CatZoomies @ CatZoomies @lemmy.world

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Millennial in the US. These are my main devices: iPhone, gaming pc, steam deck, and an old MacBook Pro.

• iPhone - general phone use, killing time browsing Lemmy when I should be working, playing roms, and Pokémon GO.
• Gaming pc - primary. I prefer doing everything here including shopping because fuck shopping on a phone, I’m a millennial and for big purchases I have to use a big screen and a computer.
• Steam Deck - mobile PC gaming for couch and occasions I’m away from home for a long time.
• MacBook - secondary PC, only when I need a PC and don’t want or can’t be at my desk.

Honestly with how far right big tech has moved, along with the predatory tracking and telemetry, I’m considering giving up smart phones for good. Not sure I even want to bother switching to a Pixel with Graphene OS after my iPhone is done.

I miss simplicity, so I’m actively evaluating if a dumb phone (or even an e-ink dumb phone) is right for me. I’m also evaluating lugging my laptop around when I’m out and about because I can simply buy mobile service and plug in a USB cell modem if I need internet. My old 2012 MacBook Pro running Linux doesn’t track me and treat me like data cattle, so it may be worth carrying that around since I don’t get the same feeling of disgust compared to when I look at my smartphone.

Big tech ruined everything.

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Sorry it didn’t work out for you like Linux Mint works for me (I switched full time to LM in December 2024).

If you haven’t already, switch to Windows 10 LTSC in the interim. I have a feeling Linux will only improve over time with greater compatibility with Proton. Since Win 10 LTSC is supported until 2029, that’s plenty of time for for more kinks to be worked out and you can potentially try Linux again.

“My body is ready… to spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!” - Iwata-san, channeling inner Reggie Fils-A-Mech.

Yep, it’s an excellent way to hide loading. If you played the Tomb Raider games, crawling and worming through tight crevices as Lara was a loading screen in disguise.

Just an FYI that the Smart cancer has already began infecting computer monitors. It won’t be long until there are no more dumb monitors.

Samsung and LG make smart computer monitors. There are probably many others.

Wow I never knew about this utility! I downloaded one for my smartphone and it’s extremely straightforward. You can even set up reminders so that it’ll notify you when you should spend 5 minutes calling your reps.

I’ll have to verify the scripts that I see, but it looks like it’s as simple as giving you the name of the rep, a script to read, a phone number to click so you can call them, and a logging utility so that you can just click the Next button and move on to the next rep. Makes it stupid easy to let your reps hear your voice and stance. Definitely going to try this out as I’ve been feeling so powerless and overwhelmed by the onslaught of these racists in power.

Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea it was this easy to track everything and make it simpler for me to try to fight back.

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Congrats! Some of us stuck with our word and said we’d start switching to Linux with the October 2025 end of life deadline for Windows 10.

And it’s been great for me so far, just over 47 days! I don’t plan on crawling back to Windows, considering how great my experience has been.

“Alright you nerds, I made the jump to Linux.” - https://lemmy.world/post/24365609

Edit: fixed my typos due to mobile ugh

Action taken against the user that insulted everyone for rule 2 violation. Added on a 30-day ban. Come back when you're ready to be respectful of others.

Thanks for posting this dude, this is exactly what I was referencing in my comment lol. Just a funny llinked in lunatic”

Ooh! You sound sexy and I definitely want to be your pen pal! I’ve sent you a DM!

Also, I have a great business opportunity for you if you’re interested! Have you ever heard of NFTs?

NFTs went away for a while because of crime and scams, but they fixed all those problems I swear. NFTs are the sexiest investment a sexy person could make, and they’re even better now that the leaders are implementing AI! It’s going to be revolutionary! It’s like E = Mc2, but now it’s E = Mc2 + AI. It’s the bees knees! It’ll make Stephen Hawking blush! I’ll help broker it for you, and if you send me 1 NFT, I will send you 2 back just because I like you.

Can’t wait for your reply!! ❤️

As a hopefully former windows user (been on Linux full time only for ~45 days), that makes sense to me. As a Linux noob, it sounds like it would work?? Wish I knew, but I can say I love Linux Mint at least.

Def research if it’s possible. And if you can, best of luck with the switch. Hope it’s smooth without much hiccups.

I’m a millennial with a weird sense of humour lol. I try to diversify what I can, so I love classic old timey movies. Gone with the wind is great, and this meme just popped in my head so I whipped it up. Side note - I like old Chaplin movies, even some silent films too! One thing I’m gonna try to do is watch the “top movie of every year” for every year that movies were made. Seems like a fun challenge and a way to explore stuff I’ve never seen. My spouse won’t participate because she’s not really a movie person, so it’ll be something I’ll have to tackle solo! Could be fun.

You can tell I’m a millennial because a lot of my sentences around here end with lol, lol.

No issues with trackpad. Worked immediately once I set up the OS. It doesn’t have the multi touch gestures i was accumulated to. I can still two finger scroll through pages, but scrolling speed is a little too fast for me without the ability to modulate it. When I get some time to sit down with it I’ll research what ways I can tweak it, because native settings has no customisation.

WiFi worked flawless for me. I installed OS with Ethernet cable plugged in, opened Driver Manager app, and it detected an available Broadcom driver for me to install. Quick update and reboot later and WiFi was perfect.

I only know Broadcom driver was available for my 2012 MacBook Pro Mid Summer. If you don’t have Broadcom you’ll need to search online for compatible driver. I think someone else commented here they had a 2015 and it didn’t work out for them.

Darn, maybe it's too new then, or maybe locked down drivers? Hopefully a solution opens up for Linux compatibility. Else, perhaps you can buy one of those miniature usb wi-fi dongles - a compromise for sure, but something to potentially consider.

Dead ass, bro?! Ong I swear I thought this was Linux fr. At least I got my bonzi buddy on my desktop, I swear on me mum

Edit: I have no idea how the kids talk these days.

All the familiar gestures that make MacOS great to use don’t work here. Candidly I haven’t tried anything else apart from the typical use such as scrolling with two fingers - and that works just fine, but it’s just really fast. I didn’t see an option to slow down two finger scroll speed, so I’ll play around with that next time and see what options there are.

Ooh that’s a good point. I’ll install Steam and see what this computer can handle! I’ll probably use it more for idle/cosy games, but I’m sure there’s some 3-D ones that could play well on here. My current gaming setups are Steam Deck when I want to be away from desk, and if I’m serious for gaming time it’s on my desk PC.