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null | tywkeene | null | I usually dont delete my comments but everyone is losing their shit and misinterpreting what I said, so here we go. | null | 0 | 1491492838 | False | 0 | dfwuvhm | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfwutgl | null | 1493847507 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PonchoVire | null | Public education has been created because it was needed, pretty much as anyone needs to learn history, computer scientists need to learn their own history, that's what studies are about.
If you don't know history, you are condamned in repeating past's errors, if you only know history's surface and not the theory behin... | null | 0 | 1491492915 | 1491493120 | 0 | dfwuy3v | t3_63sbtv | null | null | t1_dfwoooi | null | 1493847542 | -2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | Read the article. This is about the arrival date of Intel's "10nm scale" process-node chips versus Samsung's currently-available "10nm scale" chips, and Intel's "10nm+" and "10nm++" chips versus the "7nm" its competitors aim to be shipping at the same time.
This turns out to be a quite informative article to anyone wh... | null | 0 | 1491492939 | 1491493302 | 0 | dfwuyx5 | t3_63o7pt | null | null | t1_dfvp2tw | null | 1493847552 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sandsmark | null | that would kill performance, keeping a sane performance with complex scroll history is hard enough as it is (and noone likes their terminal eating CPU when they're using something that spews output). | null | 0 | 1491492970 | False | 0 | dfwuzw9 | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfwff59 | null | 1493847566 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | didnt_check_source | null | Are you an actual rust user or are you trying to make the rust community look bad? | null | 0 | 1491493026 | False | 0 | dfwv1s0 | t3_63mkxt | null | null | t1_dfwt0wt | null | 1493847590 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DysFunctionalProgram | null | Someone placing their code under public domain, then someone in a country that doesn't acknowledge the ability of a software creator to place code in public domain being sued for using said software (and if it has happened who won). | null | 0 | 1491493106 | False | 0 | dfwv4gg | t3_63nsrn | null | null | t1_dfwumi1 | null | 1493847626 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | > Weston is not gnome
If Wayland is only usable in its GNOME incarnation, I'd rather do without, thanks. | null | 0 | 1491493109 | False | 0 | dfwv4k5 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwutjw | null | 1493847628 | -16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | > And hence we are full circle to my point that FF has a lot to gain potentially in the rewrite to their rendering code,
This still has absolutely nothing to do with Wayland, as shown by the work Mozilla is already doing (see e.g. Servo).
> Hopefully in addition Wayland is simpler enough than X that driver ven... | null | 0 | 1491493183 | False | 0 | dfwv73m | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwsmg8 | null | 1493847662 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | double-you | null | HTTP is used rather widely for just regular file downloads but FTP has not gone anywhere and is pretty much the other option for anonymous downloads. FTP also provides a CLI to explore files with. Main issues of FTP have been ASCII mode (can mess up files) vs BINary mode, active (gets stuck in firewalls) vs passive mod... | null | 0 | 1491493260 | False | 0 | dfwv9q3 | t3_63oc35 | null | null | t1_dfw4zso | null | 1493847697 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | qprs | null | On Windows Notepad++ is absolutely excellent. I think there's a Qt-based clone of it on Linux, I've forgotten the name though. | null | 0 | 1491493367 | False | 0 | dfwvdbq | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfwbyik | null | 1493847746 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | sandsmark | null | no point in spending a ton of effort on reducing memory usage if it isn't a problem imho. unless you're bored, it's a fun challenge I guess.
but if rendering speed was becoming an issue, how do you do the rendering? in konsole we use two bulk timers to trigger redrawing (one 10ms that gets restarted for every update, ... | null | 0 | 1491493367 | False | 0 | dfwvdce | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfvum9n | null | 1493847746 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Brjl | null | Having a Mac at home, unity is absolutely nothing like OSX. Not sure how you arrived at that. Gnome 3 is much more like it than unity is IMO.
