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submitted 3 months ago by wetsuiterest to c/unixsocks

Received my first 2 sets of programming socks. This one is black/purple, the other set is black/green. The more stripes, the better boost you get for programming, right?

I've been a programmer for many years but now I can finally go to the next level!

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[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago
[-] wetsuiterest 11 points 3 months ago

Well, shit just works? :)

The reason I run it is because I hate gnome, and I can have a stable system without it becoming a second job. If I want to run a newer application, I can just use Nix if it's not in the Ubuntu repositories.

A friend of mine uses NixOS daily, but it's far too much time I would need to spend to keep it working, and security updates on NixOS are just a nightmare. It's great for one-off program runs though.

[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

I was just kidding, it was a misleading joke that starts off implying your socks are disgusting (they're not) but the punchline is your operating system.

In the past I was the Arch btw meme guy, nowadays I install Mint and get the fuck on with my day. Just stick with what works, you're right. :-)

[-] wetsuiterest 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah I didn't take it seriously, that's why I put the smiley face. :)

I used Mint for a few years at work. At the beginning it was pretty good, but over the years it kept breaking more and more, and there was no way to upgrade to a newer version of Mint at the time. I was already using Kubuntu at home and it was solid, so now I also run Kubuntu at work.

The one thing I really miss about Mint is application vino-server. There is no good alternative for it anywhere, which is a shame.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago
[-] wetsuiterest 3 points 3 months ago

I think I tried that, but it was nowhere near vino-server. With vino-server I could set the colorspace so low that it looked kinda bad, but the latency from home to work was unmatched. In all the other applications I tried I couldn't set the colorspace that low (it crashed or wouldn't start), which also meant that the latency was always too high to comfortably work from home with.

[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Ah, not an issue I've had to deal with so unfortunately no help there. Most of the time I'm accessing over ssh anyway (with occasional -X, none of those systems are using Wayland yet).

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