Hello’s right.

Mastodon, Lemmy, and the Fediverse in general are what you make of it. I want there to be more content, so most days I post an article or two.

If you want more discussion, do the same, engage with people.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved Linux.

I just hated having to troubleshoot almost every time I booted up my PC. It was abundantly clear there were hardware incompatibilities in my case.

If you don’t want weird political shit, avoid the largest ones, like .social.

I am on mastodon.art which has most of the fascist distros blocked and I use Tusky. I love it.

Mastodon also has great filtering tools and temp muting so you can curate your experience pretty tightly too.

I had a dual boot for six weeks this summer with Linux Mint. Approximately 2/3 of my games worked fine on Linux.

I had to troubleshoot it almost every time I booted up, though, which is why I reverted to Windows setup. I plan to go back when I get a new PC and I can run linux only on a machine, but I think it’s fair to say that there are some hardware incompatibilities sometimes. I’ve also read that there are distros other than Mint that play nice with NVidia chips, so I’ll probably go with one of those when I switch back to Linux.

Still, you can blunt most of the negative aspects of Windows by running O&O ShutUp.

For me I just figured it was an unfortunate hardware incompatibility, but there are other distros that are specifically built around Nvidia compatibility, so I’ll pick one of those when I make the switch.

I gave one example above, but the short answer is, people have tried to find it and haven’t succeeded.

Like Bigfoot.

Obligatory Reminder: O&O ShutUp is a thing and helps keep MS out of your data.

I had a dual boot going for six weeks this summer, but Mint had a lot of incompatibility issues with my Nvidia setup. I did love Mint, though, just not having to troubleshoot almost every time I booted up my PC.

I’m going to upgrade to a new PC later this year, and when I do, I’m going to do a dedicated Linux install on my old PC with a different distro and use the new one only for gaming.

A people still flying on Boeing planes on purpose?

I intend to.

Agreed. I can’t see undocumented people risking their lives trying to vote.

You’re right. They’re trying to gin up the specter of voter fraud in case they lose. No one voting Republican needs proof anyway.

Years ago the ACLU actually had Kris Kobach’s records on voter fraud cases from when he was KS Attorney General. I pored over them, and over fifteen years of reports he prosecuted something like ten cases affecting even fewer votes.

And that’s a guy who built his whole career around voter fraud. Even he couldn’t produce evidence that it actually existed.

Those records may still be on the ACLU’s website if any of you want to take a look.

You’re right about that.

A fan and total darkness.

Yikes.

They must really be hurting for clicks to run this nonsense.

That can happen. My focus is weird, and I strongly zone-in to what I’m doing, so for me reading is a very engaging and fun thing to do.

This is the most Italian thing ever. The pace of life there is so much slower than it is in other parts of the world.

Oh yeah!

I have a 75-page rule. If a book hasn’t grabbed me by then, I move on.

I’m a mix of both. I generally read a book for the first time on Libby and then end up buying a physical copy for my home library.