While I agree it has uses and can be a good tool, it was trained on stolen material/data. These are unprecedented levels of theft, and its going unpunished.

I do not know what alternatives were available for the learning phase. Simply stating the cost it came at. And that’s not even taking into consideration what its doing to the job market, youth, disinformation, etc.

I prefer a world without it.

He can’t even get through Ukraine. Lost more soldiers than he had prior to starting the war.

I see this as a weird “creative destruction” moment. Since we are in the eye of the cyclone, surrounded by entropy, we feel at a loss. But the hurricane is creating new landscape. And once the dust settles, new alliances and alternatives will have emerged.

If we look at it from a unified landmass perspective, it might look like Asia/Europe teaming up VS crazy island. Even if that means compromises we aren’t too happy about. The alternative is being bullied by a never ending cycle of “renegotiations” and threats. Stability, even traded at a loss, offers some peace of mind. You know what you get at any given moment. And rules actually mean something.

I’m not rooting for unfavorable deals, nor compromising on ethics and sovereignty. Just saying that I prefer knowing I get a beating every Friday, rather than the random 1-3 a week. But then, I was never a gambler.

As a sidenote: I wish Europe shifts heavily to opensource and finances it with a portion of the software savings. We could become opensource champions.:)

Started on windows, like so many of us. Grew up with my father yelling at 3.1. Kept going with Microslop, until last year, when I switched to Mint. Just wanted to escape the insanity. I never really enjoyed Mint, and about 8days ago I installed Bazzite. There are no words to describe how happy I am with that distro. Its everything I wanted and more. Its fucking fast, everything works. I thought it was only going to be the case for basic things and gaming… But its fantastic across the board! Work, gaming, chilling, whatever floats your boat. I’ve been simping and talking so much about it, that my wife might start taping my mouth shut.

Thanks for the laugh, I needed it

I installed it like and hour ago (prior to seeing your message), will try it out soon. Never gave a proper run to Gimp. Insalled on Bazzite, had a downloadable extension section with it and all. I frigging love Bazzite. Thanks for the reminder: D

Installed it Friday for the first time. Its ridiculously fast. I had everything up in running in less than an hour. It just flies, I m in awe. Only issue I’m having is “trouble” setting up pass-through for the sound system. Currently stuck in stereo. Only spent a few min to tweak things before leaving, though.

Edit: Turns out it had nothing to do with Bazzite. My wife had unplugged the rear speakers , and i had unplugged the subwoofer when plugging new PC. No wonder 5.1 wasnt working…

You can pass interviews to get into OPS (Orpheus) or RED (Redacted). Both are dedicated to music and have a huge catalogue. I’m unsure if OPS is open to recruitment as of now, though. Hope you find what you are looking for:)