So it’s really Mango Mussolini behind the curtain - there is no Google AI ?

Insert Scooby Doo unveiling pic here

Press X to doubt on that headline.

The article doesn’t support it. My teen son’s response (we’re in the UK): “bullshit”

Clickbait imnsho.

Yep. It’s real, scores of noobs on the reddit subs sobbing about.

I believe protonvpn install was the usual culprit. I won’t link to reddit but the /r/linuxmint sub has many posts

https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=446923

https://lunduke.substack.com/p/yes-getting-gnomed-is-a-thing

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=suxMvUuFDMw

Can you expand on how that works please ? The gearbox converts the slow rotational speed of the turbine into a high rpm output because that is needed for the generator to make useful power as I understand it.

How does the superconductor convert that slow rpm ?

I assume that was a rhetorical question ?

If not: They document illegal behaviour by billionaires. Of course not.

They only way they get fully released is if the US has a revolution and uses the ancient French solution on the 1%

OK, in broad terms you want a distro that is reasonably up to date, but doesn’t have to be bleeding edge.

I run Mint Cinnamon and Arch KDE for the limited gaming I do, they both work perfectly fine.

Almost all games that have a Linux port will have the support & requirements specified for Ubuntu, which has a KDE flavour, however most people won’t recommend Ubuntu (for good reasons). An Ubuntu derivative with the issues removed however is a decent choice: Mint or PopOS.

Mint is by a long way the most recommended Linux distro for beginners and for good reason - the install process is easy, the community is supportive, and it does pretty much everything straight out of the box.

Cinnamon desktop environment is customisable, not as much as KDE. If you’re really keen on sticking with KDE then either EndeavourOS (which is basically a bundling of Arch so it’s easy to install) or KDE Plasma - which is Debian based but more up to date than Sid I believe.

I don’t recommend Arch for beginners unless you’re highly technical and willing to RTFM.

Most windows games will work in linux via proton/wine etc. You’re Your only really blocked ones are the couple of companies that insist on kernel anti-cheat and are anti-Linux (EA I think ?) it’s a handful of AAA games that are locked out.

Generally you don’t need any hardware changes nowadays, in fact it’s often the other way around - stuff that W10 & 11 no longer support can often be made to work on linux. AMD & Intel GPUs are less troublesome than Nvidia, but it’s generally not a big deal anymore.

Reddit’s /r/linuxgaming has fairly reasonable people (for reddit) and a fairly deep archive that will allow you to search for the specific games you most play, and ways to get them running.

Yes unfortunately that’s not true. Several reddit threads have suggested it is chatGPT fantasy, but regardless of the source, here is:

The actual regs in question https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/53/2024-12-28

Ycombinator analysing it (and saying it’s not an issue) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44765939

Xiaomi saying it’s fine (their article was apparently the source of the misinfo) https://xiaomitime.com/dont-panic-eu-isnt-ending-bootloader-unlocks-soon-59697/

GrapheneOS saying it’s not an issue https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114981731913328733 https://xcancel.com/GrapheneOS/status/1951434556957138962 and https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/24601-eu-is-banning-bootloaders-unlock/10

Less reliable sources reporting on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sPFj9EP7YE https://biggo.com/news/202508021532_EU_Radio_Equipment_Directive_Misunderstood https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/new-eu-regulatory-what-are-the-consequences-for-jolla-and-sailfish/24015/10

Can you point me to this regulation ? First I’ve heard of it.

Umm I think it is Google who are trying to kill access to FOSS. How can you blame the EU for that ?

Google aren’t seriously trying to blame someone else for their own choices now are they ?

KDE is not a Mint supported DE and the KDE files are not in the Mint repos.

This can be made to work if you’re experienced but is definitely not a good idea for beginners. It will eventually break, and dependency hell is a thing.

For a KDE option suitable fir beginners, Fedora offers KDE as does Ubuntu, or there’s KDE Neon

Ubuntu touch project runs linux on a tablet while retaining the phone/android functionality

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch

https://ubuntu-touch.io/

https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/install.html

https://liliputing.com/ubuntu-touch-mobile-linux-distro-is-now-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/

There’s a list of supported devices there. Lenovo was one

Malicious communications, it’s in the article.

There’s no way they’ll make it stick, in fact I predict all charges will be dropped in a couple of days. It’s just a BS excuse to stop them until Mango goes

Not the slightest idea who the fuck the Stone Cold Steve Austin is.

Ditto but I’m going to guess a WWE wrestler by the stupid name

Caveat - I don’t use skylight or bluesky

A cursory search indicates the US should work. It also came up with a reddit thread suggesting it’s basically just bluesky - dunno how true that is.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1jquvhe/creators_to_follow_on_skylight_social/

"Your followers and follows on Bluesky and Skylight are the same unless you make separate accounts; something to keep in mind. "

Which implies they’re different front ends for the same thing.

What the actual fuck is “Europe doesn’t/didn’t want to help the US avoid their current fascist dictatorship” supposed to mean ?

What exactly do you think European countries should have done to stop Mango Mussolini being elected ?

Send in German troops to the red states to stand next to the ballot boxes and turn away MAGA voters ?

Send Keir Starmer to hand out leaflets for Harris at the Walmart in ButteFuck Wyoming ?

You dumb fucks voted for him, we can’t fix that for you. We certainly can’t send military in - the US has spent 50 years persuading and forcing the EU to be militarily weak (and 10 years bitching about the consequences of their own diplomatic efforts)

Piss off with this idiocy.

God help me when I’m barracking for 4chan

Kick the can down the road and download the MASgrave Win10 script (I think that’s it, I don’t use windows) that puts you on the Long Term support - iirc that gives you until Jan 2027. That’s enough time to get through the zero parental sleep phase and be able to think clearly…

If that’s of interest I’ll dig the correct details out (ping me) or I’m sure someone else knows what I’m waffling about & will drop the link

Yes but don’t use it for anything valuable. USBs have a high failure rate when used for heavy read writes.

You can get USB enclosures for M2 drives if you want to go that route a bit more reliably. Ensure you use USB3 (which will still be slow but not as boneachingly bad as USB2)

If you google Tankard-Reist you’ll find it’s not a conspiracy theory - she has actively tried to block queer representation at every level in every way for decades

Seconded. I really dislike Gnome and use KDE or Cinnamon for myself and family, but for a user who has been on Macs and using it on a tablet…

Use Gnome.