What if a new OS comes with, say, a GPU driver that is not compatible anymore? Is there not even an override for this possible? I have a PC with the GTX 970 which in computer terms is basically just after the meteorite crash ending the jurassic era. And i have been considering to use Bazzite OS for this machine.

Remember: Just tell tar to Xtract Z File.

SimCity 4 taught me: NO, JUST ONE MORE LANE WILL NOT SOLVE CRAPPY CITY PLANNING! And it teaches me the value of a good headphone or speaker setup every time i hear that certified banger of a soundtrack!

Don‘t GPUs also include hardware for DRM stuff like that?

The EU is (finally) coming for Apple‘s ass. So Sideloading might finally become a thing on iOS.

Until then we have Signulous to sign our apps for Sideloading. There are also other options but those require a PC nearby so up to three apps can be signed for 7 days at a time.

Also tell me how Apple and Apple users have ruined Android. I‘ve been using Android phones since Android 2.1 and switched to an iPhone recently solely because my company gifted me an iPhone 14 Pro Max. And through all those years i didn‘t notice Apple or Apple users ruining Android.

My Intel Wireless AC 7265 on my Sony VAIO begs to differ. Certainly not brand-spanking new but it’s AFAIK less than 10 years old. The speed would at some point drop under Void Linux.

Tipping in germany is a thing. The culture here is much less intense about it than the american tipping culture.

I think the question was more about „Why do i have to register to be able to vote?“

Which is a good question. In germany we don‘t have to register to vote at any level. Once we‘re 18 and are registered citizens (the latter part is indeed a problem for immigrants due to bureaucracy), we get to vote.

We get a letter informing us where our local poll station is and then go there. A poll helper then crosses our names off a list once we‘re there and our ID is validated. Or we use the included ballot and send the letter back for mail-in voting. We can also have someone else vote for us if, say, the accessibility measures at the local poll station still don‘t suffice.

Germany isn‘t a perfect state but i personally think they make damn sure that you can vote. And it‘s really problematic that the ostensibly democratic US doesn‘t nearly put as much effort into enabling people to vote.

Boy, i sure hope someone got fired for that blunder

You could try to fix this from a very different angle by buying those strips for the nose against snoring. Those strips can temporarily unobstruct the air flow in the nose.

Loopy-schwoopy troll physics!

One bad spelling spoiled the whole comment

Open Source doesn’t mean automatically that applications look ugly. It only means that they look ugly on non-Linux systems. Like VLC Player, Open Office, etc.

Linux systems are easy to install. The real challenge is to diagnose an issue. What caused the crash of GTA V? The new Mesa drivers? The new Gamescope update? Some update in the game that breaks in conjunction with KDE running in Wayland? But you launched the game in xwayland, how could Wayland still cause trouble? Or is it the latest FEX update you installed because you saw a Youtuber playing Elden Ring on their iPhone 14 Pro with HoloISO and you figured that the 15 Pro should handle the game perfectly?

(Rechter Terror passiert)

Irgendein CDU-Politiker (1): “Wir können uns nun mit dieser Situation sachlich auseinandersetzen.”

Noch ein CDU-Politiker (2): “Das klingt nach einem guten Plan.”

1: “ODER! Ooooooder…”

(2 Minuten später)

1: “VERGESST NICHT DEN LINKEN TERROR!”

Also, if they get upset with “government do thing” they cannot possibly be fascist as that necessarily requires a large central governance. I’d argue that putting more policies in place is more fascist and Democrats do much more of that sort of thing.

They can be fascist. They don’t need to regulate quite literally everything, just which kind of people are allowed and which they want to get rid of. I hoped that was clear when i suggested that republicans don’t want the government to be involved if the outcome produces an undesired outcome. Like kids being aware of racism, that LGBT people are not monsters, the american history being flawed in order to not repeat mistakes etc.

Now just for personal curiosity, how are they actively endangering your life? Endangering I can agree with, but “actively” I’m curious

Simple. They spread anti-trans rhetoric which has proven to be so infectious, it arrived in germany and starts to endanger me and other trans peoples lives. And not only trans people, but also other LGBT peoples lives, drag queens and even other leftists who aren’t part of the LGBTQIA+ demographic. Basically their whole culture war schtick.

You know, in germany self-ID was on the table. All the talking points against the law and us trans people in general (because trying to prevent self-ID is not enough) started years ago in the US. Luckily self-ID passed but many concessions were made to account for right-wing talking points, no matter how little basis they have in reality.

Violence surrounding the CSD also increased. I was lucky this year but other people weren’t. I will keep going but i worry that i might not be lucky next year if the culture war rhetoric keeps spreading and getting more radical in germany.

Of course there are a few steps between the GOP, FOX, Daily Wire and me but they flung their shit far enough so that i could notice its impact.

It’s funny how conservatives are like “It’s bad when government do thing”.

I just want to take each and every one of them, shake then vigorously to reroll every neuronal connection and yell at them “COULD YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THAT FASCISM THE REPUBLICANS ARE DOING? YOUR PARTY IS ACTIVELY ENDANGERING MY LIFE!”

I think it would be more honest if they said “I don’t want the government to be involved if the end product is against my belief system.”

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Actually that’s gonna be super easy. Barely an inconvenience.

Which instance have you been on?

I think GPD offers SteamOS copies for their devices.