These hoops don’t matter for beginners. They are usually fine with what Ubuntu provides, or more to the point, don’t even know what they might be missing.

This is /c/linux_gaming. Recommending a distribution with outdated Mesa drivers is not in their interest, whether they know what they’re missing out or not. That’s among several reasons why Ubuntu in general is not a good recommendation for gamers.

Why do people still pre-order games before release?

In case of indie games to give the developer funding.

in Java

Again?

Very slightly less of a usability nightmare, especially for beginners who cannot be expected to know this stuff, especially when actually user friendly distributions take these troubles off the user’s hands.

You can add Flathub in Discover without using terminal

Still not user friendly. Bazzite (and others) has this out of the box.

First enable Flatpak, then add the Flathub repository, and then add a few PPAs here and there just is not user friendly at all, Terminal or not. This is the Linux Gaming community. The likelihood that people here want the emulators that get published on Flathub because of Steam Deck is high.

Backports aren’t necessary, but it’s nice to have the option if you later decide you want something newer

They are necessary because of Canonical’s insane demands for version number freezes. Unpaid volunteers often don’t have the resources to cherry pick and backport individual bug fixes. When the Kubuntu maintainers were blogging more frequently, “add our PPA to get bugfix xyz” was a recurring line.

*buntu are mainly beginner distros.

They aren’t. Canonical enshittifies Ubuntu and the official flavors more and more. The hoops one needs to jump through (like OP’s PPA command because Canonical forbids proper updates) are not user friendly.

Steam Survey shows how Ubuntu’s relevance for home users continues to shrink and alternatives like Bazzite continue to grow.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Fiddle with the Terminal to add a PPA (and also Flatpak) just screams usability.

As a text editor (which is different from an IDE, obviously) just use KWrite or GEDIT (or whatever Gnome uses these days).

Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was definitively a thing.

Sie führen nur dazu, dass das Tempo kurz vor einem Blitzer gedrosselt und danach wieder angezogen wird.

Reicht doch, da es um punktuelle Gefahrenorte geht.

APPs wie OSMAnd+ hat das drinnen, wie will man das verbieten?

OpenStreetMap verbieten. Freie Geodaten sind des Teufels!!

Uuuuuuunnnnd wie ist das dann mit Meldungen in Navis

Das dürfte damit gemeint sein.

Luckily I bought the prime version in 2018 or so for a few cents. Means I only have to configure Lawnchair when I get a new phone. Win for laziness.

Just get the older APK form one of the mirror sites.

Seeing the other replies you made I don’t think it’s my problem.

100% user error on your part.

Where is the catbox?

It’s literally a direct link and Lemmy even embeds the video automatically:

Might we get a pin again, @wes@lemmy.world ?

What’s your problem? I uploaded a copy to catbox and referenced the original source.

I wonder how long Honda will make engines before they decide to exit F1 again?

Lawrence Stroll is paying Honda.

It would be weird for Aston Martin to have their own engines when their retail vehicles use Mercedes engines.

McLaren roadcars don’t use Mercedes engines but their F1 team does.

Red Bull Powertrains use Ford engines, right?

Lolnope. Ford can’t even design and build engines for their upcoming WEC hypercar without the help of Red Bull Powertrains. RBPT was established and running way before Ford paid big bucks to place a sticker.

They use some technology from Ford

The engine doesn’t. The factory uses a metal 3D printer provided by Ford.