I was in the same boat until a few days ago. I bought a used Pixel 6a for $68 USD and installed GrapheneOS on it.
It really is simple to switch it over, and buying the phone used means no money went directly to Google. I haven’t had any issues running any of the apps that I’m accustomed to, all in all a great decision.
Even suggesting REDACTED repulses the people who it would serve the most. Completely uninformed and lack of critical thinking.
I forget the word for this, outpoopification? Insufficification? It escapes me.
Because of Atomic right?
XFCE 4.20 blaze it 🔥
Sumguyonline keeping things real for the masses
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What about yours?
Linux Mint is terrific, also recommend it to new Linux users. I just want things easy, clean, and fast. Also, fuck Microsoft.
Debian + KDE
This thread is everything I needed to convince me to leave instead of fight.
Absolutely and agreed. We need people much more adept than me at conveying this information to the people that need to hear it.
I encourage you to not be so black and white by your definition of “fighting”. I consider most* forms of resistance as fighting, not just violent ones. We’ll take whatever we can get as far as that is concerned, but you can’t deny that it will ultimately take physical resistance as well. Some have the capacity for both.
If you don’t plan to help at all then yes, might as well stick your head in the sand. It doesn’t matter if you pay attention or not if you don’t offer any form of resistance. Indifference is the default response for a significant portion of Americans and it’s a huge part of the problem.
The deck is stacked against us, no doubt. But we can look to historical examples of what happens if you don’t fight Nazis coming into power, and I refuse to be one of those examples.
There really are only two pragmatic options at this point. Fight or leave. Anything else is a waste.
I am exercising my 2nd amendment rights, purchasing multiple firearms for multiple purposes and have signed up for classes at a local range. I’m with you, but acknowledge that this part of it feels like a lonely endeavor.
The only viable solution when Nazis take control of government is violence. There is no reasoning with them, they are not logical.
They are claiming backwards compatibility, and I assume that means for physical copies as well. If not, eh we’ll see!
Let’s go! I’m excited for hardware that will run Pokemon Violet/Scarlet at a non-dog shit framerate (other than pirating).
I have been using Linux Mint and it has been an incredible experience. No crashes, everything works out of the box, gaming has been a breeze, and the desktop looks and functions exactly the way I want. Really excited for everyone switching over!
(I know mileage will vary per user.)
Thank you for this! I had JUST been wondering about the distinct differences. Really good timing.
Just want to say this it sucks that you’re experiencing issues with something that should be so easy, always frustrating when something like that happens. Can assure you it’s not an issue with Mint though, hopefully this doesn’t put you off from using such a great distro.