Intermediate Linux user + 6 months of Gentoo = advanced Linux user.

I’m not kidding. You can do this with other distros, but it will get you used to parts of the software engineering process you might not otherwise be exposed to. That was my experience at least.

The red flag I see is the word “Caucasian” in his username.

I’m aware of GrapheneOS, but I don’t know how their tracking works, so I also don’t know if GrapheneOS can offer enough protection.

I hope there’s some technological way we can use to foil these attempts to violate citizens’ privacy en masse.

It was not just MS. There were those who followed that lead and announced that it was an industry thing.

Anyone else remember a few years ago when companies got rid of all their QA people because something something functional testing? Yeah.

The uncontrolled growth in abstractions is also very real and very damaging, and now that companies are addicted to the pace of feature delivery this whole slipshod situation has made normal they can’t give it up.

This is actually really thoughtful.

First two are right on, but I haven’t been charged for an actual software update on the Mac in 30 years.

I did Gentoo in my 20s when all I could afford was garbage computers. I enjoyed the experience — whether it did or not, it made me feel like I was getting the most out of whatever I had, and I learned SO much about Linux.