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✅ Debian recommendation. It’s not exclusively a desktop distribution like Mint, but it’s really fun to learn on. Most of the DE’s available are close to vanilla, making it a great starting point for learning them. There’s a ton of software available, and Aptitude is a pretty intuitive package manager.

✅ Arch Wiki is a fantastic resource

✅ GNOME is GNOME

Pspspspsps linux users please convince me of the merits of your preferred form of linux

@arch-official @virtualgirladvance and anyone else who knows this stuff

'do you think you're superior for not using AI in your work' thank you for asking! yes i do

Inspired by other roundup pics- here’s a family portrait, at least 3/4 of it

Xenia and Kiki, FOSS cuties :3c

Big if true

alright so for my 31 days of halloween I wanna do edits of movies picked by tumblr so in the tags, pick only one horror movie that is your ultimate favorite horror movie

everyone’s vote counts!

My OS just called for violence, what “key features” can contend with that?

Dear Pearson, Can you please stop enshittifying my textbook, please?

You’re not a real Linux user until @emacs-official and @arch-official interact with your posts. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

Regardless of browser, Pearson fucking sucks to use. I have to menu-dive to get into my textbook, going through multiple interfaces. Opting out of data collection requires another insane menu dive to be manually disabled. There’s a terrifying sub-menu in the registration page that implies they need your fucking ID.

This is all for a textbook I was charged for. They already make money from students+instructors.

Dear Pearson, Can you please stop enshittifying my textbook, please?

Thanks for everyone that recommended that. I’m going back to Firefox for my school webapps. The only reason I installed Chromium was to avoid stuff like this.

Dear Pearson, Can you please stop enshittifying my textbook, please?

Librewolf, my main browser, does something like that by default. I specifically use Chromium for things like Canvas, textbooks, etc. for compatibility. Mostly surprised that it happened two weeks into using it.

Another silly update: I launched a new instance from Canvas and it runs fine. It just doesn’t like me timing out? On the only machine I’ve accessed it?

Dear Pearson, Can you please stop enshittifying my textbook, please?

Dear Pearson, Can you please stop enshittifying my textbook, please?

People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

I've never felt more job security in my entire life. Thanks, Adobe.

tozozozo

Your AI-generated image sucks, and it makes your article look bad.

(This was originally posted on Medium, where it didn't get any attention and caused the algorithm to ONLY recommend AI generated trash.)

Name one thing in this picture.

AI models are filling the cracks and crevices of the internet with incoherent mush. At best, all of that research and money results in sloppy, airbrushed sludge vaguely resembling hallucinations. Maybe an article vaguely about your search result, buried beneath hundreds of ads.

Medium, as a platform for human writing, is at odds with human nature preferring the path of least resistance.

The platform, especially in technology-related topics, is drowning in bile and half-digested scraps of words and graphics regurgitated by the likes of Midjourney and DALL-E. Headlines promising the “BEST Ways to EARN with this [cryptocurrency] QUICK” and “TOP FIVE WAYS TO CLICK NOW YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT” spew word salads or just link to other pages and videos.

Among the heaps of refuse are human attempts at making the most words out of the least information. Struggling to make money as a writer or as a not-writer? Write a top-7-whatever list and make another seven articles for each bullet point! Scared to write an article yourself? Don’t! Or do (sort of)!

AI-generated images have a texture like fragile plastic on cheap Amazon trinkets- thin, unfinished, and prone to breaking under any scrutiny. It’s the worst quality, but is fast and convenient. Is that really what you want to attract attention with?

If you’re willing to set aside the ethical problems rampant in the field, if you don’t care to ponder the implications of companies automating the arts, literature, and other acts of passion, then consider what it says about your character. It gives the impression of laziness, at best, and that you have bad taste.

That fuzzy neon picture, depicting faces of ghosts hallucinated by TV static, devoid of decision and sprouting phantom features, can only promise little or no effort in the surrounding words.

If you’re going to write about the importance of creativity, especially if you’re giving advice on how to earn money to other creatives, opting for that airbrushed midjourney image brings your intent into question. Why not use that space to showcase another creative’s work?

That laziness is the incoherent, stumbling cry of a mind fit for middle management- stubbornly demanding polished shit for pennies, lacking the knowledge and patience to assess the quality, yet ready to shovel it out for consumption. It won’t be unacceptable if it’s just as bad as everyone else, and that is why it’s rampant. You can only deem things acceptable, from performance reviews to artwork.

“Acceptable,” by the skin of your teeth, is all you can muster.

Or you just write about Apple products. Seriously.

“You got any R̵̡̟̘̬͈̮̱̭̳̮͍͓̹ͬͪͯ͒͌̉̅̏̎̏̈̃͘͢e̷̴̷̤̝̪̜̬͇͚̯̻̱̬̜̪̺͇͌ͤ̆̍ͧ̋̿̃̃̓̒͊ͦ͐́ͣ̐͊̚͟͜͢ͅc̸̷̶̨̛͉̻̺̟͕͚̖̖̲̑̋ͭ͌͆͘͟͟͝͠o̵̴̹͖̦̙̫͊ͤ̾̿̍̏͐ͪͭ̾r̸̛͙̲̥̗͈̳̦̘̖̬̊̀ͧ̑͋̀͆ͪͬ́͒̉̍ͭͭ͊ͮ̚ͅḑ̴̢̼͖̯̦̝̮̳͚͕͉ͭ̎̉̀̎ͦͨͥ͋ͣͯ̈́͒̓͜͡͠ị̴͓͈̝̟̦̥͇̦̖̀ͦ̅̌ͧͤͥ̽͞n̴̶̴̴̵̨̧̛̬̤͈̠̰͈̺̮̞̹̥̪̲͖̠̰ͫ̄̓̐͂̄ͥ̓͆ͪͥ͋̽̓̒ͫ͘̚͘͝g̝ͯ͛ͬ on your phone?”

You’re better than this. We’re better than this.

There are millions of people sharing their passion online through photos, artwork, music, fiction, and even journalism. Take some time and discover something that leaves an impression. Find inspiration, don’t paint the walls with its insides.

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Tempted to make a video of my gateway netbook printing a png, joining a video call, and using libreoffice

person using linux: im using linux i cant do that

Fuck off tumblr, I was transitioning back when you were still cool

Check it out guys, it's the Ubuntu pride flag. The orange and white represent the Ubuntu logo, while the pink represents the fact that linux users are gay!

There is a uniquely 2024 irony in an advertising agency called WordAds using AI images lacking any legible words

If you ever have trouble with uBlock Origin on YouTube, Ghostery has a pretty neat workaround for it :D