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Yup, it's frustrating that there's still no process that's easy enough for a non techie to go through easily.

Yeah basically, a turn key solution where your machine gets wiped and imaged with a Linux distro that does all the basic stuff most people need would be an ideal solution. A good way to look at it would be making sort of a Linux based console for non technical users as opposed to a general purpose computer. Tech people want the latter, but non technical users just want a reliable tool that can reliably handle a few tasks.

Indeed, it kills me how much perfectly hardware is constantly thrown out because Windows refuses to run on it.

I think the trick has to be that somebody who has a bit of technical skill sets the laptop up initially. I did this for my mom a while back, and once I set it up once, it just worked from there on. Non technical users tend to have a fairly small set of things they need to do like check email, browser the web, and play media. Once that's working, they never need to change anything. In fact, they don't want to change anything because they get used to the workflow, and they're comfortable.

It would be great if people set up community centres where people can bring their old laptops, and somebody switches them over to Linux for them.

it's good to be ahead of the curve :)

Where do you think 5% military spending is going to come from. It's gonna be funded by austerity and cuts to science.

lol yeah it's in the name

The key part is that the overall European budget for science is microscopic in comparison. Very few scientists will actually be able to move there.

Which is the desirable outcome if the government represents the working class and exercises violence against attempts at a capitalist counterrevolution.

Right, and that's why talk of authoritarianism is infantile. The question that's actually important is whose interest the government represents.

welcome to the real world https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/uk/bob-vylan-uk-band-glastonbury-us-visa-intl-latam

A local park, looks especially awesome in fall when it's foggy. Some pics from last year.