Which fate is the worst (3rd edition)

Lounge EndeavourOS pub
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  • Linus Torvalds stopping development of the Linux kernel.
  • Having to install Genshin Impact or have your HID drivers deleted.
  • Dalto getting Discourse to remove polls (do not harrass dalto, this is a joke)
  • Having to pay a subscription for your graphics drivers, else they’ll use /dev/urandom to generate output.
  • A new pandemic.
  • Other (you must elaborate)
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Have fun! Tell us why in the reply section. (if you feel like it)

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Elaborating things is worst.

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I installed Genshin Impact on the PC of my Daughter - whats the hassle with that?

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EOS switching to a Ubuntu base with mandatory Snaps.

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Manjaro-GMBH buys EOS.

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The /dev/urandom graphics idea sounds pretty fun (unless you are epileptic).
Fantastic fit for r/badUIbattles :stuck_out_tongue:

I honestly do find just the idea of Linus’ retirement pretty sad though.

I find it extremely valuable to have a (reformed) a*hole keeping the BS strictly in check.
When reading mailing lists from time to time, you very often really can see his reasoning behind being so passionately aggressive…

My biggest hope is that his work is (still) a labor of love, and that he might as well keep going for as long as his health allows it.

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When Torvalds steps down, I have zero confidence in the new generation who will take over. I’ve seen enough of internal messages to sour me.

I’m familiar with BSD (and I’m currently running freeBSD on my secondary tower), so I will most likely be switching to BSD when that dark day comes.

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I’m of similar mind there, also being a long time user of FreeBSD for servers. Although, FreeBSD as desktop and daily driver doesn’t enjoy the same degree of application support, sadly. If it did, I probably would have never gone on my EndeavourOS journey.

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It’s perfectly good enough for me :+1:. I’m pretty flexible.

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Didn’t he already stop managing the kernel for some time in the past? I personally doubt anything of significance would change. Especially with all the people he worked with over the last years being his successor, that already play a big part in how the kernel is developed.

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For a couple of months, yes. I don’t recall any extended period, but I do drink a lot…

I’m a bit more pessimistic.

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I installed Genshin Impact on the PC of my Daughter - whats the hassle with that?

It has Chinese kernel-level anti-cheat.

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When Torvalds steps down, I have zero confidence in the new generation who will take over. I’ve seen enough of internal messages to sour me.
I’m familiar with BSD (and I’m currently running freeBSD on my secondary tower), so I will most likely be switching to BSD when that dark day comes.

The day a certain toilet-guy gets even the slightest mention in the kernel is the day I stop
using Linux.

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EOS switching to a Ubuntu base with mandatory Snaps.

That’s not as bad as the Linux kernel not being developed, Arch with archinstall exists now.

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I knew I’d get a cheesy response like that, this is the :enos: pub after all.

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Yeah. And just for the record, I’m particularly found of French cheese :wink:

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Well, how does this work in a lutris installation?

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Honestly, I don’t know who this is referring to…but I’m pretty sure I agree :laughing:.

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All the evidence found so far about the mysterious Toilet Guy seem to be indicating this individual:

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The developers can snoop on all of the exactly no personal data that’s disclosed in the prefix :wink: