NixOS configuration is done entirely through code, so all of your packages are in a list (although that list can be spread across multiple files; it’s a bit to explain)

I’ve found it can be easier to manage what you have installed, since you can just look at that list and go “oh, why do I still have xyz installed, idek what that does anymore”

I appreciate the way things are configured a lot, but I would not recommend it unless you really like coding and you have time to tinker. It’s not too hard to get simple config setup, but I spiraled down a deep rabbit hole really quickly.

EDIT: If my comment for some reason persuaded you to use NixOS, I recommend you get a basic config setup before installing it. I’d also recommend you look at how annoying it can be to run dynamically-linked applications (i.e. you download a random executable off the Internet and try to run it, or you try to run something you downloaded with npm)

iirc, it’s typically the pixel a series, normal pixel series, the most expensive iPhone, and the Samsung flagship (or smth like that)

The Pixels tend to give really punchy contrast which a lot of people like

oh lol

Some parts of the world (mostly Europe, I think) use dots instead of commas for displaying thousands. For example, 5.000 is 5,000 and 1.300 is 1,300

I’m not entirely sure. It could be similar to HDR support (only available on Wayland), but I would need to look into it to be completely sure.

I’m pretty sure you can disable caps lock (or at least rebind it)

I currently have caps lock rebound to backspace. Maybe it’s a Wayland only feature and you’re using x11? idk

Ah yes, they’re going to collect all those 0’s /s

No, they’re going to collect a “this person used the chatbot sidebar” if that person has telemetry enabled. That’s it.

If something changes or comes to light, then I’ll be worried, but this just seems like normal technical data they use to know what to prioritize.

For anyone wondering “where do they get their money?”

It’s from businesses who buy their SDK. They (allegedly) don’t sell any of your data

Magic Earth is free for all our end-users but we also have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners. For instance Selectric.de (a supplier for navigation solutions for ambulances and fire trucks), Smarter AI (developing ADAS systems) or Absolute Cycling (using the platform on bicycles). For more info on the SDK, you can check magiclane.com.

Bottom of their faq

I haven’t been able to test it out yet, but it seems pretty decent

torzu currently does this, though iirc the development is slowing because it’s a big time commitment

Without knowing specifics, I’m going to assume the “attack pride parades” bit is the people protesting against corporatized pride parades that are heavily sponsored by genocide-funding corporations.

Nintendo probably thinks it’s theft lol

I’m pretty sure that’s just Firefox for Android, but without some of the proprietary and telemetry stuff So you’ll get it around when the stable version of Firefox does

I think Google Pay used to have something similar, until Google axed the whole thing in favor of Google Wallet

If you’re interested in fedora atomic desktops, I would check out one of the uBlue projects (you can even switch back to plain old fedora atomic if you want)

Yeah I mostly said that because some distros have different difficulty getting them last I checked, but the wording was unclear to say the least

I use bazzite, and it admittedly isn’t the best for out-of-the-box development work because of it being atomic

You can just make a container for your development, but I’d rather not (I just layer packages atm and I’m working on making my own image based on it that has the stuff I want)

I typically recommend pop!_os over Manjaro

Realistically, though, most distros will work well for gaming if you install steam, proton-up, and maybe lutris so long as you don’t need Nvidia drivers

I liked it except for that “ad blocking is piracy” shit he snuck in there

Has ddg ever really claimed to use its own index? I’ve always thought of it being a bing frontend

edit: Apparently start page pulls from Google and Bing (going off of this)

I disagree. I’ve used KDE’s discover thingy to install stuff basically through dnf on fedora. It’s incredibly possible for the average user, who basically just browses the web and maybe writes documents.