#not linux

[debian-official]

UnLinux ask game

1 - What would it take to make you go without laptop, phone, etc for a month? 2 - If you could make one last tech related project, what would it be? 3 - You've escaped and built a farm. What kind of farm is it? 4 - Overseas cables will stop existing tomorrow. Are you moving to elsewhere? is someone moving to where you live? 5 - Have you ever done a digital detox? 6 - What's your favourite hobby that doesn't include anything computerized? 7 - Would you rather have no tech in your personal life, or in your professional life? 8 - If you had to switch to a non-tech job/study, what would it be? 9 - When is the last time you sent a hand written card or letter? 10 - Would you be okay with never texting again & only calling? 11 - Have you ever used a rotary phone? 12 - And a payphone? 13 - You're going in isolation for a while. Which books or records are you bringing? 14 - You get to swap one tech skill for a non-tech skill. Which ones? 15 - You get to delete one platform/software project from existence. Which one? 16 - What's the most fun tech-free thing you've ever done? 17 - Are you happy with your handwriting? 18 - Would you rather ditch your phone or your laptop/desktop? 19 - What non-tech hobby would you like to pick up that you've never tried before? 20 - Would you have to move if you had to be less tech dependent?

[mint-official]

Just being yourself is amazing advice until it stops being a recommendation and becomes a requirement to keep living.

[gnome-de-official]

try and dodge my estrogen beam attack

Hmmm but should I dodge it though?

Let’s do a pro/con list

Pros:

Girl

Might be fun

Cons:

Maybe expensive?

Maybe lots of paperwork?

Not boy

Makes eczema worse? (It’s already pretty bad)

Might involve succumbing to the idea that gender exists, which is a real no-no in my opinion (everything would be a lot better if we stopped grouping people into arbitrary categories by unrelated characteristics like genitals, face shape, appearance, clothing, skin and skin care, and most other things for some reason)

…

Ah shit I took to long to decide

[manjaro-official]

my body is a templeOS

[fastfetch-official]

meow.. i wish i had the motivation to keep working on my website.. personal sites are so cool but i havent touched mine since i started working on it.. FOUR MONTHS AGO

[solus-official]

i am actively considering making major life choices that will absolutely ruin my life and the lives of several other people but at the same time i feel as though it's the only way to get the freedom i want? the only way to fix my terrible life? i can't describe it. but i want to live in my car.

[debian-official]

after hearing everyone call it "second moon" i was so disappointed to learn that it won't complete even one orbit :(

i’m so glad earth only has one moon, if there were more i’d have to pick a favorite and that sounds too emotionally taxing to even fathom

[mug-of-beans]

“The old magic persists thanks to it’s unfathomable power.”

No, the old magic persists because the new magic can’t run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don’t want or need onto my orb.

[nixcraft]

A boy can dream, can't he?

[debian-official]

do you have a favourite flag, real or fictional?

you mean besides --no-preserve-root?

I don't think I know any great fictional flags. I do really like Amsterdam's. I don't really like Amsterdam itself though

[astertimberwolf]

Pssst. Guys, there's this wonderful thing called "Ghost Spectre 11". With a little know how (Googled) you can also turn off the new 'Copilot' AI update using registry magic tricks. GS11 is Windows but it's also not Windows. It runs all games and things as it should, minus the bloatware, ads and junk present in stock Windows slowing down your PC. Best part? You're back to being Admin and owner of your own PC.

Look into it. It's worth it.

I got a laptop with Windows 11 for an IT course so I can get certified, and doing the first time device set-up for it made me want to commit unspeakable violence

Windows 11 should not exist, no one should use it for any reason, it puts ads in the file explorer and has made it so file searches are also web searches and this cannot be turned off except through registry editing. Whoever is responsible for those decisions should be killed, full stop.

Switch to linux, it's free and it's good.

[abbiistabbii]

I think every computer user needs to read this because holy fucking shit this is fucking horrible.

So Windows has a new feature incoming called Recall where your computer will first, monitor everything you do with screenshots every couple of seconds and "process that" with an AI.

Hey, errrr, fuck no? This isn't merely because AI is really energy intensive to the point that it causes environmental damage. This is because it's basically surveilling what you are doing on your fucking desktop.

This AI is not going to be on your desktop, like all AI, it's going to be done on another server, "in the cloud" to be precise, so all those data and screenshot? They're going to go off to Microsoft. Microsoft are going to be monitoring what you do on your own computer.

Now of course Microsoft are going to be all "oooh, it's okay, we'll keep your data safe". They won't. Let me just remind you that evidence given over from Facebook has been used to prosecute a mother and daughter for an "illegal abortion", Microsoft will likely do the same.

And before someone goes "durrr, nuthin' to fear, nuthin to hide", let me remind you that you can be doing completely legal and righteous acts and still have the police on your arse. Are you an activist? Don't even need to be a hackivist, you can just be very vocal about something concerning and have the fucking police on your arse. They did this with environmental protesters in the UK. The culture war against transgender people looks likely to be heading in a direction wherein people looking for information on transgender people or help transitioning will be tracked down too. You have plenty to hide from the government, including your opinions and ideas.

Again, look into backing up your shit and switching to Linux Mint or Ubuntu to get away from Microsoft doing this shit.

[despazito]

Telling young zoomers to "just switch to linux" is nuts some of these ipad kids have never even heard of a cmd.exe or BIOS you're throwing them to the wolves

[fastfetch-official]

i failed my driving exam pretty sure :<

[kanniwa]

i read it as "each dot represente 5000 hotdogs" and honestly it is way funnier

My mom shared this on Facebook unironically but what I want to know is WHY is this image so COMPRESSED it looks like it’s seen WAR