Sure. But still better than what the likely endgame of digital price adjustments might be. It can never be good for the customer when the store has an easier time dynamically adjusting prices.

According to https://fascismclock.org/ just 1 thing is still missing: Denaturalization of American citizens If that happens, everyone is a potential target. That could be like reaching the top layer of “rock bottom”.

Pixel 8 with GrapheneOS (fully degoogled)

Yes. It’s already grown from ~1% to ~6% within the last couple of years. There are several major external factors at play: Valve helping to push gaming on Linux, the continued and increasingly big enshittification of Windows, and the current deranged US regime (resulting in less trust and less users of US-company-produced proprietary operating systems). Remember that Linux or the open source BSD variants are the only (usable/practical) operating systems you can use if you want to achieve digital sovereignty. Plus, it’s also getting even better over time by itself of course (that’s the internal factor).

There was or is a specific bug with earlier Ryzen CPU generations that causes system freezes when the CPU enters the powersaving c-state #6. If that applies to your machine, try the kernel parameter max_cstate=5 for a while. I had one PC build where this 100% resolved the system freezing after several minutes. Note though that this is ~6 year old info. Issue might have been resolved in the meantime. But worth a try probably if you have an older Ryzen CPU.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Instead of (only) complaining about it, take action and donate a bit to your favorite FOSS projects. I do. Many more should do. I get that one of the major draws to FOSS is that you can use it mostly for free. But developers still need support. In some form or another.

Agreed. Also, they did include their own mistakes in the video (first telling about problems but then later saying that it was their own fault). You could just not include that in the video since it’s pointless info about Linux when you yourself did the mistake. I think all of this in combination is meant to subtly influence viewers for “Linux = expect problems”. And since LTT is generally more on the entertainment side and less on the factual/trustworthy side, and still very well-known, it could also mean that they’re being paid to spread a little bit of that FUD.

On the other hand, genuinely newbie Linux users can definitely reveal some bugs or problems which might not have occurred otherwise. It’s like running a fuzzer that tests the ability of a program to deal with lots of random and nonsensical input. Because some of those Windows gamers sure have some questionable habits when interacting with their PC.

Also, it shows that genuine newbies maybe need more guidance from their distro to break certain Windows habits. For example, how to install drivers (you don’t because they should be there already) and applications (you shouldn’t download them from the manufacturer’s websites as a 1st priority). Somehow, these Windows-user friendly distributions never really include hints like that, even though that’s a completely different paradigm of using the OS.

No headset. Just regular good headphones with a small, cheap USB table mic. Why - I don’t like compromising on headphone quality, while the mic quality isn’t that important.

Normally, once in the morning and once in the evening. (Arch Linux) At the very latest, once a week. Why? Well, updates are important, and with a rolling release distribution, you get them when they’re ready, which means multiple package updates each day. I sometimes skip the morning update if it’s a huge update or if I need my system ready right now. My update process is scripted, but every action is still triggered manually (to remain in control during the process, also to answer any installation-related questions that might happen). When I type “_u” (I use the underscore as a leader character for several custom functions), first a regular pacman update from the Arch repos is started, then an AUR packages update (I don’t mix both), then flatpak, then fwupdmgr. Also, there are several pacman hooks which also automate some things e.g. deleting old packages from the cache or displaying whenever there are new .pacnew or .pacsave files lying around. The whole process is very fast but still admin-controlled. If I ever see a problematic update, I can skip or delay the update. Also, I can always roll back to a previous btrfs snapshot if something breaks.

Generell ja, die Lage ist sehr ernst, vor allem weil die Faschisten noch gepusht/suppoted werden durch Big Tech die viel gesellschaftliches Manipulationspotenzial haben weil ihnen große Social Media- und andere News-Plattformen gehören, aber es ist nicht unumkehrbar. Brasilien z.B. ist den Bolsonaro losgeworden, und viele der wichtigen politischen oder gesellschaftlichen Entscheidungen werden sehr knapp entschieden, es ist also nicht so als gäbe es keinen bedeutsamen Widerstand. Z.B. der desaströse “Big Beautiful Bill” in den USA, der unter anderem ICE extrem viele Ressourcen zur Verfügung gestellt hatte, war mit nur einer einzigen Pro-Stimme entschieden worden (215 zu 214 Votes), bei 1 Enthaltung, und ca. 3 der Wahlberechtigten in dem Fall waren kurz vor der Abstimmung gestorben. Es ist also wesentlich knapper, als man denkt. Es ist alles andere als “schon verloren”. Dazu kommt noch, dass die deutsche Demokratie und der deutsche Rechtsstaat wehrhafter ist als in den USA. Das zeigt z.B. auch die Einstufung der AfD als rechtsextrem vom Verfassungsgericht. Was natürlich noch nicht ausreicht, aber es ist immerhin ein Anfang.