Unless you're suggesting that the top bar being the menu makes it an OSX skin? | null | 0 | 1491493367 | 1491493687 | 0 | dfwvdci | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwnrvv | null | 1493847746 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Zapafaz | null | There's also an extension to automatically open the preview: [link](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hnw.vscode-auto-open-markdown-preview) | null | 0 | 1491493397 | False | 0 | dfwvefg | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfwkbkp | null | 1493847760 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | WrongAndBeligerent | null | I see a lot of abstract criticism and future predictions but not much in the way of actual examples.
Do you realize that the vast majority of X features are unused and modern programs render to shared memory and tell the server about that shared memory - which is what wayland is built to do? | null | 0 | 1491493477 | False | 0 | dfwvh6g | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoh7v | null | 1493847798 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | smog_alado | null | If you miss GNOME 2 it lives on as MATE nowadays. | null | 0 | 1491493508 | False | 0 | dfwvi9u | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwqi8e | null | 1493847812 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | psilokan | null | Pretty much everyone I know in IT (including me) was praising Ubuntu before 10.10. Since 11.04 I've not heard a single one recommend it. 'Tis a real shame :( | null | 0 | 1491493527 | False | 0 | dfwviwm | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwkis8 | null | 1493847820 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | yentity | null | That is not what I said. | null | 0 | 1491493590 | False | 0 | dfwvl1b | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwv4k5 | null | 1493847849 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | Open-source is not immune from criticism because it's free of cost. Most software has weaknesses and ignoring them because you've got a morally superior license isn't the way to stay ahead.
I've been using open source software for decades for pragmatic reasons -- it's usually the best solution to my problem, or to the... | null | 0 | 1491493603 | False | 0 | dfwvlhb | t3_63g1t3 | null | null | t1_dftzn22 | null | 1493847855 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | I think the word you are looking for is Chromebook.
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null | bilog78 | null | > Give me a wayland on X11 extension and i'll be able to adopt wayland only applications
I agree with basically everything you wrote, but I feel obliged to inform you about that Weston, the reference Wayland compositor, can also acts as an X11 client, effectively allowing you to run Wayland applications in X11. | null | 0 | 1491493634 | False | 0 | dfwvmjv | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwqrn2 | null | 1493847869 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | papers_ | null | Specifically https://electron.atom.io IIRC | null | 0 | 1491493727 | False | 0 | dfwvpoa | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfws7fy | null | 1493847911 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | blebaford | null | Even if their vision was good, it was certainly premature to start pushing it when they did. Case in point the situation we have now. | null | 0 | 1491493767 | False | 0 | dfwvr1c | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwjtzb | null | 1493847929 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | headevershaker | null | Either I missed something, or Asymmetric crypto is mostly discussed inside, at least all samples. What's the point? RSA for file encryption?! | null | 0 | 1491493794 | False | 0 | dfwvry3 | t3_63tgpx | null | null | t3_63tgpx | null | 1493847940 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Brjl | null | It isn't as much about real-estate as the user interaction. The way a person physically uses a desktop is fundamentally different than a phone. | null | 0 | 1491493841 | False | 0 | dfwvtjt | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoguo | null | 1493847963 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | A certain sort believes that programming is merely pragmatic implementations of math. It takes, as they say, all kinds.
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null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1491493893 | False | 0 | dfwvvap | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwp2vb | null | 1493847986 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | > why can I pull the icons in the task bar to the side?
Because of the broken mouse metaphor. In the real world, I can pick things up and move them around in space. Yes, it might make more sense to slide the icon up in the list as you move the mouse, but it doesn't LOOK right, after decades of computer usage, if ... | null | 0 | 1491493960 | False | 0 | dfwvxly | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwjlv4 | null | 1493848017 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Brjl | null | Early gnome 3 was horrifyingly bad. Even today it takes a plethora of customization and plugins to get a usable experience.
I mean, it is usable out of the box, but it can be so much better.
Earlier in gnome 3 right up till around 2 years ago was just, yikes. | null | 0 | 1491493993 | False | 0 | dfwvyou | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwodru | null | 1493848032 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | WrongAndBeligerent | null | > They completely stripped out any in-protocol communication between clients.
