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Mint Cinnamon and Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop.

I ran into various issues, one of them being (for example) incorrect behaviour of dead keys for accented characters. That problem was present in both distros, and I even went so far as to unsuccessfully edit system files to get the desired behaviour.

I've been trying out several Linux distributions over the past couple of weeks to figure out where to go after Windows 10.
I'm very open to switching. but if I have to be honest, there are still plenty of UX problems in my experience. It's frustrating enough that I keep going back to Windows.

You should probably also make sure to have a copy at home in case they take it from you

That seems like something that could pretty easily be added to the label down the line.

Wikipedia doing well is great, but that doesn't mean people should stop donating to them.

It's a resource of free and open information, which I believe to be increadibly important. Especially right now given everything that is going on. Democracy requires an informed populace, and having a platform like Wikipedia is an immensely important public good.

And frankly I'm not unconvinced that this "don't donate to Wikipedia" line might have originated as a propaganda campaign meant to limit access to free and open information.

I donate sporadically to traditional charities (feed the poor, cancer research, etc) when I'm asked for a donation either at the door or in the street. Similar to how I give money to a homeless person if they ask and I have some on me.

I've also donated to a couple of causes that I particularly care about, such as Wikipedia. And I'm paying some money each month to the local gay rights lobby and cycling advocacy lobby.

I don't have recurring payments to any traditional charities set up, however.

Edit: I should donate to my Lemmy instance.

Correct. There is freedom of movement between the EU and Switzerland.
Switzerland is also part of Schengen, so there is not even a need to show a passport at the border.

The article does say that it was the local council that wanted to prevent them from moving there.

I'm not saying there definitely is a discriminatory motive.. I do not know how the people of Switzerland look at the Romani people.
But given the way Roma are treated in much of Europe, and Switzerland's reputation for being somewhat conservative, I am not discounting the possibility that they are being discriminated against here.

The equivalent in the US would be if a couple of families of black people wanted to move to a predominantly white town in the south, and the county would step in claiming there are no more homes available.

"Travelers" does generally refer to the Romani and Sinti people who live a nomadic lifestyle.

The French version of the article uses the phrase "les gens du voyage", which according to the French Wikipedia page is often used to refer to the "Roma of France (including the Sinti and the Gitanos)".

So I think it's fairly safe to assume that that is what they mean with "travelers" in this article.

Homegrown criminals. He wants to deport US citizens (explicitely rather than "accidentally")

Edit: And don't fool yourself, this will happen without due process.
"Criminal" just means the Trump administration accuses you of being a criminal, rather than it actually needing to be proven in court that you broke the law.

I think that finally got fixed several years ago. I do remember this exact problem though..

By default both the Dutch and US International layouts would be enabled if you set up the computer to the Dutch region. And you could switch between them (accidentally) by pressing some key combination. It was highly annoying..

AZERTY is not really about being similar to QWERTY. It's the French standard keyboard layout.
Similarly QWERTZ is the German standard keyboard layout.

Most (European?) countries use some variation of QWERTY with the symbols and special characters moved around to fit their respective languages better. Over here in the Netherlands we are a bit of an outlier in the sense that we use the US layout of QWERTY, but with additional modifier keys to make special characters available (It's called US International)

There is also niche layouts like DVORAK (optimized layout for English) and BÉPO (optimized layout for French).

What is the reason you switched to AZERTY, if I may ask? I'm quite curious.

That is basically the point of these counter tariffs.

They aim to hurt US industries, mainly from predominantly Republican states, while attempting to minimize the negative effects for European consumers and industry.

That is why they mostly cover luxury goods like yachts and motorcycles, and agricultural/other goods for which we can change suppliers to a country that is not tariffed.

That makes more sense. Thanks!

My guess is that they are referencing the default applications for Android Auto?

Google Automotive Services, consisting of Google Maps, Google Play and Google Assistant, is an offering enabling the use of such services in in-vehicle infotainment systems

I suggest you take a look at the Signal messages that got leaked in the Atlantic, they speak volumes.
Those chat logs do not suggest that what America is doing is based on rational policy

There was still the lingering hope that behind the scenes they would have an actual plan.. That the way the American government under Trump is behaving isn't just out of blind hatred for Europe.

That last bundle of straws to grasp are now gone too, and Europe must accept that America is simply no longer our friend and ally.

Edit: Typos and autocorrect

We are past the point where this shithead can be ignored. He's in too much of a powerful position for that to work

You're posting to the wrong community.
May I suggest !asklemmy@lemmy.world

Honestly.. Im against the death penalty, but if you decide to go that way as a country just be honest with yourself and allow death by firing squad.