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  • jacktoPrivacy@lemmy.mlTruly independent web browser
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    Open mindedness is a key factor for success (especially in open source). Inclusivity demonstrates open mindedness. The fact that the lead dev goes out of his way to prevent such a minor change (it’s not even like people demanded a strict CoC or something) is a bad signal


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    Open mindedness is a key factor for success (especially in open source). Inclusivity demonstrates open mindedness. The fact that the lead dev goes out of his way to prevent such a minor change (it’s not even like people demanded a strict CoC or something) is a bad signal



  • jacktoLinux@lemmy.mlCustom Linux Distribution just for Gaming
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    Basically installing packages. You’re fine if you default to using

    • flatpaks for gui apps
    • brew for cli programs
    • distrobox when building from source or when you need good control over the package environment (e.g. when installing a latex editor and only the latex packages you want)
    • layer packages on host with “rpm-ostree install” when the program needs tight integration with the host (e.g. VPN software)

    Also, you shouldn’t edit files in /usr, but I’ve never run into that limitation. You can still edit other top-level directorys like /etc .

    That’s about it.






  • jacktoLinux@lemmy.mlWhy does nobody here ever recommend Fedora to noobs?
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    From this article, an interview with Fedora’s project leader:

    On the other hand, the long-term distributions work by basically not making changes. Fedora doesn’t follow that, your packages will get updated. We try to make it so that major breaking changes happen on releases rather than just as updates. But sometimes, if there is a security problem, we will put out a newer version of something. So for that kind of stable, it is much less so."

    That’s why Fedora users are stuck with e.g. the older GNOME version until the next release.

    The difference between Fedora and Debian regarding stability is that there’s a new Fedora release every 6 months, while on Debian you have to wait like 2 (?) years for major updates.

    That’s how I always interpreted the term “leading edge”.