So what? Processes can communicate with each other through many other techniques and don't need the display protocol of all things to do it for them. | null | 0 | 1491494007 | False | 0 | dfwvz7h | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwq96p | null | 1493848038 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | spinwin | null | That was a fun read! Congratulations on getting your Reddit account back from yourself. Though perhaps you should try to learn a bit of self control.^(I say as I reddit in the middle of my C++ class) | null | 0 | 1491494035 | False | 0 | dfww04y | t3_63tmfn | null | null | t3_63tmfn | null | 1493848051 | 63 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | Pretty sure that's an option in 16.04 at least. And since the windows have title-bars and close buttons anyway, just get ride of the title bar... (or shrink it somehow... ) | null | 0 | 1491494083 | False | 0 | dfww1t3 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwr2cf | null | 1493848074 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | the_phet | null | > Without fragmentation we'd all be stuck on Windows XP because it worked and Microsoft would've had no incentive to improve upon what they had.
Not really, because what Microsoft wants to do is to sell you a new OS every few years | null | 0 | 1491494146 | False | 0 | dfww3y5 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwuumd | null | 1493848102 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | WhoAreTheGlobalists | null | I kinda wanted one of those phones though, oh well. Im too poor anyways lol | null | 0 | 1491494161 | False | 0 | dfww4f2 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t3_63rjtw | null | 1493848109 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cixeltree | null | So don't use dynamic languages? | null | 0 | 1491494172 | False | 0 | dfww4sq | t3_63nkvf | null | null | t1_dfwi1ko | null | 1493848114 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | wasmachien | null | Let's first mine some silicon. | null | 0 | 1491494223 | False | 0 | dfww6iz | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfwgbkt | null | 1493848136 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | berock212 | null | Now I feel bad that I'm the guy who pushed you over the edge. | null | 0 | 1491494232 | False | 0 | dfww6ug | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfwuvhm | null | 1493848141 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | That's the worst case, is that we settle on one option that falls short for everybody. Some people like lightweight DEs. KDE+Gnome wouldn't be that.
Some people like a plethora of options. Gnome isn't that. | null | 0 | 1491494235 | False | 0 | dfww6xy | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwp53n | null | 1493848142 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | Intentionally or not, that _is_ essentially what you said. Weston, as the _reference_ Wayland compositor, is _the_ compositor to look at to see what Wayland can and cannot do, on its own. You've been using Wayland through GNOME, which BTW _itself_ still needs X11 behind the scenes for a lot of stuff. Firefox seems to w... | null | 0 | 1491494245 | False | 0 | dfww7a4 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwvl1b | null | 1493848147 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | the_phet | null | It is not illegal. I work for a public institution with thousand of people, and my key is validated against Microsoft server every few days. Sometimes after a new installation if you forget to run the validation script, after a few days you get the "you are using illegal stuff".
The license the place I work in only wo... | null | 0 | 1491494268 | False | 0 | dfww83y | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwsw80 | null | 1493848158 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NasenSpray | null | > I get how 64 bit register for 32 bit pointer can avoid ABA with DCAS, but wouldn't 64 bit pointer need 128 bit register to do CAS atomically? Or is it non-atomic?
http://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/CMPXCHG8B:CMPXCHG16B.html
TL;DR: 4 input registers & atomic if `LOCK`-prefixed
> I must admit I don't know i... | null | 0 | 1491494272 | False | 0 | dfww88f | t3_63mizt | null | null | t1_dfwn8bd | null | 1493848159 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | WrongAndBeligerent | null | > One thing is any sort of desktop recording. Other than custom APIs by each desktop environment (assuming they implement it at all), there is no way to record the whole screen or a specific window on Wayland. Say goodbye to Open Broadcasting Studio.
I'm not sure though why this should be in the protocol. It seems ... | null | 0 | 1491494275 | False | 0 | dfww8c1 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwqn0l | null | 1493848161 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | But I'm pretty sure Canonical has numbers on how many isos get downloaded every day.
Hell, I'm responsible for just two this week. It's faster to download than to copy to SD, transfer to one computer, SSH to the ESXi host. Just wget direct on the ESXi host. *shrug* | null | 0 | 1491494340 | False | 0 | dfwwakn | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwnbhj | null | 1493848191 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ShapesAndStuff | null | It's amazing how these discussions always pop up.
