Three important factors:

• Gigabit ethernet
• SATA-attached storage
• My family not knowing what the fuck USB 3.0 is, and why blue USB is better than black USB.

Mine is using a network share to transfer files faster than any USB device we have at home.

#define EIGHTY (4 * 20)

Ubuntu is the corporate business owner that got its starting capital from running a brick-and-mortar shop.

RHEL is the offspring of corporate business owners with generational wealth.

All they had to do was remove all the bits that made it an Assassin’s Creed game and it would’ve been perfect. But they did Skull & Bones instead. It’s like they hate easy money.

All the RCE vulnerabilities that Apple introduced as “features”

The Linux user is still picking out the distro.

bcachefs

I don’t know what Kent did, but I doubt it will surprise me at this point.

(edit) Fuck sake, Kent…

What in tarnation is a welfare state anyway? Is it one of them commie things?

(Feel the sarcasm, people.)

The original image gives me strong “Shepard, Tali, and Garrus doing shenanigans” vibes.

I think you forgot level 6: happily growing crops and raising chickens on a remote farm where the most high-tech device for miles is a rotary hoe.

Rolling release doesn’t mean that no testing is done. All updated packages are tested by maintainers before being released into the official repository. A rolling release simply means that there are no individually marked OS versions and you always get the latest packages.

In contrast, take Debian for example. It uses a point release system with major named versions (e.g. Debian 13 “Trixie”), minor point releases (e.g. 13.1), and security and bugfix patches between those. New feature updates are released only between point releases, and breaking changes are only introduced between major versions. This allows the maintainers to practice a greater amount of care in testing that the packages work well together, but also means that new features are always held back to some extent. This does not happen in a rolling release system. All upstream changes are pulled, tested, and released, regardless of whether a breaking change is introduced.

By its nature, a rolling release distribution will require a greater amount of maintenance. If a package update requires manual intervention, it will be published on archlinux.org. For as long as I’ve been a Linux user, I’ve only seen one package update that made systems temporarily unbootable, and I was saved from that by being a Manjaro user at the time.

But, to answer the question, I usually update my home and work PCs (both Arch) about once every week or two, or as required by a new software or important security update.

It’s less about the concept of a game-centric headset and more about the brands that sell themselves as “We Are Gamers” with angular shapes and RGB out the ass. Steelseries, Razer, Alienware, Aorus, ROG… I’ve had many bad experiences both personally and professionally. The only one I didn’t end up regretting was Logitech G. The G502 mouse is a beast.

I used to own a HyperX Cloud Flight. It’s the best wireless headset I’ve ever tried. It comes with a USB dongle, no Bluetooth. Worked out of the box on Arch. I bought mine before HP infested HyperX, but my sister uses a post-buyout one and she says it’s perfect.

Pros:

• Audio quality is great for fun (games and films), decent for music and critical listening. The frequency response has a common V shape, but the bass doesn’t blow out the top ends (eat a dick, Raycon).
• Eight-hour battery life, can be used while charge cable is connected.
• Aux input that bypasses the internal DAC.
• Signal can penetrate several solid brick walls.
• Comfortable even on my melon head.
• Mic is detachable. Quality is as good as an Aussie wanker can expect.

Cons:

• Micro-USB charger port.
• Volume control is a click wheel that sends volume up/down keystrokes to the PC. I had to remove it from mine because it wore out and would “bounce” and send several keystrokes every time I touched it.
• The earpads are covered in shitty leatherette that will fall off in a few months.

In general, avoid anything “Gamer”. You’re paying for the brand, not the quality. Even the cheapest “audiophile” headphones are better.

Wireless headsets will always be limited by their internal DAC. Another option is to get a decent wired headset and a dedicated wireless DAC. I currently use a modded Beyerdynamic DT770 and an AKG K-240, and if I need them to be wireless, I clip a Fiio BTR5 to the headstrap and connect it with a short cable.

Like an alpha particle: very low penetrative power.

TORVALDS is a powerful Great Prince of Hell who has 618 legions of demons under his command. He gives true answers of all things past, present, and yet to come; he reveals the secrets and source of the kernel if asked; and he grants to the conjurer power and authority over devices and binds them to the conjurer’s will.

I guess I forgot to point out (six months ago, well done) that these are free loaners provided by the university. Usually high-end, current-generation hardware. They can be smart on their own devices, that’s neither my concern nor my responsibility, but these are not theirs to disembowel.

I’d love to know what an actual moderator would think if you imposed your idea on them.

report bad faith posts

You’re supposed to report posts that break instance or community rules, not whatever you happen to consider to be “bad faith”. You can’t moderate based on intent, only actions, otherwise you’re asking for a thought police where only the popular opinion is permitted to exist.

Besides, even if your instance has disabled downvotes, other instances can still see them.