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Artem S. Tashkinov

Not under my usual nickname since it's taken here

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So far "Linux works well for you and countless others" but almost all these people fall under the category of IT specialists or people with a high IQ. There are many anecdotal stories how …
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> It's just nothing to get hyped-up or excited about. Exactly my sentiment which is kinda sad.
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I didn't know about Dash, it's the first time I've seen such an admission. Need to read more about that. Thanks!
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The only thing that goes for Ethereum is the fact that it's used for creating worthless numerous other pump and dump crypto currencies on top of its blockchain where Shiba Inu is the latest glori…
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> It makes no sense to me how bitcoin is still number one cryptocurrency despite it's garbage fundamentals. Failed at everything it was supposed to do. It hasn't failed at not being contr…
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> Bitcoin is often touted as a fungible and private asset [skipped] By whom? There's nothing like that here https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin https://bitcoin.…
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Blog post: https://deepmind.com/blog/article/Competitive-programming-wi... Demonstration: https://alphacode.deepmind.com/ This is scary and amazing. What&#x…
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I also have NoScript installed - it significantly decreases the amount of crap your web browser fetches and renders and thus makes browsing faster and consume less energy. And as mentioned by blakeste…
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There are so many lies and exaggerations both about Linux and Windows in this article it's simply staggering. Looks like it was written with people who understand nothing about computers in mind.
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> needing 1-2 weeks Sometimes up to several years or never. Are VirtualBox and VMWare host drivers included in the Linux kernel? Granted they are not "drivers" per se but anyways. OK, let…
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> Saying, "Don't call this FUD" up top doesn't prevent this from being possibly the most blatent FUD I've seen in a long time. Anything more concrete, please? The entire 12…
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> I'm someone who believes that it would be a huge benefit to the world if desktop Linux were 10X more popular than it currently is. Linux' unpopularity is a direct result of its buggines…
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A ton of anecdata, yet 1) Tons of Wifi adapters are not supported by the Linux kernel - you need to scavenge the web and compile random git repos 2) The games _you_ play work perfectly which means all…
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Linux fans are exceptionally good at diverting the blame and whataboutisms. This article is about the Linux kernel, Linux distros and their issues. Let's stop right there.
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Wayland and Xorg sections have been reworked. Most of your Wayland concerns have been addressed (but not all). If you still have other concerns and want to contribute, please do. Only like I said befo…
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> the portal API I don't care about lightweight virtualization solutions, I care about native applications. If we start talking about virtualization, let's forget about Linux as a softwar…
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> you probably want to remove any paragraphs that have no sources, or ones that have low quality sources. Random Slashdot and Reddit posts are not a reliable source, and it makes your article look…
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Let's quickly disagree with you as well: > It's deeply flawed in a lot of ways. Again, a bloody insult. You carefully choose words to insult the author, are you like that IRL as well? >…
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> This is wrong, please avoid making these accusations of bad faith, and please do not spread this misinformation about me. If you could stop being so rude and insulting I could discuss this furthe…
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I'm not a programmer unfortunately and given the fact that my brain has recently been deteriorating fast I won't even try. Perhaps I'll soon turn into a vegetable for all I know :-(
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> there are several other things that are really wrong or misleading in the article When I see generalization about a ton of stuff I instantly get suspicious about such claims. The article cannot b…
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Linux apologists will never accept running Linux on top of a closed source OS.
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ReactOS is a pipedream which will never happen. BSDs are meant to be server OSes. Haiku sounds really promising but needs like 100x developers and money to take off which I don't see happening. G…
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From the article: > Keep in mind that this list serves the purpose of showing what needs to be fixed in Linux rather than finding faults in it.
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So, he welcomes games changing desktop resolution which pretty much all of them do? I'm not sure I've understood your refutation.
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Unfortunately anecdata is anecdata. Meanwhile in the past seven days: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?chfield=%5BBug%20cre... …
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