I’m surprised there even exist 600 communities…

It just feels more solid. I like connect but it has rough edges that I don’t see in boost

Swiping gestures are generally annoying imo. I also find them a lot more prone to accidents

Boost is definitely a little better than connect. It also just has a feeling of being a little more solid and I can’t even say specifically why. That’s worth considering for me

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That’s the only thing that would make sense. Apps don’t install themselves without any request.

It’s literally less than most cups of coffee to correct that issue forever. Ad supported software is standard practice for the last 20+ years, having the option to cheaply opt out of it completely is actually uncommon and shouldn’t be completely glossed over like it doesn’t matter.

This is a good point. Would the version numbers displayed from apt list --installed be what I’m looking for?

As it happens I do keep a git repo that keeps a log of that information. I see that after reinstall, linux-image-* and linux-headers-* packages have the same actual version numbers but there are some other values in that same listing that have changed a bit. Some look like git commit hashes. I dunno.

I did start with a different, updated Pop!_OS image this time. I’ve considered wiping again using the older image which I still have. I figured that using the new one would be best and just avoid the need for a few GB of updates but looking at the diff of the installed packages (and looking at differences in how I was able to resolve some random issues, for example previously I had pulse installed for audio stuff, now I do not, it’s a different app), it seems like a lot of the OS internals are rather different…

On pop_os I had great success with proton until I had to wipe my os and reload. Before, most of my games worked well. Cyberpunk 2077 actually ran faster than on Windows. After the wipe, I literally cannot get a single game to run and I really don’t feel like troubleshooting so I keep returning to windows. I hate it. And yes, I have an Nvidia card and have tried several driver versions

Yeah, this is all fair. I’ve just heard that online dating is bad so many times and so often that it’s become expected. I feel like it typically comes from people who either have never used it, or have only dated that way. Both groups have a less informed opinion than someone who went on a few mortifying “traditional” dates, and then started dating online.

I’m not trying to say I’m an expert but I do think people my age are in a unique position. We saw the world before and after the Internet, and since this change occurred in our youth we had enough awareness to process both versions of the world. If we put some laws into place that protected consumers on a basic level, I sure would drastically prefer the post Internet world. As it stands, some days I don’t feel like the Internet is such a great thing, but most days I do think it’s a better world, on balance.

How I saw this as a different version of the same old stuff is that this comment said essentially “well it used to be good when I used it, but now it’s awful and destructive” which it might be in ways but it’s absolutely a net positive from what I have seen

As someone who online dated for years, up until 2021, I’m very aware of the down sides.

Another version of “online dating is awful!”

Haven’t heard this one before. The world is better with online dating than it was without it

Ok, so that is the what, but what is the why? Why the censored word? I don’t get it. Nonetheless I’m closer to getting it now so thank you for that much

In the last 10 years I have bought 95% of my games on steam and that’s far from unusual

It monopolizes PC games in America and other countries. As even the most casual observer would know. Kind of idiotic to argue against that.

It’s at the point where younger people think “pc games” is synonymous with “steam games”.

Why would you censor the word gamer? The Internet is bizarre

What planet do you live on exactly?

Most people don’t know the ins and outs of how these federated systems work, like you do

I don’t think you at all need to understand federation other than it means you can join from multiple places and that typically they mostly all talk so just pick a medium to popular one.

I still don’t really understand exactly how federation works and I don’t think it hinders me at all to not understand it.

This name will never not read to me as “bloo-skee”

I made a list of the Google services I needed to replace, replaced a couple of them, but ultimately that list had dozens of items on it and I’m too tired already to complete it

It is not easy. This comment must be satire?

For example have you tried navigating in a car with a navigation app besides Maps? I don’t have an iPhone and the ones I’ve tried so far suck. I mean, I think Waze isn’t even all that good and Google owns even them now.