Akasazh

Last couple of days there's several issues with the UI. Thumbnails fail to load and symbols and letters are missing all over.

Long story short: naar alle waarschijnlijkheid zal er op 11 februari a.s. een wet worden aangenomen in de Eerste Kamer die de minister van Justitie en Veiligheid de bevoegdheid geeft om, zonder tussenkomst van een rechter, 'ondermijnende organisaties' te verbieden.

Dit is een slecht idee, oorspronkelijk door de PVDA geopperd tegen motorbendes, maar de invoering van de wet kan serieuze gevolgen hebben als deze wet zou worden misbruikt.

Vindt je hier wat van, stuur een mailtje naar de GL/PVDA fractie in de eerste kamer om je mening te laten horen: https://www.eerstekamer.nl/fractie/groenlinks_pvda

I have a thing with museum attendants chairs and photograph them.

Expression says it all

Hi there!

Seeing the enshittification of Windows unfold, I'm curious about trying out Linux.

I don't want to move over my main machine just yet, but I've got a 9 yo HP Pavilion 15-e001ed spare laptop I want to experiment with. Eventually I want a gaming laptop that can run steam games.

When I googled I found a plethora of pieces of advice, but seeing the proselytizing for Linux here, maybe I could get a bit more personal advice as a potential conscript.

So what advice would you give me to start my journey into Linux?

UPDATE: Ok my cherry is popped, writing this from a fresh Mint install. It's suprisingly smooth sailing. Only thing is somehow software gets installed on my root partition instead of the home partition I made because people told me so.

But overall not nearly as dounting as I thought it would be. Thanks for the help everybody!

An Organist

He's a sail ant

Sporty meme, Dutch swimmer Sharon van Rouwendaal wins gold after swimming 10K in the Seine (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2024/aug/08/paris-2024-olympics-day-13-live-updates-today-schedule-events-athletics-cycling-hockey-golf-boxing-football?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-66b475518f083a2e0d340960#block-66b475518f083a2e0d340960)

By raising for the first time the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, the French leader "has taken a further step toward belligerence," blasted his rival Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. She accused him of "posing an existential risk to 70 million French people, and more particularly to our armed forces already deployed in Eastern Europe."

"You've been waiting for the first opportunity to remind people of your true loyalties [and] "show your true colors," retorted Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who had left the Paris Agricultural Show to attend the verbal joust. "When you read the investigations that are being carried out, [such as one published by the Washington Post on December 30, showing the RN's persistent links with Moscow], you have to wonder whether Vladimir Putin's troops aren't already in our country," he continued. "I'm talking about you and your troops, Ms. Le Pen."

Title is pretty concise

During Covid lots of sorts were broadcast without any spectators. I found that it increased my viewing pleasure. No screaming crowds trying to make the most noise with drums (soccer), no altercations, no people throwing things or making annoying noices (MMA), no crazy people next to the road pushing cyclists.

Just the people doing the sport, I can hear them shout, swear and get punched. I can see bike racing without fear a crazy fan will jump in front of the pack for a photo for their grandma.

I don't need an audience to get hyped or to distract everybody with jeers and racist shouting. For me the fans are the worst part of the sport. I don't enjoy watching them, I want to see the athletes doing their thing.