This is either going to be really great or really terrible. No in-between.

I’d rather not, thank you.

Mint is the easy and safe choice and works fine for anyone who just wants to use their computer with minimal fuss.

Next step could be installing it in a virtual machine. Dual booting can be a pain in the ass due to Windows not playing nice.

Welcome to education in 2025.

And Windows 11 is not about advertising and surveillance. Right. Gotcha. Sure.

There is never a good time to change things. You just have to start somewhere. And I’m not saying everybody should do it right now. But the more people do it the quicker we build critical mass.

If you don’t understand how an MRI machine works you better not get medical care!

Accusing other people of dumb takes and spewing out a zinger like this does not require any more comment.

Just because you had a bad experiences doesn’t mean everyone will have. And Manjaro is about the dumbest distro to choose if you want a smooth experience. None of the things you describe are typical experiences. And of course Windows never has technical problems.

So basically, if you’re sawing trees with a blunt saw and somebody suggests sharpening the saw, you’ll say “I can’t, I got trees to cut!”?

But… but… then you’d have to think about what you’re doing and *gasp* develop a basic understanding of the technology that runs your life! Who has time for that nerd shit?

You can absolutely use Mint as a live system.

Another one to avoid.

Where can I buy a Mac in a PC case with RGB? Not that I would, I’m just curious.

You don’t want to anger the 800 pound gorilla.

My theory is that they’re just scared to annoy Nvidia too much. If they priced their GPUs so as to really increase their market share, Nvidia might retaliate. And Nvidia definitely has the deeper pockets. AMD has no chance to win a price war.

Sounds kinda dumb, ngl. But if they come out with some decent hardware, I won’t mind.

You’ll never again be in danger of not loving the Dear Leader enough!

Why are the other three not in programmer regulation uniform?

The machine must keep running!