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And this is also why we NEED mainstream Linux mobile (phone) devices. Google is actively locking down their ecosystem. Both Apple and Google see customers as walking wallets

Needs more bagpipe!

One thing I've been impressed with China for is moving towards greener technologies. They're a leader in solar, their EV's are apparently very good (not that I can get one here to verify that), and they're pretty dogged in their pursuit of nuclear energy.

Meanwhile USA is apparently still in "let's overturn regimes and take over other countries for the oil companies" mode

A lot of Catholics seem to consider themselves the "uber-Christians", with the whole Pope thing being their religious king, such as it were.

And the ones like that are absolutely terrible at actually following the lessons of their religion too. Now they've got a new "king" so I guess the Pope doesn't matter as much

They have been, they will be too, but I'll also say it's gotten a lot more blatant over time. Jan6 should have been the moment where people really woke up

It'll be even more blatant as the next election comes closer, assuming they don't pull the "martial law no election" shit which seems to be the current aim.

Pretty sure the rest of the world is also still getting hurt by the current shit...

Honestly at this point there type of things seem like more than just murder. It's fucking execution

At this point having other prisoners know he was ICE might be just as bad for him. I don't the modern SS is popular amongst inmates

Oh yes, totally their responsibility and not the fault of the Republicans in power now, who were the same ones that rejected the other impeachment votes. But yeah, must be on Biden...

In other words

If a mob boss murders a drug dealer in order to help expand their "territory": they're still both evil criminals and the mob boss should still be charged

Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince (the Will Smith version, I think they tried to remake)

From all I've heard the actor (James Avery) was a good guy IRL as well

Yeah I've had certbot mess up a few times, though more often it was the scripts that actually shuttle the updated certs to their proper locations and restart services after updating

Yeah they mis-spelled invasion

Honestly - depending on the hardware and the specific game - sometimes better than on Windows.

For Steam itself, the experience is functionally identical up to a point. There's a "start" menu entry, it checks for updates and it has a tray icon that allows navigating the standard library/store/chat dialogs. In order to run games that aren't native to Linux, you need to essentially check a box in the master settings to allow the Proton compatibility later that can (usually) run those games on Linux.

What it's running on and the specific game matters though, since some hardware isn't always compatible or requires additional work to get running, and some games won't work on Linux. Usually the latter is due to Windows-specific anti-cheat or DRM (ironically,often the same DRM also f***s up Windows systems or causes performance issues). Regarding hardware: AMD graphics cards are the easiest to get up and running with. Nvidia is getting better with newer devices. Intel is generally pretty good for compatibility though I've had to mess around for some of the Arc based cards in some cases.

It's usually peripherals that can be a pain and especially with newer stuff. For example, there is no built-in kernel module for the Ethernet card on my current motherboard. Getting it up required finding source for the driver online, and running some commands to compile it for my kernel. Annoyingly, the vendor's code doesn't work with DKMS (which would do this automatically on kernel updates) so I need to re-run this whenever a newer kernel comes out. Eventually the driver will likely make it's way to the mainstream kernel and then not require manual work. My previous several boards never required such manual intervention, but this one came out recently and I hadn't checked in the specific hardware.

One other issue is games on Steam that require a 3rd-party launcher (EA, Ubisoft, etc). These sometimes break when updated and often aren't so friendly with offline play without an Internet connection. That said I've played through plenty of EA/Origin games and an Ubisoft (at home with wifi) just fine.

Most games say whether they're Deck compatible. If they are, that should also mean they're Linux compatible. You can also check https://www.protondb.com/ for compatibility ratings.

While this all sounds like there's a lot of BUT's, I've been using Linux as a desktop for years and since the Deck came out compatibility has gone up FAST. I used to dual-boot Windows for a few games - mostly VR - but now even those games tend to run fine on Linux. It's mostly the 3rd-party stuff or shooters with heavy anti-cheat that area an issue. You won't be playing the newest Battlefield or Fortnite, but there are plenty of AAA games and others that run just fine on Linux (and again, sometimes better than Windows at least on my devices)

My wife bought a laptop around when Win11 was just coming out. It has a Celeron based CPU but 16GB of RAM which is decent enough. After trying the "upgrade" to Win11 it ran so poorly as to basically be unusable.

My wife got a newer laptop and the old one sat in a drawer for a year until I threw Debian on it, which runs better than the original win10. Since it's a lower power CPU the battery lasts a long time too, making it a good browsing/coding device

I'm actually willing to believe that between all the bribes and scams they probably do have a lot of money now, but it's also going to be hidden in places that would be very hard to track down or impossible to retrieve (Russian Banks etc)

That was my first thought. I like every part of the article except the "European only" bit

A bit over a year ago, we were making holiday plans including a trip to the US. When the orange menace got re-elected I convinced my wife that we should just do a longer Canadian leg for the trip. Best decision ever.

I used to know a gal who did SW at night, though at the time I wasn't aware of her occupation. She'd regularly hang out with my buddy and I. One day he was complaining about his back and she offered him a massage, then offered me one as well as I'd been known to have a bad shoulder While it wasn't the absolute best massage I'd had, it was up there above most places covered by my medical.

I could 100% see people paying for company and a non-sexual contact from somebody like that. She was good with people and had a sense for now to relax people physically and emotionally.

Big tech in general. At this point the only one I still have faith in not too fuck over customers "because they can" is Valve.