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(1) Chay Bowes on X: "Nazi General Adolf Heusinger was the commander of Wehrmacht high command and Hitler's right-hand man during WW2 He was also chairman of NATO from 1961 to 1964 But let's not talk about that, or Bandera, or Volyn, or Baba Yar, or Shukhevych, Let's pretend it's all Russian lies https://t.co/CninrUMpPB" / X
Le cas plus anecdotique de Hildegard Lächert aussi, surnommée "Brigitte la sanguinaire" dans les camps de concentration pour sa cruauté. Après la guerre et quelques années d'emprisonnement, elle fera une belle carrière à la CIA...
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Über die Energiewende wird viel geredet. Weniger Beachtung finden die industriellen Rohstoffe, bei denen zum Erreichen der Klimaziele eine #Defossilierung erforderlich ist. Dazu ist gerade ein zweiteiliger Artikel erschienen, geschrieben von Michael Carus (Diplom-Physiker u. Firmeninhaber). Teil 1: telepolis.de/features/Die-foss… Teil 2: telepolis.de/features/Warum-ni…
@StefanMuenz, alles was aus fossilen Stoffen gewonnen wird, kann auch mit erneuerbaren Methoden erzeugt werden.
Wir sind umringt von Energie und auch von Kohlenstoff in jeglicher Form, die Vorkommen von der Erde vor millonen Jahren gespeicherten zu nutzen hat nur ökonomische private Interessen als Grund, keinerlei technischen.
Wind, Sonne, Erdwärme, hydrologische Energie, etc., sind kein handelsbaren Güter, Erdöl, Erdgas und Atomkraft schon.
@Catweazle Mir war vorher nicht so klar, dass auch so ziemlich alle Kunststoffe sich irgendwie ohne fossile Bestandteile herstellen lassen. Zumindest hab ich oft schon das Gegenteil gelesen. Insofern finde ich das eine sehr erfreuliche und mutmachende Nachricht. Allerdings müssen die technischen Lösungen natürlich auch skalierbar sein, also nicht nur für Prototypen taugen, sondern auch für tausende von Tonnen.
Dein letzter Satz ist übrigens der Schlüssel dazu, warum so viele Machthaber daran interessiert sind, die fossil und atomar gewonnen Energien zu erhalten, während sie die erneuerbaren verteufeln. Es würde einfach ein Mega-Markt wegbrechen. Allein mit Erdöl werden täglich über 8 Mrd. Dollar weltweit umgesetzt. Das ist der wahre Gegner für alle, die sich für Klimaschutz einsetzen und sich wundern, warum so wenig passiert.
Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of metals and the flexibility of plastic—without the pol…
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The supreme court has made a mockery of gender recognition. Our politicians must not allow the EHRC to further shatter trans lives, says journalist Freddy McConnell
Thermal Desorption Unit (TDU) technology has become a pivotal method in the management and recovery of petroleum hydrocarbons from oil sludge. This process not only addresses environmental liabilities but also recovers valuable resources that would otherwise be lost or pose long-term ecological risks. The principle of TDU operation lies in the controlled application of heat to volatilize hydrocarbon compounds, which are then condensed and collected for reuse.
Phase Behavior of Oil Sludge Components
Oil sludge is a heterogeneous mixture composed of water, solids, and a spectrum of hydrocarbons—from light volatile organics to high-molecular-weight asphaltic residues. The effectiveness of thermal desorption unit hinges on precise control of temperature ranges to target specific hydrocarbon fractions.
Moisture is typically removed at temperatures between 100°C and 120°C. Light to medium petroleum hydrocarbons volatilize between 150°C and 450°C, while heavier fractions require exposure to temperatures approaching 550°C. The objective is to optimize the energy input so that organics are efficiently liberated without reaching pyrolytic degradation thresholds.
Indirect Heating for Controlled Desorption
TDUs employ indirect heating mechanisms to prevent combustion and ensure safe, uniform thermal exposure. In most designs, the oil sludge is conveyed through a rotating or paddle-style reactor jacketed with externally heated surfaces. Heat is transferred through conduction, allowing internal temperatures to rise gradually.
The use of nitrogen or steam as a carrier gas can facilitate hydrocarbon stripping, prevent oxidation, and enhance system safety. This inert atmosphere also aids in mobilizing semi-volatile compounds that would otherwise remain entrapped within the solid matrix.
Vapor Capture and Hydrocarbon Recovery
As hydrocarbons volatilize, they are drawn off with the carrier gas and routed into a condensation and separation system. Multi-stage condensers, often maintained at variable temperature gradients, allow sequential recovery of light and heavy fractions. Non-condensable gases are typically treated via thermal oxidizers or used as auxiliary fuel within the system.
Recovered oil can be blended with crude, refined into intermediate feedstock, or used in industrial burners. This recovered product typically meets specifications for Bunker C or fuel-grade oils, making the TDU process economically attractive in hydrocarbon-scarce regions.
