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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same as good old Windows 2000 without all the crap and spyware: https://linuxmint.com/

Linux was already a decent alternative 20 years ago.

[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It really depended on what you were doing, and how comfortable you were in the terminal. Even using Ubuntu you still had some terminal use required, and for gaming it just was not there yet at all. It's definitely been a viable alternative for standard users for at least 7 years, and gaming got good about 5 years ago.

Source: Gamer who started dual-booting Linux 15 years ago, and stopped dual-booting Windows about 4 years ago.

Wifi drivers and graphics back in the day 😭

[–] Randynippletwist@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bazzite and nobara comes with steam preloaded. I have zero regrets ditching wins.

Yeah, this was saying how it was back when I first started using Ubuntu back in the Lucid Lynx days. We've come a long way, and I couldn't be happier