I just switched and, yeah, the learning curve can be tough. This month I’ve learned two dozen abbreviations just because I’ve had to install, fix things, and customize. No way the average users would want to go through that.

The results can be cool though. Terminal opens as a matrix window and then neofetches an ascii art image of my face. Makes it all worth it haha. Also, fuck Microsoft.

Back up your data and dual boot. Or just try it out from a USB stick and see how you like it.

Thanks, I’ll try it out

Mission Accomplished.

I have been putting up with the ads, spyware, and lack of control for years: this was the last straw for me. Couldn’t upgrade to Win11 and now they’re ending support for Win10?

Just wiped my SSD and booted Linux Mint. I’ll miss certain games and Paint.net (slowly learning GIMP) but I can’t put up with this shit anymore.

Congress has been increasingly abdicating more of its powers for several administrations now

Typically this meme format is inflammatory because it doesn’t explain itself. So adding the pictures is a nice touch

great name btw OP

I thought you were joking but Wikipedia really does say that…

What about the U.K.?

Looking at the responses in this thread, I’m pretty sure I don’t know enough to comment on the situation. Seems like you would have to study this subject semi-exclusively in order to have an informed take.

It’s not your fault.

They no longer need to advertise to kids because the kids they used to advertise to grew up

Looks like something that needs to be burned with fire

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It’s a bit odd to frame voting as inherently deontological and the AES model as consequentialist. Independent of some involved philosophical argument, the choice of political system is prima facie orthogonal to the question of meta-ethical frameworks. A consequentialist, for example, could just as easily espouse voting.