John Knight

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[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@RetroTechChris Damn, a distro I've actually run! 🤣

GNOME 1.x was my first encounter of the Linux desktop. Wasn't sure what to make of it. Then I fired up KDE and thought "this is waaaaaaaaay better". ;-) Been my desktop ever since.

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@spinelessaisha You know you're allowed to be bad at games, right? And your idea of "bad" is probably everyone else's normal.

[PC Gamer @pcgamer]

Linux on the desktop marches on as GOG announces a client revamp headed to a distro of your choice https://t.co/9KcnLezr31

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@luciascarlet @spinelessaisha I've used point releases for almost my entire 26/27 years using Linux, and I've always hated the big "you've got to upgrade to the next one" change that gets less stable. Using Manjaro atm and I much prefer its small incremental changes, which are more stable over time.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@spinelessaisha Which DE you using? I've got it running on a laptop with KDE.

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@fukawawawawa @spinelessaisha But you just said you wouldn't touch it with a ten foot barge pole?? Were you just being a bit silly?

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@spinelessaisha Well it is popular, and surprisingly so amongst new users (I don't consider it especially user friendly!). I think it's great for people who like to tweak their OS.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@fukawawawawa @spinelessaisha Why not? You'd be mad not to.

[GOG.COM @GOGcom]

GOG GALAXY is officially heading to Linux. At the same time, we’ve reworked the client on Windows and Mac to be simpler, run faster, and give you cleaner ways to view your library. Most importantly, our core promise stays untouched: GOG GALAXY is entirely optional. Your games are yours to download and keep through offline installers, exactly as they’ve always been.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@LundukeJournal What about Richard Stallman's Copyleft?

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@LundukeJournal And they turn the frogs gay.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@spinelessaisha What would be your stance if people used AI/vibe coding to fix the annoying holes in Linux? If that became a trend, would you be against it?

(Not being aggressive, just interested)

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@LundukeJournal Suddenly the Steam Machine is looking a lot more reasonable - hopefully the market attitude corrects.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@skdh What is Sabine sitting on?

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@EleonoraSayaka Suits you.

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@ClarksonsFarm1 "Humor"? Are you American?

[John Knight @johnknightlinux]

@lproven @LundukeJournal I was talking about the mainline x86-64 bit build - maybe they can use AI for that.

I always like Haiku because it was BeOS compatible to start with, but when they cancelled that, I'm not really sure why I'd want to use it over something else, like a lightweight Linux build.