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Is Linux accidentally giving itself an unfair reputation for being difficult?
Helped a non-techy person on the phone get their wifi working on a Linux laptop, we solved it by them pressing the physical flight mode button and then toggling the wireless option in the GUI. Pretty easy, as easy as Mac or Windows.
BUT... when I looked this problem up on a search engine, the first page of results involved the command line and scary paragraphs of CLI text about hardware and drivers.
If this non-techy person had looked this up, they would have seen scary CLI options as top results, and been unfairly intimidated away from Linux.
Really good point by several people about diversity of distros, so I've tried searching for this particular problem on the user's particular distro (Linux Mint).
Top results in DDG for "linux mint wifi not working":
100%! for some reason - the vast majority of "tutorials" and replies on forums/reddit favour CLI for EVERYTHING, even if there's a 2-click GUI solution to the same issue
@FediThing 🏳️🌈 Main problem here is with people not having the same physical buttons or even GUI as Lunux has a ton of distros and inconsistent hardware support (extended function keys included).
Also these scary CLI spells have a reason for existing as well 😀
I think the lesson here is the need to seriously up the manual/discoverability game and make *relevant* answers readily available without relying on web search at all.
Because web search is in all likelihood not going to take into account the specifics of the system the user is running, and favor the answer that helps the most Linux systems. And I'd fathom a guess that most Linux systems in existence today are headless and accessible via SSH at best, so the most universal answers are probably going to be for the command line.
So either web search has to stop being to go-to source, or Linux needs a very separate desktop brand that can pull generic Linux answers away from web search results when the user mentions it. Something comparable to Ubuntu or SteamOS. Because apparently even counting on the user to know they're using a GNOME DE is too generous these days.
And both these routes are *monumentally* difficult.
@FediThing 🏳️🌈 CLI-based solutions are generally less dependent on the distribution, desktop and language used. The same solution often works for e.g. an English-speaking Fedora user with GNOME as well as for an Chinese-speaking Kubuntu user. This is usually not the case with GUI solutions. To find a working GUI solution, you often have to know exactly what kind of system you are using.
the problem is that when you say Linux you have a wide array of different distributions. The terminal is where stuff works largely the same, but between systems your GUI might be completely different
#Germany is a police state that literally attack their own citizenry “hate crime” – any perceived slight against another person, verbal or otherwise. The law recognizes such disparate slurs as those critical of gender identity, religion, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or even affiliation with a group. German TV Promotes Great Replacement Climate Plan: Stop Having White European Children ‘Aryan CO2 Emitters,’ Import Third World Migrants Instead. “The current political and demographic shifts in Europe are an existential threat to its indigenous populations, not seen since the Gates of Vienna in 1683…” youtu.be/_uN3ZORybwg?si=HrAPpU…
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Gaza is the place where resistance has never ceased, not for a single moment. This fact alone is sufficient to establish Gaza as the most critical and undeniable component in the entire intricate history of the so-called conflict.
In his message following the end of Israeli aggression against Iran and a unilateral declaration of a ceasefire by the regime, Ayatollah Khamenei congratulates the Iranian nation on the victory.
🔻Anatolij #Sharij, journaliste ukrainien opposé à #Zelensky, se moque des hyperboles utilisées par des membres de l’ #UE pour promouvoir leur grand héros :
«Un héros d'acier, né dans la ville d'acier, un grand leader que le destin nous a donné !» Sharij commente: «Un monument doré à Zelensky sera bientôt érigé à Strasbourg» 😂 Les commentateurs se lâchent : «C'est hilarant. Vous, les clowns, avez tous besoin de soins psychiatriques d'urgence !» «Le déclin moral de l'UE continue. Une civilisation qu'il faudrait abandonner et laisser dépérir... Les contribuables sont-ils du gibier à plumer ou des moutons à tondre ?» 🔻 Il s’insurge : « 26 États membres de l’UE sur 27 soutiennent l’adhésion de l’Ukraine à l’UE. Seule la Hongrie est contre. Avec des verdicts politiques. Avec la persécution de l’opposition. Avec le néonazisme. Sans tribunaux. Sans police. Putain de toi, putain de groupe de crime organisé🖕»
This is #Israel / Racism & coercion: on the Depo-Provera Issue and the Ethiopian community (research)
I’ve seen this issue discussed here recently. Here’s some context about an historical and ongoing overreach of the state and medical authorities in controlling the fertility of Ethiopian immigrant women, in this case the forced (or “strongly encouraged”) use of the Depo-Provera contraceptive injection, extracted for a recent research paper.
