yeehaw_cosmonaut

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[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 29 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Lemmy seems a lot less toxic than Reddit. Every now and then I see comments here of people that are assholes, but its not the norm. Whenever I would check the comment feeds in Reddit, so many of them devolve into petty bickering. It seemed like a quarter of the user base set out that day to either be pissed off, or to piss someone else off.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 2 points 5 months ago

I've found that the Proton apps do a decent job of replacing Google's suite of apps like Drive, Mail and Calendar.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm in the same boat as you. I tried running Bazzite a while back. Most of my Linux experience has been with Pop!_OS, and gaming didn't seem easier than what I was used so, because Pop is already ridiculously easy to run. I'd love to know what I'm missing.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

You're not wrong, but like the duress pin, it would be a nice feature to have. Not everyone would have to set a duress fingerprint, just the people who find value in it.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Proton Drive app can automatically sync pictures from your phone. The Proton ecosystem as a whole is a good alternative to Google's.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 8 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Cool feature, I wonder if a duress fingerprint will be introduced in the future?

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The upcoming Cosmic desktop by Pop!_OS has the exact feature you're describing.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 3 points 5 months ago

Pop is great for gaming, especially for Nvidia cards.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was really intrigued by the phone mask offering, but you are limited to 75 texts a month, and 50 minutes of talk time. Given other limitations of the service, I think it's a far better deal to just get a fully pledged phone plan from someone like Mint mobile.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

I was really intrigued by the phone mask offering, but you are limited to 75 texts a month, and 50 minutes of talk time. Given other limitations of the service, I think it's a far better deal to just get a fully pledged phone plan from someone like Mint mobile.

 

The only thing that is stopping me from daily driving the pre-alpha is the fact that I can't get my VPN to connect.

Troubleshooting steps so far:

  • Everything suggested on the notification in the screenshot, including restarting, signing out, and trying other servers.
  • Using the Advanced Network Configuration app as suggested by @mmstick in a Reddit post. Tried importing a Proton VPN configuration and entering the OpenVPN info manually.

It connects just fine in the current Gnome DE, and I don't have enough know-how to understand what's not working in COSMIC.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I doubt many people will be willing to de-bloat their WIndows install, because there is a lot of overlap between the type of person that would be willing to go through all the hurdles of de-bloating, and the type of person that is already on Linux.

[–] yeehaw_cosmonaut@reddthat.com 31 points 5 months ago

My wife adamantly refused to get a Steam Deck for herself, saying that she would never give up her Switch.

Cut to one year out from buying one for her, and the Switch has been in a bin almost the entire time.

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