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People just have disliked computing in general as a result of their Windows experience.

I’m not seeing any brick and mortar stores selling Linux laptops or any mindshare for any Linux brand. Maybe if Ubuntu started selling hardware in supermarkets Linux would have a chance of capturing people’s consciousness outside of the power user / professional circles. But they’re years too late now.


> I can't remember the last time I had an issue

Depending on your workflows the comment just described three issues


That’s confusing a webpage that’s rendered by the user with a pdf

A bad apple spoils the bunch

And where does Google map get it’s information?

A lot of it comes from street view. They literally drive by and take pictures of your store.

Mostly uploaded from users.

Why?

Select your location, if NY etc.


This is very cool and replaces a whole class of applications on iOS in terms of networking tools and web development.

Saw the docs are still minimal so understanding high level usecases is still a challenge for me.

The docs should at least evidence that I can use this securely. Can I verify the customisations to the base alpine Linux somewhere? Tech is great just wonder about the trust issue.


Build a synthesizer


+1. if you have a couple of potentiometers and a breadboard lying around, a granular synth would be a fun exercise.


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