Residual Solids and Environmental Compliance
Post-treatment solids exiting the TDU contain less than 0.5% oil by weight—often meeting land disposal or reuse criteria. These de-oiled residues are inert and can be used in construction aggregates, landfill cover, or further treated for metal recovery, depending on feedstock origin.
Regulatory agencies commonly mandate testing under Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) protocols to ensure compliance. The ability of the TDU to meet these thresholds makes it an essential technology for oilfield remediation, petroleum refining waste management, and industrial slop treatment.
Modular Design and Deployment Versatility
Modern TDU systems are modular, scalable, and containerized, allowing rapid deployment across upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors. They can be installed directly at oil drilling sites, tank bottom cleaning operations, or refinery sludge lagoons, minimizing transportation risks and costs.
This decentralized treatment capability is especially valuable in regions with limited hazardous waste infrastructure or in environmentally sensitive zones where spills must be addressed on-site.
Efficiency Considerations and Throughput Optimization
Operational efficiency of a TDU hinges on parameters such as feed rate, sludge viscosity, particle size distribution, and heating uniformity. Pre-treatment processes—such as decanting, centrifugation, or drying—can improve throughput and reduce thermal load.
Automated control systems monitor reactor temperature, pressure, and gas composition in real time, ensuring optimal operating conditions and maintaining recovery rates while avoiding system fouling or coking.
Closing the Loop in Hydrocarbon Waste Management
Thermal desorption not only resolves the liability posed by oil sludge but transforms waste into a resource. By recovering hydrocarbons in a usable form and minimizing environmental impact, TDU technology represents a closed-loop solution aligned with sustainability objectives and circular economy principles in the petroleum industry.
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This broken law isn't only failing to prevent the spread of hate and misinformation, it's actively protecting the ability of the most powerful and privileged to do so, argues Kyle Taylor
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"Simon and Andy work through the way political and legal forces are reacting to the rising tide of disgust at the sight of starving children. ~ We follow that with analysis of how Labour’s “child protection” act is both incompetent and deeply unpopular across
22 Minister der & Abgeordnete aus den Regierungsfraktionen aus #Israel fordern, dass Siedler endlich offiziell Nord-#Gaza besichtigen können - um besser die neuen Siedlungen zu planen
»22 ministers and lawmakers demand settlement group be allowed to tour northern Gaza. Itamar Ben Gvir, Miki Zohar, Shlomo Karhi and May Golan all interested in taking part in mission to scout out locations for new settlements in ‘living heart of the Land of Israel’« timesofisrael.com/22-ministers…
Itamar Ben Gvir, Miki Zohar, Shlomo Karhi and May Golan all interested in taking part in mission to scout out locations for new settlements in 'living heart of the Land of Israel'
»“The Gaza Strip is not just another geographical area — it is the living heart of the Land of Israel, an area with deep biblical, historical, and national roots. The return of the Jewish people to these places is not just a strategic step — but a return to Zion in the deepest and most practical sense.” They argued that Israel should resettle northern Gaza because it is now under full IDF control and “empty of Gaza residents.”«
"The West" has lost. We don't have the materials, the industrial capacity, the infrastructure, the personnel, the supply lines, the practice, the strategy, the tactics, the doctrine, the politics. In fact we have nothing.
Hola @rac1_bot de nuevo los palestinos no MUEREN cuando van a buscar comida. #IsraelTerroristEntity los ASESINA cuando van a buscar comida. La complicidad de los medios de comunicación en este #gazagenocide algún día será estudiado como el asco que da ahora.
The UK Petition to repeal the online safety act is now the second most signed petition under the current parliament, beat only by a petition created last year to effectively kick kier starmer out of office.
However it's still trailing a contradicting petition from 2021 by quite a wide margin. This petition called for the complete abolishment of online anonymity and may have instigated all this nonsense in the first place.
it's not a coincidence that 1984, Brave New World, and other famous dystopias were written in Britain. They don't describe the dangers of totalitarism, not even the slightest. They describe Brits and unfathomable lust for the boot.
The crushing plant industry faces unique financial hurdles that test even the most seasoned developers. From volatile raw material costs to unpredictable equipment maintenance expenses, profit margins can quickly erode without careful fiscal planning. What separates successful operations from struggling ones often comes down to strategic budgeting - the art of allocating resources where they yield maximum operational and financial returns. These challenges become particularly acute when scaling operations or entering new markets, where capital efficiency determines long-term viability.
Strategic Capital Allocation for Equipment Procurement
The cornerstone of any crushing operation lies in its equipment selection, where financial decisions have decades-long repercussions. Rather than pursuing the lowest upfront cost, savvy developers conduct total cost of ownership analyses that factor in energy consumption, maintenance requirements, and expected lifespan. Modular [stone crusher plants](aimixgroup.com/stone-crusher-p…
) often present compelling value, allowing gradual capacity expansion aligned with revenue growth.
Financing arrangements require equal scrutiny. Lease-to-own options preserve working capital during initial operations, while equipment manufacturer financing sometimes offers preferential rates. Several operators have successfully implemented revenue-sharing models with suppliers, where payments scale with production output during the first three years of operation.
