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Cake day: September 19th, 2025

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  • A solution that I’m inching towards is just cutting the time I spend watching videos.

    After years upon years watching YouTube and finally arriving at degoogling I’m starting to get to the point where I open up yt and … it’s not scratching that itch anymore. The realisation that this time is wasted and could’ve been spent on doing stuff that matters is nagging in my head.

    Not to mention the thought of feeding big tech data that might end up aiding another atrocity unto humanity.

    I can get my news elsewhere (here for example), tutorials might take some reading instead.

    I’m not saying I’m gonna go cold turkey day one and be successful at it. But the idea is growing.


  • I have used Linux for a good while around the early 2000’s. Good memories.

    Fast forward to now. Bought a new laptop with W11. hated it.

    (Just imagine a long list of frustrations about W11, because I’m not going to contribute anything new by saying it) -and finally, I want my data to be mine!

    And so now I get to annoy my wife about how awesome Linux is. My dad is on the train as well. We both annoy our wives with Linux.





  • I used Linux for a good while 20 something years ago. Mostly for recording music and some gaming (you can say what you want, cube/sauerbraten/openarena/… I had a great time that I look back to fondly).

    Then got back on windows around vista all the way to w11 7/8/10 all “ok” OS experiences imo.

    11… man, this thing frustrates me so much. Everything you try to do is like getting gaslighted. Updates/reboots whenever it feels like, regardless of what you have going on. (My setup requires a few keystrokes at boot, if not the fan goes nuts)

    Coming back to Linux feels like a breath of fresh air. Especially now that installing/using it has become a breeze compared to back then. It does what you ask. Why doesn’t big tech corp get that through its thick skull?

    Also, my data is mine.