Aber… nichtsdestotrotz muss man sich dafür ein wenig engagieren, damit am Ende auch die richtigen Resultate rauskommen. Wer gar nichts macht, oder glaubt dass jetzt schon alles verloren sei, spielt den Faschisten in die Hände. Die Faschisten und auch Teile der Wirtschaft arbeiten konstant und rigoros daran, dass uns Rechte weggenommen werden, dass Regularien abgebaut werden, dass allgemein weniger Regeln gelten für Überreiche, so dass sie noch reicher werden können auf Kosten der allgemeinen Gesellschaft. Und sie sind auch recht gut darin, sowas der allgemeinen Gesellschaft als “positiv” zu verkaufen. Z.B. als “nötiger Bürokratieabbau” oder “Vereinfachung”. Eine Gesellschaft, die das einfach so über sich ergehen lässt, weil sie nichts dagegen tut, ist eine Gesellschaft, die das Ganze durch Untätigkeit unterstützt.

Eine einfache Möglichkeit, die jeder tun kann, ist die Teilnahme an Demos und/oder das Unterstützen/Spenden von Projekten, Aktivisten, Parteien oder Politikern die nicht rechts (dazu gehört auch das neuartige, nach rechts verschobene, Verständnis von “konservativ”), also vor allem pro-demokratisch und pro-Grundgesetz, sind. Die nicht (vollständig) im Bett sind mit der Wirtschaftslobby. Die sich von CxU oder AfD distanzieren. Und das auch weiter zu verbreiten in eurem Bekanntenkreis und online. Ein Beispiel dafür ist: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eSgFEpI9ZDQ

Da alle Entscheidungen knapp sind und noch länger sein werden, solange Trump (oder einer seiner nicht weniger schlimmen potenziellen Nachfolger wie Vance) kein Kaiser der westlichen Welt ist, könntest DU mit DEINER Stimme oder DEINEM Einfluss, so begrenzt er auch erscheinen mag, der entscheidende Faktor sein um eine weitere Ausbreitung des neuen Faschismus zu verhindern.

Sehr wichtig ist auch, die jüngeren Generationen nicht an die schädlichen Algorithmen von Tiktok, X, Instagram etc. zu “verlieren”. Manche von denen beziehen ihre News oder ihre gesellschaftlichen und politischen Eindrücke nur noch von diesen Plattformen und saugen alles auf ohne zu hinterfragen oder auch andere Quellen gegenzuchecken.

Yes. It always pains me when I see how tons of open source projects will not leave Github because of the network effect. Yes, it might be inconvenient… even punishing… but it needs to happen, especially after Microsoft bought Github. The ONLY way to counter the network effect (and contribute to meaningful change over time) is by NOT being part of the network effect. By remaining part of it, you’re only helping Microsoft.

Use Aegis.

The MS Authenticator contains analytics & telemetry & way too many permissions and should not be used: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.azure.authenticator/latest/ (it looks more like a scam than legitimate, but that’s exactly what Microslop is in 2026…)

For comparison, Aegis is a legitimate app that only does what it should do: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.beemdevelopment.aegis/latest/#permissions

Any other authenticator also works with any MS service so there’s no reason at all to use the MS Authenticator unless you like handing over more data to MS for no reason. EDIT: According to comments, your company might have the option to enforce usage of MS Authenticator only. But this doesn’t seem to be the default, at least in Germany where I’ve heard from 2 sources that they can use any authenticator app for M365 for example.

By the way, GrapheneOS is NOT rooted, but what does truth or sane app behavior even mean anymore for Microslop in 2026… Just stop using that garbage.

“MS Office with its integrated spyware and other anti-features doesn’t meet basic security and data protection requirements so I use LibreOffice”

Patch 4.3 is in open beta right now, which means it’s just around the corner, and it will bring massive changes (mostly positive, it seems). So if you want to get into the game right now, maybe wait a little longer until 4.3 is final. Then dive in.

I’m a rookie in this game (like better than newbie but not really intermediate yet) and I play only with non-gameplay-changing mods. My mod list is something like: UI Overhaul Dynamic + Extended Topbar + Tiny Outlier + Improved Text, Tech Tiers Revealed, Immersive Galaxy and Skybox, and a couple of music packs.