Operational Efficiency Through Predictive Cost Modeling
Day-to-day financial management separates profitable plants from those perpetually chasing break-even. Implementing activity-based costing reveals hidden expenses in material handling, labor deployment, and energy usage. One midwestern operator reduced energy costs by 18% simply by tracking consumption patterns and rescheduling high-power processes to off-peak hours.
Maintenance budgets particularly benefit from predictive modeling. By analyzing historical repair data and equipment telemetrics, developers can create failure probability curves that optimize spare parts inventory. This approach prevents both costly emergency repairs and excessive parts stockpiling. Some operations now use blockchain-enabled parts tracking to further streamline this process.
Risk Mitigation Through Contingency Planning
Seasoned developers understand that even flawless budgets require buffers for the unpredictable. The most resilient operations maintain three-tiered contingency funds: immediate reserves for equipment breakdowns (3-5% of operational budget), market fluctuation buffers (7-10% of annual revenue), and strategic repositioning capital for industry shifts.
Diversification strategies provide additional financial stability. Several successful crushing plants have developed byproduct revenue streams - selling crushed rock fines to asphalt plants or recycled water to local industries. One innovative operation in Texas covers 12% of its fixed costs through solar energy sales back to the grid, turning unused land into a revenue generator.
Financial challenges in crushing plant development ultimately stem from the industry's capital-intensive nature. By treating budgeting as a dynamic strategic tool rather than an administrative exercise, developers can transform these challenges into competitive advantages. The most successful operators don't just track dollars - they engineer financial systems as carefully as they design their material processing flows, creating operations that thrive through market cycles and technological disruptions alike.
The competitiveness of Belarusian products has grown thanks to the cooperation with Chinese companies, Belarusian Industry Minister Andrei Kuznetsov said during talks with Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology of China Xin Guobin.
I would like to know if there are plans to incorporate an easy way to change the icon of the app on Mac. I love that it is possible on iPhone, but it would be nice to be able to do it for the browser on the Mac as easy as it is in the the iPhone. Is there any plans to incorporate this option? Also it would be great to be able to upload any image and be able to use it as the app icon.
We’re just here, doing our thing. Making a browser that puts you first. No Big Tech vibes, just a small team in Norway and Iceland, building something better for the web. 🇳🇴🇮🇸
Historian Richard Ned Lebow analyzed 94 interstate wars since 1648. Surprisingly, he found most wars aren't about material gain or land.
Lebow found that the most common reasons nations go to war are status, security, and revenge.
Lebow's research, compiled in Why Nations Fight, found that 58% of wars were primarily motivated by standing or status, 18% were motivated by security, and 10% were fought for revenge. Only 7% of wars were fought over material interests. That means the most common cause of war isn't oil, land, or fear — it's ego with a flag.
... And... It fits. Like is fast becoming my most frequently re-iterated quip these days: " Narcissists are the WORST. ".
Lebow's research, compiled in Why Nations Fight, found that 58% of wars were primarily motivated by standing or status, 18% were motivated by security, and 10% were fought for revenge. Only 7% of wars were fought over material interests. That means the most common cause of war isn't oil, land, or fear — it's ego with a flag.
So by this, just 25%, just a quarter, are started for the typical reasons given or assumed, security and resources.
... That kinda puts a spanner in the works of my theory that if we simply avail all the suppressed emancipatory technologies, we'd expediently sublimate to no wars... and, if thinking only of the material abundance technologies, that'd mainly only affect the 7%. Revealing we've much to mend. Thankfully, many technologies exist to remedy such maladies of the psyche and soul too... which is great news, for when we manage to get that tech unsuppressed too.
We can still mend this.
(And I'll forcefully refrain myself from burying the lede there with nitpicking at cringe parts further into the article ~ as much as I want to.).
The Israeli occupation forces committed a new massacre against those waiting for aid in the Zikim area. Mahmoud Basal, a civil defense official in the Gaza Strip, said that the occupation soldiers were sniping at civilians, resulting in the deaths o
The #Bonus Army, a protest that had grown to 43,000 marchers and mostly-Southern World War I veterans were attacked and dispersed by 1,800 Federal troops and 6 battle tanks led by Douglass McArthur. Four were killed and more than a thousand injured when the troops opened fire and beat protesters around Washington D.C.
Other Years:
1862 – #Fort Bowie was established at Apache Pass in southeastern #Arizona Territory, by U.S. Brigadier General James Charlatan’s California volunteers.
1868 – The #Fourteenth Amendment, which granted former #slaves the rights of citizenship, was declared to be ratified by the U.S. Secretary of State.
1957 – #Jerry Lee Lewis appeared on the #Steve Allen Show to perform his hit “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” In his usual outrageous style, Lewis slung his piano bench across the stage.
1994 – Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitched the 14th #perfect game in major league #baseball history.
tldr: For Linux adoption it would be better for devs to focus on 2 ("main") distros which are very similar to Windows and macOS and then 2-3 further ("big") distros which give a bit more room to experiment. All the other distros create confusion and analysis-paralysis for the user who wants to switch or wants to help others to do the switch.
