The Document Foundation doesn’t actually employ developers. They just oversee and manage the development and direction of LibreOffice.

Problem is that if you have a critical application (like banking) that relies on Google services you’re SOL.

It’s Apple or Google at that point.

Apple has been seriously underperforming on their AI strategy.

Really makes it easy to keep using their devices.

• Davinci? Yup
• Adobe? Not even remotely.
• Unreal…yes? I’m pretty sure th development tools still run on Linux at least.
• Crossplatform work? As long as it’s in the same format from the same application, you should be fine. Just format the drive in something Windows can understand.
• Steam? Works flawlessly as do most games now. You will need to change one option in settings, because Steam will by default only show games that are verified by valve to work (most games do though). Your biggest hurdle will be the developers that specifically block Linux.
• Non-Steam games? You’ll need to do some work, but you can get them running just as well as steam games
• Xbox App/Xbox GamePass? Nope.

I do try.

Every single former co-worker has ghosted me at this point and even my friends have basically taken a “Hahaha, for sure mate, for sure, hey have you guys ever changed the conversation?” attitude when I bring up connecting me with people.

People suck lol.

Cool. I mean I haven’t been able to get past a single 10-minute “I just want to go over the job with you and collect some basic information” phone interview in 6-months.

But ya know. Another 6,000 people on the market is cool too.

At the most basic level? Yeah it works fine. No real complaints.

But the interface is just so goddamn infuriating for anything besides that. I have to stop and think “Wait, how do I do X again” way too often.

For me?

• Remote Play (I’ve never been able to get it to consistently work on every device with Jellyfin)
• PlexAmp is awesome
• LiveTV
• IPTV
• Way better clients
• Numerous small little issues.

Was a little worried from the headline that it was being moved to another subscription tier.

I’ve owned a Plex Pass Lifetime subscription since it’s basically been available. I’ve honestly forgotten Remote Streaming was a free service at this point.

I mean Chromium is an open source project, developers don’t have to do whatever Google demands.

I know Brave still supports it alongside their own ad-blocker, but apparently the CEO is a dick so people don’t want to use it for that reason.

…smaller communities

So like it was before the dawn of Reddit and social media?

Sign me the fuck up. I miss my dumb little websites with a dodgy layout full of terribly cropped gifs.

This is Gnomes biggest advantage to be honest. They have a singular vision of how they want their product to work and they aren’t concerned with edge uses.

I enjoy elements of so many DEs but I keep coming back to gnome because it’s just so well executed over the others.

I want a clean, advanced, well designed desktop and Im okay with redoing my work flow

Use Gnome

Gnome is cool but can it be slightly more Windows?

Use Cosmic (PopOS)

I want lots of customization, advanced features, and a traditional windows desktop metaphor

Use KDE

I want Windows and don’t really care about customization

Use Cinnamon

Dude the Windows 9x look was fucking dope

Use Mate

Im installing this on a potato

Use XFCE

Qobuz and 7digital have pretty good libraries and high quality downloads.

That sucks and all, but to be fair this is entirely on you. They sold you a DRM-Free file and you chose to not actually use it and to rely on their servers which you have no control over. This isn’t a “DRM Free” issue.

Personal ownership means you take personal responsibility for it.

Any real benefits of jailbreaking a Kindle? I mean I know the “You free yourself from amazon!” elevator pitch, but what exactly does that mean?

I can already upload pretty much anything I want to it with Calibre. Can I add support for other ebook formats? Cooler utilities on my Scribe? Alternative ebook stores (yes I know where I am)? A user interface that isn’t absolute garbage?

Because it’s not “just a fancy interface”?

It makes the entire process from purchase to playing completely painless, on top of a large community of people, guides, achievements, etc. I think I’d maybe improve my performance by like…a fraction of a frame per second. Good trade off.

And as others have mentioned, Lutris does a good job if you don’t want steam.