OverfedRaccoon 🦝

I went down that path about 2 years ago. Working from home and generally being a homebody, I'm basically on wifi all the time. I made the switch to Ting (from Sprint) and pay $15/mo, maybe $20 if I go over my 1GB data on 5G (I have alerts set up). It's not ideal if you drive a lot and stream music on Spotify or whatever (or if internet/power goes out), but if you literally have no life, don't go anywhere, and basically have nonstop wifi, Ting is pretty cool. It uses T-Mobile towers, so your mileage may vary. There's a few places it gets a little fucky, but it's been pretty reliable overall. I thought about looking into Mint recently, but decided not to even dive down that rabbit hole.

I'll try and keep it short with a bullet list, as I can tend to be long-winded about everything.

• Helped recover files on an old laptop in the Win XP days (how I got started).
• Breathed new life into older hardware that was too crappy for Windows.
• Thought it was neat, novel, fresh, etc.
• Free. Why pay for or pirate Windows?
• FOSS and, specifically, FOSS alternatives to paid software I'd otherwise have pirated.
• Less targeted for malware.
• Windows 11 says no to my aging, but plenty capable, computer (the last holdout on Windows til Win 10 hits EOL).
• Reasonable, optional telemetry.
• Not having to reboot (possibly more than once) during updates.
• Fun to learn.

There are some reasons to like Windows, but it's harder to justify with the direction Microsoft is, and has been, moving.

EDIT: To actually answer your question about Steam and Linux… because I have a Steam account that I've had for many, many years with 1000 games that predates me moving to Linux in a more serious capacity. While I could move to GOG (and have), I'm not just going to throw away my game library. But also, Steam working to make gaming more mainstream on Linux is a net positive for Linux in general. That was always the reason many people gave for why they wouldn't switch - that, and proprietary software that won't run on anything other than Windows or maybe Mac.

What’d you end up on, out of curiosity? I was on Fedora for a couple years, but with the whole Red Hat thing (that I don’t fully understand the implications of), I switched to openSUSE Tumbleweed. Still have love for Mint, though, after all these years.

My bad. I somehow misread and misunderstood that was the problem. I see someone else helped you get there. Hopefully the rest is easier. 😅

Run the program. You should start out with Download highlighted at the top. Put in your Lemmy instance and credentials where it asks. Hit the Download button, which will download a JSON file - it’ll pull stuff like subscriptions from your Lemmy account. At the top, tab over to Upload. Put in the new instance and credentials, and hit Upload. It should pull the JSON file it created when you downloaded and “set up” your new account you’re migrating to. You’ll still need to go in and adjust some things, but your subscriptions (for example) should be there.

EDIT: To clarify, Download is for downloading your “old” account info, and Upload is for uploading that info to your “new” account.

A decade old gaming PC (that was mid-tier at best back then), a PS5 that’s not technically mine, a Switch, and an OG Xbox One. Tell me about it. 😂

What, you don’t like to install the Web Store through a separate extension crx download, mess around in the settings, and enable dev mode? Wait til you hear what you have to do to get DRM working (Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, etc). Hint: It’s a separate zipped download of Widevine that you have to extract deep in the AppData folder, assuming you’re on Windows.

While I agree with this, it’s kind of a pain in the ass if you use extensions. You have to roundabout install the Web Store through a crx download, tinkering in the settings and enabling dev mode, then use that extension to install other extensions. And may the cosmos grant you mercy if you need to use DRM for Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, etc, and have to download the Widevine DRM stuff separately and unzip it deep in the AppData folder.

It’s not impossible, but I guess I’m just saying that this probably isn’t going to be the answer for the everyday, average person.

Same. But add not having anything able to efficiently run it at a satisfactory level at the moment.

I guess I’m struggling to fully understand the logic of “playing pretend” making you the thing you’re pretending to be. You would need to already be a psychopath, lack empathy, etc, etc. That’s not something you learn.

I would say no. The point of acting is to slip into a role and sell a part - ideally, believably. That’s what makes a great actor.

I’m really looking forward to Sea of Stars. I’m not even big on turn-based RPGs, save for a few exceptions, but it’s really speaking to me. Not sure if it scratches a nostalgia itch or if it’s the gorgeous art, but I’m into it.

Yep, lemm.ee was my alt for when lemmy.world was down. Decided to go ahead and just make it my main account.

I was going to say I slightly disagree, but then I thought about it some more and realized they probably just see it as SteamOS in the same way Android doesn’t make people think about Linux either.

Troll 2. So many quotable lines and unforgettable scenes. And you don’t even have to watch Troll 1, because there is no Troll 1 - at least not in relation to, or in the context of, this film.