Apples are really, really fucking popular. It isn’t surprising they show up as a small minority on something like this. Macs have a pretty limited game library. But, if you already have a Mac and just want to play something from time to time, would make sense to install Steam and pick something up.

I doubt the Mac sales are very high per-capita though. Anyone who is into computer gaming is going Windows or Linux.

God damn. Truly, finally is the year of the linux desktop.

It doesn’t really matter, no. All the DNS entries sync everywhere. So it isn’t like you will have to ping some DNS server in the UK to get your website. Everyone will just hitup their normal DNS server and it will have the answer.

We have built a better distro, it is Mint, Debian, Fedora, and others. Ubuntu is the most well known distro among the general public. Making sure people don’t use a hostile distro like Ubuntu and are instead steered toward good ones is incredibly important.

A big part of the article is pointing out how Ubuntu forcing snaps makes corporate management significantly harder; how ads in the terminal are unacceptable and can confuse junior admins and logging software. Ubuntu is not a distro for anybody. Linux Mint, Debian, or Fedora are all better options.

The article: https://www.linuxteck.com/ubuntu-trust-problem-2026/

I always have at least three laptops, one that I’m using, one I’m working on setting up, and the old one I can’t let go of.

You sound like you need some VMs. Particularly for whatever is on that old laptop.

Seriously. If you are talking about querying tables, Excel is the wrong tool to use. You need to be looking at SQL.

Understanding the intricacies of someone else’s code takes longer than writing code yourself. Good luck to this company!

I appreciate this was hosted on Catbox.

Hah, I have done this before. PC fans are nice for random projects since they are square, have mounting equipment, and use an extremely common DC voltage. Mine has a little molex snake in the middle though. ;p

Yeah, from what I understand, standing up a Teamspeak server is pretty straightforward.

A hard drive in a PO Box; data encrypted. Retrieve it occasionally to sync it with your local storage.

Are there any truly FOSS networking options?

PFSense falls into this category for routers. Netgate makes hardware specifically for it, but you don’t have to buy anything from them to use PFSense. I only mention them because their hardware is good and you can buy anything from a normal home router to enterprise level gear.

I had to sign in with my ubiquiti account first before I could make a local account

I used to be pretty into ubiquiti, but this requirement really put me off. I have no desire to do anything ‘cloud’ with my router. This requirement sent me elsewhere and I sold off all my ubiquiti equipment.

TruNAS … What alternatives are there?

TruNAS has a community edition, so you could start there. Other alternatives are a standard Debian install, use mdadm to setup RAID, then setup a network share in the OS, etc.

I had to set the power profile in Linux to ‘power saver’ to keep the fans from going nuts. The biggest change is the CPU doesn’t boost, but for my purposes that is ok and the quiet is better.

Love to see they are working on making this better.

I default to exFAT for flash drives. Every OS can use it out of the box, so it is the obvious choice.

Overall I’m damn happy. I’m surprised by how many basic things are faster, just opening and deleting files is fast. For some reason, something as simple as emptying the Recycle Bin in Windows is slow as hell; and I didn’t realize how bad it was until daily-ing Mint.

Me and several of my friends have switched recently, with others showing interest or partly switching already.

The good news is the old, non-subscription versions do work in Linux.

Honestly, unless you make a shitload of money off it, subscription Adobe products are just too rich for my blood.

Would like to see some confirmation, but this is probably the #1 thing I see people say is holding them back.

• This assumes latency between one’s current location and the remote location is almost non-existent. It isn’t.
• This assumes we have fast and available internet all the time. I sure don’t.
• This assumes we can use the remote computer in every way we use our current computers. No way.
• This assumes, as you point out, they won’t be greedy once they control everyone’s machines. They will be.
• This assumes they won’t censor ‘dangerous’ sites on these machines. They will.

In summary. I will happily pay more for freedom from the corporation.