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- Comment on If you are looking for a new home after lemm.ee shutting down, consider communick.news 2 weeks ago:
I find the subscription model interesting, and I think that it’d be exponentially more interesting if paired with a co-op structure - similar to a consumer co-op
- Comment on alternatives to lemm.ee? 2 weeks ago:
lemm.ee was the best and why i stayed on lemmy. this stinks. but thanks for all the fish
- Comment on Forced E-Waste PCs And The Case Of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform 3 weeks ago:
It may be a bold of me to say, but I hold the controversial opinion that I don’t really give a shit which computer OS you use. If you can use a mouse and keyboard to navigate a desktop environment then 🤙 you are ahead of the curve at this point.
- Comment on Forced E-Waste PCs And The Case Of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform 3 weeks ago:
I couldn’t bear to make e-waste, so I repaired two c.~2012 era chromebooks. The end result was equal parts rewarding experience and a complete was of my time xD. Those sandy bridge cpus are sloooow
- Comment on X.com blocks access to Ekrem Imamoglu, leader of Turkish opposition 1 month ago:
Reason # 3,487 to get off/stop paying attention to X, the ‘everything app’.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 1 month ago:
It’s so funny to me when I express an even remotely moderate opinion and get called a right-winger. Lol, is lemmy really where right-wingers would go for online discourse?
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 1 month ago:
When’s the last time you tried? I had a hell of a time dual booting in ~2016, but as of the last five years or so I’ve set up half a dozen dual boots without issue. My current set up has three partitions on the main drive: windows, linux, and a “shared” ntfs partition
- Comment on Windows 10 LTSC – the version that won't expire for years 1 month ago:
What is this disclaimer warning about? I have used LTSC exclusively since 2019 and everything works. I have not had an instance of something not working that would have otherwise worked on Enterprise or Home, etc
- Comment on 1994 white Kevin 2 months ago:
For $7.50 I’d unironically use a walking buddy at least once
- Comment on Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California's Electric Car Market 2 months ago:
I’m rocking a kei truck for landscaping and home reno projects, and it still uses more gas than I’m happy with. I’d love for someone to make an electric truck that isn’t a massive behemoth intended to prove something about my masculinity. Just give me a clean energy box bed.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
Outside of steam will be a case by case basis. I wouldn’t expect a lot of luck, and it may require that you use a compatibility layer like Wine.
- Comment on Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program 2 months ago:
ISWYMBIHTD
- Comment on BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE 2 months ago:
This thing is so early 2000s; I kinda love it for that
- Comment on The best thing *you* can do for the fediverse is *just be kind* 2 months ago:
The thing that I appreciated most about Lemmy and my transition from Reddit is how cordial everyone has been. Even if my comments are taken out of context people tend not to jump down my throat and assume the worst, or make bad faith arguments full of fallacies. I’ve had legitimate back and forths with people, something that basically never happens on Reddit.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
I find this interesting as I’m a beginner with only about 3 months of Linux use under my belt, whereas Ive used Windows since I was like 5 years old. I was originally recommended Mint, like many are, and I found the experience to be a negative one as opposed to my later experience with Debian. (Note I have no experience with Bazzite or any other distros).
The additional ‘bloat’ in Mint obfuscated from me various aspects of Linux. It insulated me from learning how Linux is different from Windows, and that actually hindered me from understanding the OS. By starting with Debian I got a feel for using the CLI, setting up my drivers, package installer, and desktop environment. And, while those aspects can be complicated for new users, i think its somewhat necessary if its going to be recommended them as their OS.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
So Mint is the ‘distro’, which is actually based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian. In simple terms, a distro is a bundle of programs and configurations assembled for you. Basically, Debian is a stripped down version of Mint.
A ‘desktop environment’ is a separate program(?) that changes what your desktop looks like, and they can be downloaded on any distro. So you can try out KDE Plasma on your Mint installation! The one that you’re likely using right now is called ‘Cinnamon’, which I personally didn’t like and turned me off of Linux my first time trying to switch over years ago.
Something cool about KDE Plasma is that you can download themes and make your desktop environments look really cool. For instance, sometimes I like to rock this Windows 7 theme: gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma/
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
Have you ever seen how to draw a circle in GIMP?
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
I couldn’t name another Microsoft employee if a gun was to my head. but I can still vividly remember myself in 4th grade reading about Bill Gate’s mega mansion in Popular Mechanics for Kids
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
Already did and it’s glorious! Steam works beautifully and the only final thing that I’m missing Iis Adobe products
- Comment on Found money. What do? 2 months ago:
I agree with this. It’s cash. If I handed it in and the police called and told me they found the rightful owner I’m not sure I’d even believe them. Let the girl keep it!
- Comment on Power is not energy: why the difference matters [Technology Connections] 2 months ago:
I moved into a tiny home and got one for measuring the current draw of my kitchen appliances and keeping track of the cost of my electric space heater ($40/month so far, yeesh)
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- Comment on You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use. 2 months ago:
It’s been a long time since I tried, but I tried to install Atkinson Hyperlegible on my android and it wasn’t possible without rooting the phone. Your manufacturer may have a way to add fonts, but for Samsung I was limited to downloading them through their Galaxy store, which had no fonts I wanted
- Comment on You should know there's a font designed to make reading easier, especially for people with low vision. It's called Atkinson Hyperlegible Next. It's free for personal and commercial use. 2 months ago:
Oh hell yeah I use Atkinson Hyperlegible everywhere. There is also Atkinson Monolegible for a monospaced font so you are stuck using Consolas
- Trump's team states Ukraine must cede territories to Russia as part of peace agreementnewsukraine.rbc.ua ↗Submitted 3 months ago to privacyguides@lemmy.one | 0 comments
- Comment on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Studio Will Work On Several Projects Simultaneously, Insipired From CDPR 3 months ago:
Oof that’s a challenge, but one can assume they’ve grown quite a bit as a studio and are up to the challenge. I wish them luck!
- Comment on Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data 3 months ago:
Tor. Anything short is freely giving your data away. If you’re looking for something that isn’t based on Gecko or Chromium there is the DuckDuckGo browser, which is WebKit. I can’t attest to their privacy practices though
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 3 months ago:
I used a Jelly pro for two years as a daily driver. Smaller than a credit card
- Comment on Diplomacy dies on live TV as Trump and Vance gang up to bully Ukraine leader 3 months ago:
It took me this long to realize that trump wears that same arrangement of suit colors everywhere because it’s red, white, and blue 🤦♀️ JD Vance has started exclusively wearing it too I think
- Comment on Upset with the lack of necessities in life and no representationin government? Time to go in the funny box. 3 months ago:
Idk I kinda wanna try the grippy socks, but the rest of it sounds like a bit of a hassle tbh