One of my earliest forays into Linux was around 2000 with a version of Red Hat that was included with a book I checked out from the library.

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Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: eldakingI'll wait a bit anyway and probably will update to 20.04 if it isn't too obnoxious to avoid snaps for most things, or if at least it works well.

sudo apt purge snapd will get rid of snaps entirely. Easy enough.

Yes, but my understanding is that will also get rid of your ability to easily install certain software packages. In my case, I use spek to analyze audio files, but it can only be installed through snap now.

Although now that I've actually tested it, it seems that spek is extremely slow to start and doesn't even work (it says "The file contains no audio streams" when I know that's false). So hooray for snap? :p

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Just updated my Kubuntu box. Smooth sailing as usual. I have never had a problem upgrading Kubuntu in the many years I've used it. It always just works.

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Great for us Linux geeks, but unfortunately, we are still a long, long ways from giving anybody who isn't already vested in Linux a reason to choose it over Windows, or even OSX.

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Just as long as Steam itself doesn't suddenly become a subscription service...

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Bought this for the Switch last year. It's a very good game, but I'm not sure I want to double-dip.

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Quoting: CatKillerOh, that's interesting. I already own the game and some of the DLCs and...

anyone who signs up for their newsletter

No. Just no.

Sign up, get the DLC, and then cancel the subscription (or just mark it as spam). Easy. You won't lose the DLC once it has been added to your Steam account.

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Quoting: NanobangMy first impression is GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! SANTA GOD LOVES ME!!!!!

The second is to remember that a week or so ago, I had a Steam survey come up and --- just before it got my info --- it asked whether I used the range extender for the Steam controller USB dongle (I said "yes"). I thought it might be part of info gathering about maybe a new SC. Now it seems all but certain, with this news.

I've always gotten that question during the extremely rare appearances the survey has made on my system in the past.

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In my opinion, the Steam Controller is the best gamepad ever made. It's disappointing that it never caught on, but I suppose that's a consequence of Valve's almost nonexistent marketing.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: kuhpunktThere is just too much content out there. Thousands and thousands of bands on bandcamp and spotify, thousands and thousands of hours of movies and TV and Netflix and Amazon, thousands and thousands of games across all platforms.

It's hard to be successful, no matter what.

I really boils down to creative professions being much more desirable and satisfying than pretty much anything we can do for a living. Let's face it, people rather paint, sing and write than drive garbage trucks or sit in meetings led by pointy-haired bosses. This is in the end why it's so hard to make a living from creative work - there are just too many people out there doing the same.

The irony, of course, is that it's the garbage truck drivers, janitors, and lunch ladies who retire early as millionaires while the "starving artists" continue to starve. Those "undesirable" blue collar jobs tend to pay very well, and there's not a lot of competition for them because most people look down on such occupations.

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