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I had issues with AirPods connecting to Debian 12. It turned out to be codecs (from memory - I just remember some proprietary Apple shit) that were needed. Once they were installed it connected first time.

If yours were working and stopped connecting after an update this is unlikely to be the issue. But I thought I’d point out out just in case.

I have no context on it so maybe my post was unfair.

Putting myself in the position of reaching out, I think I’d just have made the decision that it should need removed, and removed it from the kerne without reaching out. I feel that somebody who killed his wife doesn’t get to be involved in those conversations.

That purely my opinion saved I appreciate it’s likely not popular. Just being honest. I can see the other side. And I do appreciate the part about closure. That makes sense.

He killed his wife? Is this a joke?

I stopped reading there. I’m not interested in his views.

UPDATE: Nope. He did. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Reiser. I’m really unsure why they reached out to him.

I’m not going to say more.

I don’t think he has. I disagree. I think he wants Linux to be Windows and that is a huge mistake.

I didn’t move to Linux because the software is so much better than on Windows. I moved to Linux because it gets out of my way, doesn’t spy on me and development is focused on making it better for me as a user and not to suit the next Skynet.

Linux allows me to be more productive and gives me functional software that does what I need it to. Sometimes it’s not pretty but I don’t care. It does the job.

If companies start taking on developing or porting their stuff to Linux, then Linux is going to end up like Windows - a shit show of corporate greed and an OS designed and focused for hoovering up users private information.

I don’t want that.

It doesn’t have to be like that. Much like the turtle and the scorpion story, companies do what is in their nature: they must keep making more and more and more to satisfy the shareholders greed and that does not align with me getting a better experience. It’s just how things are.

I personally couldn’t care less about Adobe’s software. Kdenlive is not Premiere Pro, but it does what I need it for. GIMP isn’t Photoshop, but does what I need it to. Krita or Inkscape isn’t Illustrator but I don’t use them. What astounds me is each of these are free and are incredible pieces of software.

As somebody else pointed out. If you want to use Adobe products, either use Windows as your primary OS or dual boot. It’s not hard. At all. Same for AutoCAD. Just because Windows is an either / or, for me, doesn’t mean it has to be for you. Use both.

Please just fuck off.

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Now Manjaro on the other hand… Tried it and understood why so many people don’t like it within the first week.

I see this a lot and nobody really ever explains, properly, why.

I have used Linux off and on for many years (mainly server OS such as RHEL and CentOS). I have now migrated from Windows desktop to Manjaro KDE. Using it for a year. Had one issue (wouldn’t boot after a kernel update), which I sorted quickly. Other than that it’s been rock solid.

But this isn’t a ‘I have a great experience so you’re all just haters’ post.

I know the stuff about it being a week or behind Arch. I remember something about the maintainers (can’t remember specifics) but they seem to be minor niggles that don’t affect most people.

Genuine question.

Why do you dislike Manjaro? I also know it’s a common theme to dislike it, so any other insight there?

This has already been posted https://kbin.social/m/linux@lemmy.ml/t/692947

Ok.

YouTube can’t win this race when they don’t control the platform you’re viewing it on. You can always install ‘something’ to get around it.

The solution to that is to control the platform using Chrome, Android etc.

Is this not what the goal of OpenID was? They have a section on their website for providers https://openid.net/developers/certified-openid-connect-implementations/

But I’m sure you would have come across this so I may be missing something.

Ungoogled Chromium, Iridium, Vivaldi.

Note I don’t use any of them (I use Firefox) but I know they exist.

The UK knew it was suicide and did it anyway.

Never underestimate the power of stupid.

No.

Phew. You’ve. Made. My. Day. /s 🥹

I’m going to go ahead and ignore what you wrote. It’s largely incorrect and screams ‘I havent read the article’. My answer would be what I wrote previously so I’d be repeating myself

Just as a heads up, we use £ in Scotland. Not $.

It’s not a phone. It’s an iPad. And we don’t know who it belongs to.

Business devices for business. Business pay for them. Personal devices for personal stuff. You pay for them.

If you rack up an £11k bill on your business device, and you are expensing it from public funds, you have to justify it to the public. If you rack up an £11k bill on your personal devices nobody cares as its your bill.

It’s not rocket science.

I’m now getting FOMO knowing that I won’t see this on Debian stable until the next 13 release 🥹

I love the stability. But damn the stability.

For me, and as a Scot, we all make mistakes. I get that. If he had paid all £11k himself I wouldn’t care.

But charging it as expenses and then refusing to explain it, should be grounds of immediate dismissal. If you’re happy to claim it from the public, you need to be transparent when they have questions. Even from the likes of Jackie Baillie and Douglas Ross.

But it shouldn’t come to that. Anybody with integrity would apologise and resign for failing to meet the expected standards of the position they hold, and the standards they should hold themselves to. The problem isn’t the kids watching your iPad (why they’re using official tech for watching football or why you get to use your own tech for government business is another discussion). The problem is the lies, deceit and self entitlement of not having to explain yourself.

Politicians of today, of all flavours, lack integrity, trustworthiness, basic moral standards and self awareness.

The lesson here, again, is actions have consequences.

The SNP started out as a party with good intentions and a passion for a cause (whether you agree with it or not). They have been in power for too long and have taken the power for granted, and become complacent. They now, sadly, have become the pigs in ‘Animal Farm’.