chronicledmonocle

Don't worry Nancy. Just like all of the straight men out there, trans women don't want to touch you either.

You don't have to introduce legislature protecting yourself from non-existent threats.

Fair, but I absolutely loved Ahsoka. It and The Mandalorian are my favorite shows to come out recently.

Debian and Linux Mint.

Debian for mission critical stuff like servers or things I don't want to futz with, like HTPCs, work machines, etc.

Mint for my gaming desktop because it's a bit newer on kernels and such.

I don't get why anybody uses Ubuntu. Just use Debian. It's basically more stable and functional Ubuntu, but without snaps and you don't need an entire distro branch for different DEs.

Hubspot is the worst.

How is Filoni ruining Star Wars? He's the only one making any GOOD Star Wars. Everything not involving him has been utter garbage, for the most part.

How secure an OS is depends entirely on the configuration. A Linux install can be less secure than Windows or macOS, if configured so.

Linux tends to be more secure OOTB because distro devs tend to be security conscious. Android is also fairly secure, since it has no root access, sandboxes applications to a degree, and has other hardening employed. However, Android is also very vast and built for various devices by many manufacturers, so it also depends on them.

Didn't know there was to be a comic series. This is exciting.

OP doesn't say how old their kids are. Could be teens with plenty of aptitude, but if they're younger....the switch may be the better option.

As for emulation, I was more just was saying it's possible. For single player games it's fine, if done legally.

Yes this is true. I'll edit my original post.

There is no "TV version". The switch docks to a docking station to make it output to a TV. You just need a docking station and controllers to make a single Switch into a shared screen experience in the living room. Anyone's Switch can use the dock.

Physical games are sharable, but only one device can use that game at a time, because they're physical cartridges.

Personally, I'd go with a Steam Deck over a Switch, unless your family specifically is looking to play Switch games that are exclusive to it (which technically with emulation the Steam Deck can also play, but that's not legal unless you own a switch and the game). The nice thing about Steam games is that Steam's Families feature lets you share the entire game library digitally to 5 family members, so unless they want to play the same game at once, you only buy games once and they can all play them. There are also some games that let you own one copy and let multiple people play multiplayer at once on it, too.

Plus, games on Steam are cheaper than Switch games and the Steam Deck is only a bit more money upfront than a Switch is, especially on sale, which I expect it to be on sale for Black Friday coming up.

Finally, Steam games also can be played on a PC. Any PC. The Steam Deck is just an easy to use, skinned UI PC. As such, when the Steam Deck becomes obsolete, you don't have a bunch of games that are now locked to an obsolete platform. There are PC games that are decades old that still play on PCs today (although sometimes a bit of fiddling is required for REALLY old ones).

Edit:

FYI the regular switch and OLED can dock. The switch lite cannot.

Where are you seeing they'll win the house? All I see is a narrow blue control of the house on projected outcomes.