As I understand it, just straight up repealing Section 230 would immediately shut down practically any ability to post comments etc. No company or individual could accept unvetted posts from users, because they would be liable for any illegal content therein. So in essence, if you hate a site and want to take it down, just make posts that land them in hot water and they will be forced to shut down eventually. And you know the Internet is full of malicious actors. Sites like Lemmy could not exist in the US. Practically, you would have to run your own server to post things you want to express - and make sure no one else has access.
Repealing Section 230 sounds just stupid and short sighted, at least without a workable alternative. So, US legislators will probably go ahead and repeal it. Brilliant.
Since you have experience with Mint, why not go with Debian with KDE Plasma? I have it on my laptop and it's Debian, old reliable, I like that stability on a laptop, so that I'm less likely to have issues on the go. Debian isn't the friendliest distro to new users, sure, but if you can figure out Fedora, you can figure out Debian.
I spare very little mental capacity to how people utilize their computers where it doesn't directly affect me. No, it is not something I find worth being bothered about. Life's hard enough regardless.
I usually run updates every night before I shut down my computer. Probably in part a leftover from the time I used Gentoo and I'd leave my computer on over night compiling updates. I'm not saying this is the optimal way, it just feels right for me.
A long time ago. I'd guess it was around the time Facebook became popular, because it was inconceivable to me that people were just sharing their private info online, and treating people who didn't as the odd ones. Later on my I was vindicated, but I've been wary of Google and Microsoft's data hoarding from the beginning I think. It has been frustrating to see tech go this way, and people just accepting it, gleefully.
Sometimes, when the ol' 'puter is cranky, I have to press the reset button, which is really small, and it's difficult to hit it with my toe (I have to do some tricky nail work, not for beginners), but I'll be damned if I ever reach down and use my fingers.
Man I do miss foobar2000, it was a perfect all-in-one package that did things I need multiple Linux programs for. Great piece of software. However, in the spirit of this community, it's not Open Source.
Out of all the music players I've tried on Linux, Clementine variants like Strawberry are the best ones for my needs. I'm not entirely sure of #2, but otherwise yeah, it does all that and more.
This is pretty much my experience with King. I highly appreciate his ability to consistently create great story ideas, but his actual writing is just kind of bad. Since he has so many books, there might be some good ones in there, but from what I've read I'm not impressed. Not that he needs to impress me, he's done fine for himself.
I'll throw my vote in with Fedora KDE Plasma. The fact you run it will absolutely help with any possible troubleshooting, and Plasma is IMO great for anyone coming from Windows. Fedora, from my experience, doesn't throw many curve balls your way either.
As I understand it, just straight up repealing Section 230 would immediately shut down practically any ability to post comments etc. No company or individual could accept unvetted posts from users, because they would be liable for any illegal content therein. So in essence, if you hate a site and want to take it down, just make posts that land them in hot water and they will be forced to shut down eventually. And you know the Internet is full of malicious actors. Sites like Lemmy could not exist in the US. Practically, you would have to run your own server to post things you want to express - and make sure no one else has access.
Repealing Section 230 sounds just stupid and short sighted, at least without a workable alternative. So, US legislators will probably go ahead and repeal it. Brilliant.