can you expand on the guys being rough & brutal? can’t find anything about that in a search.

you will own nothing & like it

/s, maybe

deny deny deny

im definitely gonna miss her.

It’s been fun w Lina Khan @ the helm. gonna miss seeing the FTC make moves on corpos. (^_*)

i don’t want ppl to know my business, is what i tell most ppl to keep it short and sweet, haha

maybe this will help: https://www.debugpoint.com/fractional-scaling-linux-mint/

link is broken

memes dunking on mint are irrelevant. use what works for you & ignore the noise.

personally, mint lmde, based on debian, might be worth a once over. sounds like the stability aspect might be up your alley.

must be a slow news day if colin jost is in the headlines

yep! ended up setting a diff default page, but was more so curious about the behavior/root cause.

was doing some distro hopping & was trying out antiX on an old machine.

dl was done using the antiX package mgr.

region is english speaking; usa.

yes, manually set a different home page but was more so curious why this was happening.

does not compute. how does this response help me understand? i have read through a bunch of stuff but question has not been answered. what have i missed? pls advise.

amazing ( ◠‿◠ )

mojeek has been pretty cool so far. been using it on & off a few weeks now.

Established with a commitment to user privacy, Mojeek operates its own crawler-based index, setting it apart from search engines that rely on third-party search results, such as those from Google or Bing. Unlike many mainstream search engines, Mojeek does not track, profile, or personalize search results, ensuring an unbiased and transparent search experience for its users.

graphene os looking more & more attractive every day

sam altman & his goons, check.

ignoring them is the best thing. when you start feeling super annoyed, that’s a good time to take a break & walk away for a few mins.

also, the headphones suggestion is on point.

leaving your phone at home is extreme?? wtf.

i agree w most of this. how do you expect to help convince others that privacy is important in this day & age if you’re being a turd bc you feel superior to someone that is just starting out? being civil & helpful doesn’t cost anything. i guess being toxic doesn’t either but that won’t help anyone move fwd to a better place of privacy.

how easily we forget about our beginnings in the privacy realm.

haha, same here! definitely learned a lot from lemmy communities, so welcome!

grapheneOS is a de-googled os based on android. the funny thing is that it’s supported by mostly google phones, haha!

you can find all the info here & definitely keep asking questions in the tech & privacy communities:

https://grapheneos.org/