France:

We’re moving to Linux and kicking Windows to the curb!

Also France:

Only we get to decide what you see on the internet in our borders, not you!

RATM - Killing in the Name, and this one is particularly prescient right now with ICE roaming the streets given it was originally written to protest police brutality in response to the Rodney King riots.

RATM - Wake Up is also a good one as well.

Well, this shows where Adolf’s allegiances lie.

I’m personally running Artix with runit and things are fine so far, but as ChrisG pointed out, dinit is basically a drop-in replacement for systemd syntax-wise.

Although if you’re on Artix, you’ll need to enable Arch’s [extra] and [multilib] repos or you’ll run into dependency issues on some apps due to some packages not being available in the main Artix repos. I learned this when trying to install steam-native-runtime, there were some Python deps which weren’t available in the main Artix repos, but that were available in the Arch repos, if I’m remembering right.

Also, I recommend enabling the unofficial [liquorix] repo in order to get a newer kernel with more frequent updates than what Artix provides in their repos, eg. the default and zen kernels in the Artix repos lag a bit behind the lqx kernel from the [liquorix] repo, and I still recommend enabling [chaotic-aur] as a convenience repo on any Arch distro.

I also switched to MATE from KDE out of concern that KDE could end up following GNOME’s path after SDDM is deprecated, plus I just wanted a lighter and different desktop, that and MATE’s default two-panel layout is completely usable from stock although you might wanna set the panels to auto-hide to maximize screen space.

Well, high-pressure, scummy sales tactics and preying on the disadvantaged (people getting duped into buying a $1k+ or $2k+ overpriced appliance they can’t really afford, ala Kirby or Rainbow, is a thing that happens) are the main problems with door-to-door sales.

This is gonna kill Linux, which I’m sure is the intention.

Even PCs are leaning in that direction now, eg. with Strix Halo’s IGP legitimately beating some mid-range GPUs.

It’s gone for good now, fully replaced by the Mac Studio.

This is probably an extreme take, but kids shouldn’t be anywhere near a tablet while they’re still really young especially.

Data brokers, easily. Also, bill collectors are one of the stereotypical scummy occupations alongside door-to-door sales and buy-here-pay-here car lots.

One more reason to be glad I left that shithole. Also, expect Redlib to finally be killed off soon.

Because of decades of lobbying by the for-profit healthcare industry.

It’s protestware, which is great.

There’s also going the Ageless route and making protestware.

Devuan is also a low-friction alt-init option for those who are on Debian, and then of course one could go to Void or Slackware as well.

If you’re already on Arch, Artix will be easier to move to, although you’ll need to enable Arch’s [extra] and [multilib] repos to fix any potential dependency issues from some packages not being available in the Artix repos.

And with any Arch install, which also includes Artix, CachyOS, or EndeavourOS, I’ll still recommend enabling [chaotic-aur] as it makes dealing with the AUR easier as it offers most of the AUR as precompiled binaries.

That’s an option, and one I already took having recently moved to Artix.

Custom ROMs are unaffected, for now, but Google’s gonna find other ways to kill those.

Systemd is pushing age-gating at the init level, which means the majority of Linux will be age-gated, whether they want to be or not.

Also, Amutable wants to add Android-style attestation to systemd, which means if they get their way, the majority of Linux will be as locked down as Android as far as telling you what and what not to install for apps.

Here’s the Lemmy post discussing Amutable.

This is happening to PCs now too, eg. with the OS ‘age-gating’ laws that IMO only exist to quell competition for MS, Google, and Apple.