack, it doubles the number of courses you get. It literally doubles the size of the game, and it’s not even that expensive. Plus they still support physical cartridges which most companies are trying to get rid of (and user expandable storage).

While the idea sounds good I don’t think anyone should be setting a precedent to say it’s okay for elected governments to ban opposition parties from running based on their political views. Ultimately the people should hold the power.

I hope they’re going to keep the late 90s theme from Thunderbird. Maybe a dancing baby gif.

I’m curious do many people in the US know about the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act? I only learnt about it yesterday from the BBC. I found it really interesting to read about it as it seemed to be exactly the same process that we’re going through now.

Taco Bell is shit.

I don’t understand how people are so mailing with the shape of a fast food restaurant.

I think this is pretty routine in America isn’t it? People will accept a lot when the alternative is death.

You’d be pretty glad of it if you unlocked accidentally in your pocket.

He could have done all this without being such a dick and if he’d been polite about it other countries would have probably been somewhat understanding, at least in public sentiment. It’s not a good look to claim everyone else is ripping you off. If they were ripping you off you wouldn’t be the richest country in the world.

Sorry, I love Linux and wish everybody was on it but no way is Windows “just as hard”. Maybe if you want to look behind the curtain and start tinkering Linux is easier but on the face of it I’d say Linux is somewhere around early Windows XP when it comes to usability for a normal person.

I was surprised when he complained that the rest of the world doesn’t buy American cars. I thought Ford sells quite a lot and it seemed as though the other companies aren’t interested in foreign markets. If they want to sell their cars in Europe why don’t they make cars that look like the cars Europeans buy, rather than those ugly American ones? I don’t think anyone would have had a problem buying an American car otherwise.

I’ve booked two restaurants because I changed my mind about the first one. I’ve got a card on the way. I’ll probably make her breakfast in bed and let her have a lie in (this is my wife, not Mum). I might try and find an activity or something for the afternoon. I’ll probably cook tea (dinner).

I honestly am starting to think that compulsory service is a good thing, I wish I’d had to do it. I’ve known lots of people who are from countries that have to do it and I expected them to hate it but they seemed fine with it. And they all had much better self-discipline than the normal person.

It’s not like in the movies where the red lights and alarms start going off to say you’re getting hacked.