The issue dates back to the 1990s and continues to the present day. Ethiopian immigrants, who often faced discrimination and were perceived as having higher birth rates, were disproportionately targeted by state-sponsored programs aimed at limiting their family size.
The Depo-Provera injection, a long-acting reversible contraceptive, was frequently administered to Ethiopian women, often without full informed consent or consideration of their individual needs and desires. This practice was sometimes carried out in the context of family planning programs in absorption centers for new immigrants.
The Israeli government and medical authorities played a role in perpetuating this issue. While some officials initially denied or downplayed the extent of the problem, investigations and reports revealed a pattern of coercive practices.
The issue is deeply rooted in racism and discrimination against Ethiopian immigrants, who were often viewed as a "problem", requiring state intervention to control their population growth. This reflects broader societal biases and stereotypes which is not limited to the Ethiopian community, if we limit the discussion to Jewish immigrants.
The researcher, Chedva Eyal, states that despite some changes in policy, concerns remain about the potential for continued overreach and a lack of respect for the reproductive rights of Ethiopian women.
Testimonial from the paper:
[…] For example, the testimony of Shula, who arrived at a Kupat Holim (healthcare clinic) branch in central Israel after giving birth to her son. The nurse insisted she take Depo-Provera, even though Shula did not request contraception and even emphasized that she did not have a partner. Shula, stunned by the intensity of the pressure, decided to go to another clinic to avoid taking contraception she had not asked for at all. The visitor might also have heard the testimony of an Ethiopian woman who refused to take Depo-Provera and was insulted with "retard, foolish," and because of her three pregnancies, she was offered an abortion. The racist and humiliating treatment, along with cases of a lack of medical care infrastructure, indicate a difficult and complex reality that is not reflected in the visitor's inquiry.
The article presents a retrospective account of the Depo-Provera (contraceptive injection) provision scandal to women from the #Ethiopian community in Israel, which was administered broadly with the aim of reducing fertility. The article follows the social and institutional processes since the scandal was revealed in 2008 and examines the State Comptroller's inquiry in 2015. This is a multi-site #ethnographic study that combines interviews, data processing, analysis of the State Comptroller's inquiry and Knesset debate protocols, and spans the years 2023–2008. During the research, I was exposed to many cases of Depo-Provera being administered without consent, and I witnessed the public discourse and processes that occurred in the wake of the scandal's exposure.
#Israel just slaughtered 100s more innocents in #Gaza. Here are some of their names and stories
The numbers are horrific but they are not mere numbers With the world ‘mainstream’ media’s eyes diverted to Iran & never too interested in reporting Israel’s crimes in Gaza anyway – Israel has continued to accelerate its slaughter & starvation of the Palestinian people of Gaza. 100s have been murdered in just the last couple of days, bombed & shot.
Israel’s genocide doesn’t stop; the numbers are horrific but they are not mere numbers With the world ‘mainstream’ media’s eyes diverted to Iran – and never too …
📢 🕯️ At least 11 Palestinians were killed, dozens injured early Friday as ISR aistrikes and drone attacks continued to pound the southern #gaza strip, targeting displaced civilians, residential neighborhoods, and aid seekers
🔹 🕯️ Acc to local sources, ISR warplanes bombed a makeshift tent sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi, west of #khanyounis, killing Dr. Ayman Suleiman Abu Tair and his niece Amira Mohammed Abu Tair
On March 26, 2010 Nancy Schaefer and her husband Bruce were found dead in their Habersham County home. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation ruled the deaths a murder-suicide, asserting Bruce shot Nancy in the back while she slept and then turned the gun on himself, leaving a suicide note and no signs of forced entry and closed the case rapidly \[1].
