Notices by Regular Silas (silas@noauthority.social), page 3

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato no but xfce doesn't handle multiple workspaces nearly as nice aa gnome does. Because gnome 40 series is actually designed around multiple workspaces. And also the xfce and kde apps just all look Really Ugly.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire no I have a laptop. But the fucking laptop does not fit into my pocket.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire not really. Yea I don't have every fucking IBAN memorised in my head. I just like having a big screen. I like to early adopt new shit and find out it's strengths and weaknesses.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire book doesn't help me to put watch youtube while also having a messaging app open.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire well yes the new ones are a lot more superior. Due to the M series chips. Why would anyone still write software targeting Intel?

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato OK. What lightweight desktop is there that has the same workflow as gnome plus with tiling?

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire I really don't think so. 100 dollar phone doesnt seem like it has enough space for 2ssh connections and the keyboard.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire I work as an electrician in maintenance having to repair machines. So Actually for my job the important bit is the built in propping up of the camera safely. Just set the phone down looking at some lights on a plc. Walk 50 metres away and press. Some button and see if the input works this time.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire when I need to SSH into a VPS for example. Oh shit that's also rented. How dare I not own a data center. Or screw around with some docker container on my nas. Then not only having a big screen is nice. Having a screen big enough to allow multiple things next to each other is really nice too. Same thing with emails or doing things with money. Putting the banking app next to emails so I can just see who to send money too or whatever.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato "oh no my outdated shit laptop cant run modern software"

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire no I mean personal. Things why would they give me a pc for personal shit on break time.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato lol that's shitty. Literally cinnamon is a gnome fork. Cinnamon and KDE Plasma is for closeted windows addicts.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire because old macs Are slow and shitty and can't run many software anymore. And they also don't use use 10 watts.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire just even the fact you can prop up put the phone into like an L. Shape and use it kinda like a built in tripod is very good. Makes my workday a lot easier so I don't need someone standing on one end of the machine looking at the screen of something. Or at the IO of a PLC while I am pressing a switch or something.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire you don't have a PC everywhere you go. Being able to multitask. Or even just single task on a big screen is very good.
It's so good I even put up with the insane shit cameras on the z fold series. Initially I rented it just so I could check it out if it made sense to me. If I liked a folding screen. Yes.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato of course it's more resource hungry. It's written by idiots in Javascript.
Do I care if it uses. 700MB of ram? NO. Theres 32 gigs of ram in that computer. It's fine.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire I don't have my computer with me at work for example. That's why it's useful to have baiscllay a tablet in your pocket.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire @mischievoustomato never seen gnome lag ever. Even when I still had a gtx 1060 installed lol what the fuck. And what do you even mean bloated? Plasma is way more bloated with stupid shit.

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @histoire OK. Please point me to apple M processor emulators? Because My x86 chip can't magically turn into apple silicon. So no you can't put it in a vm

@MK2boogaloo @Tadano @sysrq @histoire as I wrote. There are no cheap folding phones yet.