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  • Switching to Linux - A comprehensive guide

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  • And you think Rufus with magnitude of options and Ventoy will leave users with fewer problems?

    I agree with most of your post except this item. Balena Etcher caused major problems for me when I tried it (to be fair, years ago, so I don't know if they've resolved/improved the issues), and I'm an IT guy. It borked my USB drive pretty bad, and I had to jump through hoops to get it working again. I don't remember the details, but I do remember that Ventoy has been much less problematic so far. Rufus was also OK.

  • Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration

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  • Yes. Microsoft says that most Windows will get updated by them, but I'm sure a lot of Windows machines will break in 2026.

  • Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux

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  • I see. I wasn't aware of that part of the story. Thanks.

  • Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux

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  • There was endless drama for years surrounding systemd when it first started getting adopted by distros. I recall people hating it with a burning passion. Slashdot had tons of such sentiment back then.

  • Zohran Mamdani has 23% of the conservatives votes

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  • Haha, "she wore a raaaspberry be-ret"

  • Zohran Mamdani has 23% of the conservatives votes

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  • He's THE guy with a beret. Look him up. He founded the "Guardian Angels", who volunteered to patrol New York against crime back in the 70s/80s(?). Vigilantes? Their "uniform" included a red beret.

  • "I support it only if it's open source" should be a more common viewpoint

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  • Interesting, this is the first time I've heard this. Do you have any links to read more about it?

  • Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home.

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  • ?

    If this Meta AI chatbot didn't exist, this man would most likely still be alive right now.

  • Mamdani leading NYC mayor race by 19 points: Poll

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  • I took it up to 12 because 11 just didn't seem like enough these days. :)

  • Mamdani leading NYC mayor race by 19 points: Poll

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  • Time for the powers that be to crank the red/muslim scare up to 12.

  • first time using linux, how screwed am I?

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  • I don't think YaST is really required and they're apparently moving away from it. I've barely used it myself, but I hear it's one of the things many people like about openSUSE.

  • first time using linux, how screwed am I?

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  • Try Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora.

    I think openSUSE is also a good option for newbies, either the Leap (stable release) or Tumbleweed (rolling release) variants. One nice thing openSUSE does for newbies and why I have been using it in the process of moving away from Windows is that it comes out of the box with automatic system snapshots enabled so that if you break anything it's relatively simple to roll back to a working config.

  • Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?

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  • Yes, good example!

  • Spotify boycott: Artists leave ‘garbage hole’ platform after CEO invests in AI weapons

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  • Tidal pays the highest per play amount to artists, and Apple Music also pays high (second highest for mainstream artists after tidal last I checked)

    I think this info may be outdated. I've been seeing a lot of people recommending Qobuz. It looks like they may be paying the most per stream now, and they also allow you to buy tracks and supposedly have the best sound quality streams(?).

  • Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?

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  • Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT

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  • Many distros ship flatpak app store with default filter set to Verified Publisher only.

    Also, if your distro doesn't do this, you can do it yourself. You can modify, for instance, KDE Discover's flathub repo to use the verified subset.

  • Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal

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  • I visited a local Microsoft office in the mid-90s. Their office employee kitchen had a poster of the Internet Explorer logo smashing the Netscape logo to a bloody pulp.

  • UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill

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  • Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says

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  • Let's be honest now... Zuckerberg is building a globally-distributed, industrial-scale, disaster-proof spank bank for himself.

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    Linux has over 6% of the desktop market? Yes, you read that right - here's how

    www.zdnet.com /article/linux-has-over-6-of-the-desktop-market-yes-you-read-that-right-heres-how/