Yes. Boox is nice, if you want it for adding Android apps.

I side load on mine a great deal.

Fast things like games and movies don’t play nice with the slow eInk screen.

But board games, puzzle games, digital comics, and simple websites all work great.

I was surprised that background processes do fine, with some patience. I have something running to back up my notes to my NAS.

Boox are great!

I don’t trust the services they default to, but they’re full unlocked Android, so they talk to my NAS and other services I choose.

If you don’t care for the battery life or screen refresh rate, be aware that there’s now a setting so you can pick your preference (faster refresh means shorter battery life).

Same here. I already use ADB for each new phone setup because it is so much faster, anyway.

Oh, that’s good to know! I’ve always installed KDE on Debian before, but I thought it was only because I just really liked Debian. Thanks!

Just be aware of any filter bubble you might create.

That’s a great point. I block pretty easily, but for rudeness, not for disagreement.

I’ve blocked some assholes that I wholeheartedly agree with, but I just don’t want to read them abrasively support things I believe in.

Yes. I block at the drop of a hat, but I’m still really not blocking all that many total users. Most folks here are very considerate.

It is funny though, I’ll often see half a conversation with an asshole - and I won’t know if it’s because the community is well moderated or because I just previously blocked the asshole.

More rarely, I’ll see half of an interesting good faoth conversation, and I’ll revisit and unblock someone.

Cinnamon is a great choice. It’s the default on Linux Mint for good reason.

If she’s a Mac refugee, fuck if I know.

She could consider Linux Mint with KDE Plasma. KDE Plasma feels very like modern Mac, only nicer, to me.

Yes. Same here. Leaving it on for another month would have been unreasonable.

I would put everything I can on the larger drive, and install Mint on the smaller one.

I can always move files to the smaller boot drive later, if I find a reason to.

I’ve used both, and been very pleased with both.

Mint stood out, last time I installed it, because every decision was easy and factual and about me (what time zone, what keyboard).

I essentially just pressed “next” a bunch of times.

Kubuntu was nearly that good last time I tried it, as well.

Between the two, I generally recommend Mint primarily because it keeps the messaging simple and consistent with the community.

Secondarily, because Mint doesn’t have Snap (and I consider Snap bad, in a way that new Linux users are unlikely to appreciate until much later.)

Kevork Kechichian who is the new leader of Intel’s EVP and GM Data Center group spoke during his keynote pertaining to the upcoming Xeon 6+ Clearwater Forest announcement that the company needs to figure out how to make open-source more of an advantage to Intel and not its competitors.

I can’t say I’m shocked. As open specification chipsets become more common, available, and functional, FOSS advocates have fewer reasons to tolerate working at Intel.

There was a moment for Intel to copyleft important parts of their technology stack to stay relevant in the long term.

I think they missed it 5 or 10 years ago.

Yes. Some context would be welcome. Otherwise this feels like spam to sabotage a company actively participating in right to repair. (Edit: OP’s post history seems to be in good faith. Maybe they will clarify

I have no idea what this is about. Framework on Wikipedia doesn’t even have a “controversy” section

I’m open to critique, as to making this chart as helpful as possible.

The entire “New to Linux” section should probably just be “Mint” for anyone without an Nvidia graphics card.

For newbies, live USB test and installer experience are key, and Mint is still unmatched.

I got a job writing software for Linux servers.

After spending my workday on a mature stable operating system, going home to Windows or Mac became frustrating, to me.

Various challenges required paid-but-still-kind-of-buggy software on Windows or Mac, that I had mature stable solutions for on Linux.

I spent many years installing free software recompiled for Windows (in cases where it was available) so that I would have the same quality of tools at home as I had at work.

Eventually Ubuntu and Linux Mint hit an ease of use that made me feel silly last time I went through the effort that comes with activating Windows.

You are the chosen one.

Or…they could just install Linux Mint.

Linux Mint is a perfectly cromulent distro.

Same. I think that bug is the only reason my SteamDeck uptime doesn’t rival my Linux servers.

Fixed a case where WiFi would fail to connect after sleep

Very nice. That bug was very annoying.

Yes. I will need to update my budget, as well.

How many zeroes should I add after the first one…

Perhaps I’ll list it as $0.000 this month, for a fun change.