https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_levels
TLDR: extra x86 instructions supported by modern chips
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Microarchitecture_levels
TLDR: extra x86 instructions supported by modern chips
The problem is that rm -rf
shouldn’t scare you?
What are the chances something like
~/projects/some-project $ cd ..
~/projects $ rm -fr some-project
may delete unexpected stuff? (especially if you get into the habit of tab-completing the directory argument)
Honestly, IMO the end-user benefit is mostly that it sounds cool.
All the benefits I’ve heard (including the ones in this discussion) don’t actually derive from “immutability” but from releases that stay the same for longer (which is what “more stable” used to mean), or the ability to roll back your system to some “known” working state (which you can do with snapshots and in a plethora of other ways).
What immutability means is that users are unable to alter their system, or at least not expected to… basically, it means what in corporate lingo would sound “altering your system is not supported” and that the distro actively makes it hard for you to do so.
This means users will not break their system because they followed badly some instructions they found on some badly written forum post anymore and blame the distro for it, but it also means that users who actually have a reason to alter their system and know what they are doing will have a hard time doing it (or be unable to), which is precisely why I left macos and went back to linux for my work computer some ten years ago (I spent half a day doing something I could have be done with in five minutes and said to myself “never again”).
For the team/company that builds it, an immutable distro will likely be easier to test and maintain than a “regular” one, which should then indirectly benefit the users (well… as long as the team/company interests are aligned with the users’ of course: shall windows get easier for microsoft to maintain, how much benefit would trickle down to its end users?).
Users who switch to an immutable distro should see a decrease in bugs short-term. In the longer run, I’d expect distros (especially the “commercial” ones) to reduce the effort they spend in QA until quality drops again to whatever level is deemed appropriate (if bread costs less I’m still not gonna buy more bread than I need… same goes for quality).
Basically, it all boils down to “immutable distros cost less to maintain” (which, don’t get me wrong, is a net positive).
I must say I find it slightly concerning to have heard several “veteran” linux users say that immutable distros are so great that they will install one on their parent/child/SO/friend’s PC but on their own.
It’s also a bit unnerving to notice that most of the push for immutability seems to come from companies (the likes of debian/arch/gentoo/etc. are not pushing for immutability AFAIK, and they certainly don’t have the initiative in this field).
I’m not sure how much immutable distros will benefit the community at large, and… I’m not even sure they will end up being very successful (windows/macos follow in whatever makes is more profitable for microsoft/apple, linux users have choice).
I hope that immutable distros will prove both successful and good for the user community at large.
edit: Forgot to explain the positives I hope for: since immutable distros should require less effort, I hope this will lead to more/better “niche” distros from small teams, and to distros with bigger teams doing more cool stuff with the extra manpower
No: there is no krunner widget I can add to the panel and AFAIK no way to hide/show the panel via a keyboard shortcut
AFAIK there is no krunner widget I can add to a panel… but regardless: can I have the panel show/hide via some keyboard shortcut?
(If they can’t be together, I could live with alt+space => toggle krunner and, for example, alt+shift+space => toggle panel)
Didn’t know about the flower!
Qualcomm didn’t actually choose the name because of it (they choose it because it “sounded fast and fierce”), but now that I know about the flower I’ll think of it instead of snappy dragons whenever I hear the SOC name.
Tangentially OT:
“Snapdragon X Elite”? Wasn’t the name “Snapdragon” already enough cringe? :)
vi or vim […] :q to quit
you are depriving OP of an experience there… getting stuck in vi is a rite of passage nobody should be denied (but, alas, a lot of distros carry nano nowadays)
Same here, until I read OP’s intentions.
Writing stuff to trigger people is the definition of being a troll (well, one of the possible definitions).
It’s worth nothing that a mediocre troll can sometime pass for a comedian.
Edit: the linux-company thing is just for triggering people, sorry I didn’t know it was this effective.
Errrr… why would you try to trigger people, especially while asking for their help? Don’t you think it’s plain rude?
Most newbies would have a hard time and most experienced people would grab the “unofficial” non-free image for installing just in case and then disable non-free if it wasn’t needed.
I’ve not verified this, but does the installer actually install the non-free firmware if it’s not needed?
No idea but I found this: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/20839
Err… you are asking that even if I literally said it is world news and only complained about how little relevance (global newsworthiness) the fact has?
Anyways, it seems I must have mistaken the purpose of this community… I have no interest in a twitter-like feed or random low-quality news from all over the world so I’m leaving. Sorry if I’ve been a bother.
Removed by mod
@mods, this community needs a rule establishing some minimum relevancy threshold. News like the one in this post may technically be “world news” but they would hardly be worth a mention in any non-local newspaper
I’m doing that in arch.
TBH it’s not like Palestinian’s resistance equipment and capabilities have seemed much of a concern for Israel even when they were at 100%…
As it’s often the case with statements published during wartime (and also ones in more peaceful times), it’s more interesting to look at where the statement comes from and ask oneself why they say so now than the actual contents of the statement (which are often unverifiable anyways).
Yeah, he’s old and didn’t use the happiest words… but the Vatican clarified he didn’t mean “unconditional surrender” and instead only meant “negotiate a peace deal”.
AFAIU (and also AFAIC - “as far as I care”) It’s not entirely clear yet if the Pope suggests that Ukraine should give up territory in exchange for peace (and what about reparations?) or if he just means “be good people and make peace” (which would be much more in line with how he usually talks). I don’t think whatever the Pope thinks will really be of much consequence given how geopolitically relevant this war is (“The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”)
This whole news/argument serves as great marketing for the TV program where the the interview will be broadcasted (which I’d assume is not unintentional)
For the non-US people: 21,000 acres are around 84km² (a bit more than a 9 by 9km square).
I have zero idea how big the reef was to begin with (and God must have forbidden journalists from publishing data that would allow readers to make sense of the numbers they put in the headlines), but still it seems like decent amount was destroyed.
Here’s what I get in fish when I start writing a
rsync
command and hit tab to ask for completions:❱ rsync --append-verify --progress -avz - -0 --from0 (All *from/filter files are delimited by 0s) --delete (Delete files that don’t exist on sender) -4 --ipv4 (Prefer IPv4) --delete-after (Receiver deletes after transfer, not before) -6 --ipv6 (Prefer IPv6) --delete-before (Receiver deletes before transfer (default)) -8 --8-bit-output (Leave high-bit chars unescaped in output) --delete-delay (Find deletions during, delete after) [more lines omitted]