Very useful article.

Fatdog is Debian by way of Ubuntu designed to run from a USB drive. There’s documentation on the website.

If you pick a new user-friendly distro, nine times out of ten it’ll run like a dream out of the box.

If you want to change something minor like a desktop background, you might need to search through menus for the settings or ask for advice.

If you want to install new hardware, like swapping in a new video card, you’ll definitely need some assistance.

Account-walled article.

Can’t help but feel there are going to be Unanticipated Consequences for making ‘magic’ a term in an actual science.

Remember when Bill Gates said that open source software was fascist?

Same reason that dude installed Doom on a pregnancy test!

I just finished Quern on the weekend. Beautiful and fun game, but the puzzles really challenged my little brain.

I’m a perma-noob and I was able to do it. Had to re-do a couple of steps because I interpreted instructions that were meant to be literal, but the wiki pages are very comprehensive. I just had to pay attention to the details.

I’m also not a programmer but here’s why Linux is my daily driver:

I like it.

Why not the other way round? Delete your channel and if you can go a month without using Windows, recreate it.

That thumbnail makes it look like you’re about to lean forward and take a bite out of your microphone.

I’m sure it’s great but I’ve had no issue on Mint.

Mint for gaming, because it’s nice to have a rock-solid OS that doesn’t need much beyond updates in terms of maintenance. Arch for hobby tinkering, because voiding warranties is fun.

Following the ancient traditions, I’m here to tell you that you picked the wrong distro. 😉

But welcome aboard.

Do you really need me to teach you that people do fun things as well as useful things?

It’s fun at first,

You answered your own question.

Me. Minecraft worked just as well under either OS.

My submarine functions so much better since I nailed them all shut.

“Man shouts at cloud”