@mekkaokereke So high crime rates causes people to want to vote republican more so than usual?
One could argue (im not sure if im one of them mind you) that a collective in a free-market is no longer a free market. If you support anti-trust legislation that stops companies from collaborating to fix prices, and that such things represent an unfree market, then one can argue large unions are equally violating.
@jerry Awesome, good luck to you guys!
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@trinsec Yea, its a shame I cant tell you which ones :) but there are a lot.
Absolutely. I am generally quite "sick" of most people who are firmly on the left or right.. but he is an exception.. 90% of his stuff at least is stuff I can support.
I am in 2023 while your sitting there in 3023
@trinsec Thats the measure of a good newletter!
Yea its not even on the order of learning a new distro... its more like learning a new distro AND a new programming language.. its a significant bump.
But my god it is a game changer if you can get past that learning curve! I cant even begin to list all the nice things you get.
As always thanks for bringing this stuff up, its important... Really appreciate all you do.
That said the fact you are no longer a newbie is a testimant to those distros being good newbie distros... they did exactly what they should, give you a workable desktop and give you the chance to learn as you go.
@cunningstuff Yea those distros, as well as ubuntu and debian I'd say are all entry level distros... great place for a new linux convert to start.
@cunningstuff Debian and Ubuntu is going to be the easiest of the distros... Arch is one step more advanced, and its a noticable learning curve leap (but teaches you alot)... NixOS is a rather huge leap in learning curve over that, but also equally worth it.
NixOS has a fairly large learning curve... So that alone its not for everyone. But it is absolutely worth that effort.
That said if you want a more traditional distro that is still well done Arch is not a bad choice.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
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My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
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Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
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