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orphiebaby ,

Just like cable! \o/

orphiebaby ,

What does that mean. What does "the year of the Linux desktop" mean, really? And why is it different than last year?

orphiebaby ,

Cool, but didn't everyone tell me I should use Mint, for a bunch of reasons including "it's arguably the most beginner-friendly"?

orphiebaby ,

That's all fair advice. It doesn't change that installation instructions should have been a lot more thorough.
Once I get a third (or bigger primary) SSD, I'll dual-boot Mint. I still want to try it. Regardless of my issues with it, I do know Linux is getting better. And we can see how ready I am for it now (and that's partially up to the software).

orphiebaby ,

I see. I'll look into it, thanks.

orphiebaby ,

Oh, thank god. Plasma looks good for me. Easy to look at and professional. Assuming I understand how it works, which popular distros can use Plasma? Update: After some quick research, I think I want to use Kubuntu? Does that sound like a good idea?

orphiebaby , (edited )

It's news. That's all that matters.

Also this is actually a pretty unique and interesting scenario. You ever seen a digital embargo of software from a single country imposed on citizens? Not to mention the dignity and rights violations on both sides...

orphiebaby ,

Wow the comments and upvotes/downvotes here are stupid.

orphiebaby ,

I mean, regardless of semantics about whether it's new to us or not, that's still news.

orphiebaby ,

They are among the top five richest corporations in the world and the leading employer in the world, last I checked. You going to dissolve that power? No? They have money and power, they will make the rules. You have to either find a way to dissolve them (good luck with that!), or you have to have another big power structure to keep them in check. That's how it works.

orphiebaby ,

You're a good parent.

orphiebaby ,

The Architect lacks morals, but I will take an intelligent and not-specifically-malicious (nor greedy) being like that over Zuckerberg. Because of who he was and his aims, the Architect could be reasoned with.

orphiebaby ,

Money doesn't corrupt, money just allows people to let loose on a lot of the stuff they weren't able to do. As the saying now goes: "money doesn't corrupt, money reveals".

orphiebaby ,

Sometimes I feel really fucking hopeless about the world, because anytime we want to solve a problem, we get shot down by those in power.

orphiebaby ,

Anger is bad for me, too autistic. Honestly though, I don't feel hopeless for very long. Actually I'm channeling what I can into a novel.

Still, all your advice is good and appreciated!

orphiebaby ,

As an autist who doesn't always catch sarcasm, I have to ask: what alien robot downvoted you?

orphiebaby ,

Did you have a stroke? O:

orphiebaby ,

Haven't had cable nor streaming services my entire life, and I'm 35. Though I do pay for YouTube Premium. Then again, I watch media reviewers and longform film and game essayists. And speedruns. I buy or pirate all my shows. I "own" a number of shows on Google Play, but the last several years has made me stop buying there too. Physical or piracy, baby.

orphiebaby ,

Oh my god I loved Crystal Quest. I thought everyone forgot about it

orphiebaby ,

*eject

orphiebaby ,

"...and is now banned in the EU."

orphiebaby ,

To shreds you say?

orphiebaby ,

This is the reason.

Why do all the new TVs expect me to have a platform AS WIDE as the fucking thing?? Fucking shit!! God awful absolutely dumb thoughtless design choice (lemmy.world)

luckily this is just a 32; i had a 70 from the same brand with the same INSANELY FUCKING STUPID STAND DESIGN that i had to find something for....literally at the most extreme edges of the thing, what the fuck is this? this is so fucking stupid, it cannot be meaningfully cheaper than a proper design and it looks fucking dumb as...

orphiebaby ,

Samsung and everyone else does it too.

orphiebaby ,

"Get informed"

Bold of you to tell people to do something that dangerous, Amazon.

orphiebaby ,

I'm pretty amazed that people don't immediately hear the stereotypical doucheyness, as well as the teenager-pandering, intelligence-insulting, terrible messages the moment they hear Nickelback.

Maybe I don't hate Nickelback for the same "gut" reasons the internet does, but I sure do hate them.

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