MintyFresh

joined 2 years ago
[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 24 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

That boy ain't right...

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago (8 children)

No questions in particular as of yet. Still assembling hardware. I'm going for a server built on a NAS

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Mint. I'm not a "tech genius" and it was presented as an easy intro to Linux. I feel no need to distro hop, getting by just fine with my little minty penguin thank you very much!

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Second this! Been using it for years. Not a single problem. It just works

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

I smoked weed at 16, more regularly from 17 on. Didn't have my first drunk till 18. A few beers and sips of wine here and there, but never full on blasted.

If I could go back in time I'd tell myself to stay sober. I never had any huge problems with substance abuse, but it took me to my till my 30's to realize life was better and more fun with a clear mind.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (20 children)

I made the switch to Linux and Lemmy right around the same time. Once I was free of it all it was like relaxing a muscle I didn't know had been tense for decades. Android is next... Just as soon as I figure out jellyfin....

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ooohhhh, chest ticklies!!

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I still maintain a Gmail account from their beta test days. I had to get an invite. 2003 or 4ish? Don't use it for much anymore, but I still have it.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Fistula.... I'm scared to search that....

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

I do miss easy access to amphetamines

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Aldi's is the shit. No bloat, no bs, just groceries. They don't have some stuff, but for the staples you're set. I usually go to the more traditional grocery store every 4th trip or so.

 

Ohh ya baby!

 

I stand with the otters

 

Like they could cool their shit, and desalinate water with the waste heat. Provide water to dry areas. Like Baja or Texas. Bonus points if they could run off renewables. Seems like a win win

 

Ripped from PaulDrye@lemmings.world no idea who the original artist was. They are talented AF though!

 

10 of the last 10 years were the hottest on record. It's time. I know so many people that will give lip service to the environment and then think nothing of taking multiple flights per year on the flimsiest of pretexts.

And as all too often happens, people go to poorer countries where they get waited on hand and foot, and then act like they're doing some giant favor to the locals. All too often these tourist sights end up being an unmitigated natural disaster, not to mention locking the locals out of their own back yard.

And then they'll turn around and claim they're "helping the local economy" trying to justify it. It's colonialism by another name. If they paid fair wages to the workers these vacations would become much more expensive, perhaps prohibitively so.

And wtf is wrong with you, you can't relax in your own region? Gonna cook the planet because you can't be happy and relax in your own hemisphere. Y'all need to chill it with the air travel!

 

Thank you all who reached out, it really was awesome.

Was super easy, even my Nvidia cards driver was basically automated. Haven't played anything yet but I'm sure I'll be fine.

I opened up the command thingy a couple of times just to get some settings how I wanted them, but could have gotten by without it.

The biggest stumbling block for me personally was getting the thumb drive in order, then the hardware to boot from it. First you gotta use a thing called Rufus to format the drive correctly, not sure how or why, but you do.

And then I couldn't get my laptop to load bios no matter what key/s I mashed at restart, but searching " advanced startup options" in settings brought me to a menu to reboot from my (now correctly formatted) USB drive.

The rest drove itself. Still some stuff to figure out with it but it's doable. Very polished and user friendly.Thank you all again so much!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by MintyFresh@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

I just fucking can't with windows anymore. I'd preach about it but I imagine you've heard it all. I have minimal computer expertise.

I use my PC mainly for streaming, downloading torrent files who's copyright you don't need to worry about, and light gaming. Usually just messing with New Vegas mods.

If someone knows of a good YouTube channel or guide or something written for andelder millennial caveman I would be grateful.

Edit: after having been recommended mint OS and giving it a quick Google, I got this! I haven't fucked with anything linux scince the early aughts. And holy shit has that come a ways. Guess I remembered back and got a little intimidated. Mint is downloading now. As a small f.u. I booted up edge to do it. Ty you beautiful people!

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