Also Named Bort 🇨🇦 @terryenglish@librem.one

Update: Avast has shut down the subsidiary company that was capturing and selling customer data due to all the backlash. One down, a few thousand to go. #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/01/avast-kills-off-jumpshot-the-subsidiary-that-sold-all-your-web-data/

Probably the most cursed image you will ever see:
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@tk @tk Don't use Tusky. Last I heard, they violate free software license by hardcoding a gab blacklist. It's also focused on serving matsoc users, instead of pleroma instances. I've heard Fedilab is better, but I only use web view when mobile

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@Rasp @georgia @mewmew @mouhuai2013 most instances that block FSE are also dumpster fires. Probably all of them.

@alyx @nerdman @igeljaeger @terryenglish I'm just unhappy with the distributionscape overall at this point. The taint of corporate need and the non-technological ideological fights seem to have a lot of collateral damage for those of us who just want a fun andflexible operating system

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like wtf one does not gain customers by secretly insulting them

"just use your product, idiot"
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@alyx @igeljaeger @terryenglish

I will read on these options, thank you gents!

@terryenglish @nerdman
That I do. Sometimes too much. But that's a story for another day.

@nerdman @terryenglish
@igeljaeger uses Pop OS for games, and it's Ubuntu based, so it might be more comfortable for you. I currently use Manjaro, which is like Arch for n00bs and I'm the happiest I've ever been with Linux.

@lizzubee
Yes, I agree, beefren.

@surasanji it's a mystery we invertebrates may never know...

Lobster is also confused by mammalian reproduction.

@alyx @terryenglish

Windows is just weird. I FINALLY chased down something that was causing some processes to from using about 1Mb RAM to over 200, causing my shit to crash or me to reboot.

With Linux I N E V ER boot. Ever. Unless there's a blackout.

@terryenglish @alyx

The only reason I haven't done it yet is because games. This new computer I'm putting in a Linux.

I mean I've been using Linux since like 95, but the main desktop is always been windows, pretty much for games.

Is there a preferred distro for retards? I used Ubuntu a lot but I think that's fallen out of favor these days.

@terryenglish @nerdman
I feel like I'm still able to tolerate Windows but I find Linux more flexible and fits me better.

hemlo frens am alive and have cofe

@alyx

I used to find it fun, but I haven't done it consistently in so long it scares me. I'm getting a friend who does that way more often and getting the components and we're getting together to eat pizza and build the damn thing.

Current one lasted me a good 5-6 years. Next one I expect will be about the same. Except I'll eventually replace the graphics card to some AMD model because I want to move to Linux.