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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Legitimately, how do you? Without prior knowledge of the direction you are facing and the sun is right above you or you can't see it.

Cardinal directions have always been hard for me and I'm only now just starting to use them out of job necessity.

Left and right takes a second most of the time, ask me to look north and it's going to be a long while.

If I'm somewhere new or lost like op, it's just cruel to say "go west"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Does lemmy have useless red circle sub yet?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If the product works too well they can't sell you other stuff! 🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Simply put, I need to buy groceries.

It's not that I will have issues learning or researching, it is that I don't have the time too.

If the barrier to using Linux is needing to spend time troubleshooting and researching to do simple tasks, I just won't.

So far this thread has been very enlightening to me, I'm excited to try something new. But my OS is not my hobby.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Oh wonderful! Thank you for the suggestions!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

It's what I got to use in highschool computer class, I'm a sucker for what I know.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

So I'm building a new computer before the end of the year and lemmy is obviously pushing me towards Linux.

I am not computer savvy, I have a family member that will help me set up my PC, but I do not want to be calling/messaging them every day when I want to open a program.

Basically my question comes down to: can I operate a Linux PC these days without needing to troubleshoot or type code.

I use my computer about once a week for a few hours I would say, so any time spent troubleshooting is time wasted.

Thanks!

EDIT: since a lot of people are asking what programs I typically use, I'll just list my most used programs.

Word, Excel, ect(I'm fine with alternatives)

Spotify

Gimp (would have been a make or break, so I'm glad it's supported)

Brave browser (browser is a browser)

Steam

Discord

I would say that while I could figure out how the kernels work, I'm at a point with computers these days where I don't have the time. My priorities fall with a seamless daily experience. If I have the time to figure something out I can, but ideally my day to day usage being unbotherd is what I'm after.

A lot of the comments so far have been helpful! I'm definitely going to give Linux a fair shot with my new build, probably start with Mint.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Brown Eyed Susan lol

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I purchased a razor branded Smartwatch, way back when. Thing could barely connect to my phone, it's battery life was atrocious when it did, and all it did was show the time and track steps. It didn't have any built-in notifications so you had to use a separate app. This was fairly early in smart watches though, it was pretty fad-esque.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

As someone who runs a Windows phone launcher to this day, I think you're wrong 😂 had they actually pursued them, and supported them better. I think we'd still have Windows phones today, The app store was truly the killer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Gnu Image manipulation program, no? What a dumb article

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is literally exactly what I meant, far right folks believe that meta specifically sensors their content.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (6 children)

What's funny is that both sides of the political spectrum are going to think this is targeting them. When in reality it's more than likely only going to be used to squash misinformation.

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