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areyouevenreal , 9 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

And you think you are? Literally one of the most salty people I have met. You aren't convincing anyone.

areyouevenreal , 9 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

Are you okay? How is this in anyway a response to what I have said. You are just being rude, and acting like a troll.

areyouevenreal , 9 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

There are a million fucking problems, each require their own solution. Each need to be defined, examined, and tested. No one can sit there and say, "just do this."

This is obvious and I never claimed otherwise. You are reading things into what I have said that aren't there. Different solutions will always be needed for different problems in different contexts. That's like engineering 101, and should be applied to politics and economics more.

areyouevenreal , 9 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

I am asking for solutions, not some perfect leader. We have seen how leftist ideas of charismatic leaders go, and I don't want another Lenin, Stalin, or Kim Jong Un. The fact that you jump to the conclusion that solutions = charismatic leader tells me a lot about how you think about politics. Believe it or not not all ideas, systems, and solutions come from the same person. Science isn't a cult of Sir Isaac Newton so why should politics be this way? Heck why do we even have a single powerful position like President or Prime Minister or King?

Also no you haven't provided any solutions. All you have done is provide excuses as to why you do not need any. I am not asking for a magic bullet here. I understand that real life systems are necessarily complex and multi-faecited. That's why having a single leader or person in charge isn't a smart idea. You can't ask a single human to have a grasp on the whole of society and all its problems, performance metrics, or trade-offs.

areyouevenreal , 9 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

Solutions start with ideas. If you are someone who can't turn an idea into a workable solution then why would I follow you? The world is full of people who want to be idea people, yet they have no understanding of practical reality. That's another thing that's missing from the current leftist movements: understanding of practical reality.

Also I would stop generalising people. I follow solutions, not just ideas. That's how any engineer should think. After all we are the people who turn lofty goals into reality.

Leftists are at their best when they can see practical problems that everyday people have, and explain why they happen in the context of the larger system and its flaws. Some leftists are great at this. What you need to do is take the next step and propose how you could change, improve, or replace the system and how that would solve the current problems without creating bigger ones. If you can't do that then ultimately you aren't going to win in the end, even if you manage to get popular support, even with a revolution.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

If you start with something like PopOS, Linux Mint, or Universal Blue the learning curve shouldn't be too high.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Lefty Memes in While you were worried about socialism…

You've got a chicken and egg problem here. If you don't provide any solutions why would anybody follow you? You need an idea for people to get onboard with. Currently leftists mostly don't know what they want, just that it isn't this. How is that supposed to convince anyone? You can't just say the current system doesn't work then not provide any viable alternatives. Lots of people know the current system isn't great, but they see it as the best system we have because essentially it is until someone comes up with something that doesn't turn into the CCP or USSR.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

I have been talking about application support this whole time, not the Linux infrastructure itself. You keep carrying on as if I am talking about the distributions or the kernel, that's why my comments aren't making sense to you.

For someone who uses Linux you are awfully negative about it.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

Given there are quite a lot more people using Linux than there used to be I imagine a fair bit. That's only going to increase as Linux users keep increasing. Linux users still buy things like Video Games, Spotify subscriptions, and potentially other software products too like Jetbrains IDEs.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

It's a combination of a few factors, developers are pressured into not asking for donations (users need to actively find their website to donate), the vast majority of Linux software is free of price, and people don't want to pay money for their operating system.

I am talking about businesses supporting the Linux desktop with software, not about the OS devs themselves.

They make money because they're proprietary, sell peoples info, and because of that they represent everything the free software movement fights against. I use Linux because it supports the free software movement, not the other way around.

This is the reason why most businesses don't want to support Linux.

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

It used to be about 1%, so actually huge gains have been made

areyouevenreal , 10 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

No organization is willing to pay companies to support Linux

Well that's a lie. Lots of companies use Linux servers, Linux embedded devices, even Linux desktops for programmers or engineers. Android devices are everywhere too.

That's because organizations like the Linux foundation primarily serve enterprise and server customers, they only need a good enough UI so that's what desktop users get. Nobody is paying money for Linux and few people donate.

One of the most common uses of Linux is smartphones. Chromebooks are also fairly popular. It's more that the kind of people that use Linux desktops aren't happy with smartphone like functionality and customisation.

The better question is why aren't people supporting desktop Linux? We have increasing market share after all. My guess is a combination of fragmentation and the fact that the user base aren't the kind of people they want to sell too. It's hard to sell MS Office for Linux to your average Linux enthusiast who might even be an Open Source purist. They are also more likely to jailbreak or pirate your product.

areyouevenreal , 11 days ago to Technology in Arizona toddler rescued after getting trapped in a Tesla with a dead battery | The Model Y’s 12-volt battery, which powers things like the doors and windows, died

That's fine for opening the front doors in the model 3, but have you seen how to open the rear doors in the cyber truck? That's what I was referring too.

https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-903C82F8-8F52-450C-82A8-B9B4B34CD54E.html

areyouevenreal , 11 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

I don't think something needs to be identical to Windows to be a good replacement for it. I think there should be a replacement for Windows, and distributions like Linux Mint are that replacement for some people.

I also think that parts of the Linux ecosystem have major problems. Not necessarily problems with the kernel itself, but problems with the surrounding software like programs and user interfaces. Wider application support would be a start. Some distributions and parts of modern Linux systems can be unnecessarily complex or downright esoteric. Some features like HDR have very poor support, and are difficult to enable/setup where they are supported. It's also difficult for developers to publish to Linux because of the wide variety of different Linux systems. Flatpaks and snaps help with this obviously but have divisive in the Linux community for one reason or another.

areyouevenreal , 11 days ago to Technology in Microsoft really wants Local accounts gone after it erases its guide on how to create them

I did manage to switch to Linux. I can understand though why people are hesitant, there are still things that are tough in Linux, or near impossible in some cases. That's despite having used Linux on and off for years.