My thoughts exactly

Michał addresses his problems with relying on donations later on in the post. Dayjobs are the main source of burnout but devs need it to survive. It’s very difficult for a FOSS project to get enough consistent funding to pay a liveable wage for even one dev without compromising on some aspects to gain funding. And even if they do, the FOSS work now becomes the dayjob and becomes a source of burnout. Ontop of this, donations are extremely unstable and there’s no guarantee a project will be able to pay a dev enough every year.

I don’t think DaVinci Resolve is open source sadly

I think they mean it would not be so cool for kids to be running around topless.

I’ve found the best way to check for leaks with torrenting is by using ipleak.net. They have a feature which will tell you the address it sees you torrenting from. Super handy.

I’d be down to seed as well if you send it my way

I’ve heard of Dark Castle as Stevie Floyd is the now ex-wife of Jef Whitehead who’s my favorite musician period. I haven’t actually listened to any of their stuff though, maybe I should give them a try?

Couch Slut is awesome

Arch Enemy fucking rocks. Angela and Alyssa are both badass and are probably my first time seeing a woman do harsh vocals like that.

Thanks, this was very helpful. I’ll make sure to try this when I get the chance.

Hoopla seems okay for people who listen to a lot of mainstream stuff. I’ve never actually heard about it before now or used it so everything I say is just coming straight out my ass, but, it seems their library is very limited. Orpheus has a very extensive library with almost everything on there having a lossless flac version. It’s still nothing compared to Soulseek, but as long as you’re into bands/artists with more than 5 listeners in their lifetime, you’ll be able to find everything. It all just comes down to what you’re looking for though.

For a lot of people, it’s a community thing. I’m a member on Orpheus and they have a lot of great community stuff like Album of the Month, user made scripts, tutorials, forums, etc. They can also have a lot higher quality content and moderation because they’re so “exclusive”. And, for music, a private tracker is gonna be 100x better than a public one or Soulseek.

Low bar

Yeah, just make sure you read up on the study material and understand it all well enough. I believe they hold interviews during the weekends and the wait times vary throughout the weekend but for me I had to wait about 3 or 4 hours before getting an interview.

OPS is pretty easy to get into. The wait times for interviews can be long, but much much better than RED. The actual interview is pretty easy too imo. Just make sure to read through the interview prep.

This would depend on the distro you use. Most distros will require you to enable a non-free repository before you can install anything that isn’t Foss or open source from the official repos. You could also use an FSF approved distro. Keep in mind, the FSF will only approve distros that don’t include any non-free anything in the official repos. Besides that, you just have to know the licensing before you install it.

Dude! I just got an email that my OneDrive is being deleted! I didn’t know I even had one…

This game impressed me so much by the time I finished it that it immediately became my all time favorite.

Soulseek and Torrent sites would be my suggestion. I’m able to seed 24/7 and would be willing to help if you want it.

Generally I’ve found the people who say this get privacy and secrecy confused. You close the door when you go to the bathroom because you want privacy, not because you have anything to hide. Everyone has a pretty good idea what you’re doing in there but you close the door anyways. Secrecy would be if you were cooking Meth in the bathroom and wanted to keep it a secret.