For Linux, you find out if there is a package. If not you go to a website and see if there is an app image or zip file. You then need to know where to place the downloaded file, how to get it running (making it executable), knowing how to chmod and chown (it is better to have to do it like in Linux, but it is an extra step), and how to add it to your desktop (there is no right+click and add to desktop/create shortcut option in Arch based distros like there is on Windows). If there is a service component you may need to go into command line and systemctl to enable it.

I don’t think I’ve ever followed that workflow to be honest. Except for when doing something niche and way above and beyond something a casual user would do.

Open the software center, search what you want. Click install. Done. I use the terminal to the same effect but that’s by preference. Installing packages as you described is not at all recommended… They won’t update with the system.

The “add to desktop” thing really depends on your Desktop Environment too. GNOME not really, KDE and most others yeah.

I don’t think the learning curve is any harder than someone who’s learning Windows for the first time.

It’s just different. Honestly in some ways simpler IMO. But if you were a life long Mac user and touched Windows for the first time today you’d probably have a rougher time I think.

Bypassing the battery?

They’ve been gearing up for the 1.0 release for a while. Big changes have been happening they just haven’t released yet.

Polls are an open issue that the devs have said they’d love a PR for.

Ehhh that one I could do without

I also admire them. I wouldn’t recommend it though, there’s some big servers that block lemmynsfw so you will miss a chunk of the fediverse.

I mean presumably in the course of such a large project this was done.

Presumably, it would be better to wait for more detail before wildly speculating that this was incompetence.

The Lemmy devs are great IMO

Most of them don’t even get to prison before they get executed…

I mean the average dork not cool people like you (if you’re being truthful)

Persons of interest to governments should always be diligent.

I’m more curious who is bothering to do this on Lemmy of all places

It can, but most likely it only would if you’re doing illegal shit and get caught. They’d search your place for evidence and FDE could keep them from discovering some things.

But uh, if they got that far into investigating you then you’re probably already screwed.

got political

I mean, it always kinda was. It’s just a bit more directly central to the story now?

Yeahhh you’ll get slapped with penalties for this though.

iirc you could pay your taxes once a quarter but longer than that and there are fines.

Medical school cadaver study?

I dunno where’s a better place?

And then the goalposts move to “Oh you have had sex with men and women? Well you’re dating a woman now so clearly it was just a phase you’re not actually bi”

My moustache only grows on the sides of my lips lmao

Depends on distance and screen size. I think 4k is worth it. 8K not particularly

I fucking missed that lmao