Could be related to them going public - people are scrutinizing their operations a bit more. Same reason the view count for subreddits suddenly went down by a factor of 10 post-IPO. They always have been, and always will be corrupt.

But really, they’ve banned me in very insulting ways. I only keep an account around in case I really need to engage with a niche hobby subreddit, and it’s barely ever used. This company should understand what the consequences of burning bridges with a user base is.

I have one, but I typically only get IP banned when I message moderators in any way. Not worth entertaining these dictator simulator enthusiasts.

I don’t see in this post where we learn how you interacted with the thread…? Reddit doesn’t ban for multiple accounts, they actually tolerate it but so little you have to make sure each account never even views anything the other account engaged with in any way. Reddit runs the site with zero-trust and is mostly getting the user base they deserve.

Well, thank GNOME for it being somewhat usable, but I have higher standards.

How are they going to drop updates for something they have to spend zero energy on to stay compatible? Windows 11 is a low effort UI re-hash with some minor kernel iterations. I love and miss the Linux desktop and want it to succeed, but it’s clear there’s a bias here meant to push a narrative.

Former burned out core LM developer here, the grass is not always greener (but maybe is if you don’t know how the sausage is cooked).

I’ll use Windows 10 and pay for the updates for years while using old versions of office. Fuck Windows 11.

But how are you going to integrate with active directory? Oh right you can’t, it just limits you to Ubuntu. And good luck finding a company with an IT department that knows how to set that up.

I’d love to use Linux for work, but my job pays me to endure pain.

Meanwhile I am using local models through home assistant. The fact I can run something equivalent to GPT 3.5 turbo on a $800 graphics card kind of negates any of the benefits of these dumb integrations that require NPUs. Maybe Microsoft should bring back basic quality of life improvements that were in Windows 10 in Windows 11 instead of desperately waving their arms around trying to be relevant to consumers. Dumbasses.

Yeah, there’s maintenance and security patching, otherwise distros wouldn’t be packaging it…

Many of the people that maintain X are the same people working on Wayland implementations. They’re pushing people towards the new thing because it makes their lives easier, and that’s also the nature of engineer driven product development, it’s not going to consider all the edge cases underserved from replacing legacy software because there’s nobody to keep them in check.

Edit: Guess the thought police decided my factual information isn’t welcome here because it goes against their feefees.

Like all things with open source contribution, it’s limited to things being produced based on what freelancers are interested in. This is a double edged sword, when you use a distribution you are using the end result of what its community interest is.

It’s why there’s fragmentation and lots of issues with any form of standardization of a UI language that can appeal to the average person because it’s a mine field of complexity.

What?

Once the VC money dried up, Reddit showed its true face, which directly reflects the character and integrity of the management. It’s really disgusting how evil Reddit in particular is though when you really think about it. They gaslighted users for years about it being a grassroots type of community site, only to pull the rug on anyone not toeing their line. Even if that’s just saying one wrong thing to an admin, boom, IP banned. Your involvement never mattered. They’re horrible people and treat people like crap.

Funny, I often run into the most combative people with “ACKCHYUALLY” attitudes when speaking to libertarians. Republican Pot Smoking Edition models of political worldview tend to try very hard to defend their very nuanced mental gymnastics of being able to be a little empathetic on the surface socially while still turning their back on those less fortunate in actions.

If by staff you mean “volunteers”, then yes. The actual Reddit staff that helped facilitate AMAs disappeared during the Ellen Pao drama.

It’s hard to even take Windows seriously as a business OS when they’re shoving this overly padded UI down everyone’s throats. Windows 10 supported small task bars, among many other things that Windows 11 doesn’t. There seems to be a lot of really tone deaf people at Microsoft working in silos, not really aware of the features people care about in their own product.

Sure he’s burned bridges with me and other people I’ve talked to. They have a habit of reverting people’s work and have a lot of back door conversations. Just because it’s open source doesn’t mean it’s collaborative or that anyone has any input in the actual result, regardless of how much work they contribute towards it themselves.

They also cut a lot of corners and do sloppy work, and when called out on it, that’s when they start ostracizing people. They work in bad faith in many situations with outsiders.

Which is fine we all like different things but what I said was true, take it or leave it, and you guys can fanboy downvote me and I can move on and not actually care either way.

For the people that really care about this distribution, they’re only doing a disservice to themselves by being in denial about Linux mint disappearing tomorrow if a single person goes away, because that’s the state of things.

I hope Clem enjoys his successes on the backs of the many contributors he’s ostracized over the years.