It’s theoretically possible but difficult to actually do. China has a large central government and surveillance state, VPNs are essentially banned there, and yet a large percentage of the population uses them daily to the point where it’s commonplace.
James R Kirk
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It’s for image recognition. Nothing sad about it. Great feature.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economyEnglish
43·5 days agoNot saying you’re wrong (pretty sure you’re not) but important to remember that the reason LLMs use a lot of em dashes is because it features so prominently in journalism.
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Linux@programming.dev•Self-Hosters Confirm It Again: Linux Dominates the Homelab OS SpaceEnglish
811·6 days agoLinux holds a 63% share of global server infrastructure.
How is that not 95%?
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Linux@lemmy.ml•Solved: Switching from Windows, but slightly convolutedEnglish
6·6 days agoAs others have suggested it is probably smarter to just backup windows onto a portable hard drive, or you could do Windows2Go which is finicky but do-able.
Also you didn’t ask what distro, but I have been enjoying Fedora Kinoite it’s a very smooth transition (and improvement) from Windows.
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Linux@programming.dev•What are the best reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux?English
6·6 days agoAdobe apps
Importantly, the WhoSampled you know and love is here to stay as a standalone platform and brand. It will continue to operate much as it always has

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Technology@lemmy.world•Screw it, I’m installing LinuxEnglish
1·9 days agoBazzite is good for noobs looking for a gaming option because it’s “immutable” which means the OS filesystem can’t be edited, which makes it nearly impossible to break.
Mint is still very noob friendly, just not immutable. Both are solid options because neither one requires any command line to get it on-par with Windows.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Screw it, I’m installing LinuxEnglish
2·9 days agoI am trying out Kinoite now but it’s very similar. I think the immutable distros are best for people who want a “Just works” experience to start with.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Screw it, I’m installing LinuxEnglish
531·9 days agoEvery. Single. Time.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Screw it, I’m installing LinuxEnglish
7·9 days agoWith Linux being better for gaming and Mac still the place for creative software, Windows really is only for business users.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Screw it, I’m installing LinuxEnglish
9515·9 days ago🤞pleasejustpickbazzite pleasejustpickbazzite pleasejustpickbazzite🤞
I’m going to install CachyOS, an Arch-based distro
oh god dammit
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Technology@beehaw.org•Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sighEnglish
39·10 days agoThat Matthew Hodgson quote is good.
“Unhappy users tend to be disproportionately loud given the issues at stake, and there’s a huge risk of optimizing to appease those who shout loudest in the short-term rather than find medium-term solutions which solve for everyone.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•Mastodon CEO steps down with €1M payout and a deep sighEnglish
11·10 days agoY’all know damn well Corridor8031 didn’t donate a dime.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Google releases its 'Google Sans Flex' font to the publicEnglish
4·10 days agoI actually learned of this when the Material You Home Assistant addon updated yesterday. Kudos to the dev for being extremely on the ball.
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Android@lemdro.id•Google releases its 'Google Sans Flex' font to the publicEnglish
4·10 days agoI actually learned of this when the Material You Home Assistant addon updated yesterday. Kudos to the dev for being extremely on the ball.
This is a good point, I actually made that mistake once! It required their app to setup.
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Privacy@lemmy.ml•TeraBox, the most insane cloud storageEnglish
161·11 days agoI’m all for making tons of accounts to use Google Drive/Mega/Dropbox/etc to distribute files, even if they have crappy privacy practices, you don’t need to share any real information with them anyway
A valid phone number is needed for Google accounts



The remasters of 2, 3 and 4 are phenomenal.