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bymarkdavis ( 642305 ) writes:
Flatpack? Blech, would want native. At least it isn't Snap.
Radeon- Check. Left NVidia due to poor Linux experience.
Wayland? No thanks.
Good thing I don't game. But it is nice to see they are making an effort! Hopefully more good stuff coming. With all the Linux Steam hype/improvements/excitement going on, this is a great trend.
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
So to be clear what you said:
1. For a system not dependent on device performance you want it to be native to the OS for some unknown reason, despite that literally reducing its portability between distros?
2. For a system that renders in the cloud and has nothing to do with your local GPU choice you prefer the company which ... doesn't have a product offering at all?
3. Something something wayland for reasons?
4. You wouldn't be interested or the target market even if it met your requirements?
I'm not surprised
bymarkdavis ( 642305 ) writes:
>"So to be clear what you said:"
It thought it was pretty clear. I don't like containers because native packages are better, I don't like or use Wayland, and I left NVidia because of poor support. And although I am not a gamer, and don't like their choices of how it is offered, and I don't game, it is still a good thing and I hope they develop it even more and offer other choices.
>"I'm not surprised you wasted your time, I'm surprised someone modded you up for your irrelevant (by your own admission)
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Define "better". There's a reason many thigns are containerisier. For non performance restricted items contains are objectively more portable between Linux distros. Your definition is a downside for this use case.
You don't like Wayland, whooop de fucking do. There's technical reasons to use it for something like this. Your feelings are irrelevant.
NVIDIA hardware isn't related. NVIDIA's driver support isn't relevant. Your complaint is off topic.
bymarkdavis ( 642305 ) writes:
>"Define "better".
Why native packages are better than containers: Smaller. Faster to install. Faster to remove. Faster to update. Uses less disk space. Often has faster performance. Is easier to manage/change what it is doing. It is less complex. Is easier to ensure configuration won't change after updates. Sometimes uses less running memory. Is easier to update in some cases. Is more secure in many cases (because it can have other dependencies updated without having to rebuild a whole container, which vendors usually don't do as quickly. Also because it has a smaller attack surface).
>"There's a reason many thigns are containerisier.
Yes. Pretty much one- to make it more compatible across distros.
>"Your complaint is off topic."
Then so is yours. My posting pointed out that releasing it only as a container and only for Wayland will limit those willing to use it. That seems pretty much on-topic to me. But, whatever.
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