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New footage exposes ragtag US mercenaries firing toward Gaza aid seekers
De nouvelles images montrent des mercenaires américains tirant sur des personnes venues chercher de l’aide à Gaza - The Grayzone, Max #Blumenthal et Wyatt #Reed, 7 juillet #2025
À la suite d’une enquête de l’AP accusant une société mercenaire américaine d’avoir tiré sur des personnes désespérées venues chercher de l’aide à #Gaza, la société a publié de nouvelles images dans le but de limiter les dégâts. Mais la vidéo ne fait que renforcer les accusations portées contre cette opération entachée de scandales.
Le 2 juillet, l'Associated Press a publié un reportage contenant de courtes vidéos qui semblaient montrer des mercenaires américains associés à la Gaza Humanitarian Foundation ( #GHF) ouvrant le feu sur des personnes en quête d'aide à Gaza lors d'un incident survenu en mai dernier dans le sud de Gaza. Les images ont été fournies par un ancien employé d'UG Solutions, une société chargée d'assurer la sécurité des sites de distribution de la GHF. «Je crois que tu en as touché un», dit un mercenaire à un autre après une rafale de coups de feu. «Ouais, mec!», s'exclame un autre.
Dans une tentative apparente de limiter les dégâts causés par l'enquête de l'AP, UG Solutions a diffusé à la presse deux vidéos d'une durée totale de plus de sept minutes.
Ces images inédites offrent un aperçu sans précédent des interactions troublantes entre la population affamée de Gaza et des Américains bien armés, clairement mal préparés, engagés pour assurer la sécurité des opérations humanitaires chaotiques de la GHF.
Filmées par l'un de ses propres employés, ces images ont apparemment été diffusées dans le but de montrer que les agents d'UG Solutions n'ont pas tiré à balles réelles sur des foules de Palestiniens non armés. Selon un communiqué d'UG Solutions, ces vidéos «clarifient non seulement ce qui s'est passé, mais fournissent également un contexte essentiel qui contredit le reportage de l'AP et montre que les accusations sont sans fondement». Cependant, un examen plus approfondi réalisé par The Grayzone démontre que la vidéo est tout sauf disculpatoire.
Dans une vidéo, on peut voir un groupe hétéroclite de #mercenaires tirer ce qu’ils appellent des «coups de semonce» en direction d’une foule de civils palestiniens, qu’ils reconnaissent comme non menaçants, avant d’appeler par radio l’armée israélienne, connue pour sa gâchette facile, en renfort.
Après une série de coups de feu à proximité, on entend un mercenaire d’ #UGSolutions informer l’armée israélienne par radio : «Nous tirons des coups de semonce. Des tirs d’avertissement, ça vient de nous», dit-il. Comme tous les autres dans la vidéo, il parle avec un accent américain.
Quelques secondes avant que les coups de feu ne retentissent, on peut voir un agent d’UG Solutions dans le coin inférieur gauche de l’écran, pointant son fusil en direction d’une foule de personnes venues chercher de l’aide.
Ces preuves cruciales contredisent les déclarations d’un porte-parole d’UG Solutions, qui a déclaré à l’AP qu’il «n’avait pas connaissance d’une vidéo montrant des coups de feu tirés par une personne soupçonnée d’être un mercenaire d’UG Solutions». Tout en ébranlant la défense de la société mercenaire, la vidéo d’UG Solutions souligne également le chaos qui règne au sein des opérations prétendument humanitaires de GHF.
Une caméra cachée révèle le «travail d’amateurs» des mercenaires Dans la vidéo, le mercenaire qui filme reconnaît que lui et ses collègues mercenaires sont incapables d’échanger ne serait-ce que quelques phrases en arabe avec la foule affamée. «Je pense que je vais noter quelques mots en arabe», dit-il, avant de débiter une série d’expressions qui reflètent le manque de formation de son équipe et son incapacité totale à communiquer : «Demain. Retour. Rentrez chez vous. Arrêtez.»
