I was unfamiliar with the decorate flag, but I can’t see any difference after trying.

I will say this is one command I absolutely refuse to create an alias for.

I have force committed to memory the command: git log --graph --remotes --all (and the variation with the --oneline flag appended to the end if needed) so I can use it anywhere.

It’s the one command I can’t live without.

It’s not AI slop, and we shouldn’t need to discuss it.

But unfortunately some users’ behaviour is destructive, so we have to discuss it.

There’s some really good recommendations in here, but we can’t settle on what to recommend for you without a little more info.

• Are you planning to game on it? (as in computer game, not ttrpg)
  • If yes, use Bazzite. (it’s already set up for gaming, and it’s “immutable” which means that it’ll be hard for you to break)
• If not, what experience do you prefer more:
  • Windows 7
    • Use Linux Mint (Cinnamon Edition)
  • Windows 10 (but without all the cortana, and bing stuff)
    • Use PopOS
  • I want something Windows like, but I want more control over how I can customise it
    • Use Kubuntu
  • I want something Windows like, and I want more control to customise it, but I also don’t want it to break if I start doing weird things to it
    • Use Kionite (Will look the same as Kubuntu from the outside, but will lock you out from doing or using certain things)

Which one should you pick?

The answer is No (and also yes).

Huh?!

The real answer is not to pick one, but to pick more than one. You can (one at a time) install each of them onto a USB then change your computer’s settings to boot up from the USB instead of windows. That way you can try each one to see what you like without installing them on your computer first.

For each one you try, you can check:

• Do I like the interface?
• Are there any compatibility issues? (wifi issues, sound issues, graphics issues, etc…)
• Am I happy with how long the battery lasts?
• etc…

Then once you’re ready, you can install the one you want to use onto your laptop.

Debian and KDE would make a solid experience, but that’s not what this user is looking for.

They’re not going to know what Debian or KDE are, and they’re not going to have the requisite knowledge to know that you’re probably recommending Kubuntu.

Kubuntu is a great choice, but since we don’t have all the information on the user’s needs, it might not be the best choice.

I set l to ls -hal

A quick and dirty heuristic to find out is to walk through any central transport station or food court and check:

How many people have customised their phone’s lock screen?

That’s a fairly useless point to make since everyone will always want to look at what configurable options can be adjusted.

No one would buy a car if they couldn’t adjust the seat or mirrors.

It wouldn’t, a simple finite state machine that any intelligent entity could emulate would be enough.

But people have completely deluded themselves into thinking that (what CEOs and marketers call) “AI” is actually intelligent, and this case study shows how preposterous that fantasy actually is.

unrelated, but I love your profile’s display pic haha

The 2/3/4/5-000 series cards use a driver that’s more open than the older cards, so nvidia support tends to be better than it was before.

The more windows falls down the enshittification spiral, the more likely the EU will get pissed at Microsoft and fund Linux environments where it’s needed.

Does everyone who’s following the old account automatically refollow you when you do that?

It doesn’t port over any old comments/posts, but I’m pretty sure that when anyone @'s you, it’s forwarded to the new account.

IMO it’d still be useful to be able to use an identity you control, like a domain name.

Mastodon already does this

It’s worth pointing out that while ActivityPub doesn’t currently support account migration (although there are proposals in the works for how to do this), Mastodon does have a weak form of support right now.

You can create a new account on another mastodon instance, then you’re able to point your old account to your new account.

Post title is misleading as he’s not really the one causing the drama.

it’s simply false to say he’s continuing to cause the drama and problems when all he did was ask to get his commit access back …

No. When he realised he wasn’t immediately given access as he was asking for it he also made a post on the unmoderated reddit board with “Drama” in the title.

He inflamed drama during what should have been an otherwise fairly dull bureaucratic process, tried to hide his earlier posts, was called out on it with a timeline, then eventually half-admitted to creating drama.

… and tell his haters they’re being assholes

Engaging with haters is creating more drama, which makes more disruption, which makes more haters, repeat ad infinitum.

He just needed to ignore them and let the mods do their job, not make their job harder than it already was.

The drama comes from people who just hate the guy and are screaming about letting him back. His response to that was then very cordial and just calling out them for being to aggressive.

It definitely appeared cordial on his part, but the timelines of events comment showed he was cherrypicking and trying to change things after the fact. He was being deceitful and manipulative which of course made everything worse than it needed to be. He drove away more of the community.

All he needed to do was not be disruptive himself, let the mods sort out the initial haters, and let the boring topic of a commit bit be addressed.

Shouldn’t you have an adblocker to block those scripts?

Are you using the group policy editor?

Why would I leave windows if Linux isn’t offering anything better?

Because Linux offers an ad-free experience, whereas Windows offers a free ads experience.

As an outsider looking in, it looks like it’s a bit of a wipe the slate clean governance and moderation wise as voted on by the community.

So, now over the coming days the community will in essence vote on whether they will allow sponsorships from the military industrial complex.