Depression aside… That age is also just a hard time of your life filled with change and so much responsibility. I know it doesn’t help you much now, but there’s a good chance things will improve for you in the next five years, at least a little.

We’re rooting for you. Good luck.

I switched from Bazzite to Garuda to get away from it being immutable. It’s been great.

I use Garuda, you just install the Nvidia version and the updater handles updates automatically whenever you run it.

Easy peasy.

Xfce user, here to represent!

I love it and haven’t had any trouble. Try it out!

Check out Garuda too, it is specifically designed with gaming in mind.

People always talk about the learning curve and compromises, but Linux is finally in the “shit just works” stage, so it’s not much different than the Mac/PC decision people make every day.

Heck, in a lot of ways it is more similar to Windows than Mac is, so it should be an easier decision. For some reason though, everyone still treats it like… Well… It would be like treating Windows like you still have to know DOS.

That’s just not true anymore.

Non immutable just means that your system isn’t locked down to make sure you don’t accidentally break something. Some people have a strong preference for it one way or another.

As to why it might help, every distro comes with a custom mix of software and tweaks. Bazzite is fedora based while Garuda is Arch based. Some things may work better or worse with less tweaking.

So if you are frustrated enough to consider something else and aren’t committed to an immutable distro, it might be worth experimenting with.

If you want a non immutable distro, I switched to Garuda after Bazzite and it has been great for gaming.

I didn’t get a Bambu printer because of the price or design, I got it because of its “just works” reputation, which it does.

Unless Qidi matches that ease, it isn’t equivalent, and that’s important to mention. Maybe it does?

And yeah, I don’t love the recent changes, but that’s only ideologically. Practically speaking it is still amazing.

I’m relieved after reading this that the “biorisks” aren’t people… yet.

I dunno, I use Garuda and it’s an Arch distro. It’s been super user friendly and I’ve only had to learn console stuff when I wanted to mess with stuff most casual users wouldn’t be bothered with.

And maybe you would say, “well that’s not really representative of a normal Arch install” but isn’t that the point of different distros? That anyone can build on functionality to do something like make Arch more user friendly?

Alienate enough people to get a democratic majority in the house and Senate?

As a reader it’s important to recognize that this is a different turn of the wheel.

I hear you, but what if maybe, I know this is crazy, the government only took from the people but didn’t actually provide any services to them. It could be soooo profitable!

I can’t believe no one has mentioned the Star Trek the Next Generation episode where Moriarty tries to escape the holodeck and they basically put him on a flash drive running a simulation of the galaxy to solve the problem.

All the previous examples were things operated by humans: shovel, crane, even the robotic surgery.

I am sure we can teach AI to do some or all of these someday, but demanding an example for one of them as completely autonomous makes it seem like you aren’t paying attention, aren’t participating in the discussion in good faith, and are just fishing for a “gotcha!” moment.

That’s why you are getting downvotes, in case you are curious.

If you do have a good faith argument, clarifying it might get people to listen to you and consider it.

Bazzite was my first and was great and easy. If you don’t like the immutable aspect, check out Garuda.

Bazzite was my first go at Linux. For that it was great. It proved I didn’t have to give up my games if I switched.

Why learn the language of a second world country when you can learn the language of a first world country?

Kidding/not kidding

5th stage of grief… Acceptance.

We know we’re fucked and the government believes it’s role is to wield power, not help people.