Edit because some people got emotional and I was being imprecise:
Disclaimer: I dont want to dictate any foss dev, I understand that "Linux" isnt a company. By "Linux" in this post I only ment the desktop OS for personal and work use.
--- (sorry for the long paragraph, i ranted and brain dumped the idea)
I see a problem: Even "stable" distros like Debian and big and "fully developed" DEs like KDE or GNOME arent ready for the majority of the users switching from windows. Missing software compatibility and the need to fall back on the commandline are just some of the problems. The biggest one is the confusion for the average user: They google "install Linux" and then need to do research for at least 30minutes, figuring out which of the popular distros is the right one for them. If decided, then (depending on the distro) they then have to choose the DE.
Its a sinilar problem to the adoption of the Fediverse: You are expected to decide what instance you want to be part of. This makes it also very hard for a linux enthusiasts to convince/help install a distro for a family member, as you dont know their preferenced or how they use their Win/Mac machine. So either you as an expert have to observe and then do research on what distro+DE fits the usecase or the enduser themselves need to distro-hop, which is obviously not happening.
Now you are thinking: But just install Linux Mint and they probably do most of the things in their Browser anyways.
But in my experience the switch of potentially the browser, the mail-client and ontop of that the OS is a pretty tall ask for an average end user. So the whole switching thing becomes a multi year operation where they first switch the software they use to FOSS one. Which is a tall order and it makes it even harder to explain and convince someone. Heck, it already takes multiple days to get my grandma up to speed after the change Win10 -> Win11, because some buttons moved and the context menue looks different.
Now my utopian idea: If there were only a handful of popular distros+DEs, one could map them on a 2D-plane or even on a spectrum of "fixed, you have to adapt" to "flexible, you have to adjust the settings". Mac users could switch to a distro which is quite fixed (comparable to macOS). This fixed distro should out of the box be close to the mac experience. With windows the same.
Very very rough prototype of the spectrum to visualize my idea. I dont know enough about it but tried anyways:
flexible
Windows 10
MacOS
fixed
If then most of Linux Devs (from Kernel to distro to UI to software) mostly focus on the 4-5 main distros, then they would get more stable and they could be made to behave closer to their proprietary counterparts.
This then could make the switch from Mac/Win so much more easy because:
The distro is closer to the old proprietary OS. So the enduser just has to learn other "new" software, the OS doesnt demand a learning curve but just replicates the Win/Mac experience.
The decision which distro to use is easier, as there are the main ones which are easy to choose because they are distinct from one another.
Disclaimer: No, i am no expert, I probably dont know enough of the technical side, I just wanted to share the enduser experience. Obviously there will always be countless distros by enthusiasts who tinker with their dozends of dev-friends for their personal-perfect distro. There will always be the people who deliberately do some frankensteined distro, and I am not here to forbid any of this. The confusing diversity of all the options is just not helping the wider public.
I guess its in the nature of open source. However really need to get on top of the search results of "install linux". I like the End of 10 campaign, however i also have just noticed that in their install guide they don't specify where to get Linux exactly just
Download the operating system you want to install. Search for Linux distributions for beginners to get some suggestions.
It is a problem if the goal is to increase the "personal desktop OS marketshare".
But diversity is a good thing for itself I agree. I have the feeling that it is a bit sad that it seems that there isnt one or two "main" distros, which one could recommend that tech illiterate family member.
The problem isn’t diversity of distributions. The problems are people who go on describing history of GNU/Linux when a newbie asks them what distribution to start with; and ‘top 10 Linux distributions’ articles which litter the Internet. Just the other day someone shared a link to Distrochooser, a website which gives newbies ten distributions to pick from.
When a newbie asks about Linux, point them at Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition and that’s it. Or at most ask if their primary use-case is playing games in which case recommend Bazzite. That solves the ‘problem’ of distribution proliferation.
I switched to LMCE when Win 10 becoming unsupported started being announced. I fucking love it. Sure it was different from what I was used to, but it worked, right away. I was able to install software that did what I needed with 0 hassle with very few exceptions and now I'm used to it. I also have no urge to distro hop, but I'm glad that the people who want to can.
Thank God you are not forbidding anyone from working on their own distros.
Can you elaborate on how we are going to get Ubuntu and Fedora developers to work on Debian and Arch instead? Are we going to buy out IBM and Canonical?
FOSS developers don't develop distros. Distro maintainers package that software into distros. Linux, KDE, GNOME, systemd, GNU software etc are just single pieces of the puzzle developed individually.
The distro is closer to the old proprietary OS. So the enduser just has to learn other “new” software, the OS doesnt demand a learning curve but just replicates the Win/Mac experience.
There's always a learning curve with new things (software or otherwise). In case of Win why would we want to go back in time in usability? E.g. Cinnamon and KDE are far superior in UX compared to Windows. Also in Linux distros you can actually fix problems unlike in windows.
I've been using Linux as a daily driver since 2018 (thanks Valve and Proton) and in my experience things just work (if they are supported) and thing like headset don't just randomly stop working because reasons unlike in windows. In windows you then run some troubleshooter that can't fix it, reboot several times while praying to whatever gods you like and hope for the best. If that doesn't help you start searching online and only find vague instructions that might help but no solutions.
