I bet it could be patched by I hadn't checked in forever. It's actually more than nudity, though- it's like a sex minigame attached to the dating mechanics. You can see why it was dummies out, lol

Well, I've mostly only ever needed pacman but I did have to flatpak something once, which on Cachy is a nightmare.

None the less, the updating point is quite valid; I forgot how many auto updaters I had on Windows (that yes, I disable but they come back). I think the main thing is the repository method of installing is just superior when it has what you need and it's a shame it can't be done at the scale needed without more Linux adoption.

As for themes... well, I have no idea what he was trying to run that had such inconsistent themes but it sounded like he was using some very old programs. My experience with KDE differs from yours though; I was surprised just how many apps took my customizations. Granted, they won me over with icons for virtually every app I use, which is something I'm not even sure Windows could do legally (e.g. custom icon for Steam, slack, etc).

I agree with you on settings, though. My guess is it's more aligned with other OS' settings menus, but I personally like the old control panel more. And task bar? Well, given my system has a tenth as many things running in the background than I used to have on Windows, I haven't noticed Linux missing anything.

In any case, I also agree there's still room for improvement. The way I look at it, Linux has better concepts built into it that need larger adoption to fully get to where it wants to be. Microsoft has the resources and scale but wastes it on old broken code and enshittification. It's a shame, really.

Well, there's talk of making state owned supermarkets so it's probably possible to do that with gas. But the rationale for that is not profit and the economics seem to hold up despite that, anyway.

But they don't price with a bullshit meme price that's severely undervalued.

I had a student who had that, I think. It's like parental controls for adults. She couldn't use any of the software we recommend because it wasn't in the windows store.

Dang, hope you don't mind me fixing that real quick.

Happened to me like, three days ago. Lol

I forget what it was specifically but had to do with a game I was trying to get working...

That was a delightful read. I somehow forgot you had to download every program yourself and update it yourself or put up with a third party update app at all times. I've only been away from Windows for like a year but it's like "I completely forgot about that".

Tldr for you guys, tons of issues with installing and basic functionality but he did say Edge was fine and so was Outlook after paying the ~~ransom~~ subscription and neglecting privacy concerns. Ads though? Yikes. Also they finally got an emoji/character picker, which was news to me. But yeah, massive corporate dumpster fire otherwise.

I mean, he was married to a Taiwanese woman who immigrated at 8; he might have spoken some Mandarin while he was still alive even if you don't count his benefactors.

EXCUSE ME human, your pod in block 5S-AA67 is 4 centimeters farther out from the frame than the rest of the pods, we need you to be within HOA regulation of the proper distance of your pod or face additional fees!

Oh baby, that's just the garbage disposal. His name is Hugo and we feed him scraps.

The number of specific game fixes is both absurd and a testament of what you can do when you keep excellent bookkeeping of user tickets. You're bug fixing basically the entire history of PC gaming, which kinda reminds me of the efforts made in the emulation space but at a larger scale.

My favorite part of the patch notes is basically "EA broke their games again because of their launcher so we made it work again. They might as well should add a long sigh at the end.

It's as annoying as someone bragging about big ol' raw steaks and ribs and such, like they have been doing in the Texas political stuff lately. Both as a smear ("look at this pussy non-Texan!") and a defense ("I do love ribs, I really do!") and it all comes across the same way to me.

Truthfully, neither types of statements personally bother me, but given everything we know about the climate, economics, etc., the vegans are better and easier to defend.