Le mercenaire reconnaît tacitement qu’en l’absence d’aide à la traduction, lui et son équipe ont été contraints de compter sur les Gazaouis anglophones qui sollicitaient de l’aide. «Il y avait deux ou trois [Palestiniens] qui, comme vous l’avez dit, parlaient assez bien anglais et qui nous ont beaucoup aidés.» «Je pense que la plupart d’entre eux n’ont pas de mauvaises intentions, car ils sont désespérés», poursuit l’Américain, soulignant l’absence de véritables menaces pour la sécurité.
Un mercenaire à proximité renchérit : «Ils sont désespérés comme pas possible.» Plus tard, le caméraman se plaint que des réfugiés ont arraché un lampadaire et un arbre à proximité, sans doute pour se faire du bois de chauffage, avant de se plaindre que la foule désespérée a également emporté les tables de distribution du GHF. Cette vidéo troublante semble corroborer la description faite par un haut responsable d’UG Solutions, qui qualifie les opérations de l’entreprise à Gaza d’«amateurisme».
Les services secrets américains et des affiliés de Daech s’allient à Israël. Que pourrait-il arriver? UG Solutions partage ses opérations armées dans la bande de Gaza assiégée avec une autre société militaire privée américaine, Safe Reach Solutions, fondée par l’ancien agent de la CIA Philip Reilly.
Les deux opèrent sous l’égide de la Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, proche de Trump, qui a reçu un investissement initial de McNally Capital, une société de capital-investissement fondée par Ward McNally, héritier d’une fortune colossale. The Grayzone a rapporté que la GHF semble également avoir reçu un financement substantiel du Mossad et du ministère de la Défense israéliens.
Le département d’État américain a depuis promis 30 millions de dollars pour maintenir à flot les opérations de la GHF, entachées de scandales.
Au 6 juillet 2025, plus de 700 personnes avaient été tuées par les seules factions armées opérant dans les «zones humanitaires» : la GHF, #Israël et le clan du chef de gang bédouin Yasser Abu Shabab, anciennement aligné sur l’État islamique, qui a récemment été nommé adjoint des forces de l’ordre locales israéliennes.
Plusieurs soldats israéliens ont déclaré à #Haaretz avoir reçu l’ordre de tirer sur les personnes venues chercher de l’aide dans les centres de distribution du #GHF, causant un nombre élevé de morts et de blessés. «Là où j’étais stationné, entre une et cinq personnes étaient tuées chaque jour», a déclaré un soldat au journal israélien. «Ils sont traités comme une force hostile : aucune mesure de contrôle des foules, pas de gaz lacrymogène, juste des tirs à balles réelles avec tout ce qui est imaginable : des mitrailleuses lourdes, des lance-grenades, des mortiers.»
I was talking to my friend TC, and he said something that I want to share with you:
"Sometimes people only need the slightest of uplifts. In a way, it's very similar to a paddling concept using traditional Greenland paddles. There's a guy in BC, Paulo Ouelet, who teaches traditional paddling. He talks about how the buoyancy of a Greenland paddle can give you the support you need. The way he demonstrates how *little* you need to be stable is this:
Stand on one foot, on your toes. It's not easy. You wobble around, and maybe even have to put your other foot down to stabilize yourself. Now... have a friend hold out the index finger of *one* hand, and put your index finger on theirs. Suddenly, you can stand almost perfectly still on the toes of one foot.
I like to think life can be much the same. Sometimes all we need is just one *teeeeeeny* bit of help to regain ourselves and be okay."
A friend's help can be as simple as a few words of support, but it can be enough to see you through. Remember this the next time you see someone struggling, and remember: you can be a stabilizing force for them, just by being there.
#BRICS have the necessary materials, supply chains, industrial facilities, assembly lines and proven technology for hypersonic missiles, while #NATO can’t even fill the gap in tanks and plans to manufacture as many artillery shells in five years as #Russia alone does today, while already under embargo on rare earths essential for military applications like antimony. Meanwhile, nothing can aggressively approach within 2000km without being destroyed
I'm genuinely surprised by how many people and organisations are still prepared to be on there. If you'd asked me 12 months ago whether they would actively stay on a far-right social media platform, I would have confidently predicted no. What a sweet naive child I was. RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xchtv…
What tips about setting up my stock Android phone would you give me? It's not factory unlocked so I'm sticking with Google Android.
