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Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare (www.lifewire.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I just switched over to Mint from Windows 10 a month ago, and besides from setting up my quirky USB audio for music making, I was astonished as I rarely needed to look anything up. :)

Using DuckDuckGo helped I think, but presently, most of my questions I searched came back with forums with real people talking, which was lovely.

I remember trying this in 2010 and... nope, everything was a project, command lines everywhere, and it was a pig. I was very impressed this time, everything quietly worked. :) Even every steam game I threw at it, even ruddy GTA San Andreas, which never ran for me on Window 10!

The searches/sticking points I looked up were

what the heck am I doing with partitions. (eventually nuked windows anyway)
how do I get my specific USB audio card thingy to work.*
how to mod fallout new vegas** (gave up and reinstalled on a windows pc, too many .exes)
how to auto-mount a second hard drive for steam so I don't have to click the disk every time I boot.

*there was actually a human-made guide for my usb audio when I searched on DuckDuckGo, which was made by an utter saint of a person!

** it ran fine, but I was in the middle of a save, so wanted to keep my mod loadout :)