Missing software compatibility
What compatibility? If user insists on running some windows only software it's expected to run into problems.
the need to fall back on the commandline are just some of the problems.
So? Even windows and macOS has a command line. It's easier to help with problems if you instruct them to run some command (though running random commands of the web is not really a good idea security wise) then trying to navigate them to some gui which might not exist in their distro. Even in windows users are told to run commands in the command line to try and fix problems e.g. sfc /scannowand dism <whatever>.
Now you are thinking: But just install Linux Mint and they probably do most of the things in their Browser anyways.
In AD 2025 this is true in most cases. People just use social media, some webmail, youtube, read news etc. The OS is just there to start the web browser.
You're laboring under the common misconception that enticing windows and macos users is the objective. It's not.
For anyone involved in any FOSS project (linux or otherwise), your objective is to make your project the best it can be. In this context the endless variety of distributions and their philosophies is a great strength.
It's the same thing with trying to make the fediverse more popular. I'm glad people have found their way to communities they're happy with, but things were just fine before.
It's not wrong. If the only objective of Linux were to steal users from Windows or Mac, becoming a homogeneous dictatorial OS is the way to do it. Most people don't care about choice, and in fact having to choose is an anti feature. Apple's success proves this, but companies like Microsoft for the same reason: it's all a boring dystopia of sameness.
Linux's strength is diversity. It's both the only functioning communism on the planet, and the best evolutionary testbed for software. It's great for people who value freedom and choice; it's mostly a confusing mess for everyone who don't give a single shit how computers work, or which style that use - they want to be given something that works OOTB and always have it work the same way. They want to be told what to do, because honestly they can't be arsed to figure it out. This doesn't imply anything at all about the kind of people they are, they just aren't interested in computers.
I give no shits about how a car works; I don't care how many HP it has, I don't want to assemble and decide on every single component. I don't even like driving - it's just time out of my day which demands all of my attention, and which I'd rather spend doing something else. I absolutely hate the car buying experience - taking days to test drive and decide. I'd be just as happy to be able to look up "best car this year at this price point" and buy that.
For a great many people, computers are like cars are to me: a necessary evil.
So: it's not a bad expectation that Linux adoption would dramatically increase if it became a monopoly of software. If all the Gnome developers would stop wasting their time and work on KDE instead. (See how that sounds when you swap out "X11" and "Wayland" for "Gnome" and "KDE"? I see people making this argument all. The. Time.) But it'd become a lesser ecosystem.
How the Hell do people who think like this function in the supermarket where they have to make choices between many different breads for example?
I assume that under normal circumstances. you are intelligent enough to handle making a choice and have just been brainwashed by Microsoft and Apple into thinking that choice in an operating system is a bad thing.
Sorry if that comes off as aggressive, but the learnt helplessness of it makes me very angry.
You've been living off Nescafé your whole life, and your friend told you there's a whole world of artisanal types coffee out there. Your friend told you to try single origin -- robusta or arabica -- from Brazil, Columbia, Indonesia, Etiopia, and other regions, each with its own characteristics, whatever your palate prefer.
When you ran out of coffee, you went to the store. All that choices overwhelm you. Your friend was busy that day, and all you were told was just to pick whatever you like. At the same time, your body's already craving some caffeine, and you just need something for that. Well, there's that Nescafé you're already familiar with. So you just went with what you already know and love. After all, you don't know if you're gonna like what your friend recommended.
Yeah. but you're going to pick one like you've been recommended, try it and see if you like it. If not, you won't get it again and you'll try something else. There might be a moment of indecisiveness but it's not hard. If that overwhelms you, how do function in modern society?
You'd be surprised at how a lot of people function in a society. People taking up college majors without knowing about these studies. People getting expensive fashion items because their friends wear them. Some people even have kids just because they're told to.
Back to the coffee analogy, I'm sure you'd try the artisanal stuff when your friend have it served to your face. When you know 'what you're supposed to get', you may face uncertainty, especially with the fact you may have to go out of your way to get it. Perhaps you'd try it out and actually like it. Perhaps you'd still prefer your Nescafé as that complexion doesn't suit you and you're more familiar with that basic miserable taste.
Its like restaurants . you could go and some menu items you like and some you won't like. asking for a recommendation from the waiter is a pretty good bet.
I have to interject: It is not like bread, as it is a bigger commitment (as I dont want to distrohop for longer than a week) and also it is more complex to create an OS than to create a bread (so more manpower is needed). Choice is a good thing. But too much choice can be bad. Imagine someone is directing a "linux curious" person to distrowatch. There the newbie will be overwhelmed. Maybe not and he just clicks on a distro and tries it. Probably a bad idea as the change from his previous (corporate) OS is a big change already, now the newbie uses a distro which probably doesnt fit his needs.