Nancy Schaefer had been removed from the Georgia State Senate in 2008 but continued as an outspoken critic of child protective services, publishing in 2007 “Investigation of Child Protective Services,” which alleged Title IV-E funding incentives drove unwarranted child removals, financial fraud, and trafficking in concert with foster and adoption agencies \[2].
At the death scene GBI reported Nancy had a single gunshot wound to the back and Bruce a self-inflicted chest wound; towels near the handgun and no forced entry were cited as consistent with murder-suicide, yet no independent forensic audit, ballistics reconstruction, blood spatter or gunshot residue analysis has ever been released \[1].
Family members and close associates unanimously rejected the official narrative. Nancy exhibited no suicidal ideation, was in good health, planning international speaking engagements and a documentary release, and Bruce showed no history of depression, financial distress, or violence; both were described as supportive, stable, and focused on activism \[3].
Prior to her death Nancy publicly reported receiving threats linked to her investigations of CPS and alleged involvement in exposing international child trafficking networks; her collected documentation and documentary materials vanished after the deaths, and FOIA requests for related records were met with redaction or denial \[4].
Major media outlets offered minimal coverage, no Congressional inquiry or independent autopsy was conducted, and federal agencies showed no interest in her documented civil rights and RICO-related allegations against CPS and state actors, despite her presentations before conservative organizations and United Nations forums \[5].
Independent investigators and family‐designated experts were denied access to autopsy materials, crime scene evidence, and sealed court documents; whistleblower accounts within Georgia’s legal system claim her work threatened sealed federal interests, yet these assertions remain unverified due to restricted records \[6].
Nancy Schaefer’s death aligns with a pattern of unexplained fatalities among CPS whistleblowers and reform advocates, including Monica Petersen and Senator Linda Collins-Smith, characterized by abrupt official rulings of suicide or accident, rapid case closures, and absence of thorough forensic review \[7].
Sources
\[1] Georgia Bureau of Investigation official case summary, 2010 \[2] Nancy Schaefer “Investigation of Child Protective Services,” 2007 \[3] Family testimonies collected by independent advocates, 2010 \[4] Freedom of Information Act responses and Associated Press coverage, 2010 \[5] Media analysis of national and international coverage, 2010 \[6] Whistleblower affidavit filed with state legal counsel, 2011 \[7] Comparative study of CPS whistleblower fatalities, 2015
Trump Spends $1M On Attack Ads Smearing Thomas Massie as Pro-Child Genital Mutilation Terrorist
AIPAC is recruiting a challenger to take on Thomas Massie and President Trump is already spending $1 million of his donors' money on smearing the America First congressman as a terrorist who wants to mutilate children's genitals.
Cases like Gabriel Fernandez and Adrian Jones highlight horrific abuse in state custody but are treated as rare exceptions. Meanwhile, systemic issues—especially mass spying via data collection used for racially and politically biased child removals, financial incentives, and the harmful outcomes—go largely ignored.
Risk assessment tools from firms like Palantir and Microsoft analyze data such as income, criminal records, CPS history, mental health, school attendance, social media, and neighborhood poverty and racial makeup. These biased algorithms disproportionately target families upholding traditional values or rejecting dominant ideologies, subjecting them to surveillance and separation. This model is exported globally via UNICEF, WHO, and philanthropic groups. The UN's number 1 stated goal is to end poverty; apparently by ending poor famalies.
The majority of removals (75%) are not for abuse, but a percieved risk of “neglect”. Even when the child was in no danger, and better off with family. (ACF, Child Maltreatment 2022). Reunification rates remain below 50%, with many parents permanently losing custody despite no criminal convictions (Children’s Bureau Annual Report, 2022).
