Oof, yeah that's rough. I hope they put something out for the rest of us soon, or at least signal some intention to do so. Promising new Android versions don't mean much if all the special Pixel features are locked to the newest models.
Most, if not all of the new image and video stuff is done in the cloud, so why is it that only the Pixel 8 and up are getting them? It's hard to recommend a Pixel, or buy another one when they seem to only be focused on selling the newest phone.
That sounds normal, but really it's not. Samsungs and iPhones have features only on the newest devices, yes. But if the hardware of the previous gens allow, the older phones get as many new features as possible.
The Pixel 4a got Magic Eraser (a feature introduced on Pixel 6). To have a Pixel 7, and get almost none of the new software-based features leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
A phone bought less than a year ago shouldn't feel so abandoned! Even the $300 Xiaomi I had was better supported.
Yeah then you don't have to see them cry and shit. As long as we're up to date, it's all good.
It feels like she knew she would get fired from this new job, leverage it nationwide articles and get even more subscribers to her OF page. She even references the teaching gig in her bio, and the new job in her latest posts.
Considering teachers practically work 100% of the time, it seems it would be difficult to genuinely perform the duties required while still maintaining a flourishing side gig like OF.
My wife is a teacher. I see how much they have to work at home. She probably wasn't a great teacher in the first place.
I feel her point about the pay. Considering the hours worked, teaching is barely approaching minimum wage.
Nate's blog has been really encouraging people to submit bug reports. So I think the goal of Neon is to have the bleeding edge KDE with a stable base, to rule out confounding factors as much as possible. I don't think it's a bait-and-switch since the product hasn't changed. They'd probably just really rather it be used for people willing to submit bug reports.
Yep, definitely what we already knew. I'm surprised to hear it's the default on the Slimbooks actually; that sounds like exactly what they were trying to avoid with the way they pitched Neon.
I agree on Neon being great, I love KDE's pace of updates. I read Nate's blog every week religiously. I'm spoiled to the AUR these days, though. Just for that I can't go back to non-arch based distro. Been rocking Manjaro and have the least headaches out of anything I've tried.
@mistral@lemmings.world Provide me a set of "special characters" as in characters that make others think you're special if you use them in an email.
It seems the hesitancy was fear it might be considered the de facto way to install KDE.
It's been clarified to be primarily for testing due to it's bleeding-edgeness.
First some facts: KDE neon is in fact a distro. It has an ISO you install on your system. Slimbook ships it on hardware....
The mental pretzel is finally over.
Considering the billionaires also own the contracts for manufacturing every piece of military equipment we have... That would get interesting.
If something like KDE Neon came preinstalled on a PC they'd be fine tbh. It's the act of having to install a thing that makes it undesirable
100%. Reddit killed the vibe for the people that appreciate it the most.
Definitely this is huge. Proton and the respective Wine advancements are exactly what needed to happen. And the headlines about some games running better on Linux really gives it a good look.
This! Gnome is absolutely a foil to adoption. Everyone I've seen try to start with Ubuntu has bounced right off back to Windows. You're already wrapping your head around a new OS, you do not need an entirely new desktop paradigm.
So happy Valve went with the setup they did.
I would install Manjaro. It runs KDE, which is super familiar, and maybe more polished than Windows. And it is Arch-based, which means you have access to AUR apps, which makes finding programs super easy. It's like if the MS app store actually had every program on it.
Keeping the explanations simple.
Don't start with Ubuntu/Gnome. The desktop is way too weird, and app repository is limited.
Don't start with Mint or Cinnamon or LxDE. Linux nerds will recommend these, but they feel "old" and are not really lighter on resources than KDE.
Highly recommend Arch-based distros. AUR feels like a miracle coming from the Windows paradigm of tracking down installer EXEs and MSIs.
I think the spotlight on KDE from Steam Deck definitely helps. It's polished as shit, and it acts like Windows by default, and that is a good thing.
We just had a president calling up state leaders to try and reject the winner of the election.
No one took him up on it, primarily because there was no legal basis to do so.
If a state can remove a nominee before the election even starts, that would NOT be good for us. We've seen time and time again how political factions will use any leeway they have to solidify power.
I hope the contributors are anonymous..