schipelblorp

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why and how the Austrian Military moved to LibreOffice (Part 1)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Early on, before we mandated its use, we provided extensive e-learning modules and videos – including what we call “fast tracks” for the individual modules. With these, it was possible to learn the most important changes for Writer, Calc, Impress, and Base within 15 minutes, so users wouldn’t fall into the typical pitfalls. Anyone who invests those 15 minutes will find it much easier to use the software.

  I wonder what’s covered in that video. Any LibreOffice switchers have an idea?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Illinois's new law requires operating system providers to add age verification by 2028 including open-source projects⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Illinois's new law requires operating system providers to add age verification by 2028 including open-source projects⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But it’s slippery-slope, camel’s nose in the tent shit. Once you have a law like this, you have the money men pissed off that free OSs have a competitive advantage and they’ll buy the laws they need to eliminate competitors entirely. You’ve also gone from arguing that age verification is a BAD IDEA to free operating systems need an exception, which is much poorer ground to fight on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RPCS3 says 90% of PS3 emulator users run Windows, despite better Linux performance⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually a bit surprising. I’d think emulator nerds would be using Linux at significantly higher rates than normal and I think 10% is the latest (optimistic) general adoption rate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Won´t be too long before EU governments and corporations stop handing their information over to Trump’s surveillance state as a matter of routine; several governments and privacy-focused businesses (hospitals especially) are planning to transition off of Microsoft to Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux desktop market share has hit over 10% in North America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Linux has only gotten better as Windows has only gotten worse. It makes sense that at some point Linux would seem a better option to a growing number of people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Drawing Tablet Brands Won't Collaborate on Linux FLOSS Drivers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We carefully reviewed the project you shared with us (github.com/linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptors). While we appreciate the initiative, we found that this is primarily a Wacom-led project, and the potential impact for GAOMON would be quite limited. Even if we added support for our devices, the system would still show the device as a GAOMON model, but the overall setup would display Wacom branding. More importantly, participating would require sharing our device specifications directly with Wacom – which is not something we can consider.

  Moral: stop naming your repositories after brand names.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Waiting for GTA 6's PC release might save you dropping an extra $20 for access to some special shops, based on my wading through GTA 5's editions soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Who are these thrifty people buying games on multiple platforms?

  I save money by only buying on PC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm tired of GTA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I played the hell out of GTA 3… played the others, but, yeah, it’s basically the same loop with better and more involved graphics.