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Jack_Burton @ Jack_Burton @lemmy.ca
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Researching making the switch from Windows on my main PC and I have questions.

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  • LiveUSB>

    I had no idea this was a thing! So I can basically put a Linux distibution on a USB, boot into bios and run Linux without installing anything over my existing hdd? Researching a virtual machine has been on my radar, is that basically what this is?

    • What hardware does not support Linux?

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  • Appreciate the advice, I'll look into it more. I didn't even think about an external cam haha. I use the laptop cam daily to video call family, I used to use Google home hubs for that but since I've deleted my Google account and stopped using the hubs I switched to Signal on the laptop. I'll consider an external cam, though it's not ideal. I'll start digging again for options with Samsung chips.

    • Type of key? And how to get broken part out of lock?

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  • Hot glue gun glue stick. Melt end, attach, wait a few, pull.

    • What hardware does not support Linux?

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  • As far as my main PC, I'm a freelance voice actor, artist, and musician. My main concern is recording software and to a lesser extent, art software (I've tried Inkscape, but it's a hard transition from photoshop). For recording I really don't like Reaper, and I use Audition (I know, Adobe, haha) and Cubase for music which unfortunately doesn't have a Linux option.

    As per the laptop, it had some standard driver issues which were no big deal but apparently Mint doesn't play well with Nvidia graphics cards. The webcam didn't work but that's a semingly standard issue. The biggest thing was Samsung chips and such from what I read really don't play well with Linux, or at least Mint.

    • What hardware does not support Linux?

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  • This is my plan going forward. Linux wasn't on my radar when I bought my laptop (and my PC but that's a different story about just being scared to try since I use it for work and I'm not convinced Linux has comparable software I need).

    I got a wicked sale on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Ultra, and of course a few months after I started cutting BIg Tech out of my life (I was an idiot for buying Samsung to begin with but too late now haha). No more Meta, Amazon, or Google accounts or devices for me, and all I have left of Big Tech is Microsoft on my laptop and PC. I tried Mint as my first Linux attempt, and put it on my Samsung laptop. It...didn't play well unfortunately. I've read Bazzite may work better but haven't tried it yet.

    Moral of the story, you nailed it. Going forward every bit of tech I buy will be vetted for FOSS support first.

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  • For some thing new, I loved Common Side Effects.

    • Republicans ask Donald Trump to revoke Zohran Mamdani's citizenship

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  • He's absolutely a threat to what the US has become. His policies and views are dangerous to a fascist state.

    • Does anyone else use this way of taking notes?

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  • It doesn't send a notification though unfortunately.

    • Does anyone else use this way of taking notes?

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  • I hate that it doesn't send a notification though. I used the delay send feature on Textra for reminders but since switching to Signal it's useless for that. I just want to send myself a message delayed by a few hours and get a notification when it sends. Only thing missing is the notification.

    • Trump calls for special prosecutor to investigate 2020 election, reviving longstanding grievance

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  • That's probably why he's pushing it, to set precedent. If he shows he won in 2020 then he can show he's already a third term President, and since two terms have already been exceeded there's no need to stop.

    • Carney: "Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon."

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  • The best of 2 bad options, simple as that. There was no win in this election.

    • Carney: "Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon."

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  • The best of 2 bad options, simple as that. There was no win in this election.

    • Microsoft is is bed with Google now, in a worse, more OS-integrated way than Mozilla was [in bed with Google]. This timeline sucks.

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  • That's exactly what I'm typing this on.

    • Signal – an ethical replacement for WhatsApp

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  • Anyone using Session? I finally got most of my friends and family on Signal so I'm not gonna switch but I just heard about it, seems pretty good.

    • What is a story in a song that would make a good movie?

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  • Tweeter and the Monkeyman

    • WhatsApp is officially getting ads

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  • Strange, maybe it has to do with scale in phone settings? I tend to have mine set to the smallest. I've also learned to not care as much about UI since dumping big tech and moving to FLOSS/FOSS (Libre Office is amazing but definitley less polished looking than something like Microsoft Office) so maybe I'm just getting blind to it haha

    • WhatsApp is officially getting ads

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  • My Signal screen fits 8 chats, and looks simliar to any other messenger I've used. It's a messenger app and the UI shows messages. I wouldn't want it to show anything else.

    • 'Unprecedented Mass Deployment' of Warplanes Across Atlantic Fuels Fears of US War on Iran | Common Dreams

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  • Ukraine could throw a wrench in their plans by simply not accepting whatever Putin offers. He's then left with "stay out of it and stay in Ukraine" or "join Trump and risk Ukraine flanking into Russian territory"

    • Proposed bill would ban ICE agents, law enforcement from wearing masks in California

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  • Yep. There's a non-zero chance that maga civilians are dressing tactical and kidnapping people they believe shouldn't be here. I hope not, but there's really no way to know either way at this point.

    • What extensions would you absolutely recommend to someone who use Firefox?

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  • Interesting. Fingerprinting is a good point, although I've switched to a combo of Vivaldi and Librewolf browsers so they're already fairly unique unfortunately.