It took me 3 years from when I first started dual booting to when I launched Windows for the last time.
Take your time, move as slowly as you want, and always leave a way back. Eventually you might notice that you’re feeling more comfortable with Linux than Windows, and if you’re lucky, you might not even notice when you’ve stopped using Windows.
I expect he’ll ask Grok and believe the answer.
It was looking pretty real when Ronald Reagan got in.
Aluminuminium. Now everyone gets to be happy.
It sounds like your driving instructor wasn’t any good. A good driving instructor will never put you in a situation that you are not ready for. They never should have allowed you to get a licence until you felt safe.
If you feel like you’re not in control then you’re right - this accident is proof of that. If you want to try driving again, I highly recommend getting a good driving instructor first - one who won’t put you in situations you can’t handle.
If you can get everywhere you need to without driving, then you can save yourself a lot of money by not paying for a car, insurance, or registration.
You always have the right to say no, and you can always say “not now”. Maybe wait a few more weeks before making a decision.
I like the idea of modularity. If I’m going open source, I may as well make everything modular and upgradable. Even if the whole system won’t last for life, I won’t be throwing out an entire device to upgrade just one part.
Thanks for the link. I haven’t seen anything quite so detailed and helpful before.
Not 100% sure, but I have been monitoring home assistant over the local network and watched as random devices also on the local network lost connection to it for several seconds at a time.
I hadn’t even considered open source software for routers. I’ll definitely have a look at that.
The government doesn’t care. They won’t look at any proof even if you could provide it.
Due process is how you prove who you are. They’re not doing any due process.
Peace of mind (knowing that your partner is ok) can significantly reduce stress and increase quality of life.
Even if the device can’t give an alert soon enough to do anything, just looking and seeing that they are ok this morning can bring a sense of peace, and that’s worth something.
It isn’t, but that’s still a great website.
Thanks for the recommendation!
Accidentally ruin the OS by running random commands?
I’d love to try Bazzite properly, but it doesn’t work well in my VM (possible host issues), and I couldn’t find a live image to try.
No thanks. I’d like to keep full control over my operating system and only accidentally ruin it every few years.
Trump is not what’s causing most of the issues in America. He may be a loose cannon and making everything worse, but the real damage is coming from a few very rich people bribing government officials to change laws, and they’ve been doing this for a long time.
Even if you killed every person who made the system this bad, you’d still be left with a system designed to oppress the masses and make rich people richer. Assassinations aren’t a silver bullet (unless made of silver).
I had a basic terminal app 10 years ago that was built better than that. It could barely do anything without root access, but at least it want a web app.
Ermine
I was starting to think I had a hardware problem. At least I found out before replacing anything.
Just remember to turn steam play on for all titles in Steam -> Settings -> Compatibility.
As others have said, Mint is a great starting option. It looks familiar when coming from Windows, and almost everything works without having to touch a terminal.
AAA games with anti-cheat may not work, but just about everything else will. Check Proton DB for each game’s compatibility.
You can add non-Steam games to Steam to take advantage of Proton. Lutris can also work for some Windows games.
If you want to try Linux distributions to see what they’re like before committing, VirtualBox or other virtual machine programs can give you a risk-free preview.
Another option is a live preview. Install Linux Mint on a USB using Rufus or a similar program, then boot your computer from the USB. So long as you don’t access your computer’s hard drive (under devices on the left of the file manager) or run the installer, no changes should be made from your computer. You can simply reboot and remove the USB to go back to your usual OS.
If you are going to dual-boot, install Windows first. Windows has a habit of overriding or deleting Linux if it’s installed second. If you just want to shrink your Windows partition to allow room for Linux, shrink it from Windows. Linux can move “unmovable” Windows files resulting in Windows not booting.
Always have a backup of everything you are not prepared to lose before you play with installing operating systems (and make sure it’s disconnected from that computer). Data loss from software issues is rare, but mistakes are difficult (sometimes impossible) to reverse, particularly as a beginner.