Yes, it’s a common practice that’s been done right back to PS2 and Xbox360 days.

Damn I feel like I only just upgraded to v14. Those guys develop fast.

An eReader’s literally only job is to format, reflow, render and display ePubs. If you have one that can’t do that, then it is a fancy coaster at best.

There’s not really any advantage of using txt files over open standard drm-free epubs. You can still generate them yourself using txt editors or publishing software, you can still load them over USB. But epubs give you quality of life features on eReaders like title pages, table of contents, chapter headers, formatting markers like bold and italics.

Yeah true, I’ve got to regularly remind myself that for most professionals working in IT, the only thing they know about Linux is it’s that esoteric free OS that you get preinstalled on a cheap VPS, used for hosting WordPress sites by people who are too cheap to pay for a windows licence. At least, that’s the view that my colleagues at the last two places In worked at had.

Sounds like you’d like a power launcher style workflow like KRunner or Rofi. Instead of hitting the meta key to bring up the start menu and search for the app you need, bind a key to KRunner or Rofi and invoke the app you want directly. These solutions also natively integrate file search, web search, quickly toggling settings, do in-place calculations etc.

We call it the “meta” key. And no, not related to the company formerly known as Facebook.

As someone who has been dealing with exactly this issue with my new employer’s enterprise ICT department, I have some insight to share.

When you have thousands and thousands of laptops that you need to manage, it becomes a burden for the in-house IT department, so they often farm it out to a Managed Service Provider (MSP). This is particularly common for organisations like schools and hospitals that often don’t even have an in-house IT department. The MSP will install policies and management software on the laptops to ensure the OS is up to date, the antivirus is not disabled, the VPN is configured correctly, passwords are changed regularly, etc.

Yes of course there are linux-native solutions for each of these things, but the MSP doesn’t support it, doesn’t offer that service. To keep their service prices affordable for enterprise organisations, MSPs usually hire the lowest cost technicians and support staff. These poor underpaid staff probably have never even heard of Linux. The MSP can increase their marketable value by advertising the certifications they’ve attained. The certifications are provided by Microsoft and are related to Microsoft software and systems.

If you have a small fleet of devices and an in-house IT team that has a bunch of Linux enthusiasts, and a user base who drives demand, then it is possible to support Linux. But it requires a lot of effort and dedication. My old employer did that. They had a fleet of around 5,500 devices (a mix of desktops and laptops), mostly Windows, approx 500 of them were macbooks, and about 50 were Linux. Some of these were users who needed to use software that is available only on Linux, some were like me who are simply more productive and efficient using a linux-based OS. But maintaining, administering and supporting those 50 Linux devices took around 20% of the time of the IT department. That’s massively disproportionate to the number of Linux users.

Not long after I left there, the new CTO put an end to that, they saw and easy cost saving by simply refusing to allow users to have any OS other than Windows.

Nice, never heard of it, sounds like I’d like it.

One of my favourite DOS games back in the day was A-10 Tank Killer. It was a surprisingly good flight sim for its day and relatively accessible for a kid playing on a keyboard and mouse. I played that game so much, I’ve got a soft spot for the old A-10.

Yeah, LMDE is pretty good. I used it for a couple of years during my rage-against-Ubuntu phase.

The average annual income for a professional in Sri Lanka is the equivalent of $200/month or $2400/year. How would they be investing in EVs?

Let’s spend all our remaining oil to build an enormous rocket to the moon, so we can mine all of the oil on the moon.

JIRA and Bitbucket are so bad that even Microsoft Azure DevOps (that is a reskin of the decade old Visual Studio Online, which itself is a reskin on the two decade old Microsoft TFS) is somehow better than it. And everyone loves to hate on Microsoft products.

Are there any actually good enterprise grade Task tracker + Code repo combo that we should be suggesting the execs migrate to? Maybe the GitHub Enterprise product?

To be exact, Tim Berners Lee invented the original HTML specification, the HTTP communication protocol, and a proof-of-concept browser that implements both of them. These three things were required - on top of TCP, IP, Ethernets, that already existed - to build the Web.

Good point, but I don’t make handmade pasta at home either.

One time I found a packet of Buldak half-spice flavour. They were the sweet spot for me, allowed me to use all of the flavour sauce packet, with half the spice level. They were the most delicious version of Buldak I’ve had. The next best one is the black bean flavour, because it is at least adding something interesting and good, unlike the awful cheese flavour and fake carbonara flavour Buldaks.

The best thing that can happen to avocado is to be turned into guacamole. I’m like you when it comes to avocado, could take it or leave it, but I go nuts for guac.

Agreed. That’s why I always order something cool like gnocchi when I go to an Italian restaurant. It’s much harder to make that well at home.

Yen?