Time for the powers that be to crank the red/muslim scare up to 12.

I don’t think YaST is really required and they’re apparently moving away from it. I’ve barely used it myself, but I hear it’s one of the things many people like about openSUSE.

Try Linux Mint, Ubuntu, or Fedora.

I think openSUSE is also a good option for newbies, either the Leap (stable release) or Tumbleweed (rolling release) variants. One nice thing openSUSE does for newbies and why I have been using it in the process of moving away from Windows is that it comes out of the box with automatic system snapshots enabled so that if you break anything it’s relatively simple to roll back to a working config.

Yes. Relevant quote: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair, 1935.

USA, leader of the free indentured servitude world!

Good grief, this map really puts it in perspective.

I get what you mean. You seem to have an optimistic view that technology will help us out of this mess eventually (or at least soften its impact). I guess in some ways I’m a pessimist, but I can respect your view and accept that your scenario is also a possible outcome. I happen to think it’s less likely than what the outcome I imagine, but it is possible. My uncle has always had a similar view as yours.

I pretty much agree with most of your assessment. Thank you for mentioning insurance and real estate, as that will particularly impact countries like the US, where the two have been in a feedback loop, greatly inflating home prices.

I just worry that any technological advances will only be used to either directly help people at the top or to make them richer in the process of helping those below. That has been increasingly the trend over the decades.

Yes, good example!

Ah, I see, thanks!

Interesting, thanks!

Tidal pays the highest per play amount to artists, and Apple Music also pays high (second highest for mainstream artists after tidal last I checked)

I think this info may be outdated. I’ve been seeing a lot of people recommending Qobuz. It looks like they may be paying the most per stream now, and they also allow you to buy tracks and supposedly have the best sound quality streams(?).

Is this also the end of Software-Defined Radio in Europe?

Yes, that’s pretty much the point I was making. It was another major factor in Las Vegas being almost completely undeveloped in 1947 as per the photo. Same with the current major cities in Arizona, etc.

Many distros ship flatpak app store with default filter set to Verified Publisher only.

Also, if your distro doesn’t do this, you can do it yourself. You can modify, for instance, KDE Discover’s flathub repo to use the verified subset.

Air conditioning becoming more widely available was probably another major factor.

Cool, thanks for confirming! Definitely an inspiring (and well-made) documentary.

I hear you. I meant that more as in even more off the rails, like completely ejected off the rails.

I have mixed feelings about it. I think it’s perhaps 50/50 on whether things really go crazy within 5-10 years. It’s definitely more than 0% chance, especially considering that people have already been dying due to climate change for quite a while now (extreme weather events, drought, and related conflicts).

Glad you liked it, and definitely. You’re welcome!

I’m not familiar with Luke Smith. I only saw that article linked somewhere a while back. What’s the story on Luke?