One last thing. Since you are completely new, are coming from a Windows background, and do more than just game, I’d suggest starting with Linux Mint (Cinnamon). You do not have to stick with that distribution forever, but it is probably the most painless introduction since it is Debian/Ubuntu based and most of the help/articles you’ll find on the Internet are focused on Debian/Ubuntu/Mint. Debian based distributions are more of a “set it and forget it” experience. Nice and boring.

Other major core distributions that are different from Debian/Ubuntu include Red Hat (Fedora), Arch, and OpenSuSe. Red Hat (Fedora) is a good choice for corporate users since Red Hat is the defacto Linux distribution for the corporate world. Arch is great if you REALLY want to learn Linux and truly get into tinkering with its guts. OpenSuSe is the European option and what some European governments are ditching Windows for.

FYI: You are already on Lemmy, the most Linux friendly place on the Internet. If you ever run into trouble, just ask around. People here will love to help you.

Will I be able to run Blender without issue?

The free and open source 3D creation software developed on Linux and primarily run on Linux? Yeah, you should be fine.

Can I run Steam/Steam games easily?

Absolutely. Games that have a problem running on linux are mostly contained to this with anti-cheat. You can verify your game’s compatibility with protondb.com.

Will Discord work?

Of course. Discord has a linux native client.

You know what the true Step One is.

It certainly should be.

Step One: Install literally any other browser
Step Two: Make new browser the default
Step Three: Forget that Edge exists

Peace.

Died from…WHAT???

Trump didn’t pay his bill?!?

Google Fi doesn’t require you to use a Pixel phone.

This is the correct take. The only difference between Google Fi and any other carrier is the amount they charge customers.

That’s not meant to be a compliment to Google. It is a lament at our lack of options.

The current legal retirement age needs to also be the maximum age one can hold office in any branch or institution of state and local governments.

I normally reply with a tux penguin but, is it really a Windows problem if the it’s the apps that aren’t optimized for shit?

Hello fellow Kermit, Gopher and Usenet veteran.

Canisters of nitrous oxide were found in the car, according to French reports. The substance is used by recreational users as it can make people feel relaxed, light-headed or dizzy.

So? NOX doesn’t give teens the ability to flip cars into.perfectly car sized pools, nor does it justify a death sentence. They could have been sober and on a way to a party, or something. What a bullshit thing to include in the article.

Maybe through the front or back windshield, but given that the pool and car were of very similar size (diameter), I don’t think there was a way. They were dead the moment they hit the water. They just didn’t know it yet.

Humans suck.

I work on “the grid”. There is no one reason, but I can list the main culprits I see.

• Decaying infrastructure
• Negligible investment in transport infrastructure (people tend to focus on production, as does this meme, when it isn’t the biggest issue)
• Negligible investment in data management.
• Datacenter supply infrastructure creation is being wholly subsidized by end users. When the energy company goes to the legislature and says “we need 17 billion dollars or we won’t be able to supply the city with power”, they neglect to say that the entirety of that new capacity and all of the previous excess capacity the system had, is now going to power up new datacenters. The legislature approves and the cost is rolled into the consumer’s bill, if not entirely then definitely in part.
• Significant fuckery in billing and estimation. This I cannot go into detail on but I can remind all of you that you have the right to request proof of your detailed power usage.

I thought that the Firefox container tabs functionality (which is amazing) was a computer browser feature only and not available on mobile.

enshittification