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I’ll add that if you do use cloud storage (a.k.a. someone else’s computer) for backups, make sure all your data is encrypted (preferably also compressed and deduplicated). If you value your data you’ll also keep a separate, offline copy.

I had a look at some of the more recommended options out there and decided to invest my money in physical storage instead. I know this is not the answer you are looking for, but it makes more sense in my use case.

Sorry, I was having one of those days, I guess.

I haven’t found a good way to filter by subject, so thanks for the tip, I’ll have a look.

I will down vote any and all news that referes to something that the Weird Cheeto in command said.

There are a lot of other neat inventions that deal with that.

The problem with traffic is caused by lack of investment in public transportation. Have a look at how they solved it in Paris.

Well, they do, but don’t cause traffic deaths.

Trains? We’ve been using those for over a century now.

So… did they find any new interesting digits there or just the usual 0 to 9?

This is looking like a boys only club, so I’ll go with Tilda Swinton.

The amounts of copium that Windows users are willing to swallow to avoid changing are reaching stratospheric levels. Inertia is one hell of a drug.

“To err is human, but it takes a computer to really fuck things up”

First time using Microsoft products, is it?

You’re right. One of them enjoys a cigar and shooting bad guys with a machine gun (even if he never hits anything but scenery) and the other loves a nice Chianti with grilled brains. I was of course refering to the former.

The one that loved it when a plan comes together.

It’s always darker just before it goes pitch black. – John “Hannibal” Smith

Don’t switch based on hype.

Put your chosen distro on a USB pen and boot from that. Try to do the activities you usually do, see if it works for you.

If you feel comfortable, make the switch. If you have any doubts, get a second disk and install Linux in it so you can have a fall back plan.

My 73 year old mother never had a computer before when she asked me for one, so she could talk online with her friends.

I installed Xubuntu and it has been working wonderfully for her. She just browses the web, types some poems using Libre Office and plays solitaire.

I just have to do a system update every year or so.

She’s now 87.

It blows my mind that we had multiple modern ways to setup volumes in Linux (LVM, ZFS, BTRFS) for decades, yet people keep using partitions like it’s 1990.

You brought back traumatic memories I had successfully repressed.

Bye then. Best of luck out there, friend.