All distros are equivalent, as far as software is concerned. They all have access to the same open source software, and Flatpak; AppImage; and Snap can be used for extra portability.

Think of a distro like a pre-configured image of linux. You can always change the configuration later, if you desire. For example, the Desktop Environment. All you have to do is just install a different DE package (usually via command line)

The DE has a major impact on user experience. Use KDE plasma for a more windows-familiar experience, or Gnome for a more Mac-familiar experience. Or experiment with others

The Linux Experiment is a good resource

Linux is already at 4.5%

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/worldwide/

You called?

If you use any kind of ad blocker, switch to FireFox

Chrome is deliberately crippling ad block extensions via manifest v3

It haunts me in my dreams

We kinda do, with GPS satellites that have to correct their clocks due to the effects of gravity and speed

And communication with space probes

I use 24h clocks and ISO 8601 dates almost always

Honestly, I’m better at organizing code than I am my actual life

Timezones make intuitive sense for humans

UTC / Unix timestamps make intuitive sense for computers

The issue is bridging the gap

The downvotes aren’t surprising; it’s not a very popular idea

I still think it’s an idea worth exploring, though

Businesses won’t support Linux if they can’t sell something, and it gives us access to the code

We should have more “source available, but you still need to pay for it” licenses

Best of both worlds, the company still gets to sell a product, and we can inspect the source, or even submit PR’s (and maybe get a little kickback (but that’s pie in the sky))

Granted, it’s super easy to remove the license restrictions with the source available

It’s an explicit “opt-out” by the OP, such that their content cannot (legally) be used to train LLMs or such (Chat GPT, Github Copilot, etc)

Well, that’s what I assumed until i read the license terms. It doesn’t explicitly mention AI or LLMs, but it does say

You may not use the material for commercial purposes

Which i assume has the same limitations for AI training, for commercial AI

(I am not a lawyer)

While i also disagree with python’s tendency to use exceptions as control flow

Python is a pretty stellar scripting language. I wouldn’t use it for app dev, but it’s quite handy for the odd automation or CLI task

Why wait?

I’m a fan of the Alera ALEEL42ME10B Elusion Series Mesh Mid-Back Multifunction Chair ($180 at time of posting). I use it both at home and work

I bought it in November 2021 and it’s still going strong
The one at work has been there since before i was hired (5 1/2 years ago)

To be fair, it wasn’t something most of us were thinking about in the early 2000’s

Then Google became ubiquitous, to the point where we didn’t question it. Like cell service

It’s got electrolytes

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Use a spectroscopic app on your phone

It’ll help you identify the source of high pitch sounds

I once noticed an external HDD was making a high pitch noise intermittently, as the LED turned on and off. It was bizarre

Edit: spalling

I feel like that would cause false positives

Then again, not that many people mess with their router

I recently broke the networking stack by uninstalling ca-certificates

I was using a slightly risky command to delete unneeded packages, and for some reason ca-certificates was on the list

At least the fix was simple. Boot the rescue iso and reinstall them