I don’t think we’ll see a “year of Linux” per say, I think we’re not likely to see either a decade or generational shift to Linux.

I’ve been using Windows and Android all my life, so it’s what I got used to. I’m in my 30’s now and over the last year or so I’ve slowly been introducing myself to Mint Linux on my laptop for basic web browsing and Ubuntu Linux 24.04 on my home server for hosting my own data. In some ways it’s actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, but I’m still learning a new language.

On the one hand I considered myself pretty technically savvy, until I dove head first into Linux and quickly discovered how much I really didn’t know. On the other hand, I am learning as I go given enough repetition.

Definitely an unpopular and confusing opinion. Lemmy as a whole isn’t sensoring or creating rules for the entire platform. Mods make the rules for their page.

That’s all most of us noobs ever actually ask for, and it’s usually after we’ve gone through all the troubleshooting steps we know to do.

I’ve found LLM’s to be useful as well. I wouldn’t have Jellyfin running on my home server now if it wasn’t for an LLM, and it was the first service I learned how to run. But an LLM has also sent me into a loop of testing out the same few prompts over and over again and expecting different results.

Exactly!

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That’s a fair point.

I considered going to a No Kings protest with a sign that reads ‘China is not my king’ and see how many people get it vs get pissed with me.

All joking aside, the only effective protest is one where you change your habits. I’ve deleted my Facebook, cancelled YouTube Premium, when my debit cards update I take audit of what I really want to start subbed to, I’ve replaced Google Photos with Immich, and I’m about to go to farmers markets instead of the big box stores for my grocery shopping.

Some of these are big pivots, others are simply mind over matter. Like, I plan on keeping Reddit until it asks for my ID, so I default to it before I scroll through here. I have Peertube installed but I still get onto YouTube until they ask for my ID. I’m as ready for not being able to access certain platforms as I can be, and I plan on keeping going as long as my ability to stay as anonymous as I want to is threatened.

Home Assistant has notes and a calendar, so I’ve replaced Google Calendar and Keep Notes with Home Assistant.

I want them to dim as the sun comes up and brighten when the sun goes down. I’ll probably also look into smart switches at some point too.

I usually talk to my smart watch for home controls anyway. I don’t have enough guests over to justify thinking about that. I need to replace burnt bulbs anyway.

I’m looking to replace burnt bulbs.

The bulbs are burnt out.

Because it’s easier and cheaper than actually protecting people.