These removals destroy family bonds, and cause irreversible damage to children. Outcomes in foster care are catastrophically worse than remaining with their families, marked by high rates of malnutrition, abuse, medical neglect, psychotropic overmedication, disappearances, and deaths—many concealed or misclassified. Sexual exploitation, trafficking, and organ harvesting disproportionately victimize foster youth, making the system a documented human trafficking conduit under the guise of protection.
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) reports from 2021 indicate foster children experience mortality rates 20 times higher than age-matched peers, with deaths attributed to neglect, abuse, untreated medical conditions, and suicide. Investigative journalism from The Guardian and ProPublica revealed widespread physical and sexual abuse in foster care and group homes, forced medication, malnutrition, and neglect. The GAO (2019) documented that 61% of foster children received psychotropic medications, often prescribed off-label without FDA approval or adequate psychiatric oversight. DOJ statistics estimate roughly 20,000 foster children run away or go missing annually, many trafficked or exploited, but reporting systems are inconsistent and undercount disappearances (DOJ Child Exploitation Report, 2020). These abuses amount to racial and class genocide disguised as protection.
Media silence stems from conflicts of interest tied to government funding and corporate advertising, sustaining the false narrative that removal is always protective.
This media blackout is part of a global psychological operation controlled by political actors, corporate contractors, and intelligence-linked firms. By focusing on isolated cases, they hide a coordinated system enforcing racial and class genocide through family destruction. Without real investigative journalism, this silent genocide continues behind closed doors.
Die durch ihr verschenktes Millionenerbe bekannt gewordene Aktivistin möchte "auf die illegale Blockade des Gazastreifens durch Israel" aufmerksam machen
All ideas about the "Nazis" being so strict and uptight that they had no sense of humor are of course all derived from the programming of countless movies where National Socialist Germans have been pictured as such.
Thus people today, "feels like" they kind of know how it was.
It is all lies based upon lies.
Look at the video of Hitler, then a soldier, playing with a dog in the middle of WW1
Was that a man devoid of Humor? No he was a loving caring man with a smile.
All ideas about the "Nazis" being so strict and uptight that they had no sense of humor are of course all derived from the programming from countless movies where National Socialist Germans have been pictured as such.
Thus people today, "feels like" they kind of know how it was.
It is all lies based upon lies.
Look at the video of Hitler, then a soldier, playing with a dog in the middle of WW1
Was that a man devoid of Humor? No he was a loving caring man with a smile.
Open Society Publications Peter Thiel’s assertion that democracy inevitably subordinates freedom collapses once automation profits and import duties are taxed progressively, channeling AI‑driven surpluses into public goods rather than oligarchic coffers. This policy directly undermines his escape‑hatch logic by ensuring that technological dividends serve collective well‑being instead of private enrichment. By reclaiming a fair share of automation rents, it nullifies Thiel’s premise that extending fiscal democracy corrodes capitalist liberty. Nuclear powered robotic factories can produce enough surplus to provide a UBI for every citizen.
His vision of detached technocrats ruling unaccountable AI platforms is shattered by community‑led ownership of factories and data infrastructures. Democratic cooperatives and municipally governed enterprises prevent secretive acquisitions and algorithmic governance, embedding production within elected structures and subjecting all automated decision‑making to public review.
Thiel’s model of surveillance‑driven distribution is refuted by a uniform, non‑targeted UBI that guarantees equal economic footing without elite gatekeepers. Removing means tests and opaque criteria restores the principle that support is an unconditional right, not a privilege granted by an unelected few.
Finally, Thiel’s call to “find an escape from politics in all its forms” is countered by embedding these reforms within a transparent, consent‑based government fortified by robust protections for speech, press and information flows, real‑time disclosure of political expenditures, and citizen‑initiated referendum and recall mechanisms obliterates the claim that democracy stifles innovation. True liberty and technological progress flourish only when economic power is as decentralized and contestable as political authority.
