They nailed the retro-futurism aesthetic with that window UI

I don’t mind the size, as mine often doubles as the pocket computer that it is. I just wish they’d stop wasting so much time and money with cameras. If I wanted pro pictures, I’d carry an actual camera with me.

That seems incredibly dumb and backwards. I guess doing it this way helps them expedite its death like all their other products lol

Then they need to make apt not work lol

Very true. Snaps are the worst. I don’t even get why Canonical hasn’t decided to just drop them already

Step 1: install Debian
Step 2: install a bunch of packages essentially making it Ubuntu

Here’s hoping it floods the market with really cheap new and used “old” laptops

I just use xTerm… What kinda cool shit is my basic ass missing out on? Legitimately curious lol

Are those just made up numbers by some apple fanboy? How does an OS that’s in pretty much everything not have a larger stake?

They asked how to do it, I wanted to make sure that they knew that an application not existing in the repo doesn’t mean the application isn’t actually available.

How do you ensure you have the right dependencies if you do that?

sudo synaptic for a graphical package manager.

Otherwise, just use sudo apt-get if the program you want isn’t there, you may need to download the source and compile it yourself

I hate all three. Why do we need to the same dependencies in a thousand different places? There’s gotta be something better between typical software repos and these stupid packed applications.

One of the routes I take tries to get me to make an illegal crossing through a busy street to get to a bus shelter on the other side.

A short walk down the sidewalk, there’s lights with a crosswalk. And just on the other side there? A much safer to access bus shelter that the same bus stops at.

There’s seemingly no way to report this stupid route, either.

I don’t mind it, but I don’t really use it for any of its features. I use i3 over Unity, I think Snaps (and flatpaks, appimages, etc) are dumb as shit.l, and don’t even get me started on how garbage Nautilus is - drives me nuts trying to type a filename in to jump to it only to have Nautilus run a search instead… No idea who thought that was a good idea, but they need to fix that crap already.

I’d probably get by just fine with a full Debian setup tbh.

“that’s a security risk”

My reasonse is always along the lines of “Yeah and? It’s a pocket-sized PC with PC-like specs being sold at PC-like prices. I’d like my workhorse to be functional. I can monitor my device as best I can, and vet the things I install.”

It really sucks how fucking stupid people have gotten. The complacency and supporting of companies stripping away access to things you’re selling out big money on? It’s like ownership pricing for a rental experience.

Then when nobody can repair the stuff but the OEM’s they’ll be shocked at the cost and blame the people who used to repair the items for not doing enough to push back or something stupid.

My earbuds were replaced before the end of my phone’s life. Also, my kids who just got phones for the first time now need to also shell out money for a wall wart and ear buds? Considering there seems to be $0.00 savings passed on to us from all the shit they’ve cut out, it’s a bit ridiculous.

What I dislike is the constant stripping of features lately - between OEMs stripping stuff like SD card support, and box contents like ear buds and wallwarts; and Google stripping core features like the ability to cat system logs… It’s getting fucking dumb.

How the fuck is that patentable?