maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

i remember being pleasantly surprised about a decade or so ago that a laptop (integrated graphics!) had a decent time running burnout paradise on ubuntu

i wonder if debian 11 wine would run windows 9x games as well as true windows 9x on the same 21 year old machine or if the overhead is too much

hey is fixedsys excelsior still the preferred modern fixedsys

@eblu (i have used linux in some form or another for over a decade)

@eblu the whole ecosystem is diseased, imo. i get where the "blame" lies

i just keep getting reminded of that every time i try to recreationally use linux on old computers and it does not convince me to ever drop windows as a daily driver

@eblu unserious operating system lol

@eblu file-roller nautilus and gstreamer are still there after --no-install-recommends

i should not need gstreamer1.0-alsa to look at fonts

file-roller?? nautilus??? i just want one single damn font viewer why doesn't linux just have this built in why do i need to install a midi converter to view fonts what the fuck

quick question why is package font-manager trying to install package fluid-soundfont-gm

@mrencyclopedia "not meant personally" hits the nail on the head. like i've often said before, social media is anything but.

i might seem cranky and dying on a very specific hill every other month about this stuff but like for how much we collectively agree that microblogging is a cancer on the internet and that by copying twitter the fediverse is far from exempt from it it sure feels like the same people are hellbent on perpetuating the worst brainrot about it

favourites are not sympathy, and especially on the fediverse favourites are not an algorithm booster

reply or boost if you have anything besides enjoyment for a question

if you use a brainless favourite click to mean anything besides "i enjoy the content of this post", you are putting way too much onus on the receiver to pretend to know you had any other meaning for it

@mrencyclopedia i'm using the royal you here

@mrencyclopedia when it's a straightforward "where do i find this thing online" it feels almost demeaning, like you enjoy that i asked the question but won't help others answer it by boosting it. i can't parse it another way

@funguy2playwith when it's a post that's a straightforward, "where do i find x y z?" it feels pretty glib though, no?

can someone explain to me what's the meaning of favouriting a question instead of boosting or answering it, i'm really confused