pumpkin

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[–] pumpkin 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it probably depends what you want out of your phone (and this goes for computers too). Most "budget" phones are more than sufficient for my usage which is light internet browsing, calls/texts, podcasts, alarm clock, calendar and a few other things. I don't really game or watch videos or other things on my phone so usually what happens is the phone stops getting supported before reaching the end of its life.

Before my current phone (which is fairly new), I used my last phone for 5 years and only gave up on it because it had stopped receiving software updates. I plan to keep my phone at least as long providing Sailfish keep supporting it.

[–] pumpkin 2 points 1 year ago

I don't use them myself as they don't support the TLD I need, but I have heard good things about porkbun

[–] pumpkin 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I am still hopeful Linux is the future of mobile devices. I really dislike that on android 5 years of feature updates is really good and only the best phones can strive for this, where as a 10 year old laptop or desktop computer can usually run Linux without any problems and expect both security and feature updates as long as you want. Not even mentioning the limited choice in software that works in an android environment.

I currently use Sailfish which isn't what most people mean by mobile linux and does have a lot of problems, but hopefully my sailfish device I have now will see me through until mobile linux is at the point I feel like I can move across.

[–] pumpkin 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's quite the neighborhood spat

[–] pumpkin 6 points 1 year ago

I don't know of any, but I'd be interested in joining such one.

[–] pumpkin 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's channel 4 so it's on their streaming thing.

[–] pumpkin 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This week I'm binge watching the 6th season of The Great Pottery Throw Down. I just discovered it recently and found it to be pretty good.

[–] pumpkin 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hate it.

Usually I'm online but what if I'm not, or what if they have server problems, or what if in 5 years they feel done with the game and remove the servers. If I pay for a game, I want to be able to play that game on my terms

It just leads to a worse player experience now, and limited likely an inability to play later

[–] pumpkin 4 points 1 year ago

I also deleted mine a few days . It was only a few years old so it had nothing on most people's I see posting. I won't be back.

[–] pumpkin 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I asked in the nixOS community a few days ago, but since you mentioned you run nixOS on servers too, what's been your experience of nixOS on a server?

[–] pumpkin 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firstly, I think if you want to try switching to macOS, do, it might suite you better. You could always switch back to Linux if you change your mind, but be aware linux typically runs worse on apple hardware. I would say I've read and heard people have plenty of problems on macOS too, so the grass might not be as green as it first appears. MacOS does have one thing going for it, which is integration between hardware and software, apple make both. You can get a similar effect by picking specific hardware in linux, it's less important, linux runs well on most hardware, but if you for example pick a thinkpad, you'll probably have a better experience on the whole as lots of linux kernel developers use them.

It could be worth trying to ask in a community forum or IRC about each bug specifically and try to fix them, or you could switch distributions and see if a different distribution runs better for you, although Ubuntu is pretty well used and I think I've heard they tend to ship recent kernels.

I don't think the variety is effecting this too much, generally someone working on some tiling window manager isn't impacting a user who's using a vanilla-ish ubuntu install, it only really impacts the folk using it and if you're using Ubuntu you're using a well defined, well tested set of software. Yes maybe the variety of package management might be effecting you if you're using some esoteric package management system, but ubuntu uses apt and to an increasing degree snap, so I suspect that isn't playing a big role in your problems.

[–] pumpkin 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it's a popular mechanic that lots of people love, but I really don't like games where you die a lot, or where death has significant impact. I generally play games to chill out and just have fun and I often feel like games are punishing me when that happens and I find myself doing sort of "risk management" and becoming a hermit in the game.

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