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“I asked AI” 🙄

proton is purple google (poogle)

ubuntu is a misnomer

Swapping google apps over to fdroid etc apps before changing os is definitely the right way to go.

I reinstalled lineage recently via https://lineage.microg.org/ but have yet to use anything not on fdroid so far. I had to drop my banking apps, and a couple of webmail default apps… not the end of the world. Time will tell if it will remain feasible to keep it that way, future interactions with the government, or businesses might make it annoying (mainly due to ID cr*p), but so far it hasn’t been a problem.

I originally installed lineage via https://wiki.lineageos.org/ then added GApps at the last step, but the google sh*t still being on my phone was not what I wanted.

The installation isn’t that difficult, although the instructions do need to be read carefully. You can stuff it up without killing your phone.

My motorola g84 is running it, as is my sony xperia xz2

Probably worth watching some installation videos first.

I recommend uBlacklist to correct this.

I’m not talking about starscream

ai is owned and marketed by completely evil people.

Slop by any other name…

I’m assuming the majority of posts are slop now, there are a couple of dedicated opensourceai subreddits, I would prefer such a thing existed here as well, with a blanket ban in this one.

I only use mutable linux systems, otherwise they never shut up.

Your struggle is very real.

Off course being an ignorant makes someone wrong.

#irony

Being ignorant does not make someone wrong

‘wisdom is knowing that we know nothing’ ~ captain spinach

That isn’t user error, that is very deliberate opt in as default, knowing that most people are zombies.

Opted out should be the default, those who wish to use ai should have to opt in, but also lose their right to vote, breed, or drive.

The issue with it is that most people don’t ever look in their settings.

When I first looked into linux, I found heaps of recommendations for ubuntu, mint, zorin, pop, and fedora, but none of them seemed right (for various reasons), so I distrohopped until I found something that made sense. It’s easy enough if you use ventoy, and if you have a spare drive, or even enough space on a drive to make some 50GB (ish) ext4 partitions. Even easier if using 2.5" sdd’s since you can very easily disconnect your windows drive to avoid potential weirdness.

I don’t use da vinci resolve, it doesn’t sound linux friendly, aside from on rocky os (which I know nothing about)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DaVinci_Resolve

https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=rocky

The usual option is to look for alternatives to da vinci, such as kdenlive. Alternatives are not always of interest, or considered viable for some users of course.

The history of the usa points out the problems with both parties. The usa is war on earth.

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