It was not a sudden realisation, no

Trust in US sources and US services must be in free fall.

Ok, now supercharge this trend in 2026.

The United States of Attempted Secessions™

There is also the possibility of running other OS in a virtual machine. Like https://www.virtualbox.org/

If you do that you don’t leave Linux, but spin up an environment where you can have a full installation of i.e. Windows running. Your Windows environment is not aware of Linux, which it is hosted on, and should behave like a normal Windows machine.

I may sound complicated, but is pretty easy to use when you get going. Try watching a few videos on the subject if you are interested.

At least Intel, and probably more, are already paying protection? I suppose it’s easier to collect protection than to organise a scam operation.

If that is true, then why demand obscene payment packages?

Not sure if I associate these actions with innocent 🤷‍♂️

When asked about Trump, 41 percent had favorable views in contrast to 54 percent who said they did not and 5 percent were undecided, giving the president a -13 net favorability.

The results gave Kimmel a 16-point lead in favorability, according to the YouGov poll.