araneae

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[–] araneae@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I will forever find it deeply concerning the "vocal" "fandom" internet hated the rabbit so damn bad all things considered but instantly forgave Caine what with the torture.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Lots of little extremely niche things people do on their computer on Windows are harder on Linux, I think the best example in general is video game modding. We can't say it's essential or barring anyone from making a switch and yet people like me wrankle. I'm disappointed no one ever put the honest time into cloning Mod Organizer and its amazing USVFS. Yes I know you can do it on Fuse, I know there are a couple other mod applications for Bethsoft games. The problem is ALL of these tools need a seamless way to talk between Proton instances, which would be a security risk I guess. And Mod Organizer was such a nice tool. The clone attempts I've seen have had shoddy UI, lacked core features you wouldn't even bother calling it an MO clone without (Amethyst was not storing -downloads-, just running whatever FOMOD it found immediately and deleting the archive), or were done heavily with LLM AI which I don't trust around proton instances.

It's the absolute lowest priority right now and if you're willing to accept a lot of potential suck you can eek by. I don't use EMACs or I'd probably be the kind of person using that as mod manager, but hearing it described I'd liken my agony over lacking good mod tools to trying to use EMACs on a broken cellphone screen, or a keyboard missing half its letters. I miss the tools MO set the industry standard for.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is a reminder to everyone to only install from the AUR for absolutely necessary stuff only, and only if you trust the maintainer.

Unfortunately not foolproof either. I have no infected packages that I know of because I happen to be on a new install, but I caught wind of the LAST AUR botnet infiltration and switched to flatpaks or source builds. Since then I drifted back to AUR for convenience. I thought I was being clever only using AUR packages when I could be "sure" the author of the original software package pushed to AUR, and this was easy since devs who build on Arch typically recommend AUR whether they maintain the package or not. Today I found out spoofing package ownership is apparently easy and so is spoofing git credentials.

I was on Endeavour and it was incredible, but I'm not That Power User and I feel like part of the problem. The worst part of all of this is its owing to an influx of users who want the same ease of use they used to enjoy, but in Windows SOP is installing whatever the fuck you want on Internet Explorer and bugging your sysadmin to fix whatever happens. Its probably really hard to be any kind of FOSS developer right now.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If anyone reading this cares, Faugus/UMU for a replacement to Lutris if you're bothered by Lutris using AI in their project.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Asking for advice and expertise is what the internet should be for. Search engines suck now. Why not ask here?

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is this a post just tilting the blame and impetus for escaping closed hardware on the user and nothing else? Because I'll buy a Jolla or a Fairphone when my current phone dies, maybe, if I can afford it. All your post does is position true privacy as a hobbyists niche.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

That seems extreme. Could you explain your point of view a bit more? Is it because it seems hes implying (presently non existing) consequences on users or legal comsequences toward init and distro projects?

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" the inciting incident is a fly getting caught in a typewriter as a drone types an arrest order for a political dissident, leading the police to raid the wrong house and kill an innocent man. Crazy shit.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah so a market upset the rich control the timing for, virtually indistinguishable from a bubble unless you're holding all the cards, amazing analysis by HanK Green.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago

You missed some updated context; OP messed up, they meant they shop AGAINST the list and see it as a good way to find "woke games" which generally just means games not made by complete assholes.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 4 points 5 months ago

It would be if Lady Tomoe had actually been in the game

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

You are in a self-posting community where people "chat", Powderhorn is sharing a candid moment in the "chat" community, that's what.

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