I think you're misunderstanding what I meant but that may be my fault.

Would "Two people of equal drunkness can do whatever under the same terms and conditions as two non-drunk people" be better?

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(jokes aside, json is king. Yaml is a pain in the ass)

I don't agree with this assessment. The Orville is only a Star Trek parody for the first two episodes, after that it feels more accurate to me to call it an homage.

(note: this ended up being long, but I promise it's worth it to read)

Learning to use Linux is as easy (if not easier) than when you learned to use Windows, and you probably did that when you were younger, even less experienced with technology, and didn't have the benefit of comprehensive online help resources.

To start, the main thing to know is that unlike Windows or MacOS, the Operating System "kernel" (the bit that actually handles the core tasks of an OS which allows software to run on your hardware which you don't ever need to understand) does not have many of the usability features you associate with Windows or MacOS such as the Desktop Environment, default programs, apps store, etc.

Instead, Linux comes in different **"distributions" ("distros")**which facilitate all these things. So it's more accurate to think of a Linux distro as analogous to "Windows" or "MacOS" rather than just Linux.

The awesome thing about this is that while they're all similar enough that almost anything you learn will be applicable to all of them, the variety of options means you can find one that works well for you. So when it comes time to try Linux, here's what to do

1. Pick a Linux distro that is super non-tech user friendly. If you want to have it chosen for you, just "Linux Mint" (but also look into "Pop OS." Both are very user friendly)
2. Search for "How to install " on the Internet
3. Follow the most official guide you find
4. Done.

Then, once it's installed, any time you want to learn how to do a thing on it that isn't intuitive to you, try the following in order until you get useful results:

1. Search for "how to do on Linux"
2. Search for "how to do on "
3. Make a post on a distro-specific subreddit, Lemmy community, discord server, etc asking how to do the thing

Realistically, #1 & #2 should solve all your problems unless you're doing complicated stuff, but #3 will almost always solve the rest.

Also, welcome to the club! You won't wanna go back, trust me :)

Good point, I didn't think about it when I wrote my comment, but I agree that there's a difference between paying for a software product and paying for a software service.

What, no rollback?

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Fair enough. I've only ever bought one pair of wireless earbuds though that I got around 3-4 years ago so I didn't realize it was common to have to buy new ones frequently.

This seems like the best compromise to me as well.

Is this not solved by using the "unstable" nixpkgs channel or is that something different?

I'm a NixOS newbie and still learning a lot about it haha

I'd imagine it's because people who use spaces are either further in their career in average (because the modern programming ecosystem in general uses tabs so new devs are more likely to only know that) or they're just more serious about software development because the kind of person to die on that hill is also the kind of person who is very obsessive about other things as well.

I'm pretty sure they accept donations