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I've been almost-ready to ditch Windows for years. Now's the time.

My new neighbor is an old-school nerd. He hosts install parties at our local leftist third space.
He's going to help me switch to... not sure yet. Probably Mint. I can't wait. It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services.

Yay.

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[-] imacatnotaman@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

You won't miss it, I've been on Linux since 1998. Fuck Microslop!

Please tell me what kind of place that you live that you have a local leftist third place!!

[-] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

Rural France, as far from the 20 biggest cities as geographically possible, a hard-left hotspot for the last few centuries. Tbh we have like 10 local leftist third places (a co-op bar/live shows place, a freecycle place, two boardgame/rpg bars, a pay-what-you-can (good) restaurant with ultra-local food, a community hall for crafts, homework, WFH, and random meetings,two community theaters.)

[-] imacatnotaman@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

Thanks! As someone stuck in the hell hole that is the US, that sounds like Utopia!

[-] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It really is. Of course, we still live in a wider context of corporate capitalism, and it sucks here as it does in the whole country. They're gutting public transit, school budgets, and healthcare. Our local representatives are hard-right assholes, because the old farts vote more than us.

[-] imacatnotaman@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

yeah, fucking capitalism. well, at least you guys aren't out there killing everyone like us. but, the old farts have been a big part in our mess too, for the same reasons.

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