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Shower thought: Valve could do the ultimate boss-move this year (discuss.tchncs.de)
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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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[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 42 points 5 days ago

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

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 5 days ago

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

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Just like meth! :D

[-] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

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

[-] arsCynic@beehaw.org 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days 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.

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 10 points 5 days ago

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

/s

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

That's called dwarf fortress

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 5 days ago

the ASCII graphics are stunning, aren't they?

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago

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

[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 6 points 5 days ago

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

[-] zod000@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Nano's a knockoff, use pico.

[-] dbtng@eviltoast.org 2 points 4 days ago

Nano is the one true fork.

[-] zerofk@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

edlin or bust

[-] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 5 days ago

It's actually ed .

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