I was going to cancel my Max and Peacock account but my niece was still using it. I pay for Nebula, YouTube, and Spotify but I use them enough to feel that it's worth it.

56k Flex Modem

I saw that happen once. Literately only once. I seen THOUSANDS of cars blow through light and stop signs. In fact just a few weeks ago a cop car ran past the stop sign and almost hit me. And, no, his light we're not on, he just wasn't paying attention.

None. I use HTTPS websites that protect my data.

Most modern ones it's just commands you have to run. You can usually find an easy walk-though on the MrChromebox website. I haven't seen one that required a jumper or anything in a LONG time.

All of these machines make for decent Linux laptops. I picked up an EOL Chromebook for $35 last year and installed Debian on it. Decent little machine. Not terribly fast but very useable.

*billion

BitTorrent. I only need to share a file once and it could potentially reach millions of people. It's old tech now but it feels like magic to me.

Are you trying to get them killed? Ferraris are expensive death machine.

Asking the real questions.

In the quest for endless growth all publicly traded companies eventually have to cut costs, jack up prices, or both. The investors expect a return on their investment.

Lemmy doesn't have that debt.

Those people we fired should have to starve to death.
~Elon, Probably

Literally zero down side and it's safer.

Slower speeds are safer. There would be a lot less fatalities if everyone just went the speed limit.

See this is good. The more the fediverse grows the more people find out what us old users have known for years and years:

You don't need to rely on large tech companies. The web is for everyone.

Valid

Debian Stable
Jurassic Park Theme Song plays

I use Gnome on my Thinkpad. That machine has an i7 and 16gb of ram. Ok my tiny Chromebook I got Mate. Very lightweight and almost as many features as Gnome.

There's a big difference there. Before the smart phone we would use notepads. Writing things down on a little pad of paper is something we've done for 100s of years. We just swapped out the paper or booklet for a digital device.

Wow! Sharing links over the internet? What a new and novel idea.

If the tools you just work for you and make you happy, keep using them. If you want to play with Linux out of curiosity, just install it onto a virtual machine. There's very few things that one OS can do that the other one cannot.

I pay legally for:

• YouTube Premium
• Peacock
• Max
• Spotify
• Global Comics

I also have a monthly pass at a local theater chain and see new movies almost every week.

BUT I torrent everything else. Sorry, Universal, I'm not going to pay $24 to rent Fast X.

Yeah, they're always outside the Steakhouse picketing. Running at me constantly with a fork full of green vegetables.

THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM THAT I CONSTANTLY HAVE IN REAL LIFE.

something based on Debian

I suggest Debian. Version 12 just dropped and it's an impressive release.

In some ways it's a hard thing to police because large corporations like Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft will always take and even when they do give back sometimes they get back for nefarious reasons. We in the larger community can only keep making these packages available to as many people as possible, and be vigilant about the tools been dropped behind paywalls.

Switching a license is not a small feat, depending on the license involved, you do have to get permission from all license holders or give them the opportunity to pull their code.

When it comes to stability I've worked best using just Debian and Flatpaks. I have less headaches with the stable software and the flatpaks keep my most used applicaitons up to date. Kinda best of both worlds.

Having said that, Linux is an OS not a cult. If the tool no longer works for you switch to a different tool.

The Lemon Party. 😉

Installed on my laptop and it's solid and actually feels very snappy. I'll be getting it installed on my work PC this week.

My chill and waste time games.

• Lego's Builders Journey
• Sims
• Untitled Duck Game
• Gnome Mahjongg
• Sonic 1
• Mario Bros 3 (NES)

All of them. Every distro can run any desktop, so all of them.

I'm a big gnome fan. It's been my DE for years back with v2. System76 have done a lot of hard work and I welcome more competition in the desktop space but I'm sticking with gnome.

I still have my account and I don't plan on deleting but much like my Twitter account it'll just be there. I'll check it for the few people and communities that stay behind.

I am a long time Twitter user. Singed up in 2007. Mastodon felt like a superior platform and I've been quietly waiting for Lemmy to take off.

After using Pop OS for about a year I'm going back to Debian. I missed the stability and the new Debian 12 is very polished.

In my head I see them clipping the RSS off. One of the "reasons" for the price hike was to keep AI bots from scraping the site and I assume RSS is one of those ways?

Pan/Bi but strait passing... Mostly.

Was shoved into the sidewalk by the city bus 20 years ago. Haven't been hit since cause I'll stay on the sidewalk. Laws be damned.

• In cars knobs are better than touch screens.
• VR was a gimmick 20 years ago, VR is a gimmick today.

You can't tell me that's not that Koch Brothers.