Blaster M

Nemesis!

1: WINE and Proton 2: Wayland switchover 3: Linux kernel features and fixes

1: You’re not yet ready for Arch and Arch derivatives (CachyOS, EndeavorOS, etc.)

2: Fedora KDE

3: Fedora KDE

4: Fedora KDE

Linux Mint is good, but it, like Ubuntu and Debian, are “vintage” linuxes that are very behind on software versions. Things are moving very fast right now with a lot of back end linux stuff changing rapidly to support more people and programs coming off Windows. Fedora is the best “middle ground” in that it’s not Arch bleeding edge, but it is also not Debian stable “vintage”.

You do need to install RPM Fusion for Fedora to go from nvidia open source driver to nvidia proprietary driver, though.

KDE is a fully featured desktop that will give you familiarity with Windows-like layouts. Some other desktops, like GNOME, tend to reinvent the wheel and have very different desktop workflows. You’ll have to boot the live discs / sticks and poke around to understand what I mean.

To make a boot disc, use an 8GB+ usb stick and rufus - https://rufus.ie/

Fedora has been implementing an optional ML API. It’s up to you if you install it or not.

RX 7600, comes in 8gb and 16gb variants. GL getting anything that isn’t ancient for under $200

Descent

even more nuts is that it will support pc games via FEX, an emulation layer that runs x86 windows games on ARM in Linux

In addition to streaming from your battlestation

Tiny Core

Next time don’t download the pirate library.

Local models. Can’t be surveiled if your ai isn’t on the internet.

The install terminal app is for people that like to type in the console. The Mint Upgrader will present the option to upgrade when it’s ready.

So, darkweb sites it is.

Used DELL 5310. Intel 10th-gen, 60Whr battery (goes 8+ working hours on a charge) often 16GB RAM and at least a 256GB SSD at that price range. Upgradeable (DDR4, NVMe) too.

ChatGPT is playing Anarchy Chess

Fedora KDE

While I run straight Fedora on some of my systems now, I do agree the Atomic versions are a boon for stability.

Used to use Ubuntu and Mint for desktops, but they are a bit too vintage with the kernel and package versions, and everything is moving very fast with Wayland replacing X11 and lots of kernel driver improvements for modern hardware (especially AMD hardware), so being on Fedora is the next best thing to the bleedingest edge Arch when it comes to uptodateness.

AI auto detection is a coin toss at best - and it often hurts real artists/writers when they’re false positive’d, which is far too often.

People didn’t magically forget how to proofread or use Photoshop (or similar tools) when AI generation became popular - the good fakes are just better now. Small “tells” can be fixed in post by anyone that has previously done “photoshopping” work… the kind of people who have already been doing such things before AI generation. AI generation just makes it easier and faster if you know how to use inpainting or img to img.

Alternative to gumroad?

Leave it as is. Some people go tin foil hat about Secure Boot being insecure, but that’s like saying “don’t lock the bottom lock on your door because someone can use a lockpock in 2 seconds”.

Fedora works fine and automatically with Secure Boot, and that is an important defense against on-boot malware injection.