Completely missing the topic and intention of the original post with determination to go on forever | null | 0 | 1491494351 | False | 0 | dfwwax3 | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfwit7w | null | 1493848195 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cowsandmilk | null | yes, targets on the edges basically become a 1-D search, since you just move your mouse to the top of the screen and then move left or right to the menu you choose. Some people refer to this as infinite height of the interface element in that being at the edge basically means you cannot miss it by moving your mouse too... | null | 0 | 1491494374 | False | 0 | dfwwbq0 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwp0yg | null | 1493848206 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jms_nh | null | And the story of the twenty-seven 8x10 color glossy photographs... we're just waitin' for it to come around again, is what we're doing. | null | 0 | 1491494404 | False | 0 | dfwwcsf | t3_63nsrn | null | null | t1_dfwrls1 | null | 1493848219 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Brillegeit | null | No, as in defaults are defaults. They haven't even looked at the alternatives as what they got by default is acceptable. | null | 0 | 1491494414 | False | 0 | dfwwd64 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwn6cd | null | 1493848225 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tywkeene | null | Well shit I mean I say one thing and everyone crawls up my ass to make smartass posts and make me look stupid.
I obviously didn't mean you aren't a *real* programmer if you don't write all your own tools, I just fucking meant it makes you that much better when/if you do.
God damn. No you know what, that is what I mea... | null | 0 | 1491494427 | False | 0 | dfwwdnl | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfww6ug | null | 1493848232 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | viewtouch | null | I suspect you're right. I'm one of those people who doesn't always have the time to read every article that a submission is linked to. | null | 0 | 1491494455 | False | 0 | dfwwemq | t3_63o7pt | null | null | t1_dfwuyx5 | null | 1493848244 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | > Do you realize that the vast majority of X features are unused
Screen recording, global hotkeys, color temperature, clipboard handling, custom window manager with _or without_ compositor, just to name the first couple of things that come to mind that are trivial in X11, but Wayland cannot do —by design.
> mo... | null | 0 | 1491494500 | False | 0 | dfwwg6z | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwvh6g | null | 1493848266 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tso | null | Something of a reminder that the distinction between a printer and a terminal was minor at best. Effectively a terminal was a printer with the option of sending commands back to the computer. | null | 0 | 1491494503 | False | 0 | dfwwgaz | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfvfjiw | null | 1493848267 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Embracing_Chaos | null | Fair point, I could see that. But then they also have the burden of maintaining multiple versions so that could be a wash for them. I'd be interested to see how much they actually make on new OS sales vs. costs in supporting older versions. | null | 0 | 1491494505 | False | 0 | dfwwgda | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfww3y5 | null | 1493848268 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | someone else said:
> If you want to build something right you need to build it twice.
sadly, true - unless you were flexible in your designs up front - you can evolve quickly
> A waste, and a real shame.
Who says it has to end? If it's a worthy target, someone will keep working on it. Whether it suffers b... | null | 0 | 1491494558 | False | 0 | dfwwi5u | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwjw9l | null | 1493848292 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tso | null | If it's not broken, don't fix it. | null | 0 | 1491494584 | False | 0 | dfwwj2k | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfvjh11 | null | 1493848304 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drowsap | null | Why does it feel so much faster than atom? | null | 0 | 1491494663 | False | 0 | dfwwlt7 | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfwvpoa | null | 1493848340 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | plazman30 | null | I agree. I think around 3.0.8 is when it got decent.
I find it unusable without the bottom toolbar and the ability to minimize.
Even, MacOS, which never had the ability to minimize, added it when they went to OS X. | null | 0 | 1491494697 | 1491503736 | 0 | dfwwmzw | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwvyou | null | 1493848357 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | lampshadish2 | null | That's a joke example. Having an explicit key as a value and then a value as a separate key is an XML anti-pattern.
