Videochat October 2021

1:04:09 - Ross discovers the secret of happiness.

A video on Linux Gaming? You had my curiosity all along, good Sir, but now you have my attention.

On 10/4/2021 at 9:08 PM, HUBERTfromAUSTRIA said:

A video on Linux Gaming? You had my curiosity all along, good Sir, but now you have my attention.

Linux doesn't need more attention. It should be a secret club.

On 10/5/2021 at 5:28 AM, Im_Unemployed said:

Linux doesn't need more attention. It should be a secret club.

I fully agree.

There is a reason why universities require you to pass an exam to enter them, and this reason is called "signal to noise ratio". For every open source project that tried to become more "user-oriented" (which is a euphemism for "dumbed down"), it was the beginning of an end.

I wouldn't agree with that, necessarily. I think the last decade has proved that Linux can be user-friendly and painless, you just need big initiatives and some corporate backing to push it forward (Android and Proton).

On 10/7/2021 at 7:32 AM, RocketDude said:

Android

I find it hilarious that you mentioned Android, because it's a perfect example of what I said. It's not Linux, it's its withered husk serving Google.

My god these arsey comments.

On 10/7/2021 at 10:22 AM, LSD said:

My god these arsey comments.

How come? 

Okay, yes, Android is not at all what Stallman envisioned, but from the Eric S. Raymond perspective, I think it's an example of Linux's slow, steady progress in winning the computer wars. Linux wins not by crushing the competition via strict adherence to the command line, it wins by being the freer and friendlier option, to the point that even rivals like Microsoft will have to buy in: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764

Android is just one of many ways in which huge corps are taking over the open source world. It's not free and it's not open source so I dunno wtf you're talking about.

On 10/8/2021 at 5:15 AM, RocketDude said:

Okay, yes, Android is not at all what Stallman envisioned

I don't care about Freedom™, I just want a properly functioning OS.

For example, Sailfish OS (that I have been using for the past 8 years) is closed source, so it's "not at all what Stallman envisioned" either. But it has root and SSH out of the box, it's completely native (no Java or other managed code crap) so it's an order of magnitude faster and more energy effective, it has 100% multitasking support, etc. This is what proper Linux looks like.

I want an esoteric OS that is hard to use in the hands of the uninitiated. I have to solve worthless math olympiad riddles during interviews because the job market is oversaturated with usability queens. 

cli "ayyy, Linux what do lmao" 

*Generates a perfect UI* 

Guess I'm off to find a job now

Jesus, well excuse me for being a dude who just doesn't want to pay Microsoft for fucking Solitaire.

@Ross Scott

It's old news, but I thought you might like this one:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7950263/Woman-dressed-Minnie-Mouse-caught-cellphone-footage-viciously-beating-security-guard.html

Disco Elysium might be a better game for you to stream than Sunless Sea. Especially since it's about cops and gets very psychological.

On 10/10/2021 at 11:22 PM, AccursedWindmills said:

Disco Elysium might be a better game for you to stream than Sunless Sea. Especially since it's about cops and gets very psychological.

Seems like Ross doesn't like to read in-game text aloud, so streaming Disco Elysium would be 99% dead air.

I thought it has voice acting now.

He should stream Quake 2.

Sargent Army Guy: "ALL PODS LAUNCHED"

Light Guard: "Toy!"

[Jib noise]

[Press c to crouch] 

On 10/8/2021 at 7:19 PM, Im_Unemployed said:

I want an esoteric OS that is hard to use in the hands of the uninitiated. I have to solve worthless math olympiad riddles during interviews because the job market is oversaturated with usability queens.

Have you tried Perl?

When did perl become an OS?