Post 9iyVghdbywdPIa7Rrs by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
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(DIR) Post #9iyUxsM9HiQtVfZlKK by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
2019-05-19T17:14:34.778215Z
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coming to the realization that all os's are buggy. just depends on what bugs you want to deal withwant to deal with a slow bloated computer that occasionally gets popups you cant get rid of or something else annoying out of control?Choose proprietaryWant to fight with drivers and occasionally deal with installation issues because they haven't been tested thoroughly. Choose FOSS
(DIR) Post #9iyVghMb0D1WRo9rLU by lachs0r@nazrin.moe
2019-05-19T17:15:42Z
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@cod3monk3y You do get the installation issues and poorly tested system components with proprietary software nowadays.
(DIR) Post #9iyVghdbywdPIa7Rrs by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
2019-05-19T17:22:40.451339Z
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@lachs0r this is true. perhaps somewhat less noticeable since the proprietary OS is usually already installed.I guess this was my realization that there isn't much catching up FOSS has to do, since proprietary can be just as bad if not worse
(DIR) Post #9iyYdecl1wlOwfxQq8 by lachs0r@nazrin.moe
2019-05-19T17:27:25Z
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@cod3monk3y More code always equals more bugs, and both sides are growing out of control.At least with FOSS you have lots of choices though, and you can pick the ones that work best for you.
(DIR) Post #9iyZKaW4BB7oenIfzM by lachs0r@nazrin.moe
2019-05-19T18:01:27Z
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@cod3monk3y Also, maybe take a look at the efforts the openSUSE project is putting towards distribution testing using virtual machine automation in their Tumbleweed rolling release distribution.Tumbleweed is released as tested snapshots. Tested means not just the individual package is tested in isolation, but the distro as a whole, including common scenarios like installs, upgrades from previous versions, basic desktop usage and so on. This approach has caught lots and lots of broken snapshots before they could reach users, and it gets more robust with each test case that is added.
(DIR) Post #9iyZKalJGVJnQ4QqkS by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
2019-05-19T18:03:29.645431Z
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@lachs0r oh wow that is really neat. ill have to check it out. feel like ive seen it mentioned before, appreciate the detailed explanationmuch better than having an army of QA people
(DIR) Post #9iyZkqtltPPqzkuaxc by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
2019-05-19T18:08:15.386960Z
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@lachs0r speaking of more code. ive lately been really excited about RISC V being a reduced instruction set, as well as microkernel projects like Redox.I think technologies like these could bring some of the complexity down by an order of magnitude, and I hope to see it a general trend of where people moving
(DIR) Post #9iyaHInzfgI0oTgOI4 by lachs0r@nazrin.moe
2019-05-19T18:11:27Z
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@cod3monk3y Microkernels are bullshit though. wm4 has done a better job at explaining it than I could on this platform, so read up: https://github.com/wm4/dingleberry-os/blob/master/README.rst#should-you-make-a-microkernel-or-monolithic-kernel
(DIR) Post #9iyaHJ0OvYDLQxUId6 by cod3monk3y@housecat.dog
2019-05-19T18:14:06.520421Z
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@lachs0r okay be back in a couple of days lolgeez this is like a small book.thanks for the link, this is exactly the kind of project i was thinking of