I have used Linux for a good while around the early 2000’s. Good memories.
Fast forward to now. Bought a new laptop with W11. hated it.
(Just imagine a long list of frustrations about W11, because I’m not going to contribute anything new by saying it) -and finally, I want my data to be mine!
And so now I get to annoy my wife about how awesome Linux is. My dad is on the train as well. We both annoy our wives with Linux.
And the baby then sang “Baby, baby, baby, noooooo”.
Can we change the title to “meat industry has been nagging about this non issue for years now, so the babies are finally getting their non issue resolved?”
Ffs sell your product but don’t be a bitch about that tiny speck of competition.
Currently have 2 machines on MX with nvidia cards. One was flawless from the get go the other took some trail and error by installing some extra packages but I got there.
(Through the package manager I might add, no files edited or anything)
Mint has a somewhat similar user experience. Chances are you’ll be just fine. Try out a live usb.
Wow there, easy, you’re gonna end up on ER.
At the very least take a smal phone.
The conversations I’ve had about her when she first made waves were all the same.
Them: I can’t stand her, who does that little pipsqueeck think she is telling adults what to do?
Me: What does her age have to do with what she is saying? Does it make the message any less true?
Them: well… erm… I mean
The OBVIOUS takeaway didn’t have the “obvious takeaway” sticker all over it I guess ffs.
Double down:
Go get your own, sit back next to them.
“I suppose you don’t want a bite of this one instead?”
Unpopular take: I’m just gonna quit gaming for a while. If I really need to piss away some time I got a bunch of wad files or newgrounds. F it.
Wait I’ve read this one before, it’s the chaos gods in Warhammer one isn’t it?
Degoogling intensifies
I used Linux for a good while 20 something years ago. Mostly for recording music and some gaming (you can say what you want, cube/sauerbraten/openarena/… I had a great time that I look back to fondly).
Then got back on windows around vista all the way to w11 7/8/10 all “ok” OS experiences imo.
11… man, this thing frustrates me so much. Everything you try to do is like getting gaslighted. Updates/reboots whenever it feels like, regardless of what you have going on. (My setup requires a few keystrokes at boot, if not the fan goes nuts)
Coming back to Linux feels like a breath of fresh air. Especially now that installing/using it has become a breeze compared to back then. It does what you ask. Why doesn’t big tech corp get that through its thick skull?
Also, my data is mine.
Well, there goes that quirk of mine XD
Fuck yeah, no telemetry or tracking on those things. You go geezers!
Every few years I get a yearning to play through Daikatana.
The entire thing.
I’ve been doing this from before the community patch.
I dunno.
Don’t worry, we men are already evening out the odds by getting our panties twisted in a bunch over a clever meme.
Currently reinstalling, it’s going extremely slow and it’s at 109%. The bar isn’t even a tenth of the whole.
I’ll keep you guys updated.
Tried it, no cigar. Currently reinstalling fedora. It’s taking forever and it’s at 109% (what?).
A solution that I’m inching towards is just cutting the time I spend watching videos.
After years upon years watching YouTube and finally arriving at degoogling I’m starting to get to the point where I open up yt and … it’s not scratching that itch anymore. The realisation that this time is wasted and could’ve been spent on doing stuff that matters is nagging in my head.
Not to mention the thought of feeding big tech data that might end up aiding another atrocity unto humanity.
I can get my news elsewhere (here for example), tutorials might take some reading instead.
I’m not saying I’m gonna go cold turkey day one and be successful at it. But the idea is growing.