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Unless you think “from scratch” sounds nice.

Aww hell yeah that looks nice. Can’t wait to try it out.

I love getting years of good service from old computers, but I do want to add something: old laptop means old battery, and if they’re not producing the same form factor anymore, then even a replacement battery will probably be old stock that’s been degrading for years. Unfortunately I don’t know what company’s models have the best longevity here in terms of battery form factor.

I was in 6th grade and wanted to know more about computers. I thought being a computer programmer would be a cool job one day. I’d heard Linux was difficult to install and use and thought hey, that’ll help me learn. So I had my parents get me a copy of Mandrake 6. It was perfect because I had the free time to play with it and figure stuff out by making mistakes and fixing them without the pressure of having to do really important work.

I do preach the good word of FOSS, but only to those who are in a position to appreciate the suggestion and benefit from it.

Sure there are edge cases and whatnot, but just go ahead and move the drive over. If it doesn’t work I’ll buy you a beer.

Thank you for this explanation.

Stephen’s dad, is that you?

Yeah! ^That’s ^^the ^^^ticket!

Edit: okay so only one level. That’s fine.

Well on Reddit I would have superscripted the text but I can’t or don’t know how to do that here. So I improvised.

Simpossible! … (((I’ll see myself out, sorry)))

A good suggestion. I’m already trying to post less, comment less, and just focus on making better, more frequently positive contributions.

Back when I started with Reddit I remember sorting by new and thinking, jeez why would anyone sift through all this crap… Cut to me exclusively sorting by new all the time because I looked at ev.ry.thing. So yeah, this is nice. Though in the future it may be just as full. Cross that bridge when we come to it I guess.

Don’t forget undermining democracy. Nothing like hearing the freshest Russian propaganda from my mother on a crisp Autumn morning.

The “silent majority” is neither.

Unlike capitalism, which is a bunch of random people climbing on eachothers back and when one gets to the top he is not expected to pull the others up.

Okay but when speaking do we call it “dubs-get” or no?

I dunno. I like to have a fresh start sometimes. Take your documents, maybe just your fav config files, and plop them into a fresh install. Not everyone’s cup of tea but I like it.

And Chaucer split infinitives, but I was always told it was “wrong” in gradeschool. That’s the problem with pedantry: language is a fascinatingly complex and beautiful set of patterns. Boiling it down to rules is at best a handy style guide for formal writing, but at worst it gets weaponed as a way to discriminate against people who use lower prestige dialects.

I’ve got 3 main computers because I’m a tech hoarder. Ubuntu MATE, Linux Mint, and Pop!_OS with XFCE. I’ve also got a little craptop for distro hopping, currently it’s got Debian 12. My work provided a Windows laptop but I only have to bring it to meetings.

Get paid.