My case is that, like with the fediverse, the different options hinder the wider adoption, as potential new users have a problem with it during onboarding. Which is a difficult time as is. Even for someone who is switching from Windows to MacOS, two polished and widely adopted OSes, they are gonna have a hard time. Now add the choice from dozens of distros and the very vocal linux community and the switch is impossible for many potential new linux-users.
I'd like to say that I am not brainwashed, I am currently using Debian+KDE in Dualboot wuth Windows and Linux Mint for the selfhosting server. (Yes I know, this is the wrong distro for a server, it was my first contact with linux so I just picked the most polpular among newbies. Which is kind of the point of the whole thread.)
I'm sorry, but the process is exactly the same. Pick one you've been recommended, pick one you like the look of, or pick one at random to try it. With pretty much every distro having a live environment, you don't need to install it to try it out. Hell, if you use distrosea, you don't even need to download it to try it. It's not rocket science, it's just that people are conditioned to think there shouldn't be choice in an operating system. I suppose it's fairer to say it's more like a car. See which ones you like the look of, try them out and make a decision.
tldr: For Linux adoption it would be better for devs to focus on 2 (“main”) distros which are very similar to Windows and macOS and then 2-3 further (“big”) distros which give a bit more room to experiment. All the other distros create confusion and analysis-paralysis for the user who wants to switch or wants to help others to do the switch.
This is a mythical man-month fallacy. If everyone who works on distributions focuses on just a handful of them, that does not mean development will go any faster or lead to better outcomes.
Also observe that majority of work which ends up in GNU/Linux systems is outside of distributions. And this work often ends up quite focused.
Linux Mint is not harder for Grandma than windows 10 was. Granny just is used to use windows. Same with children. With less tech people when talking about Linux or choices, I just talk and choose Mint. If they evolve, they will know better. (btw, This is exactly the path that old-schoolers take to become Mint users .)
When you come from world business models, efficiency, where marketing sacrifices all the values for profit, your ideas look rational. However, ideological point of view, does Linux necessary need those people ( who obviously needs Linux )? This is a free world, you can choose exploitation, abuse and inefficiency if you want - Microsoft or Apple.
You've given it a lot more thought than the average person pointing this out, so thanks, but ultimately the same stuff that makes Linux and Fediverse good is what prevents most people from adopting them, you can't really have it both ways, and when you try you just end up with the worst of all worlds like Canonical with Ubuntu and it's enshittification, GNOME with their extreme vision causing mass user flight to KDE, or .world having what seems to be a printer of dumb motherfuckers in any comment section.
I feel like there really are just 2 or 3 main distros for Linux adoption. Every article, forum, discussion, etc... it's always Mint, followed by either Fedora or Ubuntu. IMO distro is less important for converts than desktop environment.
I think the most important thing for adoption is actually little quality of life stuff.
The first question during installation should be "are you new to Linux" and if you select yes it doesn't ask you about file systems or partitions it just installs the goddamn operating system with a default configuration, and casual friendly software.
Photo and video thumbnails that just work.
An idiot proof way to get a video player with support for every video codec.
More GUI based "intermediate" applications. If Grandpa has to figure out samba config files just so he can open up his photos on his laptop he's going to second guess his decision.
An idiot proof way to get a video player with support for every video codec.
Is this really still a problem? I haven't used anything but Gentoo (and some Arch) for 18 years, so for me it hasn't been a problem for a long, long time. By now it should be clear that these patents are unenforceable and distros, especially non-corporate ones should just ignore them.
Kinda. It's not hard, but it's also not idiot proof.
On Fedora for example you just need to use RPM Fusion instead of the standard Fedora repos. The problem is that you need to know that you need to use RPM Fusion.
Fedora is a pretty common recommendation to new users (with good reason it's excellent) but plenty of casual users will run into that problem and decide that videos don't work right on Linux.
Your problem is that you're starting from the wrong premise: the primary goal of most people working on Linux is not to make more people switch to it, strange as that may sound, it's to create an operating system that they personally want to use. Which can mean a lot of different things, depending on the person. So it's inevitable that there are a lot of different distros, and the only reason there aren't even more is that most of the one-man shows that don't attract many users peter out and vanish after a few months or years.
I agree with the sentiment because it is a pain to find a distro which you want. But the reason for this is that Linux has given you the luxury to pick and choose what distro and DE you want. When you go to Windows or Mac, people just accept that it is what it is.
That being said, I will blame the Linux community to some extent for promoting "complicated" (like Arch) or too barebones distros (like Debian) to newbies. The shock of moving from Windows to Linux is already a hurdle for most. When you add the need for tinkering and troubleshooting from day one, I can see why people would quit.
We are indirectly focusing on a handful of "distros" as most distros ship with KDE, Gnome or something similar.
True! And for an enthusiast who wants to spend only a few days on finding a distro and setteling into it, like me, its nice to have only three (big) DEs, which you can test and choose in one day and then are set for the further journey.
Now "bundle" a distro to each DE and a newbie would have that experience for the whole distro-finding-experience
Brainstorming is a powerful tool for creative projects, but it can sometimes get hijacked by individuals who monopolize ideas, which stifles collaboration and innovation. In the context of narcissistic tendencies, this behavior can be rooted in the need for control, recognition, or validation.
