I’m glad it worked for you, it borked the fuck out of my system 🤣

You’re not wrong, but the underlying traits that make them that way is also what drives them to build FOSS software instead of maximizing their income potential at any and all costs. Meanwhile, most users just suuuuuuuck.

It shouldn’t fall on developers, but maybe the community should normalize finding a willing representative willing to listen to all the hot garbage the community throws at devs and have that person monitor various channels then relay only the relevant stuff to the Dev. Cause as it stands, difficult or not, FOSS devs are working for free and dont deserve the hate they get.

For a point of comparison, a ChatGPT request uses 2.9 watt-hours (and rising) to a google searches 0.3 (which per your example would only be run once assuming you’re checking different blogs from the same list of results.)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/chatgpt-google-search-need-power-to-run-heres-how-much-water-and-electricity-are-used-to-answer-questions/articleshow/111382705.cms

Strong social nets that allow people breathing room to allow more interest in how their computers work?

You’ll be fine! Linux isn’t all that and a bag of chips anymore as long as you’re open to an occasional internet search.

I recognize that Linux isn’t perfect, but people who say it isn’t “ready for users” are people who want to have their cake and eat it too - Want the multi billion dollar polish of windows but with the respectfulness of FOSS (Free Open Source Software.)

Of course, its possible to strip windows of most of its nonsense but again most users would rather die than do a simple search. 🤷

I agree. I feel like its a personality thing (honestly I feel like its a neurotypical thing, I’m not autistic or anything but definitely divergent) and/or a capitalism thing.

I don’t like cars, but I learned enough about how cars work to be able to take a functional role in my cars maintenance. Most people don’t do that, whether its a car or computer or whatever else in their life.

I’ve always been familiar with Linux and tech but always used windows cause gaming. Last week I stripped all my drives and set up dual boot to daily drive Linux with a windows fallback for whatever I might need windows for.

Fedora was up and running in no time.

Win 11, I had to jump through the hoops to avoid logging in, it doesn’t label your drives like Linux does so you have to guess or cross reference somehow, twice as many reboots, pages of data settings.

So glad to finally be going Linux ❤️

Unfortunately, most people have the far simpler issue of “just not giving a fuck.”

I know open source office alternative play pretty well with the proprietary file types now, perhaps the same is true for GIMP and whatever other graphicy stuff? Worth looking into.

I started a home server on an RPI running some services with a dinky HTML page on it, I need to start actually posting to it. I’m already not on fb or Twitter or anything, if you want to know what I’m doing go to my homepage loser! 🤣

Because executive order was the only way to get it done - other methods would have required evidence that doesn’t exist. You’re only backing my argument lmao.

With absolutely zero tangible evidence, which is why it was a complete non-starter for four years until Biden lost control of the narrative.

Its not helping Biden not being able to censor information on his part genocide. None of them gave a fuck about tiktok until they told em to take down pro Palestinian content and got told “lulnope”

Neat, tossed a widget on my home screen!

I live near the projects (no judgement, I had my stint in the pjs) and there’s a dude who lives there who flies a “don’t tread on me” flag. Guess he doesn’t mind treading so long as it’s paying his rent though. 🤔

He recently upgraded it to the “thinly veiled let’s overthrow the gubmint insurrection 1776” flag. It makes me want to drop a note in his mailbox asking who will pay his rent if he overthrows the govt?

Fax