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Without saying your age, comment down your favorite film(s) that released the year you turned 18. in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[–] shaggy@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

28 Days Later. I win!! 😂

Building a brand new machine and leaving Windows for good in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] shaggy@beehaw.org -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the distrochooser link. It was helpful and pointed me to Fedora 😀

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Building a brand new machine and leaving Windows for good (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by shaggy@beehaw.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm sick of Windows, and especially what it's become, and the way its trending looks like it will only get worse. I'll be building a brand new PC this summer and want to choose a Linux Distro instead. In preparation, I'd like to try out a virtual machine with a Linux distribution. I am solidly familiar with Ubuntu, but I think it's time to try something that may cater to my specific needs more.

I use my machine for work and gaming (mostly Steam). I am a fullstack software developer and use a second MacBook as well for my daily work needs.

I've had Manjaro, and OpenSUSE recommended to me by a friend who likes both of them but he doesn't game much and doesn't need various software development tools.

Are Manjaro or OpenSUSE good choices? I know there's a tonne of distros out there, and I'm trying to narrow things down a bit. Hopefully this community has some helpful advice.

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: First of all, thank-you everyone for your help and positivity. It's been less than a day and the amount of advice and ideas is fantastic. Not too mention the noticeable lack of negative comments (a huge reason I left reddit more than a year ago), thank-you all for reaffirming my reasons.

I've got to admit, I'm a little overwhelmed by all of the advice, but in a good way. I will be scrutinizing all of this advice and laying it out into a roadmap for both my distro testing, as well as PC building. You are all making this community a helpful and spectacular place. I hope one day to be able to pay it forward! Please keep it up!

Is anyone else worried about the apple vision pro? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] shaggy@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I know a guy who used to run one of these businesses. He pivoted to something else because of the expenses, and hardware wasn't the biggest. The monthly license fees for games are outrageous when you want to provide them to the public. Which means you have to constantly bet on which game's demand will outweigh its cost on a monthly basis.

Before COVID, his place was very busy. I went many times and it was a lot of fun. His business was profitable, but because of the cost of games still not super successful.

I agree that the expense of paying someone to run the spot would quickly outpace the cost of hardware, but in his case he was running the whole thing himself. Even with nobody to pay for their time, his margins were never great.

Then COVID came along. That really killed it. No one wants to wear a VR headset that was just worn by a sweaty stranger minutes earlier during a pandemic.

What is the device you want, but that does not exist? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] shaggy@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

A single remote that turns on my PC and TV

What would a world without advertising (as we know it) look like? in c/politics@beehaw.org

[–] shaggy@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Isn't the price advertisers pay driven completely by the intermediaries (google and such) and advertising costs could continue to grow? Can't content producers unite (unionize) and get their piece?

I'm 100% against ads. I pay to not see them. I think advertisers would pay 10x for 👀 compared to what they currently pay.