On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 09:13:15PM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> Steve Litt writes:
> >Is there evidence somewhere that Debian DDs use OS/x?
>
> It's so common among developers in general that it would be very surprising
> if zero debianites do it.
>
> Macbooks are almost a standard among deve
kato...@freaknet.org writes:
I don't see how macbooks could be the "standard" among developers
(BTW, what kind of developers?). I cannot associate any feeling except
*claustrophobia* to the very few times when I had to use a Mac. But
perhaps I don't qualify as the kind of developer to whom Mac is
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 09:24:51AM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> kato...@freaknet.org writes:
> >I don't see how macbooks could be the "standard" among developers
> >(BTW, what kind of developers?). I cannot associate any feeling except
> >*claustrophobia* to the very few times when I had to use
kato...@freaknet.org writes:
Yes, I see. It's not that macbooks are preferred by developers. It's
more like they are forced onto them by the marketing departments of
their companies, who must ensure that their employees' laptops shine
at least as much as their competitors'.and then we gasp at
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:30:40AM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> kato...@freaknet.org writes:
> >Yes, I see. It's not that macbooks are preferred by developers. It's
> >more like they are forced onto them by the marketing departments of
> >their companies, who must ensure that their employees' l
kato...@freaknet.org writes:
So, if everybody switch to macbooks, we don't need to struggle any
more to make things work on Linux, right?
That's right. But irrelevant since not everyone will switch to macbooks.
Personally I didn't see a problem with being in a tiny minority when I
installed l
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:06:55AM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> kato...@freaknet.org writes:
> >So, if everybody switch to macbooks, we don't need to struggle any
> >more to make things work on Linux, right?
>
> That's right. But irrelevant since not everyone will switch to macbooks.
>
> Pers
Le 21/12/2017 à 11:30, Arnt Gulbrandsen a écrit :
A quick search found
https://www.geekwire.com/2016/mac-overtakes-linux-as-developers-primary-os-windows-headed-below-50-market-share/
Concerning the most popular languages, I feel out of the game: the
only one of the list I read and wri
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 12:23:17PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Concerning the most popular languages, I feel out of the game: the only
> one of the list I read and write is C, which is badly ranked.
And this reveals what type of developers that site is talking about: those
are folks who crank
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:54:00AM +, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 10:30:40AM +, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
> >
> > A quick search found
> > https://www.geekwire.com/2016/mac-overtakes-linux-as-developers-primary-os-windows-headed-below-50-market-share/
> >
>
> By looking at th
On 2017-12-21 05:06, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
I'll find out, and perhaps suggest some change to a package. KDE as
built doesn't offer "suspend" as a possible reaction to closing the
lid, the /etc/acpi/events directory is empty, and the lid close event
doesn't lead to anything in syslog. But I'll
Am 21. Dezember 2017 19:08:18 MEZ schrieb goli...@dyne.org:
> but wasn't there an issue with not being able
> to unlock the screen after suspend requiring
> a reboot?
I remember two similar situations: In one case some screensaver / -blanking was
active and hitting the keyboard helped; in t
Hello
> A quick search found
> https://www.geekwire.com/2016/mac-overtakes-linux-as-developers-primary-os-windows-headed-below-50-market-share/
If one takes that statement at face value, then unless HP, Dell,
Lenovo, Acer, Sony, etc, etc. change their strategy they are
each doomed to make up a te
On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 12:23:17 +0100
Didier Kryn wrote:
> I also feel pretty good being a member of a minority, the
> minority of the Linux desktop users. I feel uncomfortable on Windows
> and Mac, and like to tweak my desktop.
I'm a Linux desktop user too, although my Daily Driver Desktop (
Steve Litt wrote on 12/21/2017 07:42 PM:
> And I can go in and change almost anything I
> want about this machine.
I've used a macbook, iMac and Mac Mini over the course of 10 years but could
never quite acclimate to the environment. I always felt like I was driving a
borrowed car.
_
Hello.
I've now switched to ASCII for my personal laptop (amd-64 arch) and
I found it working well, better for me than Jessie.
A significant improvement with respect to Jessie is that mmc
devices are now handled properly by xfce4, and I read on the list this
is due to the replace
On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 08:40:37AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I've now switched to ASCII for my personal laptop (amd-64 arch) and I
> found it working well, better for me than Jessie.
Hi Didier,
that's pretty good news :)
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> A regression with respect to the older r
Le 22/12/2017 à 08:49, KatolaZ a écrit :
On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 08:40:37AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
Hello.
I've now switched to ASCII for my personal laptop (amd-64 arch) and I
found it working well, better for me than Jessie.
Hi Didier,
that's pretty good news :)
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