I’m relatively new to Linux, so I’m testing a few distros via VMs right now. My main desktop runs OpenSUSE Leap with KDE Plasma and I love it so far. I’m also trying Fedora 42 with GNOME, but I’m realizing I don’t like GNOME. I’m running Linux Mint Cinnamon on a 2016 MacBook Pro, which is pretty nice too. I also ran Debian stable for a bit. OpenSUSE is my favorite of the ones I’ve tried.

I really appreciate this take. It was able to capture something I couldn’t properly articulate. I am learning programming as a hobby and I am actively trying to avoid LLMs and other things I see as “cheating” because I want to actually learn how to program, not just copy and paste AI slop. Plus, the exercise of having that mental model of what you’re doing is what appeals to me since it’s forcing me to think in ways that I am not accustomed to thinking. That’s the appeal for me. Not the act of mashing a keyboard and hoping something usable comes out.

Exactly. There is a way to do what they’re doing that isn’t so blatant and ham-fisted, but none of these fucking idiots have any tact or subtlety. Elon thought people would be cheering him on, instead we all want to see him, Trump, and all the other oligarchs hang all because he blew his load too early in the plan to destroy the government.

I think the complete blackout is misguided. If we want to make a real difference, stop shopping at Amazon, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods etc. and replace them with locally owned businesses. I am not going to not get lunch from the mom and pop vietnamese restaurant down the street as a way to stick it to the oligarchs. It makes no fucking sense.