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hawdini Robert Ian Hawdon @feddit.uk

Service Delivery platform engineer. Linux user, self proclaimed geek, and online superhero. hawdon.crypto hawdon.eth https://robert.hawdon.net

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AI bros
  • Kagi’s AI summariser is pretty good. It cites its sources and, by default, it only kicks in when you search with a ? on the end.

    To be fair, I’m pretty impressed with Kagi Search overall. But that’s a topic for a different thread, I think.

  • Azure Linux In, CentOS Out: LinkedIn Switches its Server Operating System
  • All valid points.

    I believe in this instance, it’s mainly because they have figured out a way to profit off Linux and that is via their cloud hosting platform. As long as they’re making money, it’s probably fine.

  • Azure Linux In, CentOS Out: LinkedIn Switches its Server Operating System
  • Depends how you define evil? If you mean they’re continuing to Linux in an effort to ensure it works well in their Azure platform which they can charge money for using, then yes?

    They’re making all the right decisions though, they know that there is great demand for Linux in the server market, and are happy to allow it to run on their cloud platform to ensure viable competition with the other big players (AWS & Google).

    Then in turn, their contributions benefit the open source community as a whole.

    The fact they’ve also made .NET Core cross platform and another step in the right direction, as well as making VSCode cross platform too.

    What would be nice is if they made desktop Office available. It’s one of the few subscription models that would probably work out well for them as many businesses would probably be happy to run Linux clients with native Office 365 support.

  • As an ex Redditor..
  • There's a couple instances that have their heads so far up their own asses that they've become their own Adam's Apple

    That’s a phrase I never knew I needed!

  • What is/was your distrohopping journey?
  • DOS -> Windows (3.1 through to XP) -> Slackware -> Red Hat -> Fedora -> OpenSUSE -> Ubuntu -> Mint -> Ubuntu -> Arch

    It’s been quite the journey.

  • Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
  • Exactly, as lest when your distro starts doing things you don’t like, another can easily take its place in your set up.

  • Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA
  • I have a lifetime licence for both Pro and Ultra features of Apollo. A lifetime that, sadly, looks to be coming to an end this month. Christian Selig was well aware that some users didn't like the idea of subscriptions and accommodated them as well.

  • which OS do you like the most?
  • My work machine is macOS as the company won't let us use Linux. My home machine is Arch Linux (obligatory "BTW") which I migrated to after Ubuntu dropped Unity and started forcing Snaps on everyone.

    However, a nice shameless plug for my Terminal file manager: DF-SHOW which is designed to work on all Unix like systems.

  • Lemmy, what do you call users of Lemmy?
  • As Lemmings was one of my favourite games growing up, that's also gets my vote.

  • Trackballs @apollo.town Robert Ian Hawdon @feddit.uk

    First trackball in this community

    And it's your run of the mill Elecom Huge. Modded with ceramic bearings.

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    How many of you have pulled the plug and deleted reddit already?
  • Not sure yet, a lot of subs haven't set up on Lemmy yet. Hoping that'll change after the blackout next week.