`<somekey value="somevalue" />`
might be a better design | null | 0 | 1491494731 | False | 0 | dfwwo68 | t3_63qvje | null | null | t1_dfwpp9v | null | 1493848372 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | tso | null | The pixels are transferred as control characters so in effect it would behave like cat-ing a text file. You would get the image followed by a new command prompt below. | null | 0 | 1491494802 | 1491512209 | 0 | dfwwqhz | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfwilva | null | 1493848403 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | > The ui realestate constraints are so different that it just doesn't translate between the two.
That doesn't mean I can't build an executable that can run in many places. A lot of new development is doing this now, but with Javascript frameworks like Electron and Cordova. One set of code that can work with mult... | null | 0 | 1491494873 | False | 0 | dfwwsyy | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoguo | null | 1493848436 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tso | null | How far in the past? What you describe sounds like what would happen if you ran a terminal over a low bit rate connection. | null | 0 | 1491494876 | False | 0 | dfwwt1o | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t1_dfws055 | null | 1493848437 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | Linux. BSD. Solaris. Linux. BSD. Solaris. BSD. Illumos. Linux.
Nothing new under the sun. | null | 0 | 1491494939 | False | 0 | dfwwv9j | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwlw1a | null | 1493848467 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cixeltree | null | This is a good point. A large company (especially a financial company) has an application portfolio consisting of hundreds or even thousands of applications. Companies like JP Morgan employ more devs than Google.
I'm not sure why it's any wonder that Javascript is an appealing option to companies like these. The same... | null | 0 | 1491494964 | False | 0 | dfwww4h | t3_63nkvf | null | null | t1_dfwd6wh | null | 1493848478 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | Try replacing the rear tire on a Ford 455 backhoe with nothing but a bucket of grease and a 5 foot johnson bar.
That was about a $2000 tire in 1999. | null | 0 | 1491494973 | False | 0 | dfwwwfr | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoplw | null | 1493848482 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | JSFuck sort-of instantly vindicated BrainFuck as a teaching and security exemplar and not just a particularly-obstinate esolang, as far as I'm concerned.
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null | jcriddle4 | null | It isn't even a common Latin phrase in the sense that google doesn't find it. I had to use google translate to get: "with military limits". | null | 0 | 1491495139 | False | 0 | dfwx29x | t3_63tgpx | null | null | t1_dfwtb1d | null | 1493848562 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | > erosion of your OS as the flagship Linux distro.
Really? I'm pretty sure this hasn't happened. Fedora Core used to be a big deal in places I worked. RedHat/CentOS etc. Ubuntu is killing it everywhere except where we need Oracle. 7 years ago I was only running FC, now I haven't touched it in half a decade. ... | null | 0 | 1491495159 | False | 0 | dfwx2z8 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwodw4 | null | 1493848571 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | youwillnevercatme | null | I just want to know when VS Code will start with my tabs open automatically (or CTRL + Shift + T after quit like chrome and sublime have). | null | 0 | 1491495213 | False | 0 | dfwx4ws | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t3_63oxnb | null | 1493848596 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | Intel has been adding a tons of vector SIMD over the years that most programmers haven't noticed, crypto/AES instructions from the mainframe world that more noticed, and now hardware transactional memory in the highest-margin parts.
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null | damn_it_so_much | null | Alternated between xubuntu and lubuntu here. Unity was usable, I guess, but I never preferred it, especially on an older machine with less gfx power. | null | 0 | 1491495275 | False | 0 | dfwx6zt | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwp0a9 | null | 1493848624 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | berock212 | null | You forgot to mention that Vim is trash and you should only use Ed. | null | 0 | 1491495280 | False | 0 | dfwx76c | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfwwdnl | null | 1493848626 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tywkeene | null | I'll fight you | null | 0 | 1491495295 | False | 0 | dfwx7oy | t3_63lssy | null | null | t1_dfwx76c | null | 1493848634 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vinnl | null | > the fragmentation argument has always been overblown
Especially since it seemed to be based on "if we just throw more developers at a problem it will be solved sooner and better". Especially programmers should know better. | null | 0 | 1491495367 | False | 0 | dfwxa5p | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwinxp | null | 1493848667 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zenolijo | null | Sure, it will take a while until everything runs Wayland natively but progress is being made and the future looks bright. Native Firefox support for wayland is under development but for now it works fine for me in Weston, Gnome, Sway, Orbment and Velox under Xwayland out of the box so something is definitely broken on ... | null | 0 | 1491495380 | False | 0 | dfwxano | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfww7a4 | null | 1493848673 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vinnl | null | You'll be able to use the current LTS for at least a few more years, but the question is if you actually want to. | null | 0 | 1491495413 | False | 0 | dfwxbtt | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwqewl | null | 1493848691 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | _understand | null | Unity is terrible. Such a waste of time, energy and money on their part. Don't reinvent the wheel that everyone loves.
