Man the more I learn about KDE, the more I love it.

Agreed. The internet is a utility at this point. Its required for many things included services the government runs already.

Bottles.

Without it, I wouldn’t be able to run addictive keys on Linux. I paid for the software back when I used Windows and since I’m able to use addictive keys on Linux, haven’t bothered trying to find an alternative.

That said, its the only use case I’ve had with bottles that just works. Other programs ive tried are more hit or miss.

Ive had issues with this as well. Still have had no joy.

What DVD drive are you using? Ive read the hardware is also important, but I’m no expert.

I’m still messing around with self hosting llm, rn ive settled on using lumo from proton if I use an llm.

When I have run llm, I used koboldcpp. Works pretty well, depends on what you are doing and what models you use. Forget which models ive been using off the top of my head

While they are sandboxed, there is still potential for them to cause harm. Its in theory a safer system, but nothing is full proof. I’d agree that its likely fine but best to be cautious

This made me laugh more than I would’ve thought. Excellent meme. 10/10

I personally use cloudflare. Never had an issue with them.

I personally don’t consider my skills quite good enough to be compensated for if I’m honest. And I like helping people here on Lemmy, especially for a opensource project. I can’t contribute as much but I do what I can.

So yea shoot me a DM and we can see what works.

If you need a simple icon, I’ve done some graphic design before for the loops community on Lemmy as well as others. If you DM me, let me know what you’d like, I’d be happy to help out, no charge.

I like my flint 2 router from GL.Inet. Uses openwrt on the back end but has a more normal interface in the frontend with the back end still accessible if you want it.

And you can install whatever firmware you want.

Haha hes a very happy kitty. He loves being touched in almost every way.

That gave me a good laugh. Gnome doesnt feel right to me at all man. To each his own.

But yea, sicko fr

I think you should first figure out why you aren’t sticking with Linux and go from there.

I just use kubuntu at this point. It works as well as works and feels how I want it to. I don’t need anything super fancy or customizable. Kubuntu hits that sweet spot for me.

I had issues with it back in 2022 when trying a few different distros. I had 3 monitors of all the same size and I had weird visual glitches when trying to use the ui to set refresh rate or resolution.

Now though? Haven’t had any issues since i switched to Linux as my daily driver in 2024.

I’d say 90% of usage can be done without the terminal especially if you just use Linux to browse the web or check email or other things that are mundane.

Anything past that, there is a good chance you’ll have to use the terminal. That said, I think its easier than ever with lots of people making the switch and asking questions on Lemmy or other forums.

I use cloudflare for both my domains. $17 or so each.

Honestly you can spend as little as a couple bucks if you dont care about a name. I like cloudflare but almost any registrar is fine as long as you pay for the domain.

I was also gonna say Okular. It does everything I need it to do and more. Digital signing when I used it recently was pretty simple.

Even if you dont like it, no harm in trying it. Worst case you find you dont wanna do it and move on to something else.

You can start with something like pico-8 or a free engine of which there are a ton: https://lexaloffle.itch.io/pico-8

Me personally, ive been trying Godot and its kinda hard to get into, but I may try something else like RPG maker or what not just to get my ideas on paper so to speak.