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  • Bcs nobody is monetising it that hard from the ecosystem-monopoly pov.

    And “standardised” prob isn’t the best word to use imho.

    Linux offers much better backwards & current compatibility that the other two/three just do not. Saying ‘it’s not supported’ does “standardise” things much quicker.

    Also there are diffident distros by different people or companies - a bit like saying how Windows & MacOS arent standardised and look/operate differently.
    But you can make your own Linux distro or modify it’s kernel or window/packet/etc manager all you wish.

    Also the point about how Windows and Android keeps changing stupid shit for no reason (un-standardising the UI experience though time) but an average user like my father prob didn’t even know when his Debian got upgraded (even between distros he didn’t notice that much, now I have him on a rolling distro & it’s even more seamless tho others basically do the same).

    Oh, and if by ‘standardised’ you mean the look & feel … well thats for nerds and power users, people like to optimise stuff for themselves. A bit like car seats where one fixed seat won’t fit all.







  • Ok (especially the mast & boom design), but I think that if “close the doors in event of a storm” isn’t followed there is no possible safeguarding that the manufacturer could have implemented - short of just not offering beaches on yachts which all customers demand. You can’t have several giant open holes in the hull & offer the same safety regardless of if they are open or in a closed bolted position.

    If a ferry went down bcs the loading gates were open in rough sea the reason seems clear.

    Also for just about any 10+ million moneys yacht that got destroyed there are always unbelievably stupid reasons. Eg a modern 60+ ft yacht beaching on an island at cruise speed is … just stupid.

    Same with this ones beach club hatches - maybe the passengers demanded they are open when they wake up & the wage crew had to comply.

    As for the keel not being in a lowered position that is just extra stupid, and not just bcs of the weather warnings flashing. Sailing boats need it, and dynamic ones (usually more for performance than comfort) can offer more or less stability by design. And at that depth (or just the fact they were anchored) the keel being up just doesn’t make sense beyond an active decision that ‘its fine’ by the crew.


  • I’ve diverged from Debian for desktop use for a few years now (no particular good reason, just for fun) but I have extended family with about the same affinity to updates as your dad.

    I think automatic updates for regular end users are nice nowdays, especially if you don’t customise stuff too much (DEs, wm, things like that). And even if some issues ever occur in return you get a continuously up-to-date and safer system (imho worth it). And its not like not-updating os solves the issues, it just postpones them, potentially snowballs them (and in that case I just reinstall it).
    I switched my dad to Tumbleweed like 3 years ago & set weekly automatic updates, literally no issues with it.

    As for serves, Im all for automatic updates in home environment, since my kinda worst case scenario is rolling back to a previous snapshot.
    Maybe I could set backup services on a separate node with delayed updates … but I need more motivation (a clusterfuck) for that.