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Finding viable sperm in infertile men can take days. AI did it in hours. - The Columbia University Fertility Center used AI to find viable sperm in an infertile man... - washingtonpost.com/health/2025…
Lenovo's hot-swappable batteries made my colleagues nostalgic — but today's USB-C solutions are better - Lenovo's hot swappable batteries were a great way to keep w... - tomshardware.com/laptops/lenov… #laptops
📢 Al Mayadeen's correspondent in south #lebanon: Israeli warplanes launch strikes on regions of al-Mahmoudiyah, al-Khardali (11:20 local-t) ++ Israeli aircraft execute series of strikes in Kfar Tibnit (11:00 local-t)
Pourquoi certains journaux continuent d’illustrer les canicules avec des femmes en bikini et des enfants tout sourire à la plage ? Est-ce vraiment représentatif de ce qu’il se passe quand il fait plus de 40°C à l’ombre et qu'il peut y avoir des conséquences mortelles ?
Tage nach Israels Angriff auf das Gefängnis im Iran wissen Angehörige von Insassen nicht, wie es um ihre Liebsten steht. Unsere Autorin hat gemischte Gefühle – auch sie war einst dort inhaftiert
»Bundesverkehrsminister Patrick Schnieder spricht sich für eine Fortsetzung des Deutschlandtickets aus, bleibt in der Frage der Finanzierung [von 1,5 Milliarden für den Bund] aber hart.«
Wir haben nämlich kein Geld, weil wir ~5,5 Milliarden fürs Dienstwagenprivileg ausgeben. (Quelle 2023: www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/dienst…)
Die bestehende Dienstwagen-Regelung sorgt für Kritik. Sie kostet den Staat offenbar weit mehr als das Deutschlandticket. Dabei sind die meisten Dienstwagen immer noch klimaschädliche Verbrenner.
Scientists are harnessing data from ESA’s Swarm mission and ground-based instruments to precisely measure the strength and duration of intense upper-atmosphere heating – dramatic ‘hot flushes’ triggered by solar storms that also cause Earth’s tenuous outer atmospheric layers to expand rapidly.
This research, funded by ESA's Earth Observation FutureEO Science for Society initiative, offers crucial insights into how geomagnetic activity affects satellite orbits and space weather conditions.
Unfortunately immigrants don't know that Creta is a high priority military target, that a big part of greeks wish to be shot. euronews.com/video/2025/06/27/…
Video. Greece is deploying naval forces to Crete's southern shores as migrant arrivals from Libya soar, with over 7,300 migrants landing this year. Shelters are overwhelmed.
📢 #iran has not made any decision to initiate nuclear talks with the #US, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday in an interview with Iranian state television
🔹 Araghchi noted that #tehran was engaged in negotiations with the US when Washington backed an Israeli attack on Iran and then eventually launched its own direct airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities
es ist eine schöne sache, wenn eine künstlerin und lebefrau über ihr wildes leben sagt: „ich bereue nichts.“
wenn eine politikerin das selbe sagt, nachdem sie mit destaströsen polit- und personalentscheidungen ihre eigene partei in den untergang geführt hat und damit den boden für den faschismus weiter bereitet hat, finde ich das schade. mastodon.social/@eskensaskia/1…
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Mit Tobias Peter, Berliner Büroleiter von Stuttgarter Zeitung und Stuttgarter Nachrichten, habe ich über meine Zeit als SPD-Vorsitzende gesprochen, die an diesem Wochenende zu Ende geht. Ich bereue nichts.
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Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara joins us from London to unpack the latest developments following the US strikes on Iran. In this in-dept...
Für zunächst zwei Jahre wird der Familiennachzug für subsidiär Schutzberechtigte ausgesetzt. Nach hitziger Debatte stimmten auch viele aus der Opposition der Änderung zu.
