32 - he/they - Alberta, Canada - Just a random retro gaming enthusiast, Linux user, and furry on the autism spectrum.

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Cake day: March 17th, 2026

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  • This will be interesting as well. Your Linux desktop will be able to remember window positions and sizes across restarts. So if you are meticulous about an organized layout where the terminal is on the left and the browser is on the right, it will be the same even after your system restarts. Note that session survives temporary app closures, too.

    It’s about freaking time.

    EDIT: I just realized that KWin has already had this for a year. Then again, maybe this means it’ll actually get used now?















  • why does it need to accommodate compatibility for archaic devices/software?

    Because that’s one of Windows’ selling points. It has unusually good backwards compatibility for a mainstream operating system. Compare that to iOS, Android, MacOS, or Linux, where the infrastructure needed to run older binaries often doesn’t exist in the first place.

    Linux is a weird case, because thanks to Wine, it actually runs a lot of old games better than Windows, but this doesn’t do anything to help compatibility with older Linux binaries.




  • I’m pissed that systemd has made a change that paves the way for age verification, and is unwilling to go back on it. The change they added may not do much on its own, but I worry about future consequences.

    Since it’s rare for large organizations and projects to go back on things like this, I’m considering moving my systems over to non-systemd distros. At the very least, I hope a fork without the userdb birthDate variable hits the AUR.