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null | darthcoder | null | I'd be interested in hearing more, though I suspect I can predict a lot of it. The feedback is important because someday one Linux platform is going to be that OS (maybe through Snaps-like android support).
* Email - clumsy, no good email clients that work in mobile and desktop form-factors.
(I'm not even sure w... | null | 0 | 1491495444 | False | 0 | dfwxcx8 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfws0a7 | null | 1493848705 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | HittingSmoke | null | Your inability to upgrade to Windows 10 has nothing to do with fragmentation then. It has to do with the fact that your IT department hasn't chosen to upgrade to Windows 10. There's absolutely no circumstance when you should be upgrading your own PC on a volume license as an end user. | null | 0 | 1491495451 | False | 0 | dfwxd4g | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfww83y | null | 1493848707 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | NoblePotatoe | null | You are not. I liked it too. | null | 0 | 1491495464 | False | 0 | dfwxdkz | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwpd87 | null | 1493848713 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | darthcoder | null | The only real issue I have with Unity is no built-in right-click option to create and edit launchers.
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null | hunterkll | null | Hm, interesting. Sounds useful. Can I run this as a remote X application on non-wayland capable/supporting workstations and architectures? | null | 0 | 1491495543 | False | 0 | dfwxgdu | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwvmjv | null | 1493848752 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | esmifra | null | I've seen somwhere a quote of him saying that by abandoning unity 8 and 7 they will return to gnome so mir will also be abandoned because in gnome only wayland makes sense. | null | 0 | 1491495549 | False | 0 | dfwxgls | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwkwvn | null | 1493848755 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ishmal | null | But that's what those terminals are for. 9600, 19.2k or 38.4k serial connections. Quite often, if you were distant from the server, there would be a net connection to your computer room, then a serial hub to each of the terminals.
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null | zamadatix | null | Probably the same as every other emulator. Seems to be written in C++, ~~my guess is they have their own HLE JIT as everyone does. LLVM seems to only be mentioned because LLVM4 supports Ryzen targets and they use Clang to build since GCC 6.1 is giving them errors not because the emulator actively uses LLVM to recompile... | null | 0 | 1491495578 | 1491497080 | 0 | dfwxhlm | t3_63mkxt | null | null | t1_dfwoedw | null | 1493848768 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | vinnl | null | >
>
> For example, why can I pull the icons in the task bar to the side? They just snap back into place when I release. Why... why is that there?
That's there for allowing you to rearrange the icons. You have to drag them to the right before being able to rearrange them, because pulling them directly up and... | null | 0 | 1491495585 | 1491736608 | 0 | dfwxhul | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwjlv4 | null | 1493848771 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Kluizenaer | null | I personally use [CPMono](http://cdn.designinstruct.com/files/182-free_monospaced_fonts/04_cp_mono_plain.jpg) which left a view glyphs indistinct.
So what I just did was apply the ultimate hacker solution and just edited the font to make them distinct. I'm a genius; I know. Anyway "top" as usual is just subjective. I ... | null | 0 | 1491495606 | False | 0 | dfwxikq | t3_63mvh0 | null | null | t1_dfvsn85 | null | 1493848782 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zamadatix | null | Don't feed the troll, the account name literally contains "throwaway" and all they do is comment on programming threads hoping to stir things up. | null | 0 | 1491495655 | False | 0 | dfwxk86 | t3_63mkxt | null | null | t1_dfw9no7 | null | 1493848804 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Andernerd | null | Android is Linux, but definitely not GNU/Linux. It's missing a lot of the important GNU stuff that make Linux enjoyable. | null | 0 | 1491495656 | False | 0 | dfwxkau | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoguo | null | 1493848805 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | pdp10 | null | > you're not going to end up with cheaper, faster, or more energy efficient circuits by simulating decimal.
