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Is Gentoo more-or-less pointless for the average Linux user?
  • You misunderstood. The configuration is one time. Updates and patches gets configured according to your configuration.

    FYI, The updates you get are also pre-compiled by the distro team, and are compiled with generic flag to ensure compatibility.

  • Is Gentoo more-or-less pointless for the average Linux user?
  • Annoy is completely the wrong term. You're getting to control over what is to be built and what's not, and since softwares are compiled and optimised according to my hardware, they are lighter and faster with less attack surface.

    That may sound cumbersome for a novice to setup the portage configuration but in return it is really worth the time, and it is usually one time, unless you plan to add or remove features. But once you're satisfied with your configuration, you don't have to look back at it.

    I found YouTubers complaining about going through hour long upgrade on the daily bases very misleading. Only a few core packages can take that long, which are upgraded on a quarterly bases.

    Wait did you seriously called it a hype? Before switching to Gentoo, I was using Arch, softwares have better support of eachother and if feature isn't working you can always talk with the dev how to resolve it. They might even look into modifying the ebuilds to make them compatible.

    FYI, I never came across any breakage and I've been using Gentoo for about an year now.

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    How to make your profile private?

    So that other won't go through your post and start messing with your engagement.

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    This will change the fabric of society...
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    Privacy is assaulted in broad daylight and everything we do is recorded with an unforgiving permanence. We trade away our private data for services and conveniences -- not realizing that the government has become party to every agreement we enter into. Due to the 3rd-Party Doctrine, we have no reaso...

    This will change the fabric of society...

    Privacy is assaulted in broad daylight and everything we do is recorded with an unforgiving permanence. We trade away our private data for services and conveniences -- not realizing that the government has become party to every agreement we enter into. Due to the 3rd-Party Doctrine, we have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the digital age. The government uses this loophole to purchase data from brokers, completely evading the boundaries established by the 4th amendment.

    This invasion into our lives has become completely normalized.

    Even if we don't value privacy ourselves, by not standing up for privacy we actually hurt the most vulnerable in society.

    In this video I talk about the very real horrors that have occurred throughout history when surveillance becomes a tool for oppression, stripping away the freedoms of the people, and changing the fabric of society. I explain why this is where we are heading. I also explain some simple steps you can take TODAY tell you what steps you can take TODAY to protect yourself.

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    Choice on Linux is a JOKE. Here's why.

    Linux users brag about all the choice they have, but most of those choices are just flat out bad. This might anger old fogies.

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    What movie did you rewatch most often?
  • You got that right. Before sunset was the one I rewatched alot out of the three. I had a relatable moment in my life which I still cherish.

    I didn't understood your first statement.

  • What movie did you rewatch most often?
  • These are the movies on the top of my head I've watched more than 20 times.

    • Batman: Dark knight
    • Orange clockwork, Eyes wide shut, Dr. Strangelove
    • Before sunrise and before sunset. Third one is kinda cringe.
    • Shawshank Redemption
  • What developments in the Linux world are you looking forward to the most?
    • At the least Nvidia hardware gets full support for Linux. Which in turn would help me run Wayland on daily bases.
    • Ease at implementing secure boot for Linux.
    • Torification/I2P being used as standard to use and adapt applications running on linux for internet access.
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    Tool to batch edit your comment/posts to null and delete them.

    Since comments/posts are not deleted from an instance, is there a tool for editing posts and comments to null and delete them?

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    Is it a good idea to enable "show bot accounts" on lemmy?

    I have disabled it for myself but want to know what others have experienced.

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