BladeFederation

Very much possible, yes. I don’t think any game is worth the risk. Even if you have a PC dedicated to just gaming, buying new hardware if it gets borked is more expensive than just buying the game. Or playing the hundreds of great games kn existence without Denuvo.

Let’s not get crazy

How good for that small percentage of people in an already small percentage of people who can afford to retire. A lot of retirees are on a fixed income, making it even worse.

Unfortunately I don’t get paid in gold.

Admittedly the fact that they are ads is hidden better than most websites would. But it’s there if you think about it. Recommended apps in the start menu. The truckload of things you have to decline on install like an Office subscription, Game Pass, etc. The settings app will occasionally have pop ups that remind you that you have a free trial. There are pop ups that cover the entire OS reminding you to “finish setting up your PC” with no option to say no.

Which, funny enough, Microsoft is thinking about sunsetting, because they can’t stop losing. Although they have very similar features with Intune.

That’s not Microsoft, that’s just how managed computers work lol. Which means you likely stole it or bought it stolen.

Users cause issues. Programs cause issues. Connecting it to the internet causes issues. Having a computer causes issues. Better turn your laptop off and throw it on the garbage.

There’s Friendica & Diaspora, but the problem is how I use Facebook. For me, it’s a people repository, because everyone is there. If I haven’t seen someone in a long time but need to contact them I’ll log in and message them. Do I need to cyber stalk them to find out if they’re a crazy person? Facebook. Planning events that include strangers? Facebook.

Unless an alternative reaches even higher critical mass than Mastodon, it is essentially useless to me. I don’t actually need or want to post statuses and pictures.

You’re absolutely right about sycophantic Ai, and that brings up a really good point about society. Can I help you with an essay that lists the reasons Ai is harmful?

Do you think crime, hooliganism, or protesting doesn’t exist in Japan?

“Phone-y” I see you OP.

Oh there’s plenty of people out to get the average person. It’s just almost never the scapegoat that a political party selects.

Eww

To clarify, some versions of Linux are lighter weight with resources, and macOS does tend to take up more RAM at rest to make things pull up snappier, if you have it to spare. But their compression algorithm is better, and if you are using near the limit, it will be more efficient with the use of the RAM you have available before lagging. With Windows and Linux, it feels more like if you’re out of RAM you’re out if RAM. It’s less likely to happen at all on Linux though.

I use mainly Linux but Mac is more efficient with RAM than Linux is also. By a significant amount.

Got any good recommendations for Masto/microblogverse? I haven’t made an account yet.

No, and that’s the beauty of Linux.

Desktop gaming PC: Fedora KDE (might try Bazzite if I stop dual booting Windows, but I already got Nvidia set up and that’s the hard part)

Old laptop: Zorin OS

Old as dirt laptop: antiX

Wife’s Surface: Pop!_OS 22.04. Maybe change it eventually to something lighter.

I will likely go with Ubuntu Server or Debian when I set up my home server. Ubuntu seems like it has better Docker support.