reaper_cushions

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Biden calls US ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with Russia and China in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

volcel-kamala

South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago

Capitalism no iPhone

Germany Looks to Stop the Far Right From Assuming Power in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 49 points 8 months ago (6 children)

My guy, have you heard phrases like “100 Mrd. € Sondervermögen für die Bundeswehr”, “Wiedereinführung der Wehrpflicht” , shit like this? Or have you heard anything people like Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann have said in the past two years? Also, hasn’t the Russian army been struggling to overpower Ukraine for the past two years now? The poorest country in Europe with basically no functioning infrastructure to begin with that also is decidedly not a member of NATO? Wouldn’t the Russian Army have to cross the Baltic states and Poland to even reach Germany, triggering a response from all of NATO? Could it be they all the rhetoric about the Russkys expanding westwards is full of shit and nothing more but a fig leaf to sell austerity and a military buildup to the German populace?

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Need Some Total Noob Advice for Installing and Running Linux (hexbear.net)
 

Alright, peeps, I want to build Linux on my new PC and need some help with that. On my old PC, I had kubuntu installed, which I liked (at least until downloading Skype fried most of my installers and rebuffed all attempts at deinstallation). When installing kubuntu, I had a lot of help (and by a lot, I mean my friend did like 90% of the work) but as I don't see them quite as often and I would like to be a little more self-sufficient this time around, I implore thee, Linux users of Hexbear. So here are some general questions:

  1. Which distribution is right for me?

I have some experience with MINT and kubuntu. I really liked the KDE environment of kubuntu and generally preferred it to MINT. My friend uses archlinux, but they also warned me that arch requires a bit of expertise and isn't necessarily user firendly. It looked really cool, though. I am willing to learn, but I generally suck with computers. I will mostly use my PC for basic programming tasks and data analysis (mostly python using jupyter, but I would like to learn some basics in C++), similar work related tasks (using TeX-Studio, the pdf editing functions of programs like okular, Libre office on rare occasions etc.) and the occasional Minecraft session.

  1. Where can I find useful resources for learning about a given distribution?

Keep in mind that I suck absolute shit at computers. I know how to access/use the basic functions of the terminal and how to superficially navigate the PC, but anything beyond that is magic to me.

  1. Y'all got any good wallpapers?

A FALGSC themed wallpaper that doesn't burn your eyes out due to being perdominantly red would be cool.

What's the most expensive lesson you've learned? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you lock yourself out, don’t call the first locksmith you can find in google. They are a scam.