@beardalaxy @LukeAlmighty @NEETzsche It's not so much the fact that Linux is FOSS but rather that it is a Unix-like operating system. Unix was meant for mainframes and servers, but some people ended up creating desktop environments for it.
I think Linux is actually good either if you are just using it for web browsing and word processing (assuming you are using a distro like Ubuntu, Mint, or Pop_OS) or using it for advanced stuff like programming and systems administration. Unfortunately, there is no in-between, yet.
I'd say that ReactOS and Haiku are more desktop user-friendly open source operating systems (ReactOS being a Windows compatible OS and Haiku being a BeOS compatible OS), but they are far from being usable right now. ReactOS has been in alpha since 1996 because they are trying to keep up with the latest version of Windows. I think right now, they are sticking to Windows 7 compatibility until it is virtually compatible with all Windows 7 hardware and software. Haiku is compatible with BeOS, which was an obscure desktop OS in the 90s. It's probably further along in development compared to ReactOS, but is still in beta state. Though, Godot apparently supports it.
@beardalaxy The word and numbers in my username are randomly generated. The word was generated using Chinese syllables and the numbers are from CMD's %random% environment variable.
@Terry And they will all get assassinated by the Fed.
Maybe it wasn’t clear, I’m using that phrase to show the logical problem with the trans argument of genocide. There’s isn’t a genocide. For there to be a trans-genocide, they have to claim it’s actually the fault of society somehow forcing them to suicide, which is illogical and irrational.
I think I’m fairly middle of the road here. Trans people are free to be trans people, but I also think their views are an ideological one that deal with the metaphysical self. Therefore, those views cannot and should not be applied to general society such as males entering sports as female. It’s incredibly unfair.
But the eventual culmination of transgender belief states that not only is the trans woman the same as a real woman, but that man was always a woman from the beginning. It’s directly adjacent to Orwell’s “We were always at war with Euraisa. We were never not at war with Eurasia. That’s the way it’s always been.”
And furthermore, the growth of trans people is accelerating; which is directly analogous to a religious system. Lisa Litman’s famous study on “Sudden Onset Gender Dysphoria,” a controversial paper which many discredit (I’ve read, and although I have some issues with it, overall I think it’s very good) deals with the fact that Transgenderism is spreading in high schools almost exactly like other social contagions (e.g. anorexia).
Her research and others suggest that the majority of people with gender dysphoria do eventually grow out of it. The great irony is the trans movement’s beliefs that people are causing harm to people for not affirming them. However, the chemical castration drugs (relabeled puberty blockers) given to children literally causes irreversible physical harm, as documented by Abigail Shrier’s research in her book Irreversible Damage.
@Andrii Most of these options are actually terrible. The only good one is Posteo. Tutanota only supports one account per IP address. ProtonMail doesn't support mail clients (relying on webmail for GPG encrypted emails is a huge red flag).
Yeah, a lot of so called "privacy-respecting" mail providers are scams. Though, you can never truly know for sure which service is trust-worthy or not unless you host your own.
I don't agree with this guy's politics, but he has pretty good reviews on a lot of email providers.
@Andrii The Distributist lifestyle sounds a lot like agorism minus the anarchist part, of course.
@waltercool Even the CDC no longer recommends it. They stop recommending it back in 1999.
@Alex @waltercool It was abolished in the new covenant.