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westyvw

@westyvw@lemm.ee

kde, linux, busses, open source and the good old Grateful Dead.

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westyvw ,

I am not a fan of emojis in online conversation, but this time it does change how I perceived what you wrote. You are not happy about this? I would be so pleased if my country got rid of the penny.

westyvw ,

Because they are doing things in their best interest and not the end user.

As so many like to say here the enshitification is happening.

If you want to self host, plex isn't it.

westyvw , (edited )

I run both concurrently. I have a plex pass from way back when, maybe a decade or more.

What plex is now is not what it once was. Trying to socialize viewing habits, opting in by default to analysis, ads, reviews, and sharing that info has gone too far. Plex also works on these features such as discovery which benefits them, instead of open bugs.

That us why I can't recommend it.

As for a feature comparison. Jellyfin is snappier, and faster. Plex is more detailed in their interface, and has better Metadata. Jellyfin sometimes doesn't restart where I left off. Jellyfin is much, much better on mobile devices, but has less clients for tv's. Jellyfin doesn't rely on any server but my own, where plex wants to authenticate with thier own servers and ask for accounts (and money) to have full functionality. Jellyfin always downloads to a client. Plex...might. Plex has better handling of multiple streams in one file.

westyvw ,

Pyrosis did a great job answering a lot of your questions, I will focus again on why I cannot recommend plex:

Opt-In is not acceptable. You need to opt-out of: data sharing, data sharing with partners (unless you are in the UK or specific States), sharing playback data, stopping discovery together and activity feed, and turning off all of their live tv and streaming services.

Sharing streaming habits with others is not something that ever should have been opt-out. They keep pushing the line.

By the way, several of the "features" you mention are not included by default. Hardware decoding, downloads, DVR, etc.

westyvw ,

This milestone was reached a long time ago. For some reason uncle bobs Facebook post has been just as reliable a media source as any other for a lot of people already.

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....

westyvw ,

I switched in 2003, and I was happy to do it back then. I have an MSDN, support windows application development and back end Microsoft Services for a living. I still can't stand their crap.

I do everything I could do in windows, play games, and generally have a better experience. If I absolutely need to access a windows desktop, I can RDP in an pay as you go Azure virtual desktop. But I will never have windows at home again.

westyvw ,

That is such a bummer, and I blame the music manufacturers.

I have a dedicated Linux laptop for all my guitar effects to replace the foot pedals. I have found I need to pay attention to what I buy to integrate into my system, but they are out there.

westyvw ,

XP was bad enough that I was determined to switch to Linux then. I think you have Rose colored glasses.

2000 was windows Peak.

westyvw ,

Funny to see AI as the issue, not the ads.

Why are you not blocking the ads?

westyvw ,

Like what? I don't even have chrome on my phone. If forced to not use the mighty firefox (or Firefox focus) at least use a chrome variant. They have ad block. Or better still, do adblock phone wide.

westyvw ,

Ok I am going to need some context. Is this an internal site? I this a public site? And finally what site?

westyvw ,

We mock crypto because anyone who has it wants to hoard it as an "investment". Nobody wants to use it as a currency.

I tried for years, buying and selling goods with crypto. I never purchased any crypto, I just earned it. I tried to talk others into the same. You need to spend to have value.... they just laugh and day hold your bags tight with diamond hands.

Yeah, it's never going to work.

westyvw ,

And trying to get pure maple syrup and olive oil these days is also a pain, when it shouldn't be.

Maple is often blended, and olive and avacado is straight up fraud most often.

westyvw ,

All the schools I have seen are using Google docs and sheets.

westyvw ,

Ferraro didn't own the suppliers, and I thought they said they were going to address the issues of Turkish child labor with their suppliers. Are you saying they didnt?

westyvw ,

To be honest, I am curious what had happened since they said it.

But I do expect everyone on the internet to lie non stop.

2 rules to the internet i follow since 1985: everyone is a liar until proven otherwise, and annonimty is important to keep rule 1.

westyvw ,

According to the current class action lawsuit, the privacy settings for the app store do nothing. So consent doesn't matter. Building a digital fingerprint after explicitly saying they don't might be called spying.

https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/09/apple-privacy-tracking-lawsuit/

westyvw ,

I do not like auto save. Why would it be an automatically?

westyvw ,

How? How is this terrible? Why should autosave be expected? I absolutely do not like autosave. No thanks. It is an unusual behaviour, why would anyone expect it to do this?

