Because I use a paid graphics suite for profit (Affinity, great and pretty decent payment model), and I’m OK-ish with paying (a fair price) for stuff that allows me to make money, but I’d rather live in Linux for most everything else.

I currently use Affinity mostly in a VM, and dual boot for some very specific things, but this seems to be a way to make the experience better.

Also, a lot of people have paid for a license when buying their computer. I’m OK with people sidestepping the strict licensing terms if they have paid for it.

It’s not “you have pirated it”, but “you aren’t using it exactly as we want you to”

How is the user experience with Linux?

I’m a Linux /Android/occasional Windows user who after 4 generations of Android tablets, finally gave up and got an iPad (first and only Apple device in decades), because it’s leagues ahead in user experience.

Cliff Cash, pretty good comedian

Oh, so thats where the expression seersucker comes form!

No.

My mother and her friend set her daughter and me up. We were teens. We hit it off, and were a thing for over 2 years. I moved away, and we tried the long distance thing, but it didn’t work out (Duh!).

She’s one of the best things that’s happened in my life. Smart, sweet, funny, so, so cute, with an edge when appropriate…

Go along. If you don’t hit it off, well, so what. You aren’t getting married. Just don’t go with preconceptions, or expectations. Just expect to have a good time. Worst case is “Ok, see ya”

Also, break the ice with “Isn’t this cringy AF?!” or something like that.

Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa Dingbiribiribunbaaa bumbaa bumbaaaa

This is also True.

She does come from an upper middle class family in the 1st world, so she didn’t have to overcome poverty or major disabilities, but she did make the best of opportunities, and worked her ass off. Millions of women in her cohort were perfectly OK with being a housewife.

Well, my sister is nice. 1out of 2 is OK, I guess ;)

Nottheonion

My mother has a PhD, has lived in three continents, at 70 was still windsurfing and skiing, plants a ton of shit, has written two books, has always painted, and had her works in exhibitions… And has two children, and six grandchildren.

It’s you who sets your goals and limitations (mainly)

My kids say “Chewbacca!”

Because I may like it better? No harm in trying something different. I always have Mint to fall back to. You could call it slow cycle distro hopping :)

Wine is still kind of a thing, as in it’s what is underneath Proton, the base.

I’ve used mint for ages. Most flavors, and tried most DEs. I use Mint in my laptop currently.

It’s like jeans. You can wear them for ages, for most every situations, but at some point you may decide to give chinos a try. Also comfortable, versatile, but different.

I was thinking Q, Suse Q.

Interesting.

From what I see, Snapper is similar, at least in concept, to Timeshift in Mint, which has saved my ass a couple times.

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OK, so how about spending that money in a water treatment plant, so the beavers don’t live in “dirty” water and make things better downstream?

Try sesame Street. It’s very visual, and surprisingly cute for adults