Just get a vpn to be safe. They are so cheap. I live in a country where no one cares about it, but I still use a vpn to be safe.

Also consider that people might not care now, but in the future, the rules might change and there might be a record that you torrented.

That’s a pain, I just use the second computer for the one app as I need to be at my desk to use it anyway. My laptop is Linux as I do everything else on it.

I use linux for everything except for one critical app that does not yet work on linux outside of a virtual machine. But, my computer is not powerful enough to run it in a virtual machine.

There are also no alternatives to it either. So, I have a second computer to use windows for just that, but the day it works on linux is the day I say bye to windows forever.

I completely agree, I can’t even think of any games from this gen that were must play games that didn’t also come out on pc.

I think all gaming is heading towards pc at this point.

The big problem is that the telecoms still charge by the minute to call a landline so most businesses have a Facebook page and use messenger as their primary form of contact.

I’m literally going to a vet now and they had messenger, WhatsApp or telegram as their contact method

I don’t think that’s the case, I just think it is old people not know how to use technology.

Additionally, all these people in power are using signal, how is that not a loud endorsement that everyone should be on it.

Sadly, my contact list remains mostly on WhatsApp and Facebook messenger only.

For the US, my understanding is that citizens can refuse, but if you do they may hold you for some time.

Non-citizens may be denied entry if they refuse to hand over their device.

Also want to add that you can add a non-steam .exe and install some windows applications too, not just games. After installing you just remove the installer from steam and point Steam towards the installed applications .exe

Just make sure to tell Steam to use proton to run it. By default, it does not turn that on.

Yes! This! It’s pretty sad when you think about it.

I’ve hired people and my wife has been in a position to evaluate applicants for a job.

What we have learned is that choosing an applicant is super subjective. Different things impress my wife and I in an applicant. (We work at different places)

Additionally, once I instructed applicants to do something specific in their application, but someone didn’t follow the instructions. Turns out the thing I said not to do when applying was actually much more helpful than I thought.

So even though a few people applied the “right” way, the girl who did it “wrong” got the job.

So when you apply, it’s mostly a matter of checking the right boxes and getting lucky.

Just in case anyone is not reading the article. It’s just saying that manufactures can only make new computers with intel 11th gen cpus or later.

I think this is kind of a good thing, that way companies can’t sell old cpus to people who don’t know any better.

Additionally, I read somewhere else that they added some extra AMD CPU’s that were not there before.

Why? A lot of people specifically do not use Linux for this reason. Like it or not, those apps are ingrained in the business world.

People are not going to sacrifice their income to use Linux. That is why I have a second computer just for windows for work.

If it weren’t for that, I could just use one computer with 2 user accounts.

We, long-time users of Linux, all have our opinions based on various preferences. The thing is that a lot of these preferences are pretty technical, like Ubuntu having snaps, Fedora and Mints’ flat pak policies, etc…

For the average user, they will not know what this is or even see a difference between the systems at first. The linux community would do better if we could have a unified front on distro recommendations. People will switch distros as they learn and their curiosity grows.

I think, we should ask people to pick based on their DE preference. If they want something like windows, let them have Mint or Kubuntu, if they want something closer to mac, let them have Ubuntu. I say this as someone who likes Fedora Plasma spin.

Everything else, is just information overload and will give users decision paralysis.

Our goal should be conversion of users. Once our numbers start growing, then things will pickup. Just imagine if we had office and adobe products here. How many people would be able to switch. I still use windows on my work computer as there is a single app holding me back.

I love plasma. I used to be into cinnamon, but since the steamdeck, I’ve changed my preference.

Now, I have fedoranplasma spin on my thinkpad.

I really like the windows style DE.

Ohh, gotcha. Yeah. Just enable flathub for him. It’s super simple, but I’m sure you know that.

I think that this is a pretty good reason.

If the billionaires are using it for privacy, then it is likely the best one.

I mean, how much do you wanna bet that they all had a private dinner with the other billionaires that own other apps and had a private conversation about whether their messages are actually private and able to be hid from the government?

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-encrypted-messaging-auto-delete-ftc-antitrust-2024-5?op=1

I hope so, I don’t even really need much more power, but I’ll be a day one buyer to support the platform.

I’ll hand the steamdeck 1 down to my wife for stardew, if she wants it.

Why remove flatpak?

If your flatmate is new to Linux, it will probably be helpful.

If he is using the gnome de, then install whatever extensions you need to give the windows a minimized button, or point him towards the plasma spin.

I’m surprised how well my thinkpad was supported in the Fedora plasma spin. Everything just worked out of the box. No drivers were needed. Even the fingerprint reader works.

I thought it would just be for login, but even terminal will use it when I need to sudo.

How awesome!

No idea, but if I had to guess, I’d say it has something to do with their twin snakes GameCube remake.

It’s a shame as I think mgs1 is by far the best one in the series.

Mgs2 felt really empty and short. I could not get into 3 at all. But mgs1 was pretty perfect.