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Bah, but thanks for the info!

It used to be that if you disabled hibernate or something, it would actually shut down completely then start back up fresh when powered on, instead of that hybrid startup thing.

If there's some new, worse version then I have no idea, lol.

This meme but with Mint Cinnamon IMO.

Yeah. Generally when I'm using a Linux PC to work on something, I don't want to be fixing the PC itself too. And we make an embedded Linux product at work, so it's not like I miss out on the fun, lol.

I use Mint everywhere. It works great. Being easier for newcomers to use and having an extra layer of polish does not restrict my use of the command line or scripting.

Tell me it wouldn't work, though!

LOOK ME IN MY FACE! I bet you can't.

I’m definitely glad it and others like it exist. But for phones isn’t the issue more with low-level hardware and firmware? I bet we really need Google to make “Pixel” an open platform and not just a device, so that we can have the “IBM compatible” of phones. But I trust the Google of today to do the opposite.

Maybe RISC-V is what I’m waiting for? An open phone is going to need to run the same software as Linux PCs to have all that good FOSS support, and I don’t think I’ve rad any rumors about x86 phones, lol.

If we look at this seriously, how to find comfort and happiness rather than how to become an alpha male, it still makes a ton of sense.

I’m a dad in my 40s who has spent the past several years working on my mental health including therapy, new medications and adjustments, and various positive changes to my personal life.

The frustrating thing is that all the circular sayings and platitudes that make you sound like a monk or a jedi, they make total sense once you’re in better shape, even though I know from experience that when you aren’t doing well it’s useless nonsense.

I think the difficult part to get across is that you DO have to fix your own self and you have to put in the work, but it might take doctors and medications and therapy and some positive diet/exercise/lifestyle changes just to give you the capability.

An example, to wit:

“Stop eating junk food and go outside”

Not only am I old and out of shape with some physical and mental health issues, but I also have a heat sensitivity issue thanks to one of those.

I have spent more time outside this summer than ever before in my life. Not only that, but it has involved a lot of exercise doing construction and other chores & labor in my back yard.

So it may come as no surprise that after ~4 months of this, I am the happiest I have been in a long time if ever. My body is also feeling healthy and looking better. I could get used to having my arm muscles be more visible.

I went to summer camp with my kid a few weeks ago, and living outside for a couple days in a hot forest while walking 15k-20k steps a day was an entirely different experience than the last couple years. It was actually enjoyable in the moment rather than just making memories and finding enrichment for my son.

There’s a positive feedback loop, so it’s like a self fulfilling prophecy but in a good way.

But remember that it’s not just willpower. I am still on all my medications for things like depression and ADHD. Different types of issues require different types of solutions.

Translation:

“What do we have here? Somebody other than a straight white male working hard at something? Gaaaaaaay!”

Straight white male here with miserable conservative family members who can’t handle the diversity in humanity.

We really do need more viable open phone options. We are well past the point in hardware capability that we could have a linux phone that turns into a desktop when you plug it into a docking station. USB-c connections handle everything for my work laptop.

I have reverted back to using my Linux PC for most screwing around online. My phone, for the technological wonder that it is, is for communicating with family, listening to music, GPSing, and then occasionally computer stuff, looking things up, etc.

This is my setup, and I never actually use ungoogled chromium.

If I have some kind of issue that I need to work around immediately rather then figure out, I usually just open Firefox and try that.

Absolutely, and the scary part to me is how that projection includes LGBT folks also being child predators all the damn time.

It’s like they are a bunch of bisexual pedophiles who are repressed and angry, and they get jealous when they see other people giving in to the same desires. Or, as we see all the time, they assume somebody “giving in” to their homosexuality or gender dysphoria is also “giving in” to their pedophilia.

gasp! You wouldn’t download a wheel!