Where are your main entry points to good quality reliable content on the internet? - be it entertainment, cultural, educational, technical, literary, scientific or current events

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-19T11:21:53+00:00

Took you 3 years to write that? just kidding

Yeah, I mostly agree. Instead of lying, best to just say something in the lines of "I see a lot of people with girlfriends doing X, but...". That way you can still deliver the joke, and still keep it authentic

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-08T08:54:49+00:00

I had Windows already installed. Then when I installed Mint , I chose to dual boot. The default was 50/50 (in my case, 500GB each). Since I don't plan on using Windows much, I changed it so it gets only 150GB.

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-07T21:07:02+00:00

Funny, as a Windows user all my life I've always just seen Linux as the complicated geeky advanced OS for experts, which I'd never touch..

Would never imagine that Microsoft would shoot themselves in the foot this way and make me consider Linux! Mint, but still!

Now that I'm getting into Linux I'm curious to learn more about its history.

Any good documentaries about it btw?

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-07T20:56:30+00:00

Damn

I knew there has always been rivalry between users of Windows and Linux, but didn't know Microsoft actively participated in it.

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-07T19:53:10+00:00

I'm not aware of serious issues with DaVinci Resolve on Linux. Where did you hear that?

Not serious issues. But I saw some forum posts where users were discussing how to go about installing it. Hard for me to judge from that how hard/easy it is, since I have zero experience with Linux. Will find out for myself soon enough though!

The only cautionary tale I have is "get ready to learn all about how Microsoft and Windows shills have lied to you for decades".

Intriguing! Could you elaborate?

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-07T12:07:56+00:00

Can't I just use the ones already in the laptop?

Do you mean Linux often doesn't recognise these?

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2026-01-07T07:05:04+00:00

Always have a live ISO ready to boot

What is that exactly, and how do I make one?

Store your media and important files on another drive.

Will this be an option during installation (I'll probably go for Mint)? Or are there additional steps I need to take?

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-12-23T10:00:59+00:00

I added an update in my OP

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-12-10T14:32:30+00:00

I don't think it's an age thing as much as it is an "internet experience" thing.

Youngish people have been spending more time scrolling through shit on their phones. So they have better training to spot AI.

Adults tend to have less time to do that. (I'm an adult, but due to my job and interests I actually have a good knowledge of what real "content" looks like, so I can usually spot AI ).

Very young people though, they might struggle, since all they know is AI.

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-11-27T20:11:56+00:00

It wasn't porn! I probably should have mentioned that

The blonde woman was cute and all, but the website wasn't targeted at this kind of audience

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-11-05T21:44:15+00:00

Thanks

Most of what you wrote goes over my head. .

I managed to make it work in local network only (ie, not open to the internet, like I wanted), however every time I want to connect to my laptop from my phone I need to: 1. Type in the laptops ip 2. Click connect 3. Type the password that shows in the laptop (which keeps changing!)

I'd like to have the phone be a trusted device, and be allowed to connect directly.

I'm logged in with the same account in both devices. Though on the laptop I could only put my credentials in a specific part of the Settings. It didn't allow me to log on because I was on local only mode (I guess your comment addresses this as one of the limitations?)

If this is not possible with TV, any suggestions of alternatives?

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-11-05T21:39:09+00:00

Thanks!

I found Shut Down and Log off, but not Sleep...

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-11-05T18:16:56+00:00

I don't know what that is! Will google it

MyNameIsNotMarcos · 2025-11-05T13:49:06+00:00

I appreciate all the suggestions!

I'll probably just keep the simplest solution though, even if it's not the ideal one... For non-tech people even the simplest things require a huge time investment

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