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Vouching for PopOS, which has been my primary OS for years. The only thing I run a Win VM for is the old Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas & Campaign Cartographer. I suppose I could tinker with Wine, but it tends to be finicky with the latter.

Constantly having issues

You’re going to see a lot of issues on Linux boards because people go to then for help. I’ve been running Linux since 2020 and though there have been hiccups, its been remarkably reliable. Having said that, when there ARE issues, it can take some digging to find answers.

Is it not stable

Moreso than Win 11, in my experience. I use Win 11 at work and I’ve needed a system wipe twice. Once because networking just… stopped… and once because appx apps decided not to load.

Ongoing issues

Plugging PopOS as a good “set and forget” distro that is easy to grasp. The workflow is very MacOS and the tweaks they’ve made make for a friendlier interface v Ubuntu, IMO.

Is this the same system they use to slow down basically everything at AMS? Like seriously, that’s the worst, dirtiest major international airport I’ve ever had the misfortune of having to use.

Incels using a word offensively does not make the word inherently offensive, and by letting them reframe the word in their favor you’re giving them power they do not deserve.

When using male/female to denote biological sex, the words should not be offensive. “Were you born malr or female” in a medical settting can be vital to treatments, for example.

Generally, though, people ought to be using gender.

Part of it is either Reddit manipulating search positioning or Google (most people’s default search) prioritizing Reddit results. Searching for answers to questions often results in a half page of Reddit links. They may not be relevant, but that doesn’t become apparent until you’re there.

This may not have been an instance of it spying on you; what can you do may be similar to other searches involving privacy, but one would do well to remember thst companies have been repeatedly caught spying on users.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/vizio-ftc-smart-tv-spying-privacy,news-24415.html Vizio spying without consent.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/how-google-is-secretly-recording-you-through-your-mobile-monitoring-millions-of-conversations/news-story/8089bf3084a430f4c4be46b81710c158 Google storing your conversations.

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/02/cox-distances-itself-from-claim-it-spies-on-users-via-phones-cable-box-mics/ Cox cable BRAGGING about spying on users.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/08/09/apple-is-not-spying-on-your-imessages-and-this-one-switch-stops-it-scanning-your-photos/?sh=485a1696605f Apple gaslighting users over their on-device photo scanning.

I’m sharing to say that whether this is an instance of spying or weird coincidence, you should absolutely assume that companies will violate your privacy at every opportunity because that’s what they’ve done.

Yes, I recall when they had a policy of never allowing account deletion.

I mean, they let themselves get bought by Yahoo and they banned erotic art. Its like they want to fail.

You literally cannot be this stupid.

What does binary mean, you waffle?

And, there it is. The self-own.

If you truly believed that “gender is meaningless” as you say, this would not be a problem. What you really mean is “I dislike that gender is no longer binary and I’m going to create strawman arguments to hide that fact.”

Oh great, Reddit is leaking again.

“I don’t act like them.”

No, they are generally sweet and kind and treat people with respect.

Worse, she’s a leftist who somehow missed the “treat people with respect and dignity” principle.

The allies no one wants.

Yeah. “never voted right” but she shares some of the right’s worst traits. Aggressive willful ignorance, disdain for facts, bigotry.

“I don’t understand”

Clearly.

So go educate yourself and come back when you DO understand. Or you know, don’t.

No, she appears to be saying that you lack the knowledge mecessary to particpate in an adult conversation. I would tend to concur, given your comments and post history. Drag queens wear makeup for as many reasons as there are drag queens.

It is alarming that you cannot grasp the most basic understanding of the fights feminism has fought for years. You think drag queens, of all people, are responsible for “bogus notions of femaleness?”

Look, bigot. Just say what you mean. “I hate drag queens and trans women.”

You know, you can make up all of the utter bullshit you like, but that still doesn’t make it true. So let’s translate:

“I see trans people as perpetuating and enforcing categories” - This is you being transphobic. Gender has always been categorical; your problem is not with categorization but with non-CIS genders specifically.

“I am in this new category of female myself.” - This is you not even really grasping the concepts on which you’re attempting to build an argument. “Female” is not a gender.

“New category” - Tell me you hate trans women without telling me.

“According to drag queen land” - So you don’t even grasp the difference between a drag queen and a trans woman? Again, go back and cure your ignorance before opening your trap.

“I don’t wear makeup” - Good for you? Drag queens aren;t the ones gatekeeping femininity, you bigot.

Story killed gaming? Nah… story-driven games are what took games out of the basement and into the mainstream. One can only make so many “I have a gun / sword and I kill the things” games before it gets repetitive.

Concur. Larian is a breath of fresh air in a field saturated with pay-to-win, monetized, microtransaction nonsense. I’m not convinced they haven’t traveled across dimensions to restore fun and sanity to a hobby that has been all but ruined by greed and laziness.