Annnnnd in my case, running very complicated scripts provided by genius level volunteers to overwrite the bootloader (to Libreboot I think?) so it could accept a Linux OS because Chrome OS told my mother in law:

“We decided we’re done caring. Throw this device out and buy a brand new one.”

She’s been happily running Mint and getting her browser and security updates ever since.

Chromebooks and ChromeOS were an e-waste generating scheme from the start.

(Gigantic megacorp titan dumps billions into forcing a cheap thing on mass culture for further control of everything, selling at a massive loss to artificially inflate adoption rates)

“Wow! So many people use this thing now that an ultramegasupercorp did it to exploit countless masses of normies before their competition did! How did that happen!? I guess this must be the winning ‘linux’ of the future!”

No wonder it annoys Linux evangelists: We just want a world where we use computers, not the other way around.

Oh is Apple finally releasing different colors again? :p

“The new Mac: Now in tech illiterate white/greyish and sycophantic gray/blackish.”

Linux is like the Internet or even computers in general.

As I always say: “It’s for anyone! But it’s best not for everyone.”

You make a point but, hey now, let’s not be cruel to people. I think we’ve all had a situation where a click was accidentally a click-and-drag and now things aren’t how they were before, and we didn’t realize exactly what was happening.

I feel like KDE might have features to lock down taskbar customization a little better but, I haven’t looked for such a feature… 🤔

I feel like I’ve seen this exact complaint around the internet before…

Somehow you got downvoted even while there’s the occasional full-screen startup spam:

"WANNA SUBSCRIBE TO OFFICE?

ENABLE DEEPER AD DATA TARGETING?! (you can’t disable ads)"

Options:

{YES PLZ (here monee)}

/

{I’m so dumb I clearly don’t know what I’m missing by refusing your products and services. Remind me very soon.}

The first time I experienced a DVD menu and chapter selection without having to rewind was just “Woah.”

Nope. Too vintage! Those are old enough to be haunted now. O_O

(Well, dang, so are N64 cartridges so…)

Fun fact: if you add some hisses and pops and a little bit of compression to CD audio before playing it, some people (me included) will say it sounds better.

This sounds fun. I wonder if there’s an explanation for why that is?

Lo-Fi ALL THE THINGS!!!

I’m so torn. On one hand, cool! These things are still seeing use and stay out of landfills!

On the other hand, always a bit frustrating, this cycle of things no longer produced suddenly coming back into style with enthusiasts, and everyone trying to hustle it to get rich quick on eBay.

I was always taught to be a bit scared about potential burn-in if playing games on our projection TV…never seemed to actually have it happen though. 🤔

I heard it was supposed to be using human brains essentially as processing power, but they thought audiences would understand “batteries” better I guess lol.

This is exactly why I laughed out loud, incredulously, at Dell’s “AI powered laptop” commercial that promises you will “free up so much time for the things you love” by using AI.

From washing machines to robot assembly, we’re still buying that old lie??

The tools improve, the expectations increase, the wage stays the same.

I want to be more excited about this, but at this point I’m worried it’s just gonna lead to billionaire hotels and military installations for the worst people on earth to pound everyone else with.

Oh, and possibly lunar surface ad space.

Damn I don’t wanna be such a doomer about space travel! This SHOULD be so COOL!!!

This reminds me: I was thinking of “Independence War Deluxe”, because sheesh, I couldn’t even get that running from a PC Gamer demo CD on release-era hardware LOL.

I’ve always dreamed of silly but cool interfaces like this! Awesome!

… Now link it to HomeAssistant and you really can use it to toggle door locks! :p

That sounds fun and extremely dangerous. Lol

(Cat steps on mouse button and BFG’s /home)

“…well, crap!”

Ooo yes I feel more terminal LARPing in my future. This is gorgeous, thank you for sharing this! :D

I thought CoolRetroTerm was as rad as I could feel doing terminal things. :D

As a KDE person who’s got an 'ol reliable Mint machine, I’m really glad Cinnamon has fans. I do wish certain customization was a little easier maybe? But it really does “just work” while looking pretty enough and not being overly obtuse.

I love my KDE and it kicks butt right now, but I don’t want to see everything converge on a single DE. I want them all to improve for the people who love them for their own reasons.

Cinny rocks.