Received my first 2 sets of programming socks. This one is black/purple, the other set is black/green. The more stripes, the better boost you get for programming, right?

I’ve been a programmer for many years but now I can finally go to the next level!

    • wetsuiterestOPEnglish
      11·
      2 months ago

      Well, shit just works? :)

      The reason I run it is because I hate gnome, and I can have a stable system without it becoming a second job. If I want to run a newer application, I can just use Nix if it’s not in the Ubuntu repositories.

      A friend of mine uses NixOS daily, but it’s far too much time I would need to spend to keep it working, and security updates on NixOS are just a nightmare. It’s great for one-off program runs though.

      • nehal3m@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        2 months ago

        I was just kidding, it was a misleading joke that starts off implying your socks are disgusting (they’re not) but the punchline is your operating system.

        In the past I was the Arch btw meme guy, nowadays I install Mint and get the fuck on with my day. Just stick with what works, you’re right. :-)

        • wetsuiterestOPEnglish
          9·
          2 months ago

          Yeah I didn’t take it seriously, that’s why I put the smiley face. :)

          I used Mint for a few years at work. At the beginning it was pretty good, but over the years it kept breaking more and more, and there was no way to upgrade to a newer version of Mint at the time. I was already using Kubuntu at home and it was solid, so now I also run Kubuntu at work.

          The one thing I really miss about Mint is application vino-server. There is no good alternative for it anywhere, which is a shame.

            • wetsuiterestOPEnglish
              3·
              2 months ago

              I think I tried that, but it was nowhere near vino-server. With vino-server I could set the colorspace so low that it looked kinda bad, but the latency from home to work was unmatched. In all the other applications I tried I couldn’t set the colorspace that low (it crashed or wouldn’t start), which also meant that the latency was always too high to comfortably work from home with.

              • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                3·
                2 months ago

                Ah, not an issue I’ve had to deal with so unfortunately no help there. Most of the time I’m accessing over ssh anyway (with occasional -X, none of those systems are using Wayland yet).