100%, but OP said he was a complete noob. Given that they only have 4GB of RAM on an older computer, I suggested Lubuntu. But yes, no DE is best if they can manage it.

Another choice is Lubuntu, a lightweight and fast variant of Ubuntu, so the Ubuntu instructions you find online should still work.

Lost me at Costner. Douche.

The struggle is real for these guys now that Epstein isn’t around to provide sex slaves anymore.

I thought genital crabs were almost a thing of the past due to the sudden popularity of pubic waxing/shaving.

As long as you respect others’ gender, identity and sexuality, you are under no obligation to feel sexually attracted to them the same way they aren’t obligated to feel sexually attracted to you. Love and respect for all is the bottom line.

I cannot abide by this. I am appalled and disgusted! It’s “an” not “a”. Emoji use does not excuse poor grammar.

The date is still readable. If they are too young to read then it isn’t a matter of perspective, they just don’t know anything.

When you use the word pardon instead of what

TIL

You’re much younger can’t you see
There is nothing more for you and I
I’m ninety three you’re sixteen
Can’t you see I’m goin’ blind

“Going Blind” - Melvins KISS

Nintendo…not even pirated. I refuse to even contribute to their popularity given their litigiousness and patent bullshittery.

For those that don’t know, the US armed forces have moved back into an abandoned military base (Roosevelt Roads) in Puerto Rico. Apparently they have been moving a lot of equipment there. Expect an American escalation in the Carribean.

My childhood friend: [Daughter] is driving me crazy since she got into metal.

Me: I’ll talk to her.

*20 minutes later *

Me talking to [Daughter]: “…and this is my Boss HM-2 that I bought with my Christmas gift money back in 1986. It was later nicknamed as ‘the Swedish chainsaw’ after it was first used by the band Entombed.”

Older generations must lead by example. Let the molten metal flow! 🤘

Wouldn’t the play experience of a dangling cat toy be different every time given the randomness of the toy’s trajectory once impacted by the feline’s paw?

Don’t make Miley mad. I’m not implying anything but…they still haven’t found Hannah’s body. All I’m sayin.

And yet, nobody is talking about the ever expanding cultural influence of Larry Ellison.

Just look at the list of assets he currently owns. Add to that his recent purchase of TikTok and very likely purchase of Warner Bothers Discovery, and you have a sizeable chunk of the world’s media under the control of a singularly dangerous man.

I guess you do understand what the M chip is, which makes your comparison even more surprising. First, comparing a SoC to a GPU is wildly unfair. Second, you are severely underselling exactly how much more energy efficient an M chip is versus a CPU/GPU combo. My PC laptop with an i7 and a 4070 built in will run for about 20 minutes, maybe 30, under a full workload, all the while being hot enough to fry an egg and noisier than a jet engine. Even then, the performance will be trash and get worse as the temps rise. My MBP M3 Max will run a DAW sessions my PC could never dream of, with multiple plugins, on battery, silent, no heat, for a couple of hours without even the hint of a stutter.

All of that said, when it comes to price, Apple’s gonna Apple.

PS: I’m typing this on my phone while the idle i7/4070 laptop is fanning (again, fully idle) because it runs so hot. I might need to start traveling for work again and, if I do, I might need to switch to a MacBook Air for work on the road unless I can find an ultra-slim, powerful yet efficient, high resolution screen, Linux supported laptop. Simply because of the chip. We need an equivalent on the PC side.