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1. **Idea Monopolization Dampens Team Creativity:** When one person dominates brainstorming, others may feel undervalued or reluctant to share their ideas. This restricts the diversity of thoughts essential for creative growth.
2. **Narcissistic Traits and Control:** Individuals with narcissistic traits might unconsciously use brainstorming sessions to assert dominance, positioning their ideas as superior and overshadowing others.
3. **Healthy Brainstorming Requires Equality:** A truly collaborative environment encourages equal participation, allowing all voices to be heard and fostering mutual respect.
4. **Tips to Navigate Idea Monopolization:** - Set clear brainstorming rules that promote equal participation. - Use anonymous idea submissions to ensure impartiality. - Encourage active listening and validate contributions from all members. - Facilitate sessions to gently curb monopolizing behavior without confrontation.
Understanding and managing dynamics like these not only enhances creativity but also nurtures healthier interpersonal relationships within any team or project. 🌱
Israel just transferred the administrative authorities over Hebron’s iconic Ibrahimi Mosque from Palestinian to Israeli hands. The move is the first step in Judaizing Muslim places of worship in Palestine.
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"Trump’s executive order regarding sex and gender identifies “gender ideology” as an existential threat to America, or as it says, “The erasure of sex in language and policy has a corrosive impact … on the validity of the entire American system.” To combat the threat, the executive order required that “gender
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A songtexte is a text written or performed by musicians that is a major component of a song. It can be used to convey the story of a song to its intended audience. During medieval times, the use of text was a major feature of music. In modern day, text ha
The best song texts are crafted by artists who take the time to learn and master their craft. One can often spot the quality of lyrics by their style. Some composers rely on a single lyric to get the job done. Others, however, create several lyric lines that work in tandem.
A Songtexte is a complex undertaking. As such, it can be intimidating to compose one. Fortunately, there are many areas of the music industry that focus on the art of
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You don't have to be a music pro to come up with a songtexte that will catch the eye of your fans. There are plenty of websites, books, and podcasts that can help you out. Just be sure to follow the guidelines for the website you choose.
In addition to the above recommendations, you may also want to try out Apple Music, which has a songtexte of its own. The company is currently testing a feature that will allow users to read their songs' lyrics while listening to them.
Another cool-looking feature is the ability to write your own songtexte and share it via Twitter or Facebook. Depending on your location, you can only access this service in select regions. On the bright side, it will certainly improve your chances of being discovered in the online music world.
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US Activist Chris Smalls Assaulted by Israeli Forces While Held Hostage After Gaza Aid Mission
Chris Smalls, co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union and part of the #Handala Gaza aid mission, was reportedly assaulted by seven Israeli officers while held hostage after the ship was intercepted and taken to Ashdod. He was choked and kicked, with visible injuries to his neck and back, treatment not applied to other hostages.
"It’s maddening, isn’t it? To watch all these establishment politicians and media figures scatter to their personal accounts and feign moral outrage over Gaza… now, after nearly two years. As if this genocide just sprang out of nowhere. As if it wasn’t always leading here. And why the sudden shift? I think it’s because they More The post They Finally Say What Was Clear As
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On one level it really isn't that difficult, which is why its both great that Primark has introduced a wheel chair user to its clothing displays & also (once you see the mannequin) depressing to note it has taken so long for a mainstream retailer to make they simple but effective statement of inclusivity....
@Tfmonkey U.S. Supreme Court issued a 9-0 decision eliminating additional evidentiary burden that had previously applied to plaintiffs from majority groups—such as white or heterosexual employees—when bringing discrimination claims, all individuals, regardless of group status, must be held to the same legal standards alleging workplace discrimination. This levels the playing field in employment discrimination law.No need to be a Masculine Presenting Transgender Lesbian
Just because the supreme ruled something, does not mean a culture will rule that way
A supreme court win is meaningless without a cultural win
If a corporation or university still has anti white male bias and then the judge and jury are biased against white males because white males were brainwashed to be self hating and everyone else was brainwashed to be anti-white male. Then the discrimination will continue and the judge and jury will not stop it
URGENT: The proscription of #PalestineAction is being voted on in the UK parliament today. Please write to your MP now and urge them to vote against it! I just did (in btw making packed lunch, assembling school clothes etc, so a bit rushed) . You can just click here #Gaza #UKpolitics 1/2
2/2 Here is the motion. Btw the groups that are being voted on together with Palestine Action are the neo-Nazi groups 'Maniac Murder Cult' and 'Russian Imperialist Movement'. Our lovely Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, did this. One vote to decide on all three together 😡
"For decades, I’ve returned to Truro, Massachusetts, drawn by some of the most breathtaking vistas on Cape Cod. I never tire of biking through the dunes, hiking the sandy bluffs of the National Seashore, or watching the sun rise over the tidal flats. But today, the beaches I once shared with families like mine are More The post Priced Out of Paradise appeared first on CounterPunch.org."
