It’s polished and easy to use, it leverages all the work that goes into Debian and Ubuntu, but it’s still Linux under the hood and doesn’t forbid you from getting into the weeds.

I run Mint Cinnamon on my work machine, developing software for embedded Linux products, and I haven’t had any regrets.

Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the concentration camps.

What they wanted was for their 7,000lb full size truck they use to commute to their office job to cost less than $100 to fill up, while having good enough sound insulation in their walls that they don’t hear the screams from the collateral damage that might unfortunately need to happen.

Obligatory reply that it’s no less amazing and shocking when you’re watching it from the inside.

No less confusing either. I just have to hope that it’s more ignorance than malice, but the two often go hand in hand.

That seems like the system working as intended. Once enough work has gone into open source projects, even the profit-driven entities see they will make more money by improving those open source projects instead of following their default plan of reinventing the wheel and keeping it proprietary and locked down.

The browser-based versions of the M365 apps work great* for me in Firefox tabs on Linux. I prefer them being just apps/sites that I use as needed and not deeply integrated with the OS just because the same company made the two.

• I mean they work as intended for the same stuff I’ve used the Windows versions for, not that they are great apps on their own, lol

They should pass a resolution that all EU member nations shall create official Mastodon and Lemmy instances. Moderators and admins would be actual jobs constrained by the relevant national or EU law.

(Or replace Mastodon and Lemmy with whatever open platforms you deem appropriate)

That’s all well and good, and that’s currently my policy.

But that’s an entirely different discussion than whether banning a certain propaganda platform is worth doing and would cause the intended results.

They are raised in an atmosphere of negativity and hate that’s so pervasive they don’t even realize it’s a thing and that there are other options.

I come from a white catholic family and I lived in a properly rural area up through first grade. Like I lived in a trailer and my yard bordered a farmer’s corn field. And we knew the farmer because his land was nice for my dad to hunt deer.

The cynicism, persecution complex, and of course the casual racism & xenophobia aren’t something you are taught. They are just how the world works. It’s an assumed part of the culture and the social dynamic just like religion is.

That shit takes root deep in your neurons, and it takes conscious effort, compassion, and self-reflection to work your way out of it. And even then, some of the subconscious programming and visceral reactions persist and require a level of ongoing mindfulness about one’s right processes and behavior.

Oh is this an excuse to hop on the Mint praise train? Don’t mind if I do!

For me it was smoother than windows to install, it runs much better moment to moment (it’s like the people that made it were worried about making nice software rather than the business goals being pushed by their managers), and most importantly the fact that it is the “beginner” distro doesn’t compromise its capabilities. I am in the terminal all day every day and I use the machine to work on software for embedded Linux systems.

¿Por Qué No Los Dos?

You can just use a graphical file manager in Linux like you might have been used to in Windows. When I open mine I see my windows partition and my USB drive listed on the left side.

I know Mint has one that I use all the time, but I’m not familiar with what’s in Ubuntu out of the box.

I’m not even sure what world be the worse outcome, more fraud and cheating from Trump or that so many people genuinely voted for him.

Sadly my gut tells me that real votes are the worse situation, and also the true one.

It legitimately looks like the cop on the left is giving that guy tips for next time.

I heard she was last spotted sailing West, bound for Valinor.

the American family as the centerpiece of American life and protect our children

That would be a really nice notion if they actually meant it. But they have no interest in helping or supporting all American families in any way, and definitely not doing things to protect or help children.

But if they don’t help ANY families, and actively hurt the families that look the wrong way, the rubes eating up their BS will feel a little more superior in a relative sense while ignoring that they are still worse off in the absolute sense.

Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism

Jesus fucking Christ. I don’t know where to start.

He got more votes than he ever did in the previous elections, and won the popular vote for the first time. God damn.

I have a mental image of crowds of people that already had their faces eaten off — they’re just skulls covered in blood and leopard fur — and they are pointing and laughing at these people.

All Netanyahu needs is a half dozen F-22s to finally accurately target Hamas!