Im Gedenken an Süleyman Taşköprü, der heute vor 24 Jahren, am 27. Juni 2001, in Hamburg vom NSU mit mehreren Schüssen ermordet wurde. Er war 31 Jahre alt und hatte eine Tochter. #keinSchlussstrich #keinVergessen
In case people didn't know, Creative Commons has been on the side of "screw your rights and livelihood, it's fair use" regarding GenAI training since at least 2021.
The new "AI" license 'signals' are interesting as a development (assuming anyone honours them when companies mass pirated commercial creative works!) but not a surprise (and apparently don't include a "no" option, because that's elsewhere in a spec and this is for granularity of yes)
Seems a bit unfair to me. In my reading, both CC and EFF articles are explaining the "bad news" that (1) a lot of AI use is likely permissible under both copyright law and CC licences, and (2) trying to fix this might have troublesome blow-back effects for some ordinary human creative-rights issues. The accusation of "screw your livelihood" could be (and was!) also used by the Big Rights people trying to stop the Open Culture movement, back in the day.
One of the Three Stooges' greatest moments! How Vernon Dent , or anyone, could mistake Curly for the Maharaja is quite extraordinary! From "Three Little Pi...
🌪️ Confronting the "zero response" – the narcissist who completely ignores any negative feedback can be incredibly frustrating.
When you express your concerns, it may feel like you’re talking to a wall. This reaction can leave you feeling invalidated and unheard. But remember, this behavior often stems from their inability to accept criticism or any form of accountability.
🔍 It’s important to establish healthy boundaries. While you can't change their behavior, you can control your reactions. Focus on self-care and surround yourself with supportive individuals who value your perspective.
Rechter Widerspruch abgewiesen - Fabian Grischkat: "Endlich steht schwarz auf weiß, dass die Marke Stolzmonat mir und damit stellvertretend allen gehört, die sich für eine offene und freie Gesellschaft einsetzen" queer.de/detail.php?article_id…
Die rechte Szene hat mit dem "Stolzmonat" eine reaktionäre Gegenbewegung zum queeren Pride Month gestartet. Die Markenrechte hat sich aber jemand gesichert, der den Begriff als "Symbol der Menschlichkeit" sieht. (Politik - Deutschland)
Nina da Hora é cientista da computação, desenvolvedora e hacker antirracista. No começo da carreira, Nina se deparou com sistemas de reconhecimento facial que não reconheciam seu rosto. Esse episódio foi um alerta para que ela expandisse seu olhar para a interface entre tecnologia e sociedade.
Hoje, Nina faz mestrado em ética, pesquisando os vieses raciais no aprendizado de máquinas, incluindo processos de reconhecimento facial. Além do trabalho acadêmico, Nina participa de conselhos públicos e privados - como o Conselho de Segurança do TikTok no Brasil - e é fundadora do Instituto da Hora, que promove direitos digitais para populações negras e indígenas.
No Fio da Meada, Nina da Hora conversa com Branca Vianna sobre trocar praticidade por vigilância, sobre o racismo e outros problemas embutidos nas inteligências artificiais, e sobre quem pode usar os seus dados - e por que você deve ler as letras miúdas do seu contrato da academia.
BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.
@Droopenheimer @bquirky no idea. The faucets are all spitting air. I think that would indicate a main break? But I drove around the neighborhood and i don’t see any breaks, at least none where it’s coming up from underground.
@bquirky @Droopenheimer I’m waiting til the village offices open to actually call and talk to someone. Then I’ll probably get a case of water to use to wash up and then go to work. The part that sucks is not being able to use the toilets.
Went to the village website, no notices. Navigated to the utilities page and it said call for “emergency situations” call xxx. After hours to call the police dept dispatch, which I did, and they said sorry we can’t help you’ll have to call the utility in the morning.
Then why say to call the police dispatch? Why not just say, after 4:30 or on weekends, you’re fucked?