Israel has massacred at least twenty-five starving Palestinians and wounded more than a hundred and fifty others, shooting them as they waited for aid near Zikim in northern Gaza. Casualties were rushed to what remains of the al-Shifa Hospital:
Massacre – again – in northern Gaza Israel has massacred at least twenty-five starving Palestinians and wounded more than a hundred and fifty others, shooting them as they waited for ai…
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Scotlan’d ferry services are dreadful. We know this because the media keeps telling us so. But what if they aren’t bothering to provide any context? Prof Robertson gives a different perspective which suggests the media may have some sort of agenda. #Politics #Scotland #Ferries #Media The slavering feeding frenzy on Scotland’s west coast ferry system is a ‘never-ending storm of deception’ talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/…
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The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early yesterday morning happened along hundreds of kilometres of a fault line where the Pacific plate is sinking below the North American plate. This is one of the largest faults on earth (it’s called a megathrust fault) and parts of it are underwater, which means there is always a tsunami risk. The earthquake was 47 kilometres (30 miles) beneath sea level and sent shock waves at a range of 300 kilometres (200 miles).
Early warning systems went into alert mode as waves fanned out towards the coast of Japan, Hawaii and the US. The damage appears to have been minor so far and this is (in part) thanks to a global disaster response effort. More than three million people were successfully warned to evacuate their homes. This remarkable response was due to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) based in Hawaii; founded in 1949, by the 1960s it was monitoring tsunamis across the entire ocean.
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US Activist Chris Smalls Assaulted by Israeli Forces While Held Hostage After Gaza Aid Mission
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"We are so hooked, people, on the Jeffrey Epstein spectacle that Donald Trump might win, to become America’s first lifetime president. Thank God he’s old and creaky, but that’s what he’s after. How could Trump win? He is winning, folks, he’s winning. That’s why we’ve been in the streets protesting. But we are so transfixed More The post The Peril
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"President Donald Trump declared that America will never be socialist. He’s beating up a strawman, since there has never been a fully socialist country. That’s because, throughout history, every country, whether it considers itself socialist or capitalist, engages in capitalism to some degree, which is essentially the
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Critics have described the one-sided deal as an admission of weakness, and a dark day for Europe. They are absolutely right, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
"It’s only mid-2025, but both “major” US political parties are already well into their campaigns to win US House and Senate seats in the 2026 midterm elections. They’re talking up potential candidates, trotting out actual candidates, and, in the case of the House, going all-out to ensure that those pesky voters don’t get in the More The post Election 2026: Here Come
More Jewish tricks. The English version and Hebrew versions differ greatly.
"Ayelonit" is just an infertile woman, not another gender. "Saris" is the same for male.
The "Tumtum" and androgynous definitions are fused into 1 in the Hebrew article, where androgynous just means intersex, as you'd expect, and "Tumtum" is someone with genitals issues such that they can't be identified at least temporarily. And note the language in the "Tumtum" definition: "it is possible that they will be identified after a time, retroactively, as belonging to one of the sexes."
"One of the two sexes" That's right, gender bullshit for thee, but not for the chosen people.
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Yo ya sé que vivimos en una sociedad y que en el capitalismo hay que vivir en las contradicciones pero publicar una investigación sobre cómo Substack promociona blogs nazis EN SUBSTACK me parece hasta cínico.
Por cierto, sí, Substack está mandando notificaciones push para que sigas blogs abiertamente nazis, hablo de blogs cuya imagen de portada es una bandera de la Alemania nazi.
Si sigues en Substack igual te conviene considerar otras opciones.
@albacor mira, esa no la conocía, le echaré un ojo.
Ahora mismo creo que la mejor alternativa es Ghost pero si no la auto-hosteas es carísima. WriteFreely tiene opción gratuita de newsletter pero limitada a 500 suscripciones.
Y wordpress, pese a las últimas polémicas con su CEO, sigue siendo la opción más asequible. Las tres que he comentado tienen la opción de integrarse en el fediverso via plugin.
@disisdeguey no sé que me ha molestado más, que todo su argumento se reduzca a "en el bar nazi me dan mejores propinas", que se haya parapetado tras el colectivo LGTBQAI para excusar su decisión de mierda o que hayan salido varias cuentas de autores que ganan más que ella a decirle que elles pudieron migrar a otro sitio sin perder ni un céntimo y que ella haya decidido ignorarles olímpicamente.
Es todo el Pack de excusas. En fin, yo desde que se lo que hay ahí miro mucho lo que comparto de "ese sitio" que a veces me la cuelan por no mirar el enlace.
We absolutely need more progress on opening up hardware. We shouldn't try to compete on hardware at all. We should fight as a collective unit to make hardware an impossible attack vector.
We aren't in a stable market environment where competition can flourish. We are in circumstance where we must establish a scenario where govts lose resource capacity to attack theoretical choke points. Hardware is tricky due to major sunk costs etc
"I was listening to this NPR piece on the continuing rise in the stock market Sunday morning and was struck to hear this: “Despite the concerns about the impact of tariffs, the economy has held up much better than many expected.” To some extent this is true, but only in the sense that there are More The post Reality
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.
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