I see one 'generational leap' on that graph; & it's the Olympic record leap in ridiculous pricing taken by the 2080Ti.

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Quoting: PhlebiacI say "is/was" on those because I'm not sure if they have retained their original acronyms?

I wonder if they tried to come up with a recursive acronym ('backronym', that is) at any point.

GNOME has NO MErcy.

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Some serious 'quality of life' improvements coming up; esp. dark mode for panel alone (dirty workarounds exist, but a clean solution would be very welcome), & desktop file actions on the launchers. What I really am waiting for, though, is keyboard shortcuts (at least an option to focus & navigate by arrow keys) for the panel 'window buttons'.

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Quoting: Hohlraumhttps://netboot.xyz/ wants you to hold it's beer :)

I was about to say that Ventoy sounds like an offline PXE boot server.

I see now that netboot.xyz has a self-hosting option which is very interesting -- because manually setting up PXE or iPXE, a TFTP server, etc. can be a pain in the butt; and some distros don't play nice with it at all (e.g. I've yet to figure out how to make an entry for Debian *alongside* other distros; while Debian does provide a ready made setup, it demands to work alone). If this makes that procedure easy, with the added peace of mind of local hosting, then it could be really useful. Having a couple of live cds that live inside your router is quite useful in case of emergencies.

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This looks like a great game.

-- by the way, are there other interesting minesweeper clones/variations like this? I've played the HexCells games (highly recommended, btw.); but that's all I know.

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Looks great. I wish something similar existed for the C64 SID.

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Quoting: scaineI paste this into /etc/sudoers on every single install I do.

# Allows certain command to run without a password
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt update
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt dist-upgrade
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/apt auto-remove
scaine ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/purge-old-kernels

Although since I've moved to Mint, I find the GUI for updates is pretty good, so I don't do my command-line maintenance anywhere near as much.

I do the same. It's also possible to group the listed binaries under command aliases, which — IMHO — makes the sudoers file a little tidier; e.g.

Cmnd_Alias SOFTWARE = /usr/bin/dnf upgrade, /usr/bin/rpm
Cmnd_Alias SOMETHINGELSE = /usr/bin/somethingelse

& then, for the actual permissions:

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SOFTWARE, SOMETHINGELSE

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Quoting: Dunc

Quoting: ArehandoroI wish they look into including some m.2 SSD out of the box and deprecate the sd card.

He's not ruling it out for the future, though.

I think they clearly want a place in the burgeoning all-purpose (incl. desktop use) SBC market; perhaps they'll have to introduce a 'pro' line or something, to compete among the ~$100 boards that are gaining traction (& some of them are x86 based, which has its attractions). The 4GB & 8GB models no longer fit the original 'mission statement' (so to speak) of the RPi foundation.

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Happy to see Prey on GOG as well; it's a great game -- and reportedly it works well under wine.

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Don't miss Dustforce! It's such a great game. This guy does a great job explaining why. [External Link]

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