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  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.ml•It seems Linux Mint is dropping GNU coreutils in favor of rust-coreutils following Ubuntu.
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    6 months ago

    The comment itself:

    […] Rust-coreutils does affect us. This is something we definitely see as part of the base so even though we would prefer for coreutils not to change, we’re hoping to align with Ubuntu on this. We’re concerned with regressions. New code almost always introduces regressions. That’s a lot of new code on very important components. I was shocked to see rust-coreutils updated from 0.7 to 0.8 just days before the stable release of Ubuntu 26.04. It actually broke something important on our side. We fixed it. I’m sure Ubuntu will update it whenever new regressions are found. We’ll see.

  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*
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    8 months ago

    Damn, is it bugging you that much? Those spinner annimations really are made to look like that (with only three dots being filled at a time). I’m guessing it would be a bit hard to change those animations. You could maybe change the characters the programs use for the animation, but that could mess with the correct rendering of certain programs in the terminal. You could also change that in the source code of the programs you use, but that would require you to find where the change must be done and recompile for every program you use.

    While we’re at it, could you do a drawing of how you think the animation should look like?

  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.catoLinux@lemmy.ml•Starting a LUG?
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    10 months ago

    Oops! I ended up writing a wall of text…

    I would suggest using methods other than platforms to find events, as there are lots of people that don’t use them. In fact, where I live, I’ve never seen people using that kind of platforms. I guess this can be different for you, but I think you should at least consider other methods of spreading the word, to guarantee that some people don’t miss the event just because they never heard of it. Here are some.

    1. Printing posters and placing them in visible places. It might sound a little old-fashioned, but it gets the job done, especially for local stuff. When doing posters, you have two things to worry about. The first one is what you will write in the posters. You of course have to clearly state what you want to do (“Let’s start a Linux User Group in our town!”), but you also have got to explain what you were thinking the group could/should do (for example “Let’s organize monthly instalation parties”, or “Meetings every two weeks”, or whatever you thought about doing). That doesn’t mean that the LUG must do exactly everything you write in the poster. It’s just to give an idea of whether the LUG’s activities will be of any interest to who’s thinking of applying to it. Put some contact information on the poster. It would be interesting if you decided to organize a gathering with people that would like to be founding members of the LUG, just to figure things out. If you decide to do that, don’t forget to put the meeting’s date and place in the poster. The poster should be eye-catching and have all information clearly visible, while highlighting the most important information. If graphic design isn’t your passion, ask someone you know for help. The second thing you should worry about when doing posters is where to place them. As far as I know, only nerdy people would join an LUG. As such, you should put most posters in places where lots of nerds gather together, such as places where people gather to play board games and tabletop RPGs, electronics stores, … Even then, you could try putting them in places that are more general and have more visibility. For example, I’ve seen some supermarkets with boards for event announcements. Just don’t forget to ask for permission to put the posters whenever you want to do it in a place that isn’t the street. As long you explain what you’re promoting and say it’s non-profit, most places will allow it.
    2. Advertising on forums/social media groups related to either Linux or to the place you live in. Much of the advice I gave about posters applies. In places where you know you won’t really be checking constantly for new messages, you might want to redirect people to your contact info (say something like “If you want to contact me, instead of sending me a message through this platform, please use my contact info”). Also make sure to follow the rules of the places, and contact the admins if you have questions. I don’t have much experience with this approach, so I can’t give much advice.
    3. Asking Linux users you know to promote it. Word of mouth is always useful ;)
  • yetAnotherUser@lemmy.catoTechnology@lemmy.world•Elon Musk suggests AI will make work ‘optional’ and money irrelevantEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Listening to this is as useful as listening a random person yap about the conspiracy theories they believe in. There is no new useful information to be gained. Only there’s a difference. When it’s a random person, at the worst case, they talk about them to try to convince you of said theories, for their own pleasure of convincing themselves that they are right. When it’s a billionaire like this one, at the worst case, they try to persuade everyone and their mother that what they are saying is, not just reasonable, but the absolute truth, and their PR team probably came up with it as a way to make people as likely as possible to hold billionaires accountable for the horrible shit they do. Which means that, in that supposed worst case, which would, mind you, be the most effective way for the billionaire to keep doing business as usual without interruptions, what the billionaire is saying is just a diversion tactic.

    TLDR: Please stop focusing so much on what the billionaire says. They probably don’t really believe in what they’re saying. Please focus instead in the billionaire’s actions, because that’s what they probably don’t want you to do.