Mes chères impertinentes, chers impertinents, Je crois qu’à un moment dans ce pays il va falloir que nos élus se réveillent avant de sentir dans leurs augustes postérieurs les pointes des fourches des gueux en colères (ce qui serait funeste) moment q…
Ahold Delhaize, who own Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Giant Food, The GIANT Company and Food Lion, say they are dealing with a cybersecurity incident. I understand it is actually ransomware and they're several days in.
Giant is one of our local markets here in NoVa - their website is still up and I don't recall anything out of the ordinary when I was there last weekend - wonder if they managed to sidestep it.
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Sorry to ‘told-you-so’ but I hope everyone who has sneered at my refusal to use Spotify over the years is pleased that their investment in music convenience is paying off so ethically.
Please stop supporting the platformisation of art. Buy music from musicians. Go to their gigs. Buy physical media. Use bandcamp.
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Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million. If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000. Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
La future chef des services secrets britanniques est une femme, la première, Blaise #Metreweli. The Times rappelle que son grand-père paternel s'appelait Constantine #Dobrowolski. Entre 1941 et 1943, il fut un collaborateur des #nazis allemands, ce qui lui valut le surnom de "Boucher de #Tchernigov", à cause de son implication directe dans des crimes contre l'humanité (lors d'opérations de déportation et d’extermination en collaboration étroite avec la Gestapo et les Einsatzgruppen).
@Ann1944, logical, the difference between foreign workers and those of the US is, that foreign workers have a professional theorical and practical training between 2-4 years with examen, to be authorized to exercise the profession.
“Modular, repairable, and equips 12 easily replaceable parts.”
🙏 Thank you to Vishnu Sarangapurkar from Android Central for covering the Murena Fairphone (Gen. 6) and highlighting /e/OS: “a notable alternative to Google OS.”
🔻Anatolij #Sharij, journaliste ukrainien opposé à #Zelensky, se moque des hyperboles utilisées par des membres de l’ #UE pour promouvoir leur grand héros :
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •FediThing 🏳️🌈
in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •p.s. Wow, so many replies so quickly! 😮
Really good point by several people about diversity of distros, so I've tried searching for this particular problem on the user's particular distro (Linux Mint).
Top results in DDG for "linux mint wifi not working":
forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic…
thelinuxcode.com/fix-linux-min…
reallinuxuser.com/how-to-insta…
Same query on Google:
reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comment…
forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic…
forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic…
To be fair, the first result on Google doesn't have CLI, but does still go straight to more techy stuff.
I'm wondering if the flight mode -> toggle wifi solution is too simple for Linux people to write about?
How to solve Linux Mint Wi-Fi problems - Linux Mint 21.3 Edition - Real Linux User
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in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •Shalien
in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •Шуро
in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •@FediThing 🏳️🌈 Main problem here is with people not having the same physical buttons or even GUI as Lunux has a ton of distros and inconsistent hardware support (extended function keys included).
Also these scary CLI spells have a reason for existing as well 😀
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in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •I think the lesson here is the need to seriously up the manual/discoverability game and make *relevant* answers readily available without relying on web search at all.
Because web search is in all likelihood not going to take into account the specifics of the system the user is running, and favor the answer that helps the most Linux systems. And I'd fathom a guess that most Linux systems in existence today are headless and accessible via SSH at best, so the most universal answers are probably going to be for the command line.
So either web search has to stop being to go-to source, or Linux needs a very separate desktop brand that can pull generic Linux answers away from web search results when the user mentions it. Something comparable to Ubuntu or SteamOS. Because apparently even counting on the user to know they're using a GNOME DE is too generous these days.
And both these routes are *monumentally* difficult.
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in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •This is usually not the case with GUI solutions. To find a working GUI solution, you often have to know exactly what kind of system you are using.
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in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •Molenaar
in reply to FediThing 🏳️🌈 • • •This is mainly a perception problem. The non-techy person was not just using Linux, but also using a display manager with a network manager widget.
A raspberry PI running in headless mode can also be running Linux, but probably would need the CLI version of the network manager.
Linux has so many flavours that some of them are user friendly with graphical environments, while others are lean and more server-like.