juusto's comments

Europe experiencing what LATAM, SE Asia and Africa have had to deal for a long time but now the shoe is on the other foot and it's a huge deal all the sudden.

Who isn't a "rival" for this administration?

I wonder how much would Adobe benefit from porting its suite to Linux for example. Do a Steam move and pick a fave distro, use some translation layer and bam. I vote for the unholy matrimony of Adobe+Steam to break the stronghold of MS+Apple.

That is pretty much the chicken and egg problem of Linux in regards to Apps and Games.

To me the downsides on installing on pure metal are bigger than running over something like UTM.

On my maxed out M1 Max I have a VM with Ubuntu 22.04. Runs flawless, I can expose IPs, share folders and multitask with macOS. And it runs very well with 10Gb of RAM and 3 CPU's.

Maybe in a few years an outdated mini could be my home server with Linux on bare metal but for work and play I prefer the flexibility of running on a VM.

For my usage I am still heavily dependent on Macs since Adobe suite isn't available for Linux and the alternatives just do not compare. Neither in performance or interoperability. Davinci is a nice alternative to Premiere but Lightroom and Photoshop still reign supreme.

For the rest I am 100% on Linux as well. I used to game on Windows but MS made it such a hassle I just went Linux instead.

If I had one euro for every time The Economist has said that the Euro/EU were wobbly/breaking/etc I could balance Liz Truss'es budget and have money left for some fish'n'chips.

I am try to unify my note taking/planning in one place.

I use Google Sheets and Keep. Sheets because I can dump photos, use formulas, paste links and Keep for jotting down some quick thoughts.

Can anyone recommend something similar? I would like to move everything to the same app where I could sync with my server of choice.

Oh no, not the banks...

That's one of the reasons I mentioned those three.

I think we have to distinguish between plastic, the one that feels cheap and might crack even when exposed to cold like many of the cheap DSLR lenses. And the "new" kind of plastic that is sturdier and more resistant to drops or scratches. The FE 24-105 is the latter and it does not feel anyhow less quality than more expensive top zooms.

Plastic has its positives as well: it won't scratch as easy as metal and, specially for zooms, its lighter. Imagine a zoom made of metal like a Voigt lens.

If you interested in great feeling and great IQ lenses with a small foot print look not further than the Zeiss Loxia line, Sony 24mm F2.8G / 40mm F2.5G and 50mm F2.5G, the new Sigma Contemporary lens line for both E and L mount and Voigtländer lenses for both E and M mount. All of them have metal bodies and some of these are even weather sealed and have AF.

There is some Chinese lenses as well which seem to be very well built.

Great lens resources: https://phillipreeve.net/ https://dustinabbott.net/ and https://www.fredmiranda.com/

No I have not.

Will do it right now, thanks for the heads up.

From what I saw only old versions of the software I need run and when they run lots of little things are missing.

I would call software with that amount of quirks and performance issues pre-alpha quality.

So, I can use my MacBook for Adobe for now until they come to their senses.

Very good, I am not a 4k-120fps-highest-detail kind of gamer so anything over 60fps at 1440p with high detail is quite enough for me.

I run RDR2, Fallout 4, TW series, and some indie stuff at those specs and I have no problems even with mods.

I see no difference from Windows but, ofc, you mileage may vary depending on your HW and what you want from your games.

Starting at Win7 the telemetry and invasive advertising ramped up to the point where I don't feel I can customize the Desktop to what I want without heavy tweaking.

And if that amount of tweaking is necessary why not go Linux instead.

So got rid of my Win10 install, went with KDE Neon+Steam. And now I wonder what took me so long.

I haven't tested my entire Steam library yet but my top 10 games run perfectly, some times with some changes to the Proton version but beyond that even workshop mods are available.

I am seriously impressed and can't imagine myself going back at all.

If only Adobe would release their software in Linux, then, I could ditch MacOS too.

I would love the opposite: text messages that can be go from text-to-speech. Specially useful when doing chores and those long threads some people write. Or one of those busy groups where everyone is saying something. Just hit play and let the phone read them all. (I use WhatsApp)

Or is this a feature I am unaware on phones?

Does it mean that a vaccinated person who caught the virus and developed minor symptoms has a better chance to develop longer lasting immunity than those only being vaccinated and without the dangers of no vaccine?

What rumors? Come on!

Looks great, can't wait to try it.

Kudos for those who worked hard on it.

It is a shame so many comments are putting down the effort. Firefox is still the best browser out there where privacy is a concern.

I will take it.

Better than just yank it out of existence.

Maybe not the perfect instagram digital nomad life but I do have some experience on working from the road.

I travel a lot between EU/Asia/LatAm (yes its still happening) and for that my company provides unlimited plans. I spend most of my year on the road, from 6-8 months, but the longest stretch was only 4 months. We have 2 subs that cover pretty much the whole world.

I use a MacBook 13 fully specced out and a Samsung 21 Ultra where, when outside of the office, I hotspot from when WiFi in public is unavailable (LA/Asia has lots of free fast WiFi places).

Electronics with me, I take: laptop, phone, camera (RX100 6 or my A7R 3) and WF1000XM3. That's it. Sometimes it's already too much.

Can't live without: VPN (personal/office), streaming services (spotify/netflix/hbo) and I load some books on my phones kindle app.

I never think about data limits but I am also never too far from main cities.

If I could change something would be to get the MacBook 16. But then I think of the weight and hassle.