haha

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DINO NUGGETS

To those who have already switched (whether to Credit Karma or another service): What are you using and why do you like it?

RIP. Sorry to be so negative, but the system is rigged in Sony's favor.

Weather apps.

Amazon won’t care because nobody will hold Amazon accountable.

No problem, there are other cars to choose from.

All of society is built upon the foundation laid by others. As long as you're not misleading people into thinking you created something you didn't, I don't see any problem.

Such low, sad tactics. I've just converted an old MacBook to Linux. It'll be good to not have to deal with these shenanigans.

Try the AutoFill keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-L (or Cmd-Shift-L on Mac). Works well enough for me.

Gnarly

This website reminded me to turn my mobile adblocker back on.

You know what? As long as the second port isn't gimped in any way (can do video out + all the typical USB things), then I might forgive them for taking away the headphone jack.

It's clear that Elon's driving this into the ground. Let's stop with the coverage and move on.

Ooh, I just did this! Mid 2010 white MacBook, Core 2 Duo P8600, 2GB, spinning rust HDD.

*Strongly recommend switching to SSD. I also added an 8GB stick (so 9GB total, hah) but my hunch is that even the SSD alone would have made this machine much more enjoyable.

I ultimately decided on MX Linux, although with systemd as init so that logind could handle lid and power button events. The default power manager (XFCE?) would result in a black screen upon resuming otherwise. MX Linux also worked the best for me in terms of optimizing for battery life.

PeppermintOS was my second place but also had the black-screen on resume.

I also tried various flavors of Mint but felt that Peppermint and MX were ever-so-slightly leaner in terms of features I actually use and battery life.

Avoid Void Linux. On my system the trackpad only worked in one direction.

I was not able to get the nVidia card to work with proprietary drivers. It's so old that it requires legacy drivers (340) and I just ran out of patience. Nouveau or bust.

I am currently using it for casual web browsing and YouTube. It handles YouTube pretty well although I'm still searching for a native frontend that allows me to login to my YouTube account so I get all my subscriptions and stuff.

One word: Timeshift

More props for you and the other admins as you ride the waves. It’s for a great cause.

Pretty easy, and it's saved my bacon a handful of times. Most recently I restored from command line because I borked my display driver (legacy Nvidia user).

Aside from that instance, everything else was done through the GUI.

Looks delicious!

So how to we take down the corporate overlords?

I got frustrated by buggy behavior from Android in general. Even with Google software (Android Auto), it wasn’t uncommon for functionality to break after updates.

I’ll take consistency over more (but buggier) features. Quality over quantity.

Oh, and the cinematic mode was a game changer for this Vidiot.

I’m waiting for the MagSafe variant myself.

Windows 98 clouds: Popping in some CD-ROM bought as a school book fair. Believe it or not Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit was one of those titles.

Started with XFCE but migrated away due to bugginess with my outdated system. Next was KDE. I was pleasantly surprised by how lightweight it ended up being after hearing otherwise. Now I'm on Sway, and it makes this old computer scream!

SSD: Best Buy (US electronics store) still had some SATA SSDs in stock, so I didn't need an adapter. This is what I got: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-cs900-500gb-internal-ssd-sata/6385542.p?skuId=6385542

Take advantage of the fact that you can make Live USBs of the distros as you decide what you're looking for.

For me, I found AntiX a little too barebones for me. But your mileage will vary.

I will have to give Mint another go sometime!

By the way, I also picked up the RAM from Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-8gb-1600-mhz-ddr3-sodimm-laptop-memory-green/4680400.p?skuId=4680400&ref=E10C18R004_OrderConfirmation&loc=BODY&CampaignID=NES_OrderConfirmation&eut=3450571981

You can probably find an equivalent for cheaper if you go through another reseller.

US, mid 30s, and nope. (I learned on a friend's car but didn't spend enough time for the muscle memory to build in, even way back then)