Lettuce eat lettuce @ Lettuceeatlettuce @lemmy.ml

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I'll check it out. Even if it doesn't work conceptually, it's still cool to think about alternatives to the Capitalist markets and currencies that are dominant.

I've got plenty of human touch, I'm touching myself right now!

I use Nobara with KDE for my gaming computer, Mint with Cinnamon for pretty much everything else.

Mint is the closest to a "Just Works" experience for me. Cinnamon is rock stable, especially on Mint Debian Edition. I don't remember the last time Cinnamon crashed or had any major bugs for me.

I use Debian for most of my servers, stable and simple. Arch on a junker Thinkpad to test and mess around with new programs and window managers.

~50x

My policy is double my download, minimum. But I almost always hit much higher than that, my average is probably between 5-10x

All my torrents are public sites, and I only torrent pretty common stuff, so I don't feel too bad about killing a torrent after a week or two. I figure 5-10x average on easy-to-find, mid quality media is plenty in the karmic sense lol.

As far as I am concerned, always give better than you get, even if that's 1.01 but try to aim higher.

Of course, if you're seeding a rare or otherwise hard to find piece of media, then you should keep it alive for longer. I am in the process of upgrading my torrent machine, and once that happens, I will be able to hold far more active torrents, and my average ratios will be significantly improved.

Happy sailing!

Flatpaks are pretty great for getting the latest software without having to have a cutting edge rolling release distro or installing special repos and making sure stuff doesn't break down the line.

I use Flatpaks for my software that I need the latest and greatest version of, and my distros native package for CLI apps and older software that I don't care about being super up to date.

My updater script handles all of it in one action anyways, so no biggie on that either.

Flatpaks are the best all-in-one solution when compared to Appimages or Snaps imo.

Remember, it's all or something, not all or nothing.

For me, I look at each major category of things in my life a few times a year and ask myself how I can improve the ethics of my participation.

So for food, I have been vegetarian for years now, which is good, but lately I have been trying to cut out most processed foods. I also have started shopping more and more local, getting as much of my food as I can from local co-ops, individual sellers, and small local grocery chains.

For software, I'm FOSS everything as much as I can be. 100% Linux on my computers and servers, and I have replaced almost all my programs with FOSS alternatives. Even my phone doesn't run stock Android.

For work, try to find places to work that roughly align with good principles. For instance, try to get a job at a credit union vs a traditional bank, or try to find an employee-owned establishment vs a traditional top-down corporation.

If you have to work for a corpo, try to pick one that has a good reputation with unions and workers, like Costco, vs Starbucks or Walmart.

Capitalism is a machine that grinds us all down, so don't feel guilty about not being perfect. But do the best you can to reject it, little steps at a time. Always be improving, bit by bit.

RustDesk, it's by far the best remote desktop software I've used on any platform.

Tons of great features, open source, self-hostable, easy to install and configure, works on all major platforms including mobile. Cross platform works like a charm.

Looks pretty clean as is, I would need to see without picsto fully know, but looks good as is imo.

You're totally right, and this is supported the data! The USA has the least restrictive gun laws of any major developed country but has similar rates of gun violence as all other developed...oh wait, never mind, the USA has by far the highest gun violence rates of any major developed nation.

Our per capita rate of gun violence is comparable to countries like Somalia, Iraq, and Haiti.

And also, car deaths is a huge issue too, and we should restrict car ownership and encourage mass transit and related infrastructure. Making more of our cities pedestrian-only locations protected by bollards, would also make people even safer from both accidental and intentional car deaths.

It's also way better for the environment and thus, people's long term health, leading to even higher life spans and better happiness.

But don't worry! If you're fortunate enough to have a job at a good company that pays well, then you can spend $300-$500 of your monthly paycheck to have an insurance company possibly cover up to 80% of the cost! Assuming you are in-network, picked the right plan, followed all the confusing steps to file a claim, and aren't disqualified by one of their dozens of contingencies.

Land of the free babay!

Hell yeah! Love seeing old hardware like this still running a modern OS.

With Linux, if your hardware is a decade old, you've barely even reached middle-age.

Meanwhile Windows 11 won't even allow an official install on hardware that's 4-5 years old.

Long live Linux & FOSS ✊

This is the way.

Well over a decade now, married for about 10 years.

The only three kinds of metal pots, pans, and skillets that will ever enter my kitchen: Cast Iron, Carbon Steel, and Stainless Steel. And pure too, not clad or coated in anything, not finished with anything other than a basic seed oil seasoning.

Good riddance, you won't be missed, make sure the door hits you on the way out.

Cool!

Valve doubling down on Linux as the default OS on the Steam Deck was such a great decision. It obviously has given them a massive competitive edge. Windows has become so horribly bloated, and Microsoft has almost zero interest in making it run more efficiently.

Oh no. You either die the hero, or...

Oof, cringe.

In my early teens, I got really into computers, built my first PC when I was about 13, started learning Windows batch scripting and using GameMaker to make goofy PC games.

Along the way, I found Trinity Rescue Kit and was also introduced to Fedora Core by a nerdy guy who worked at my local YMCA.

I didn't actually enjoy it too much back then, so I left it alone for years until about 5 years ago when I started to get back into the free software movement and related interests.

I've been 100% on Linux for about 4 years now and never looked back.