NutWrench @ NutWrench @lemmy.ml

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I think the best way to make the Internet less sh*tty is to get away from Google search.

I like the SearX search engine. It gives old-school, relevant search results, not google ranked ones.

https://search.inetol.net/

It's also spread out over many separate instances, so you can pick the one that best suits your search needs:

https://searx.space/

There is still lots of cool stuff on the Internet. The key to finding it is to avoid search engines that have a financial incentives to point you at advertisers instead.

I recommend Linux Mint with the default Gnome/Cinnamon desktop. I think it's the most "Windows-like" (You can add other desktops later on without having to reinstall anything. KDE Plasma is really nice). The installer found all my hardware for me and set it up, including my network printer. It installed my nVidia drivers (even gave me a choice of several with a 'Recommended' one at the top).

The LibreOffice suite is already included, which should take care of your productivity needs. (It recognizes and can read/write MS-Office documents). Thunderbird will take care of your email needs.

There's also a utility called TimeShift, which works like Windows System Restore. Since you'll be making a lot of changes the first month or so, it's a great way to undo any screw-ups. Make sure you create a Restore Point before you do any serious fiddling. Even if you make your system unbootable, you can boot from a Linux Mint flash drive and run TimeShift that way, too.

Gaming is awesome. Steam has a native linux client, which uses a version of Wine called Proton, which has all the settings needed to run your games. Basically, everything I bought on Steam under Windows, runs in Linux. (NOLF 1 was the only game I couldn't get to completely work. No music, I think the game uses DirectPlay for music, which no games seem to use anymore).

Microsoft added a CoPilot icon to my Windows 10 Taskbar yesterday. It looks to me like they're not going to take "no" for an answer.

They also added a "it's time to upgrade to Windows 11" full screen message on my login screen (with the option to decline in tiny text).

I switched to Linux Mint several months ago. Thanks to Proton, All my Steam games that I bought for Windows run great. (I'm using an nVidia RTX 3060). And any older games like "Deus Ex" or "Giants: Citizen Kabuto" run under Wine, using the default settings.

STFU Gabe, It's been 15 years.

How about "genocidal assholes?" Can they still say that?

Windows only pretends to let you be the administrator, until Microsoft wants to do something shitty to you.

Linux actually makes you the administrator, so any screw ups are on you.

Yeah, just keep giving up power to Trump, GOP. He hardly needs you right now to do whatever he wants.

Don't worry. I'm sure the bank will understand.

What are your thoughts on mass surviellence?

I'm . . . against it? Is this a trick question? But just in case it isn't: don't buy products with cameras and microphones and network connectivity built into them.

Also keep your online life completely separate from your real life. That means NO personal info on line. At all.

"The purpose of discipline is to live more fully, not less"

And the thing is: Trump is not a clever man. In fact, he's blantantly, obviously, ferociously stupid. He didn't just appear out of nowhere. The rest of us have been watching this dog eat grass for the last 50 years.

Proton is amazing. All the Steam games I bought in Windows run great in Linux Mint.

Especially in light of Microsoft CoPilot. You do not want obvious spyware on any computer.

Pakleds: "Tucker Carlson is smart. He makes the news go."

Newt Gingrich? That fat turd from the 1990s?

Voodoo Banshee, so I could play Quake, Unreal and Deus Ex.

Maybe he shouldn't have called it "autopilot."

And it sounds like he's already having an affair. With Trump.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs shows what it takes for humans to be happy. A lot of people can't even reach level 1.

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html