"But muh family and fwiends use it!" or "I have an autistic cousin twice removed so I can't stop because it's the only thing he'll use!"

Any excuse to keep huffing that copium.

Use whatever works for you. Linux can be a pain in the ass sometimes. If your moral fiber isn't strong enough to override your need for sanity, sometimes you just need to use what has the path of least resistance.

If you're using it mostly for gaming, Windows is going to be the superior choice. Microsoft has just simply ensured that lock-in. Things are certainly changing, thanks to Valve; but don't feel afraid to try Linux out without dumping your whole life into it. Get a SBC (Single board computer) and run some Linux services on it - IRC bouncers, mail servers, buy a domain name and practice reverse proxies, virtual machines, etc.

There is room for both...until you've decided that Microsoft has stepped over that line you've drawn in the sand; then you can convince yourself to dive headlong into Linux full-time.

Regardless, Linux has already won. It runs the internet. It runs near every network device you own. You probably even have Linux running on something you had no idea was running it; Cameras, lower levels of consumer devices, etc. If the only bastion that Windows still has is Gaming...I think we're doing pretty good.

I know basically saying this is some Nazi Germany style shit always turns into hyperbole, and isn't taken seriously. This is the kind of shit that leads to genocides and authoritarian nations

Everyone is abandoning their safety advisory council just before elections...I wonder why...

I mean, they've been all over Reddit running accounts for decades at this point, no? At this point I feel like 75% of my interactions on mainstream sites are going to be from foreign agents and/or bots.

You know they are, but legitimately I'm pretty sure a large percentage of them actually have solvable/manageable mental illnesses. I'm starting to pity them more than anything now.

Just in case it's not obvious, this was an edited, color-saturated version that someone had attempted to pass off as the real, unedited thing. In a world of lies, I just wanted to make sure people are aware. We've got so much of this going on today, I'm hoping at some point people start holding themselves to a higher standard; even on shitposts.

xfce is fine, generally for most things.

I wanna know how to get one of these damn jobs; I currently play with shit like Proxmox and high availability clusters at home just for a laugh, and because I enjoy it; but with no formal education - and I'm making peanuts at work rn. I wish I could break into this somehow.

This is what we're headed toward: Any government official can do anything as a government official and get away with it because they were just following orders.

It's perfectly fine to handle. Carbon fiber in FDM 3D printing is largely a lie. It's not that there isn't carbon fiber in there, it's just that it's chopped up so finely that it's practically pointless by the time it's printed. At best, all it does is destroy any printer not set up to handle it. It's basically like printing sandpaper. Honestly, I'd avoid it entirely; same goes for glow-in-the-dark. Only reputable supplier I know for GITD is Das Filament, which ball-grinds their glow powder before inclusion into the stock.

If you're interested in real carbon fiber in FDM prints, the only people to really see are Markforged.