The point is also to minimize potential damages caused by a bug in the software. Just this year there have been multiple data-destroying bugs in publicly released software. If the app runs as a server it’s usually trivial to have it run as a dedicated user, with just enough permissions to do its job.

It’s just good practice, even though the risks might be low why risk it at all?

I read your comment before the article and I thought you had made the second quote up lol, unbelievable. And people are throwing money at these guys?

OK so this is most likely by design, impressive.

Does the timer “jump” to the correct time after you dismiss the window ? It’s also possible that they didn’t bother testing the app when logged out, and that the popup blocks the UI thread while it’s displayed. In short it could be bad coding and QA instead of intentional enshittification.

That’s because he planted a backdoor into GIT, and now he reviews your bad commits every night.

Same as Windows and MacOS, really. You can follow best practices and conventions, or just install your software wherever you want.

Yes the Steam deck FS is ext4.

Why ext2 on Void?

Yes that’s the case under GNOME, KDE and sway.

It’s not new, it started when they released GNOME 3.

I haven’t tried it but the website lists ydotool as an alternative.

From NVIDIA, really. AMD and Intel GPUs work out of the box.

The Big Lebowski is the pinnacle of humour! Now get off my lawn!

It’s a scene from The Big Lebowski, right after The Dude got tortured with a marmot by German nihilists. Walter focuses on the legality of keeping a marmot as a pet, which is obviously not the main issue.

I guess it would make sense if you’re testing a public API? To make sure the documentation is sufficient and accurate.

Sure, but nobody codes like that in kotlin (or in modern Java for that matter)

Learn kotlin, it’s awesome and runs on literally everything.