alecsargent

joined 1 week ago
[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

I've contributed thousands of games to a bot to play like shit. That is genuinely cool.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

That fucking little rat, played this game so long ago but still remember his voice.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

I remember Microsoft revoking my license keys for a 2011 Office Suite disk which were supposed to be a one-time purchase. Since then I gave them the middle finger and installed pirated copies on every single family member's device.

They could have had a loyal lifetime customer but broke my trust and now they have a full family of non-customers.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Disco Elysium

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I responded this on an alt account:

The most important decision as a new Linux user is the desktop environment, the most similar desktop environment to the Windows desktop are KDE Plasma and Cinnamon. This means your best options are:

  • Linux Mint (Cinnamon): They are the creators of the Cinnamon desktop environment and will be the default on installation.
  • Kubuntu (KDE Plasma): This is Ubuntu's official KDE Plasma flavour, it comes with everything as usual just different desktop.
  • Fedora (KDE Edition): Same story as Ubuntu here, only that with Fedora's own packages and environment.

First I would check if the hardware is compatible (99% of the time is). Then I would check what software you need and/or want and check if it is available at these distros, and get familiar on how to install the software packages (either with their respective app stores or in the command line).

There is a lot to learn but with these distros you can just install, forget and simply keep using them for eternity.

The last and more important tip I have is to not to worry about the sea of options out there, you will not be missing anything huge by picking one or the other. Which is how most of new users feel (I did in my time).

Hope you have a great Linux journey mate!

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Thank you for sharing this knowledge.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

I feel you, I also had to use either gmail or outlook in university. At the moment I'm trying to clean the mess of all the accounts I have signed up for.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It does support markdown???? I always thought it didn't.

[–] alecsargent@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Interesting, I've heard so many people complain about Outlook, I guess its a matter of preference.

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Reading Emails (lemmy.zip)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by alecsargent@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
 

Hello Lemmy, I would like to know how do you all read email.

  • What email clients (or web UI) do you use? And on what platform?
  • What is something you don't like from the client?
  • What is something you like from the client?
  • What is something you don't like from the email service?
  • What is something you like from the email service?.
  • Is there a feature you would like your client implemented?
  • Do you have any particular method or workflow of going through and extensive inbox?

If you have any other comment it would be appreciated as well.


On my computer I use the web interface and on my phone I use Thunderbird. One thing I do is to delete or archive any message that does not need any action, and it has been a blessing, my emails are so much easier to go through.

That's all, thank you in advance.