The alternatives constantly hitting issues (not their fault I know) led me back to using the website. So I’m running it in Firefox with ublock origin and unhook go get rid of most what I dislike about the website. I’ve got my subs through an RSS feed which I treat as the feed. Open what I want in new tabs, close when I finish. No algorithm pushing me around and I’m watching way less.

Its not the most private solution but it works well for me.

A lot of love in here for Keychron. I bought one and really disliked it. I changed the switches and it got a bit better but I still wouldn’t go with them again. I just don’t like the feel.

I’ve also got an Epomaker which is fantastic.

Unhook does most of this in one extension.

I don’t know about value but certainly a lot of cost to hardware.

Cinnamon. I tried KDE but I didn’t like it. I saw a video where someone customised Cinnamon through settings and extensions so I’ve done a bit of that.

17 was the best. I’ve got a soft spot for others like 10, 14, 16, 20, 22. But it would take an extremely convincing argument to get me to change my opinion on 17.

Write the speech first and practice it quite a bit. When practicing notice the emotions and maybe write breaks into your speech to allow you to feel.

The last funeral I spoke at I put a joke in and the idea was while the audience had a little laugh I could compose myself and get ready for the emotional close.

By rehearsing it you make it a bit easier but allow yourself to feel and grieve without restraint at some point.

We’re stuck on Edge at work and ublock origin lite or whatever its called works well enough for me and with my behaviours.

There aren’t that many ads to block when most of what I use of the open web at work are Wikipedia and government funded websites.

Blogs and small web stuff can be pretty useful.

Slightly before me and if I’m not in slightly after, I’ll hear about it. He sleeps under the bed at the moment but will come up when it’s a bit cooler.

I have to use 11 at work. In a way I’m thankful because I’ve been exposed to how shit it is and it makes me appreciate Linux more. I can’t see them changing anytime soon as it seems like we’re getting more dependent on their shit.

I’ve kept my streak alive of finishing at least one video game a month (started Nov 23)

I’ve got a family member interested in switching to Linux but the finance software is an obstacle. I had a look and landed on gnucash which I thought I would trial myself and then see if if would work for them. I like it!

Love sports. All the sports I watch are currently on the one service. Occasionally I’ll go to a game but prefer the lounge room stadium.

I’ve moved workplace in the last few years and having sport to talk about made it so much easier socially.

I do wish the gambling ads would fuck right off though.

I have my old 10 install and my Mint install on different drives. I just unplug the one I don’t want and swap them physically to change.

It was a great point of friction when I switched to Linux because booting Windows meant actual physical action which acted as a deterrent.

Seconding this because I have had that issue. Switched over to an AMD card and life was good.

Dsub is great but looks slightly dated. Tempo might be what you’re looking for.

Australia had a mass shooting in 1996 and pretty strict gun control came in. Now it’s only really sport shooters (who are a pretty responsible bunch from my experience), rural property owners with a good reason (pest control largely), certain occupations like specific security (cash transport for instance), cops and military that have guns. And criminals.

We still get the odd shooting but they’re pretty rare and to my understanding, almost never done by legal owners.

I’m not sure what things were like back in 1996 but I don’t believe we really have the gun culture so there’s not much opposition to gun control by the majority.

Playing Ghost of Yotei at the moment and absolutely loving it. Tsushima was an all timer for me so I’m happy for more.

Show her some pictures or videos of DEs and see what she likes. If she’s someone who likes to make it look the way she wants, she might get a bit more out of KDE than Cinnamon for example.