I still like Arch the most. Since ~22 years now.

Mint or Fedora(KDE) are great choices. Kubuntu, PopOS or OpenSuSE might also be suitable for beginners. Stay away from Arch-based distributions until you are at least a bit more experienced.

Intel (anything) works without problems on Linux (in fact, Intel is among the most Linux-supportive companies out there and most or all of their drivers are open source and part of the kernel, as it should be in the Linux world).

Nvidia GPUs used to be problematic in the past, it’s better now, still not as great as AMD GPUs are on Linux (they’re literally plug and play these days) but I think when going with the distro mentioned above it’s going to be just as easy Just make sure to enable support for NVidia drivers or “enable 3rd party drivers/repositories” (you’ll be asked during setup) so that those distributions will also install those slightly non-standard Nvidia packages which they might not do otherwise for “purity” reasons.

Wichtig dabei ist auch: ein Datenschutz der nur auf rechtlicher Ebene existiert ist zu schwach und existiert damit quasi nicht. Das sehen wir ja in Europa seit vielen Jahren. Vieles was US Big Tech Firmen sich in Europa erlauben, ist nicht legal. Aber sie konnten die Masse davon überzeugen dass es “egal” oder sogar “praktisch” sei wenn sie alles an Daten sammeln, und sie konnten die oberste irische (d.h. in diesem Fall die gesamteuropäische) Datenschutzbehörde unterwandern (eine Ex-Lobbyistin von Meta (einem der datenschutzfeindlichsten Konzerne der Welt) ist Chefin der Behörde. So einen Vorgang nennt man auch “regulatory capture” - wenn die Aufsicht besetzt wird von denen die eigentlich beobachtet werden sollten. Logischerweise passiert dann entweder in den meisten Fällen gar nichts, oder es gibt nur Taschengeld-Strafen.

Yes, and they intentionally want those lines to be as blurry as possible.

In Nazi Germany, most concentration camps were also “just” meant as additional jails for the ever-expanding list of “criminals” (according to the criminal regime of course). They had inhuman conditions because it was cheaper and no one cared too much about the inmates. Later on, some of those concentration camps became literal death camps.

I think still too many people missed the turning point when Microsoft suddenly stopped releasing products/software that were superior in basically all areas to their previous versions. I think that turning point was Windows 8 already, for many who consider Windows 8 a single-time mistake like ME or Vista it was Windows 10, for others it took until Windows 11 until they noticed the decline of Windows as a whole.

And it’s not just MS, but a lot of consumer tech is growing anti-consumer and gets enshittified to the point of where you really have to think hard whether or not you even want the new stuff they’re spewing out. My consumer habits have certainly changed to be much more rigorous than, say, 10-20 years ago. I read a lot more reviews these days and from many more different sources bevore I even think of buying something new.

“AI PCs” will increase your dependency on MS’ online services (which is probably the main thing that MS wants), decrease your privacy even more (also what MS wants - that’s a lot of data for sale), consume even more energy (on a planet with limited resources), sometimes increase your productivity (which is probably the most advantage you’re ever getting out of it) and other times royally screw you over (due to faulty and insecure AI behavior). Furthermore, LLMs are non-deterministic, meaning that the output (or what they’re doing) changes slightly every time you repeat even the same request. It’s just not a great idea to use that for anything where you need to TRUST its output.

I don’t think it will be a particularly good deal. And nothing MS or these other companies that are in the AI business say can ever be taken at face value or as truthful information. They’ve bullshitted their customers way too much already, way more than is usual for advertisements. If this was still the '90s or before 2010 or so - maybe they’d have a point. But this is 2026. Unless proven otherwise, we should assume bullshit by default.

I think we’re currently in a post-factual hype-only era where they are trying to sell you things that won’t ever exist in the way they describe them, but they’ll claim it will always happen “in the near future”. CEO brains probably extrapolate “Generative AI somewhat works now for some use cases so it will surely work well for all use cases within a couple of years”, so they might believe the stories they tell all day themselves, but it might just as well never happen. And even if it DID happen, you’d still suffer many drawbacks like insane vendor dependencies/lock-ins, zero privacy whatsoever, sometimes faulty and randomly changing AI behavior, and probably impossible-to-fix security holes (prompt injection and so on - LLMs have no clear boundary between data and instructions and it’s not that hard to get them to reveal secret data or do things they shouldn’t be doing in the first place. If your AI agent interprets a malicious instruction as valid, and it can act on your behalf on your system, you have a major problem).