That said, it is really weird that it didn't recover. I have never hard Libre office not recover from a computer outage or even a forced shutdown. That is unexpected.

westyvw ,

No. I disagree. I should be in control. I do things at times that I do not want saved. If you have auto save then the only way is with historical commits.

Auto save has fucked me over too many times. Leave it off.

The ONLY way I can see us both being satisfied is to start each document with a save location and asking save, or auto save on the first save.

westyvw ,

No it isn't.

And in the case of Word and Excel it only is enabled if you have One Drive, Office 365 subscription, or Sharepoint Online. And all of that started in 2023. Google Docs auto saves - which follows the pattern of needing to deal with state changes since the document is not local.

None of my local apps auto save. Some do auto recovery, but they are temp files until closed. This is not the norm in 2024.

westyvw ,

I have had documents and spread sheets ruined by auto save. Let me decide the revision history.

westyvw ,

Autosave has screwed me over many times. Not all changes I make need saving. Not all drives are always present during a save.

I have worked up what if scenarios and had it auto save, and now the document is missing the original.

I prefer to manage my own revisions.

westyvw ,

Libre office is fine. You have no need to bash it. And it does have recovery files, this example is.... odd.

westyvw ,

Single click is fantastic. I don't understand why anyone would do it differently. Everything on the web is single click. Task bar items are single click. Menu items are single click.

KDE got single click right when Microsoft didn't.

So why would I not want a single unified experience? I don't accidently open anything, that is just nonsense.

westyvw ,

Just tested in Word and revision history did no have several of the revisions a lot was lost. It is far worse in Excel. I will stick to manual saving. And I did that with an Enterprise account using business one drive.

Just as a sidenote: I am comfortable in Libre or Micsosoft Office, I have found good reasons for both over the years, and they both have auto recovery (which is the most important) and both can by autosave. But my preference is to manage my changes myself.

westyvw ,

I have a roku, and I gotta ask.... what ads? I think they run one on the side at the menu screen but I never even notice it. Because the only time i am on that screen is to get to a channelm

Then when something isn't playing it just goes to the aquarium screen saver.

What are you doing that had so many ads?

If you want to talk about how chatty the damn things are with their servers, yes that is an issue.

westyvw ,

If you are eating fast food and you give a shit if the price goes up you already lost.

Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft...

westyvw ,

I have tried to switch my daily driver to linux for more than 15 years now, Linux desktop just isn’t ready.

Something isn't adding up here. I switched to mostly Linux around 2003. By 2005 it was all Linux unless I got paid for it. My wife has been only Linux since then and she doesn't really know how to use a computer and doesn't want to. Linux just works for her.

I do all my work from a Linux desktop and two Linux laptops. Well and a Steamdeck I use as a desktop when traveling. I remote into windows machines when I am using windows for jobs. Sometimes desktops, sometimes Azure virtual desktops, but my local client is always Linux.

I have an MSDN, I admin Azure instances, SQL servers, Windows Servers, and work on Windows desktops. Over the last two to three years it has been the windows machines that are the most annoying and troublesome. Linux is just easy and just works.

The Linux desktop is ready. Has been ready. Something is going on with your situation. Could be breaking old habits, could be hardware. I don't know. But saying Linux is to blame here is ridiculous.

westyvw ,

Did I say that? I said windows has caused me more issues lately. I was replying that Linux desktop is fine. It works. Has worked for a very long time.

But since you brought it up..... No. I do not think Windows is an easier desktop to use. Depends on familiarity and what you want to do with it. They can't get single click right. They can't get multiple desktops right. They certainly do not have activities. If you are using a Gnome workflow, windows seems almost insane in comparison. Don't get me started on the ads and what this whole discussion started about with Edge trying to push itself into your way. And how about that registry system? So intuitive and useful right?

westyvw ,

Uh, my server is an x86, is fanless and the cpu idles at 9 and maxes at 12. Is much faster then my pi and has quicksync.

I run plex, jellyfin, smb shares, mealie, tailscale and rerouting, notes, and books.

I like my pi but performance per watt isn't as drastic with x86 if you build for it. Did I mention it's also fanless? Passive heating that just works on the cpu.

westyvw ,

Thats not Gnome. You need to remove the glasses. Hair is not an option. Two eyes, mouth, nose. That's all you get. And you are not allowed to focus on all three, only one at a time can be shown.

westyvw ,

I have exactly the opposite experience. Google has gone to shit, and duckduckgo gets me there faster 90% of the time. Plus the results are short and concise, or immediately helpful.

The SEO of the internet has really fucked googles algorithm. At least with duckduckgo I can end the search with !g to switch to google if I need a second go, but you cannot !d in google.

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