Quoting: williamjcmFlatpak *can* be used from the terminal, though. GUI frontends are completely optional.

Yep, know all about it. I run MobileSheets Companion as a flatpak because the author only offers it that way. I prefer installing "raw" on my system but will use flatpak too. Ain't no thang.

I prefer the terminal because I like it there. I don't have any objections to folks who use GUI launchers. Just because I like apples doesn't mean you can't like oranges. :)

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Quoting: syylk

we offer multiple privacy-forward options through trusted partners.

The point is you trust those partners, but we don't - especially considering the past data breaches.

It's the same compelling argument for using protection in a personal encounter. You may trust your casual partner, but do you also trust the partners who were there before you?

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Quoting: williamjcmI hope it'll get released as a Flatpak, because I don't like installing stuff through the AUR or pip.

I much prefer terminal because I can see what's going on, flatpak only when no other options are available. But I already know I'm not mainstream, just glad there are the different options for everyone.

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Fixed regression causing achievement images to not show.

Sometimes regressions are head-scratchers. What was touched that had the side effect of zapping, of all things, achievement images? I'm not interested enough to dig through Github to find an answer but boy howdy. Code is crazy yo.

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"The Senator has been made aware of the issue, and he believes it will have to be studied and weighed, and weighed and studied, before coming to any decisions."

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A number of years ago one of the chief Vortex devs, when asked whether they'd support Linux, said no way, no how -- Vortex was built using Windows tooling. Better to make a clean-sheet manager, which there were no plans to do.

A year later, a cross-platform, clean-sheet mod manager is announced. New devs hired to work on it, community built around it, active engagement with user base helped shape the product. Despite being clean, good, actively developed, no technical debt, and actively desired by the market segment, it's canceled.

To appease the peasants Nexus asserts they are "supporting" Linux by suckering remora-like onto Valve's compatibility work. The Vortex update will only be supported on Steam hardware; the rest of you Linux losers are on your own.

Did I get the timeline right? Sure wouldn't want to, I dunno, look like an _idiot_ or something....

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One of the biggest jump scares I've ever had was in the original XCOM. The story line, the graphics, the background music, the dark landing zone all created an ominous, you're-gonna-die creepy feeling. One of my squaddies took a step away from the drop ship and BANG! An alien suddenly appeared next to a haystack and fired at the squaddie, who immediately died.

Yeah, my first encounter with a hostile alien did not go well.

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New owner. Six months in, cuts innovative projects in favor of lagging main product. Announcement ineffectively disguises bean-counter fiat.

Beginning of the end for Nexus.

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You can always install `pamac` for an app store-like experience. There are different versions depending on how much you want to give users. The "full meal deal" includes Arch, AUR, Flatpak, and Snap.

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"If AI was so wonderful, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves." --paraphrasing Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

As businesses get cleverer at exploiting AI, AI gets better at exploiting people, and the rich get richer exploiting both, where are the 'wins' for the average person? Remember when the internet was supposed to level the playing field, increase availability of information, and raise entire societies out of ignorance and poverty? AI proponents aren't even claiming that now.

Instead, we're told (from the top) that AI is the future, AI will be everywhere, and we might as well get used to it. No whispers of intangible benefits to humanity, no pointing at significantly better outcomes for society. No mention anywhere of guard rails, sensible regulation, incremental testing, or 'disaster planning'. Just speeding headlong into the future, hoping to extract more gold from the peasantry.

Little Timmy can go play with his AI toys. I'm not going to fund his bratty behavior.

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