NutWrench

This is that “liberal news media” that MAGAs keep yammering on about. The one that’s owned by six corporations.

I recommend Linux Mint with the default Gnome/Cinnamon desktop. I think it’s the most “Windows-like” (You can add other desktops later on without having to reinstall anything. KDE Plasma is really nice). The installer found all my hardware for me and set it up, including my network printer. It installed my nVidia drivers (even gave me a choice of several with a ‘Recommended’ one at the top).

The LibreOffice suite is already included, which should take care of your productivity needs. (It recognizes and can read/write MS-Office documents). Thunderbird will take care of your email needs.

There’s also a utility called TimeShift, which works like Windows System Restore. Since you’ll be making a lot of changes the first month or so, it’s a great way to undo any screw-ups. Make sure you create a Restore Point before you do any serious fiddling. Even if you make your system unbootable, you can boot from a Linux Mint flash drive and run TimeShift that way, too.

Gaming is awesome. Steam has a native linux client, which uses a version of Wine called Proton, which has all the settings needed to run your games. Basically, everything I bought on Steam under Windows, runs in Linux. (NOLF 1 was the only game I couldn’t get to completely work. No music, I think the game uses DirectPlay for music, which no games seem to use anymore).

Microsoft added a CoPilot icon to my Windows 10 Taskbar yesterday. It looks to me like they’re not going to take “no” for an answer.

They also added a “it’s time to upgrade to Windows 11” full screen message on my login screen (with the option to decline in tiny text).

STFU Gabe, It’s been 15 years.

Yeah. You can tell she WON that fight. :)

How about “genocidal assholes?” Can they still say that?

And the companies promptly invested the savings from those tax cuts into infrastructure, salaries and benefits, right?

Lol, no. I’m just kidding.

Yeah, just keep giving up power to Trump, GOP. He hardly needs you right now to do whatever he wants.

You don’t get to have a “perfect” candidate. Most of the time, your choices are between which choice you dislike the least. And when the choices are between Harris and another 4 years of Donald farking Trump . . . well holy jumping shitballs . . . that should have been the easiest choice in the world.

Fark EVERYONE who made this possible. And enjoy your precious little “protest vote” Dems. This is your fault, too.

What are your thoughts on mass surviellence?

I’m . . . against it? Is this a trick question? But just in case it isn’t: don’t buy products with cameras and microphones and network connectivity built into them.

Also keep your online life completely separate from your real life. That means NO personal info on line. At all.

“The purpose of discipline is to live more fully, not less”

That’s the Fark squirrel. And we all know what it’s doing to Donald.

Especially in light of Microsoft CoPilot. You do not want obvious spyware on any computer.

Pakleds: “Tucker Carlson is smart. He makes the news go.”

And insurance companies add nothing to healthcare. They contribute nothing. They streamline nothing. And THEY are the ones who make your health care decisions for you, NOT your doctor.

Got a back problem that could be easily fixed by surgury? Well screw that, insurance isn’t paying for that. But they’ll be happy to put you on painkillers for the rest of your life so you’ll be stuck in a parasitic relationship where you have pay them forever to afford your pain meds.

They only exist to transfer wealth from sick, financially vulnerable people to the billionaire class.

Voodoo Banshee, so I could play Quake, Unreal and Deus Ex.

Maybe he shouldn’t have called it “autopilot.”

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs shows what it takes for humans to be happy. A lot of people can’t even reach level 1.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

Make a list of companies that do this, so you don’t waste your time. Also, the quality/functionality of their website can tell you a lot about how seriously they take their business.

Pulling the lever for Trump is like hitting yourself in the balls with a sledgehammer.