My last job is currently controlling kubernetes with Ansible (configuration management and orchestration) in a hybrid cloud model. The new engineering director likes yaml so they put yaml on his yaml.

I can’t argue with that because honestly I was jealous of the folks running it. But they are buying new equipment today and I’m not.

Same. I have a lot of legacy recording equipment that I won’t replace until it stops working and it’s all mini USB.

I’m just glad I got what I did instead of FireWire.

Until the CIO gets the “telephone game” version of what’s going on.

I’m less concerned about that and more concerned about supervillains building lairs.

Some of us always look like shit.

I prefer funny over accurate.

That’s why way back in the day they had GIMPshop and why there’s PhotoGIMP now.

You’re right, once. But adding that one time means I never have to see the launcher again. Clicking no means extra launch time and looking at it every time I launch the game.

But different strokes for different folks. If it’s not worth it to you then that’s cool. It was worth it for me and I thought I’d drop that for anyone else who may want it.

I was going to ask where the ad was, but I forgot that I turned off the launcher specifically because of that. I have no idea about PS but you can add the following on PC to skip the lau8

--skip-launcher

I am more concerned that she’s a ‘viral girlfriend’. I had one of them years ago.

It’s a Glass Cliff and a poisoned chalice. Probably with a literal Sword of Damocles over her desk.

I didn’t notice Atmos was gone until now. I have an ok Atmos system that works pretty great on the titles that support it. I love Atmos.

I get it free with my Internet service so I’m not cancelling, but I’ll never subscribe.

D.A.R.E. raised my awareness of drugs. I only used them for wholesome purposes.

I have an anecdote with some long-ish accompanying rambling nonsense that boils down to agreeing with you.

I’ve had Linux systems on and off for years. I think I started on Slackware (it’s been too long to remember). I just installed EndeavourOS on a laptop with good compatibility the other day.

First, systemd-boot problems. Fine. Live USB, command line. Fixed. Then Bluetooth problems. Edit config file. Fixed. Wouldn’t connect my third monitor. Another config file, apparently. Fixed. Wouldn’t switch to my dGPU. Still not fixed, but at this point I have lost interest in fixing. So no gaming on Linux on that system because I can’t be bothered.

I also loaded Windows because I prefer a fresh install to removing bloatware. Installed. That’s it. It worked. Bluetooth, third monitor, GPU switching, the works.

Once it’s running, assuming I don’t run into the same problem you’re running into, Linux is fairly bulletproof. But your average person has no interest in editing config files and playing around in the terminal. They want to buy a computer, maybe install a browser they’re comfortable with, and get on the Internet to do whatever internety things they do. They don’t need to spend time getting things just right because they live in a web browser and possibly Office (although that number is pretty small for home users).

People don’t care. You’re right, life is too short. I want to go to a concert, go sing karaoke, ride a motorcycle, build a cabinet, play a game, or go have a drink. Others may want to go watch sports, go hiking, go rock climbing, go to a wine tasting, or go out with coworkers. Grandpa wants to whittle on the back porch and maybe cook some ribs. College kids have school, parties, social clubs, and activities.

When Linux is someone’s hobby, that’s great! It means they like something and I’m all for people enjoying themselves. But I think a lot of those folks forget that most people just can’t care about how they get to the Internet as long as they can get there. Because all a laptop is to most people is an Internet machine.

It would be like someone who is into woodworking as a hobby wondering why these Linux guys aren’t building their own desks from scratch. They’re sturdier and could last a lifetime if properly done. It’s super easy to build too! Way easier than those wobbly things from Amazon and made of real wood.

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My MacBook Pro is 10 next year. It still does MacBook stuff last time I checked.

You two are overlooking the most important thing. It might be fun to crazily rip out the cables then make a junior guy go trace and repatch it all. The opportunity to legitimately do that doesn’t come along often.

My first house was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath in rural Texas for 5k more than that. That was 14 years ago. I just looked it up and it’s currently $130k. It was built in the 90s, is brick, and still looks pretty good.

Probably unpopular, but I really like Studio One. Reaper is more powerful, and I love it too, but there’s something about Studio One that just let me wrap my brain around it the first time I used it. For me, it’s great for quick and dirty production which is a lot of what I do and “just works” with my interface and mixing console.

Of course that’s not the case for everyone and a lot of folks want and need something with more to it.