jjjalljs

joined 2 years ago
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 7 hours ago

Switched to PopOS on my desktop and Mint on the ancient laptop my gf had laying around. No real complaints. Games run fine. Browser runs fine. I had some trouble getting mint installed on the old laptop, but the internet had a solution.

I think the install process is kind of daunting for many users, but once it's going I think the average user won't have any problems. Windows, by contrast, is kind of aggressive with its "GOING TO UPDATE NOW" and "don't you want to use one drive???"

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 day ago

You're probably more correct than not. I'd be curious to see like those people's budgets. How many are carrying credit card debt or neglecting other parts of their life to spend on digital gambling?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 3 days ago

There was an interesting video I saw online that was saying the final boss's theme is interesting because it's a piano piece for two players. The boss's theme in it is very static, and the other, presumably yours, is more dynamic. Fits with the hollowing static world

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 8 points 4 days ago

Seems like rich territory for jokes about saint Luigi

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do tacky people generally know that they're tacky, or is part of tackiness being unaware?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Who has money to spend on a subscription?

Also even when I had money, I don't want to keep buying the game every month. It's stressful, and sometimes I like playing other things.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 22 points 1 week ago

Have you tried explaining something to someone lately? A lot of people don't care and don't understand. About anything

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Some of the leadership is getting a lot of wealth, true. The majority seem to be losing more. Loss of government programs (eg: Medicare). Return of preventable diseases (eg: measles). Pollution and climate change.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Every accusation is a confession, right? That's how conservatives work. They're unimaginative people with poor empathy. They think about what they would do and assume that's what everyone else would do, too. They are trash. Failures. Disappointments.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You are breaking the internet with this non sense.

I think that's their goal. Conservative types benefit when people have limited access to information

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm just waiting for "Elon Musk dies after following Grok's advice to mix household cleaning chemicals"

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 19 points 2 weeks ago

Switched to linux. No regrets so far.

Of the installs I've done in the past year, none were absolutely flawless. One had an error that I just hit "retry" and it worked. One required some serious googling but I found the fix on reddit (rip). One didn't work at all, and I switched to a different distro that did work.

I'm not going to lie and sugarcoat it, but once I got past the install everything has been fine. Hopefully things will continue to improve

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by jjjalljs@ttrpg.network to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

A friend of mine has an old macbook air. It still works, more or less, but the OS isn't getting any updates anymore, and updating to the latest OS seems dicey.

Has anyone had experience installing linux on an old macbook? From a quick internet search it looks like you can just make a bootable USB and have at it. Thinking mint because it's popular and my friend is a pretty basic user. The laptop will be mostly used for like youtube/netflix and basic web browsing.

Edit: a little extra context: I am moderately comfortable with Linux. I ran mint for a while on my desktop, and I've done software development for a job. I can install docker and start a python project fine, but I'd use a GUI for like partitioning a hard drive.

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