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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I feel like Android and Linux (being that it's what Android itself is based on) do the whole "everything is an app" much better than, say, Windows. On Windows, generally speaking, your entire desktop experience is built-in and so tightly coupled that it's hard to switch it out. On Linux, you don't NEED a GUI at all, but if you want one, you'll have a display server, a window manager, etc. On Android, at least without the desktop mode, the base GUI is the launcher, which is just an app.

System apps that require root access are still apps. Of course the kernel isn't really an app and I don't think Google Play Services fits most people's definitions of an app. System libraries aren't apps. So those are the parts that you could consider true "OS updates" as opposed to "app updates", but since the "apps" part of the system (if you include system apps) is so much more visible to the user, an OS update will seem like it's mostly a bunch of app updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Thank you! It'll be my last :(

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Facts right here. I love Rust and my day job is Python. Neither is too slow for most of my use cases. Though one cool thing about Rust is the super low overhead. So well-written Rust, much like well-written C, is great for low-power devices. Still, the database is going to be memory, IOPS and maybe CPU hungry as it grows. You can optimize data structures, but you still need to read said data.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What did Trump say about Elon's computer knowledge winning the election again?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Round Iron Man 2 coming out and his cameo, I kinda felt that way too. Some 2-4 years later that feeling was entirely gone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah I actually liked the whole Vista/7 era Windows looks. Didn't like anything else about Vista but that wasn't Windows Aero's fault.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's a washer but it's also AI generated most likely. But also not too uncommon in tiny apartments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't that what Whatsapp and Telegram are already used for?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Gen whatever slang often borrows from AAVE though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean yeah, you're right about the desktop mode, but 90% of new user facing features are going to be in one app or another generally.

Technically the desktop mode itself might also be an app, though a window manager or desktop environment isn't something we conventionally think of as an app.

No idea when I'll get to touch a new enough Android to play with it. My old Oneplus is on shaky custom rom support and my daily driver is an iPhone (which will likely get much longer software support and is newer to begin with)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Oh if it's him personally, I'm not interested. I was hoping there would be a selection.

 

And why do you prefer it over other distros?

 

There was already a Gentoo community on Lemmy, however it hasn't had any activity in 2 years and since Lemmy's popularity has exploded in recent days, I figured it might be time for a new one with active moderation.

Anyone reading this likely already knows what Gentoo is, but on the off-chance that someone completely unfamiliar with Gentoo clicks on this thread, here's a quick primer. Gentoo Linux is essentially a meta-distribution. You're given a package manager (Portage) that builds your packages from source, and some useful command line utilities. Other than that, you get your choice of everything - systemd or OpenRC? X11 or Wayland? Gnome, KDE or some other desktop manager? Or none at all? All up to you. Now of course, Arch provides you the same freedom of choice, but Gentoo's party trick is the local compilation - you can have the compiler optimize everything for your particular CPU's instruction set, or just leave out features you don't need in some programs.

 

Paistab, et EURIBORi tõus ja kõrged kinnisvarahinnad on turuga 1-0 teinud. Isiklikult loodan, et nüüd tuleb mõningat hinnalangust - hinnad on juba naeruväärselt kõrgeks läinud Eesti palgataseme kohta. Arvatavasti hakkavad ka välja võetud teise samba rahad inimestel otsa saama, need olid suure tõenäosusega suures ostuhulluses ja hinnatõusus tähtsal kohal.

 

Paistab, et Eestis hakkab jälle poliitiliselt huvitavaks minema. Isiklikult ma ei usu, et nad hääled kokku saavad ja ma ei kujuta ette kes uueks peaministriks saaks, aga kõik on võimalik.

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