[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 1 points 9 hours ago

So you're saying you don't own a Guy Fawkes mask?

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 3 points 10 hours ago

Linux Mint and ChromeOS are the best for students and old people IMO

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 1 points 10 hours ago

Ubuntu is great, I've heard good things about Arch. Arch people are similar to vegans: they're really annoying, they announce themselves, they preach to people... they tend to have good opsec and own some sort of mask and bolt cutters... they like taking pictures of their pets...

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 3 points 10 hours ago

Microsoft wants to have its cake and eat it too... they want to become Amazon while having a full head of hair and a stable marriage... its not going to happen...

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 2 points 10 hours ago

Hey even if you're a rich kid, it's a good idea to 'squeeze juice' out of things, waste is a sin you know... there are starving people in the world, its always a good idea to use what you've got

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 1 points 11 hours ago

I’m sorry for whatever I did to personally offend you so much. This must be so hard for you. I hope you’re doing ok.

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 1 points 14 hours ago

I did say I was ok with every OS, that's sort of true, but Windows is my least favorite...

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Yeah I agree, Macs aren't great for high-end gaming unless someone is willing to drop several grand

What's wrong with fully featured Desktop Environments?

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think most people should keep using Windows, especially pirates and pervs who look at nudey youtube, so that most malware continues to be made for Windows. (not that other OS can't get malware)

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago

Tim Cook sucking up to Trump was a huge letdown for me, too. One would think he'd be against a homophobic fascist as a world leader considering the fact that he's openly gay, but whatever. Kind of going against his own interests, in many ways, making himself look bad in the eyes of his shareholders and customers...

I still think they make a solid product regardless of anything else, kind of like how the Tesla Powerwall is a really good powerwall but their cars are shit.

Can't beat a Linux server though, that's always been true.

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 3 points 1 day ago

Linux-only users really hate Microsoft, your rants are always A+

[-] umbrellacloud@leminal.space 5 points 1 day ago

That's a good point. I guess even if you had to go through a few additional steps, it wasn't very difficult for you, so it's worth it.

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Personally, I’m not brand loyal to any particular OS. There are good things about a lot of different operating systems, and I even have good things to say about ChromeOS. It just depends on what a user needs from an operating system.

Most Windows-only users I am acquainted with seem to want a device that mostly “just works” out of the box, whereas Linux requires a nonzero amount of tinkering for most distributions. I’ve never encountered a machine for sale with Linux pre-installed outside of niche small businesses selling pre-built PCs.

Windows users seem to want to just buy, have, and use a computer, whereas Linux users seem to enjoy problem solving and tinkering for fun. These two groups of people seem as if they’re very fundamentally different in what they want from a machine, so a user who solely uses Windows moving over to Linux never made much sense to me.

Why did you switch, and what was your process like? What made you choose Linux for your primary computing device, rather than macOS for example?

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I'm looking for a privacy browser that doesn't allow Javascript, I actually want something like Lynx, but that isn't Lynx. Windows, Mac or Linux doesn't matter.

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I was recently told about Vivaldi, and I’m excited about it. I love the privacy features and the tab organization. Proton VPN is built in, so it looks as if Proton is the best VPN extension for the browser. I imagine that other Proton products work well with it too.

What’s your favorite browser and browser extension(s) right now?

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submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by umbrellacloud@leminal.space to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

It doesn't take that much energy and power to run an LLM or an image generator, and sure, it would take a lot with so many users connecting, across so many servers... but there's just no way they're not mining bitcoin. My math might not be mathing but it seems like AI doesn't justify the power use and it seems like everybody's lying.

Someone who knows more about this inform me of your opinions

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