Well, I’m not happy with that, either.

But I’ll save my rage for Zuckerberg, not at some FOSS developer.

There’s billionaires actively increasing my work hours, lowering my pay, stripping my government services, and some of them part of a kidnapping and rape operation targeting my kids.

Ill be happy to remind Dylan whose side they should be on, but my rage is for Zuck the fuck.

Edit: I’m done here. My option on jackbooted authoritarians carrying guns doesn’t belong in a public web profile, today, no matter how anonymous.

Maybe I’ll share my thoughts at their trials, someday. Or through some other method of helping them reveal their faces.

Zuckerberg paid for the law that Dylan is reacting to.

Zuckerberg is ultra rich with sociopathic tendencies and poor impulse control.

This other guy is probably just trying to get by.

There are two sides: the Epstein class, and the rest of us.

The Epstein class rely on distracting us from that truth, to keep their influence.

Come to think of it, Zuck, is that you?

If we’re going to blame one person, Zuckerberg comes to mind.

.htaccess files are pretty simple to set up, if not hosting anything too sensitive.

As a Linux user; if they make me an accidental criminal, I will have no choice but to become so good at crime.

When I am sufficiently notorious, I think I have to run for president on a “my crimes were hilarious, though” platform.

I guess maybe that’s just how it’s done now? This new world is confusing.

Yes. I also hate feeling confused about where my hatred for SystemD firsts into the bigger picture

Twenty years ago, we were speculating whether open source browsers would survive or catch on.

Now there aren’t any closed source browsers left.

Vendors will find other forms of lock in, anyway, of course.

To pile on to your (excellent) suggestion, OP might try enabling POST (power on self test) in BIOS. It takes awhile on modern RAM, but I’ve had it identify failing RAM sticks for me.

Yes. The way these laws are written, our devices could be mandated to take a quick picture of our underage children during setup and/or login.

Then that picture can be secured to today’s standards, ensuring a data breach.

I can imagine why the Epstein class would want that to happen - more information when they are choosing which of our children to kidnap.

I think they’re holding the controllers back because they worry they won’t keep up with demand when the Steam Machine releases.

I wish they would just start selling them to us, though.

Nobody tell this user about Linux Mint or Ubuntu, okay? We’re saving it for the surprise party.

Joking aside, I understand wanting a company like Valve to directly provide strong support.

I also think that’s why it won’t happen, though. I think it is just too far outside of Valve’s core business.

Valve does contribute to other projects, here and there, to help Steam succeed on Linux. I doubt they’ll go beyond that, at least until the Steam Machine releases.

In the mean time, the closest option I can think of is buying a PC with Linux pre-installed, from System76 or Tuxedo, and then just search up “Steam” in the software center.

Most System76 employees installed operating systems and created accounts on their computer when they were under 18. They did this out of curiosity. Many started writing software. Some were already writing operating systems. I’m sure the story is similar at most tech companies. Limiting a child’s ability to explore what they can do with a computer limits their future. Removing user limitations to the computer (proprietary software, locked-down platforms like Android and iOS) is why System76 exists.

Fuck yeah. I was pirating software before I turned 18, and the world is a better place for it.

(And I contribute to open source now, in the hope that the next generation can learn without needing to resort to piracy.)

Now, I have all this trivia knowledge in my head due to my childhood quest to see highly pixelated cartoon boobies in 640x480 resolution.

Everyone wins!

I’m not a computer expert or planning to be.

I don’t use Arch, but my perception is that it is meant for people who want to be computer experts.

Do you have any reason not to use Linux Mint? As others have mentioned, Mint has 95% of the benefits over Windows that Arch has, and Mint is designed for folks who just want to use their computer.

how do you use cracks? or did you stop using them?

I make good money now and buy all my games, but I still apply mods.

Mod manager tools tend to just work on Linux now, thanks to the SteamDeck.

Haha. I don’t believe in destiny, but the things you like about Windows are the things I liked about Windows before I switched to Linux.

You’ll find many other fans of cracking / Liberating software, here. It’s where the “Libre” we talk about comes from.

Anyway, keep asking questions of you’re curious.

I’ll just add that I haven’t used the command line for anything basic on Linux in several years. Command line is really not necessary anymore, unless I’m doing something advanced like modding my games. Actually, I guess I haven’t modded anything in awhile that didn’t come with a graphical kit. But I’m sure I still might, for the right mod.

I suppose it makes sense for Ubuntu to slowly go down as the bad news about Snaps and the great news about Linux Mint spreads.

Edit: But if we trust the data, I guess the real great news is Arch, btw. Haha!

SteamDecks have been sold out in multiple countries for a few weeks. Could be slowing adoption?

Edit: But I think I recall SteamOS getting a separate line in the stats, so probably unrelated?

Also if they want malware infections through notepad.exe - I can probably accomplish that on Linux with Wine, but it would take more effort.

Edit: I might give up and just send the Malware author a few bucks, out of pity.

Yes. Great point. I do try to give each game a test run before I schedule a group of friends to play it together. I guess I did that on Windows, as well.

When I was a big windows gamer the result tended to just be it works or it doesn’t, on my current hardware. But maybe that’s just gaming today. I think we have better optimization options, in general, now.

I’m not sure when things changed, as my journey was Windows PC Gamer to console gamer to SteamDeck to Linux PC gamer.

I think PC gaming, in general, got much nicer while I was only playing consoles.