Things I've done: - Stopped and disabled all apps that I don't use or need. - Replaced all apps that I can with FOSS alternatives from github using Obtainium. - Not installed things that I can just check on my laptop like email.
Is there anything else that I can do? Thanks in advance
Edit I've also: - Changed my DNS to Mullvad DNS - Restricted app permissions to only what they need - Not signed into the phone. I don't even have Gmail account.
»Save the Children suspends work with BCG over “utterly unacceptable” Gaza role. The US-based consultancy has been condemned for its work with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and for drawing up plans to relocate Palestinians. « thenewhumanitarian.org/news/20…
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Gaza is on the brink of total collapse. The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Tuesday that 50,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza have not eaten for days. Their chi
»Dr Mohammed Saqr, director of nursing at Gaza’s Nasser MC in Khan Younis, said he had personally witnessed countless mass casualty incidents in recent weeks.
“The scenes are truly shocking – they resemble the horrors of judgment day. Sometimes within just half an hour we receive over 100 to 150 cases, ranging from severe injuries to deaths … About 95% of these injuries and deaths come from food distribution centres – what are referred to as the ‘American food distribution centres’«
»“Every bed is occupied by a patient, and these additional injuries place an unimaginable burden on us. We are forced to treat patients on the floor of the emergency department … Most of these injuries are gunshot wounds to the chest and head … Patients [are] with arriving with amputated legs and arms,” Saqr told the Guardian.«
»“The scale and frequency of these incidents are without precedent. In just over a month, the number of patients treated has surpassed the total seen in all mass casualty events during the entire previous year,” the ICRC said in a statement.
“Among the wounded are toddlers, teenagers, elderly, mothers – and overwhelmingly, young men and boys. Most say they were simply trying to get food or aid for their families.”,«
»“We are really struggling … We are running out of external fixators, which are vital for [treating] open fractures, and critical medicines including pain killers, antibiotics and anaesthetics. For some things, there is just zero stock,” Claire Jeffreys said.«
»“Staff are racing to treat an unrelenting tide of injuries, the vast majority caused by gunfire … [which] has overwhelmed Gaza’s shattered healthcare system, pushing its already-diminished capacity past its limit,” the ICRC said.«
»“In the previous rotations, we would work in the operating theatre on between eight and 10 cases. Right now, we are working on 30-40 cases per day,” said Haitam al-Hasan, an operating theatre nurse at the ICRC’s Rafah hospital.
“We have people screaming, rushing, trying to be the first in the line because, of course, everybody wants to be treated first. We have a variety of injuries, mostly complex injuries, blast injuries, but mainly gunshot injuries.”«
»1,580 doctors and medical personnel have been killed in the conflict.
On 2 July, an Israeli airstrike killed Dr Marwan al-Sultan, a highly experienced cardiologist and director of the Indonesian hospital in Gaza.
Among the healthcare workers killed in the past 50 days were three other doctors, the chief nurses of the Indonesian hospital and Nasser children’s hospital, one of Gaza’s most senior midwives, a senior radiology technician and dozens of young medical graduates and trainee nurses.«
Es ist eigentlich falsch in diesem Zusammenhang noch von Kriegsverbrechen zu sprechen. Da findet ja kein Krieg statt. Da wurde ein Szenario geschaffen in dem man nach Belieben täglich Dutzende Menschen töten kann, ohne Grund, die nur weil man wollte dass sie so verzweifelt sind, dort sind. Und man tötet, traumatisiert, verletzt all diejenigen die eine Bevölkerung zum überleben braucht. Lehrbuchfall eines genozidalen Handelns.
Strewth. The Guardian actually said it. not in the headline but in the first paragraph they named Israel as the aggressor: "they struggle to deal with those wounded by Israeli fire on Palestinians seeking aid."
The #Energy Dept has hired at least 3 scientists who are well-known for their rejection of the overwhelming scientific consensus on #ClimateChange, acc/to records reviewed by NYT.
The #scientists are listed in the #DOE’s internal email system as current employees of the agency, the records show.