Pure decimal computers were used in the 1940s and early 1950s for mathematical computation, and Binary-Coded Decimal well into the 1960s. 36 bits was an ideal binary size to give the traditional ten digits of... | null | 0 | 1491495691 | 1491495951 | 0 | dfwxlgu | t3_635ggh | null | null | t1_dfsxyki | null | 1493848822 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zamadatix | null | Don't feed the troll, the account name literally contains "throwaway" and all they do is post troll comments on every programming topic hoping to stir something up. | null | 0 | 1491495723 | False | 0 | dfwxml3 | t3_63mkxt | null | null | t1_dfwv1s0 | null | 1493848837 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mightbbest | null | This is a great one. Brings old memories of mine. | null | 0 | 1491495755 | False | 0 | dfwxnpp | t3_63lcwt | null | null | t3_63lcwt | null | 1493848852 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | davidk01 | null | I am starting to dislike tutorials like this. They teach everything except self-sufficiency. Everything in this tutorial requires a 3rd party cloud resource to work. It's basically a glorified ad for github and dockerhub.
Browsing through the site I see why now. They're pimping freelancer so it is in their best intere... | null | 0 | 1491495836 | 1491496031 | 0 | dfwxqkj | t3_63s43j | null | null | t3_63s43j | null | 1493848890 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Kluizenaer | null | As much as anyone can see X needs replacement. Wayland is absolutely terrible and not the friend of programmers.
Wayland is essentially designed around idea that a desktop computer is a glorified facebook Window. It omits power tools by design because these are "unsafe" as that means that if malware has commandeered y... | null | 0 | 1491495957 | False | 0 | dfwxuuw | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwj4xo | null | 1493848947 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Beckneard | null | > Linux really needs something like Unity.
You mean like many other DE that exist? There are a bunch of "Unities" out there each with their own niche. Linux folk like their configurability and freedom of choice, no single DE is going to succeed in being **the** DE. | null | 0 | 1491495967 | False | 0 | dfwxv7k | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwjw9l | null | 1493848952 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | > Sure, it will take a while until everything runs Wayland natively
Until all major applications do, _Wayland has a long way to go_, which was my frigging point right from the start.
Running X11 applications under Wayland through XWayland is a ridiculous hack that gives none of the benefits of Wayland while at t... | null | 0 | 1491496006 | False | 0 | dfwxwk0 | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwxano | null | 1493848970 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Pazer2 | null | Of course, I'm sure that winforms will still be maintained for years and years to come. Its just not the recommended way of building desktop apps anymore. | null | 0 | 1491496010 | False | 0 | dfwxwp7 | t3_63oy00 | null | null | t1_dfwm67c | null | 1493848972 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Kluizenaer | null | No, this is a slight piece of misinformation. Wayland is default starting from GNOME 3.22 which Fedora has long shipped with if you pick the GNOME version. Other systems had GNOME 3.22 before Fedora.
Wayland is completely unusable right now except for the most trivial use cases however. | null | 0 | 1491496054 | False | 0 | dfwxy7n | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwlte6 | null | 1493848992 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bilog78 | null | > Hm, interesting. Sounds useful. Can I run this as a remote X application on non-wayland capable/supporting workstations and architectures?
No frigging idea, but I doubt it. | null | 0 | 1491496065 | False | 0 | dfwxymt | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwxgdu | null | 1493848997 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Beckneard | null | > It's called Android.
Android is not GNU/Linux, it's Google/Linux. It's a free and open OS only on paper. | null | 0 | 1491496070 | False | 0 | dfwxysv | t3_63rjtw | null | null | t1_dfwoguo | null | 1493849000 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Patman128 | null | Electron is just Chromium and Node so it's quite fast. They had to make it slow. | null | 0 | 1491496102 | False | 0 | dfwxzx0 | t3_63oxnb | null | null | t1_dfwwlt7 | null | 1493849015 | -13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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