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 Welp, I did it.

 

I finally made the switch to Linux. Pop_OS, to be exact.

 

So far, great experience. PopOS has Nvidia and AND GPU support baked in, so no wonky graphics issues yet. I still have to see if I can get Elder Scrolls Online to run through Steam. THAT will be the test. I may change the desktop environment later.

There WERE, however, some casualties. My external hard drive that I had gotten to backup my Dropbox stuff can't be mounted for some reason. I was copying over files from a 2nd internal drive I have, and it stalled out, freezing up everything. I rebooted, and now the drive can't be mounted. I'll need to research that later. The other casualty was I never Exported my Free Tube playlists, so now I have to build those over again. I'm not too broken up about any of that, though. The main thing is no more Windows, and just in time.

"Why 'just in time', Dane?" you may ask.

Because Microshit is introducing a "feature" that will be screenshotting everything you do on your computer. Here's a link for the gory details. First impressions: This looks like a massive legal nightmare and HIPAA violation. It's also a dream for surveillance capitalism and the state.

If you don't rely on Windows for work-related stuff, folks, I suggest getting out. NOW. Be it a Linux conversion, switching to Mac, whatever. They are going to keep shoving AI down our throats. Myself, I'm trying to get out of big tech environments as much as I can. If anybody out there has any questions, or is just curious about the experience, just message me here or leave a reply. I'm happy to help in whatever way possible.

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 I returned to work this week, and it was good to get back to a daily routine. One thing that has come out of the pneumonia experience is the apartment will be getting an air purifier. As I get older, I need any edge I can get. The health insurance I receive through work has been a major Godsend. My ER room bill alone was $3300 before insurance. I owe about $172. I'll take that. 

In a locked post I talked about a bizarre issue with my new phone (One Plus 9 Pro) where it looked as though I couldn't turn it off. Every time I pressed the power switch, Google Assistant popped up. I couldn't find anything worthwhile on any forums regarding this issue, but low and behold, one of my work buddies has a bit of experience with the One Plus brand. It seems - for whatever reason - that the default setting for power button behavior is to activate Google Assistant. Deep down in the settings menu, I was able to change the setting and YAY I can turn off my phone now.  

Today was my day off, so I slept in a bit. After I got up, it was just slack city after that. I guess I kinda needed it, but that makes tomorrow extra busy on the domestic front for me. I desperately need to clean the apartment after being too sick to do so.

There's probably more, but I'm running out of steam for this post.

 

 

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 Today was deletion day for me. The article can be found on my on my blog.

N
ow I am whooped, after posting the link on Twitter, Insta, etc. Well, I didn't sleep that well, either.

Whatever.

Nap time.

 

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