Same here. I like the look, usability and layout of Kbin better. I do wish there were more users here at kbin.social, though, as the federated feed is more lively on the large Lemmy instances.

This seems like a golden opportunity for distros like Suse and Ubuntu, who offer enterprise support for their free product, to poach some RHEL customers.

The kbin mobile website works fine in Safari on the iPhone, too. Looks just like the website adapted for a smaller screen and has all the same functionality. With the exception of notifications, it's fine. And it's early days, people will develop apps for the platform.

Great. Another "genius" CEO who thinks he's smarter than the experts and that his product is so innovative that regulations would just be a burden.

Does it help to encourage users to host their own media rather than upload it to a lemmy/kbin instance. Or is that a minor component of the cost?

Still full time remote. I do miss the face-to-face contact with my co-workers, but do not miss my 2 hours a day bus commute.

Prior to the pandemic, I had a couple of co-workers who were already full time remote and everyone was allowed to work from home a couple of days per week. But during the pandemic we recruited nationally, so there's no way my company can put the WFH genie back in the bottle. They're currently talking about right-sizing our office needs and building collaborative spaces; another sign we're not going back.

I had problems with the installer a few months ago when I tried to do an install using Virt-Manager. I would have assumed it would be fixed before release, so that does sound like an issue. I upgraded my bare metal install from 11 so I don't have any problems there.

Other than that, a lot of Debian reviewers don't seem to "get" Debian. I tend to avoid a lot of Debian reviews because it seems like most complaints boil down to, "It doesn't do this - thing - like Ubuntu (or some other distro) does." Debian is a vanilla Linux distribution that allows you to do your own set up and customizing, hopefully avoiding the poor decisions and introduced bugs common in the more "coordinated" distros.

Steven King, at his best, is the greatest American novelist of his generation. His character building is unsurpassed and he can definitely turn a phrase. On the other hand, a lot of his books would have benefited from more aggressive editing and he doesn't always stick his landings. That being said, he's been a fixture in my library for decades.

I'm glad to see others recommend 11/22/63, which IMHO is the best "modern" King novel (and maybe his best ever). For less well known books, I read Duma Key recently and liked it a lot. I know it's been mentioned before, The Talsiman is one of my all-time favorite books.

N.K. Jemisen is one of my favorite sci-fi/fantasy writers. If you like her style and world building I'd highly recommend the Broken Earth trilogy.

For being an early beta, kbin is usable and remarkably polished. I think the downsides for most people are deciding what server to join and content discovery.

Based on the posts in this thread, I see a lot of overlap between urban fantasy fans and science fiction fans. With the exception of Lord of the Rings, I've never cared much for high fantasy, but I've really enjoyed the urban fantasy series I've read. If anyone is interested, I've enjoyed...

1. The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
2. The City We Became and The World We Make by MK Jemisin
3. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
4. The Sandman Slim series by Richard Kadrey
5. The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch
6. The Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell

I didn't love The Martian. It wasn't a bad book, but I got bored in places. I was more engaged by Project Hail Mary (which is probably another unpopular opinion).

EDIT: Guess I should mention I'm referring to the books. Never saw The Martian movie.

Twitter still has devs?

Light From Uncommon Stars is the most memorable book I've read in years. It's a beautifully-written, extremely ambitious novel about demons, found family, donuts, Asian cuisine, interstellar war, gender identity, the violin, loyalty, good and evil, beauty, fear and love. Plus, it takes place in the San Gabriel Valley, which is my old stomping ground. It may not be to everyone's taste, but I absolutely loved it.

The murderbot stories get so much praise but I was never able to get into them. I binge read (well, actually binge listened) to the Rivers of London books a few months ago and thought they were first-rate.

I just finished the new Ann Leckie book, Translation State, which I liked very much. If you couldn't get enough of the the Imperial Radch universe it's a must read.

I'm actually pretty bummed about the change. It's a luxury (and one of the things that makes Oregon special) to be able to wait in a heated or air conditioned car while someone else pump my gas. I also don't understand why some people are so gung ho to pump their own.

Probably an unpopular opinion in this thread, but I think the puns and in-jokes are what makes a community a community. It can get repetitive and annoying sometimes, but I usually get a chuckle out of them before I move on to the relevant content.

Boosting this advice. When I started using Linux as my daily driver (14 years ago), I got into the habit of taking notes on everything: troubleshooting solutions, bug fixes, how-tos, configurations, useful software, etc. It's not the Arch Wiki, which is a treasure, but I can solve a lot of my own issues just by looking up what I've done before.

So many cool and interesting Baldwin locomotives from the early diesel years. They were the most successful steam locomotive builder in the world for the first half of the 20th century, but their diesels never gained traction in the market.

I wasn't a big fan, either. I think for me it was cultural; I had trouble understanding the main character's motivations and why she made the decisions she did.