Not a pro take here … but when I was playing with various distros back in early 2001-03 I favoured Ubuntu, simply because it was the most user friendly (still have an old laptop duel-booted with it).
distrowatch.com is a good place to look around and check out what’s new and true to your needs.
The old-style web page is the same as it was in 2001; brings back good memories. :)
I don’t think people realize that water is H A R D when you hit it above a certain speed. No different than belly flopping off a bridge and completely disintegrating your innards.
It’s transferring known data to a different situation that people don’t seem to be doing at all.
The BBC said it was a “complex and fast moving set of circumstances” and it was “working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps”.
Pfft. The BBC didn’t immediately notify the police when the parents first reported it to them, instead falling back on completing an “internal” review first.
Hiding their culpability seems to be par for the course, and their failure to foresee how it could affect the future of the BBC as publically-funded is myopic at best. Stupid is as stupid does.
“We’re so divided,” a member of the state’s Republican party said from the hospital, according to The Detroit News. “I just wish we could come together”
French courts have been imposing disproportionately severe sentences for minor offenses, including 10 months in prison for stealing a can of Red Bull and one year for a homeless boy with schizophrenia caught looting a luxury store. The overwhelmed courts rush cases, provide minimal time for defendants, and prioritize punishment...
I wish the law stated that for every conviction on union busting tactics the minimum fine would be $10,000,000 … cause that’s the only way we’ll shut down the rampant, greedy stupidity of big business.
I’ve seen a lot of discussion about Threads around the fediverse and I believe our main instance community has had a few large discussions about it (here’s a recent one)....
David Kukoly, 54, who was a veteran officer at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault. He admitted to similar abuse against an additional six victims in an agreed statement of facts. He was sentenced on June 21 at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont.
spez is just showing his true colours, which are green-for-go and red-for-stop based on how he's feeling in the moment ... so pretty much like how Musk runs twitter.
What genres of music do Lemmites enjoy?
Bands suggestions too, curious what folks are into!
How do you enjoy listening to digital content? Speakers? Headphones? Earbuds?
What I means is do you use your phone speakers, laptop speakers, some other type of speakers, headphones, or earbuds?...
Reading comprehension (i.gyazo.com)
Advice for a middle-age, moderately pc knowledgeable person to finally switch to or become proficient with Linux?
This is my third attempt. Partly to rage quit Windows, and partly to gain utility and control with some professional AV software....
Dumb ways to die (sh.itjust.works)
Lemmygrad takes great offence to our beautiful icon. (sh.itjust.works)
Ron DeSantis supports revoking China's trade status (www.reuters.com)
BBC suspends presenter over alleged teenager photos scandal (www.reuters.com)
‘He Kicked Me in My Balls.’ Fight at Michigan GOP Meeting Turns Physical: Report (www.rollingstone.com)
“We’re so divided,” a member of the state’s Republican party said from the hospital, according to The Detroit News. “I just wish we could come together”
French Courts Are Giving Protesters INSANE Sentences (www.youtube.com)
French courts have been imposing disproportionately severe sentences for minor offenses, including 10 months in prison for stealing a can of Red Bull and one year for a homeless boy with schizophrenia caught looting a luxury store. The overwhelmed courts rush cases, provide minimal time for defendants, and prioritize punishment...
Trader Joe's Illegally Retaliated Against Pro-Union Workers, Federal Complaint Says (www.huffpost.com)
[Discussion] What is our stance on federation with Threads?
I’ve seen a lot of discussion about Threads around the fediverse and I believe our main instance community has had a few large discussions about it (here’s a recent one)....
Former Niagara cop who ran massage business sexually abused 11 women. He'll serve 18 months of house arrest (www.cbc.ca)
David Kukoly, 54, who was a veteran officer at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault. He admitted to similar abuse against an additional six victims in an agreed statement of facts. He was sentenced on June 21 at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont.
This was the last straw for me
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4dd387c9-508b-47b2-9fb5-666213c8b278.png...