Recently I installed Linux mint on my laptop, and then my main PC died so I replaced it with windows 11. I've had the unique experience of setting them both up from scratch alongside each other.
Windows 11 took longer to set up (4 days), but was 80% via GUI, and the 20% I did in PowerShell was mostly using winget with very few failures. I used ChatGPT for some planning and checklist and also used it to craft a PowerShell script that would silently install about 35 applications that I was too lazy to do manually by downloading the exe's, but I could have gotten there without it.
Mint took 2 days to set up but was 80% terminal, and I would not have been able to install half the things I wanted without the help of ChatGPT crafting baffling workarounds for me that I would not have found on my own.
In the end, both systems are 95% how I want them, with 5% unattainable due to their own unique issues.
I'll continue to use both for now, and see how I go in a year or so.
Edit: I must add that I am extraordinarily fussy about my OS configuration, it needs to look, act, and respond exactly how I want it to or I'm dissatisfied
You don't want to do your taxes with the Comic Sans racecar app "Tax Freeway (for Win)"?
Sylvan Esso - With Love
That's John Yemen.
What's next, oval shaped memes?
I might be locked out, but if I have physical access to any of the infra, I can always knock the building down.
Hipster plaid shirt final form
There are more Olsen twins on Earth than there are stars in the solar system
Actual, legit Fortean lore regarding this is that the phenomena knows when it's being observed and photographed, and can manipulate time and space such that it doesn't show up on digital photos.
Pope Brandon I
You can definitely kill window with windows,it's just done through the GUI and it's a messy operation, like killing a whale with a chainsaw.
No preserved root because candied ginger is gross
Free as in climbing
Posting to Linux forum: "How do I enable Copilot in Word using WINE on Linux?"
There is a number of crabs that can run linux
Then they should do their job exactly as half-assedly as it's possible to do without actually being fired. Steal coffee and creamer from the kitchen. Steal toilet paper. Accidentally deleted System32 on the office computer. Open all file attachments and links in emails. Crop-dust the bosses office. Start office rumours to sow discord and erode company loyalty. Slip and fall on a stair, go on extended paid medical leave. When fired, sue for wrongful termination, crowdfund the legal fees
Crowdfund the airfare to El Salvador?
What's a decent charitable organisation that accepts DOGE?
I want to get rid of the last of my dogecoin that is on a no longer supported wallet on my old phone before I scrap it. It's only about $10 AUD worth.
It's the last of my crypto (ironically it was also the first of my crypto) and then I no longer have any active wallets and my balances will be zero.
But I'm not converting it to something else, the recipient needs to accept doge as it is.
Bonus points if the charity is animal related
I will also settle for a picture of your dog and your word that you'll give them a pat and a treat on my dime if no charity is suitable.
TFW the reactor finally reaches critical temperature
When my 6 x nuc reactor design finally reaches 530 degrees all at the same time
Sometimes google street view just captures a vibe, you know?
I forgot the lyrics to the Old MacDonald song, but It's All Coming Back To Me Now
This Op Shop seems to have ordered their secondhand books by colour for some reason
"Practice, practice, practice", oil pastels on paper, me
This is the booklet "If Crisis Or War Comes" which Sweden just distributed to each of its residents. The booklet has been issued 5 times since the end of WW2
Can I block any post that contains a particular word? Without blocking whole instances?
The long text goodbye - Oil pastel on paper, me
I haven't done any art in 15 years, and that was just watercolors. I've been having a shit week today and saw some pastels and sketchpads for sale at the post office, so I got them. I've never worked with pastels before, but I really like them so far, they seem fairly forgiving.
This is my second drawing ever with them, and I'm really happy with how it came out. I want to practice more, but I think the picture tells the story I wanted to tell.
My morning alarms aren't going off on my new phone and I don't know why
If I set an alarm for two hours from now, it will go off. I've tested this a few times.
But my morning alarms, at 6:07 and 6:13 am, just don't go off. I've been testing this for like a week now and I cant figure it out. Later in the day, maybe 3 or 4 hours later, the phone will alert me that I missed the alarm, even when my body clock wakes me up before the alarm and I lay awake watching my phone tick past the alarm time without it ever twitching or doing anything.
So far, I've tried:
Here's my alarm setup:
Clock app settings:
A Vietnamese fishing boat was attacked by unnamed aggressors in the Paracel Islands, according to state-owned media, and all 10 crewmembers aboard we...
A Vietnamese fishing boat was attacked by unnamed aggressors in the Paracel Islands, according to state-owned media, and all 10 crewmembers aboard were injured.
The Vietnamese border guard station in the village of Binh Chau reported that a fishing vessel was "obstructed and attacked" while operating in a Vietnamese-claimed area of the Paracel Islands. China has occupied the archipelago since a brief naval battle with U.S.-backed South Vietnamese forces in 1974, but Vietnam has never abandoned its sovereignty claim.
The fishing vessel - named only with a numeral, QNg 95739 TS - departed port on September 13, bound for the Paracels (known as the Hoang Sa archipelago to the Vietnamese).
According to state outlet TPO, the crew were approached by two foreign vessels, which destroyed their fishing gear and beat the crew severely. On returning to port in Quang Ngai province, four were taken immediately to a hospital for treatment for a range of injuries.
Captain Nguyen Thanh Bien, 40
"Theyre FINE! Still got a thousand miles in them!" - He lied
These are my Mizuno Enerzy. They are only a few years old, but they survived my 110kg to 75kg, 5km in 50 mins to 10km in 55 mins fitness journey. Its getting a bit embarrasing at the gym when people see the duct tape. Ive already stitched the holes up three times.
How long are running shoes supposed to last you? They are expensive! Are they expected to do this, or should they last much longer?