[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

It would seem that GNU/Linux or Linux (whatever the user-accessing operating system is called) is the only OS that must mention its kernel. No one calls Windows the NT operating system, nor does anyone call Mac OS the Darwin operating system. So why should Linux be the exception?

When I think of GNU, I think of a project that had a very particular goal in mind: build an operating system that replaces Unix with entirely free software. The project got nearly all the way there, but before they got a usable kernel working, Torvalds licensed his kernel with the GPL. With the Linux kernel combined with GNU, we have an OS the GNU project set out to create. So why should Torvalds get all the credit? Without calling the OS GNU, most people don't even know how or why it came to be.

I could see a valid argument to just simply call the OS GNU. It was the name the original team gave the project to have a fully functional OS made with entirely free software. True, Torvalds didn't write Linux for GNU, but neither did the X Window System. A Kernel is essential for operation though, so I can see why the name GNU/Linux was proposed.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

I'd continue working if it meant I could afford more luxury in life.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

If a movie or show is good and worth rewatching, I'd love to own a 4k Blu-ray copy. Assuming you have a decent TV and speaker system, streaming is absolutely inferior. Even standard Blu-rays can have better quality than the best of streaming.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Patent trolling.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Maybe things have changed since I've last tried it (10 years or so), but I thought Fedora Rawhide was at the most bleeding edge of experimental packages.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Are Reddit and Lemmy kinks? Because there are so many acronyms used here and there.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

With the new restrictions that mods can't retroactively become paid mods, nor can they be dependent on others sounds fine on paper.

But consider what having this kind of system in place will do for future games and mods. I believe this will discourage collaboration and ultimately will cause a decline in quality. If paid mods can't build off of others, then there would be less incentive or option to build integration of mods. Anyone remember mods like cobl, cm partners, and fcom for Oblivion? Those would be impossible with paid mods. And since most modders would (rightfully so) like to maximize their income, I reckon many would exclusively make their portfolio be paid mods, even with restrictions on what they can build.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

4*20+12

Four score and twelve

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

I prefer them to be exFAT.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Fun trivia about the Xbox controller is that their design is heavily influenced by Sega's. The Xbox controller has the same face button layout as the Dreamcast's. And if you compare the Duke (original fat) controller to a Saturn/Genesis/Mega Drive 6-button controller, you can think of those black and white buttons as the former C and Z buttons.

Some consider the OG Xbox as a successor to the Dreamcast.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I suspect this holds true to any base x numbering where you take the highest valued digit and multiply it by any number. Try it with base 2 (1), 4 (3), 16 (F) or whatever.

[-] nUbee@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

We didn't fight Nazi Germany because they were racist. We fought them because they attacked us (through their ally, Japan). The sad truth is there were a lot of Americans who were ok with Nazi ideology.

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