Hyperreality

The people who gave up because they couldn’t solve their issues aren’t posting either.

Yep. Very common.

A lot of people use their pc like a console or media server. Ie. use it to watch/play stuff from their bed or couch.

AI.

I sounds like you don’t actually dislike wayland, but fanboys and toxicity. TBH the linux community is full of that kind of crap.

Imagine if we were all as weird about toasters, having arguments about how toaster brand X was so much better than toaster brand Y.

But luckily people don’t give much of a shit about toasters, as long as they work.

I use it for gmail and related google apps, nothing else.

Honestly works for me. Chrome for emails and stuff. No history, full privacy mode firefox for everything else. That includes youtube and links in emails.

Google thinks all I ever do is check my emails.

Hannah Montana Linux:

https://hannahmontana.sourceforge.net/

Honestly, when it comes to duolingo, you’re probably best off sticking to Spanish or stuff like that.

I tried out a course in my native language, and it really wasn’t great beyond the basics. Loads of mistakes.

And if you’re going to be paying for that, you might as well buy (or pirate) a proper Spanish course.

I’ve encountered them in Belgium, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, and France.

Not everywhere though, and restaurants often have free toilets for customers. Mostly in cities, busy places.

Germany has paying toilets near on the Autobahn, but last time I checked you get a rebate coupon to buy something in the shop or cafe.

Not necessarily opposed to them. Some people are animals and 50 cents keeps out the worst of them and helps keep things clean.

@ernest more specifically.

I don’t know if tagging him sends him a notification, but if you’re reading this @ernest, it’s doing the thumbnail thing but we kbin users are seeing a picture of a naked licking a lollypop on a linux post.

It’s funny but I do think it’s a bug rather than a feature.

The problem with linux, and I say this out of experience, is that even if it works on 99% of games and 99% of hardware that’s not much comfort if you’re part of the 1%.

Sometimes you’re just shit out of luck. At which point linux is just the worst and you genuinely are better off using windows. That’s invariably not linux’s fault. It’s the manufacturer or developer’s fault.

TBH I’m going to try linux again some day, but I’m going to make sure I have compatible hardware. This is the way.

Yeah. In my case linux Mint just didn’t.

Older hardware, lack of (good) drivers, mini-pc so not feasible to install a new network card, I tried, I really did. But I eventually gave up.

Great if it works, but sometimes you’re just SOL.

I’ll be forced to switch to linux when 10 reaches end of life, but I’m genuinely not looking forward to it. I’ve tried it before and given up after hours of hair pulling. Not linux’s fault necessarily. Often driver issues.

That’s the thing a lot of fanboys forget. They often install linux on hardware they handpicked to be compatible on a pc they assembled themselves. Most casual users are upgrading an existing non-self assembled system, which may or may not be compatible, and contain parts that don’t have good driver support. Eg. a cheap realtek card that was never sold to consumers directly, meaning it would only be installed in windows systems.

Honestly, I may just not bother. Go on ebay, buy something newer. Shame though. System runs fine. Happily runs Cyberpunk and stuff like that. TBF because I’m a cheap bastard, I only have 500 euros invested in the thing. Bought it at aldi when it was discounted. Upgraded it with second hand ebay parts. LOL.

I assume the longterm support version of windows 10 costs money.

AFAIK the upgrade to 11 is free.

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement

You should host the internet.

If an airfryer has a hidden camera, it must be wifi enabled so that it can send data back to China.

Who the hell buys a wifi enabled airfryer? I mean, what is the fucking point?

Hannah Montana Linux.

I suspect the whole geographic thing also plays into it.

Where I live, you’re never more than 15 minutes from a police station. Maybe half an hour if you live in the middle of nowhere. There are also more than enough cops to go around. I can imagine if you live 4 hours from a police station in the middle of nowhere, or somewhere with 24hr response times, you would want a gun for protection. I certainly would.

Have you tried switching it on and off again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_(1994_film)