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If Valve really wanted to make a splash, they could release a desktop version of SteamOS in October, right when support for Windows 10 ends. For additional damage, they could bundle in Half-Life 3. Just imagine the coverage this would get.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I see all of these “Why SteamOS and why not another distro?” comments and it kinda blows me away how much the idea of approachability designed by a trusted name seems like a foreign concept here.

Then again, we’re talking about Linux fanatics who probably also argue over whether emacs, vim, or vi are the best text editor lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those editors are toys. Use something with real power. Use nano.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Nano is the one true fork.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It's actually ed .

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

VIM is the best because once you try it you are unable to quit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I keep seeing this, is it actually hard to close? Surely Linux has a version of alt f4, does that also fail?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Alt + F4 does not fail to quit the terminal window where Vim is running in if that shortcut is configured so. But if that terminal has other things going on in it, they'll be closed as well. It's like demolishing a house to undo some text written on a fridge note, albeit exaggerated.
If Vim is not running in a terminal window, then that shortcut will indeed fail and users without knowledge of the commands below become stuck, sometimes to the point of a hard reboot.

Vim Cheat Sheet

:wq or :x or ZZ - write (save) and quit
:q - quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
:q! or ZQ - quit and throw away unsaved changes
:wqa - write (save) and quit on all tabs

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✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Just like meth! :D

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

real linux users don't need a graphical session!!! everything can and should be done on the terminal!

/s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I love running Elden Ring in the terminal. Hells yeah, foul tarnished

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That's called dwarf fortress

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the ASCII graphics are stunning, aren't they?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

You guys are getting graphics? Mine is just a Matrix-style series of special characters.