James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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23h ago

Reddit decides to remove r/all

And nothing of value was lost

EDIT: After reading the comments in this thread I think I should elaborate...

The only thing that makes Reddit not X or Facebook are their niche communities. For years, Reddit corporate has been moving to homogenize them and shove them all into a single algorithmic slop feed that auto-adjusts to what you linger on like Tiktok. /r/all and /r/popular are basically just endless slop feeds of bots reposing engagement bait for people with brain rot to look at while they poop. But having slop and topic-based communities in a single feed invites those brainrotted people to jump into any community they are not a member of and vomit all over it without learning the rules/culture/etc.

Honestly I think focusing on and prioritizing their myriad small communities and not the people who want slop feed is a smart move for user retention. I still won't go back there, but I think it's a smart move.

23h ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Don't get me wrong I love what Zorin is doing but I still think Bazzite is going to be much more "set it and forge it" for gaming than Zorin.

23h ago

Which game have you been most patient for?

Funny you should ask, I am actually playing Galaxy for the first time right now!

All I can say is that I really enjoyed Sunshine and will probably finish 100%ing it one day. With the patches I mentioned it feels about as modern as Galaxy (I suppose they are only five years apart). But better or worse? I can't yet say. I love the "Fludd" mechanic and find it really satisfying in 60fps.

24h ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

James R Kirk @startrek.website 24h ago

You must be thinking of something else, they just pushed an update last week and are arguably rapidly becoming the closest thing Linux has ever been to mainstream. I just saw that my Life in Gaming (a channel about console gaming) just made a video about it.

2d ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Yeah I agree, Mint used to be my recommendation (and it's a good choice for sure) but now I say Bazzite or Kinoite (for a newbie used to Windows) because KDE Plasma is better than Windows and the immutability adds another layer of stability.

2d ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Yeah Bazzite is excellent all around. It's usually what I recommend to anyone with Nvidia.

2d ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Mint is for sure an excellent option but I recommend Fedora Kinoite (or Bazzite) these days for someone used to Windows because their immutability makes them even more solid and harder to break.

2d ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Zorin is great for a grandma, but for someone who knows computers I think it's too simple.

2d ago

I think i am ready to switch from windows and need advice

Fedora Kinoite or Bazzite (which is based on Fedora Kinoite).

Both are "immutable" which all you need to know means they are essentially impossible to meaningfully break.

Both use the KDE interface which is very similar to Windows and very tweak-able.

They're very similar, but Bazzite is the one to go with if you do a lot of gaming. It's basically the Steam Deck OS plus a little more. I've tested Bazzite with an Nvidia card and had no issues whatsoever and performance was nearly identical to what I was getting with Windows.

2d ago

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

Ok but that is the definition on Wikipedia

If someone is using it wrong, they're using it wrong.

2d ago

The wildest part about this poll is that it was only shared to Star Wars sites

I have absolutely randomly jumped into a conversation like that before 🤣

2d ago

KDE Plasma 6.6 now available | Aurora