They are Steven E. Koonin, a #physicist & author of a best-selling book that calls #ClimateScience “unsettled”; John Christy, an #atmospheric scientist who doubts the extent to which #human activity has caused #GlobalWarming; & Roy Spencer, a #meteorologist who believes that #clouds have had a greater influence on warming than #humans have [okay that last one is just bonkers].
Their hiring comes after the #Trump admin dismissed hundreds of #scientists & #experts who had been compiling the #FederalGovernment’s flagship report on how climate change is affecting the country. The admin has also systematically removed mentions of #ClimateChange from govt websites while slashing federal #funding for research on #GlobalWarming.
#SCOTUS cleared the way on Tuesday for #Trump's admin to resume carrying out #MassLayoffs, the restructuring of #FederalAgencies, elements of his campaign to destroy the federal government.
The separate lawsuits filed on Monday in #NY State Supreme Court come as Adams, a fmr police captain, is running for re-election & using falling crime numbers to bolster his campaign.
The allegations from fmr officers, who spent decades in the #NYPD & helped lead bureaus like #InternalAffairs & #ProfessionalStandards, could revive accusations that #EricAdams presided over a #law enforcement agency where chaos & cronyism reigned.
James Essig, who served >40 yrs, was chief of detectives until 2023. He said…the commissioner at the time, had forced him to resign after he objected to the promotions of unqualified officers to elite detective roles & specialized units.
Yes, let's give the German media the benefit of the doubt for going out of their way to avoid reporting any good news about Afghans in Germany. Definitely no agenda there!... 🙄
Berlin will das Aufnahmeprogramm für gefährdete Afghanen beenden. Einige Betroffene haben aber bereits eine Zusage. Die muss eingehalten werden, befand nun das Berliner Verwaltungsgericht. https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192456.
An 11-year-old girl just set the record for the youngest person ever to graduate from high school in Germany, and the media bend over backwards to avoid mentioning the plain fact that she is from a refugee family from Afghanistan. For no other reason than not to trigger their racist readership. They are helped by the fact that the family's surname in transcription matches a common German name and her first name is culturally non-specific…
Multiple OSU wrestlers say in “Surviving Ohio State” that when they were subjected to serial sexual assaults by a team doctor, Jim Jordan (R-OH) wasn’t there for them.
Multiple men who wrestled at Ohio State say Rep. Jim Jordan, then an assistant coach, knew they were being abused by a team doctor but did nothing to help.
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.
Planting and preserving the city’s street trees is one method that brings many benefits, from the cool air of their shade to their ability to store carbon.
Missed this episode from 2017, when #Harvard engaged in the type of spinelessness one should expect from elite institutions, cancelling a fellowship they had awarded to Chelsea Manning because government officials got upset.
@Emmanuel Florac When the entire community, however that may be defined geographically, holds the title then who does the land now belong to? The state?
@Carter Braxton there are different possible approaches. You may have a "use-based property" : the land's owner is whoever uses it. If you live in a house, its yours. If you till a field, it's yours. That's not unlike what the pioneers did... Of course the moment you leave a property unused, it's up for grabs, to whoever needs it.
There's also Geolibertarianism which is interesting. I had a good paper about this somewhere but I can't find it at the moment, and the geolibs website disappeared eons ago. Generally speaking I quite like Georgism overall.
State ownership is fine for unused land such as natural parks. Obviously it doesn't work well for productive uses.
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We make these services available to all people who do not abuse it in order to promote the values of Free Speech, and those of the United States Constitution First Amendment. A free republic is not possible without free speech and commercial mainstream media do not provide it. We also get some advertisement benefit from hosting these, it is our hope that people who see how fast and responsible our ser vices are will decide to do hosting or use other paid services here.
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I made the unfortunate post about asking why people liked Arch so much (RIP my inbox I'm learning a lot from the comments) But, what is the best distro for each reason?
RIP my inbox again. I appreciate this knowledge a lot. Thank you everyone for responding. You all make this such a great community.
Imo, the best one is the one that fits the user's needs the best. Though it sounds like a non-answer, distros are usually tailored for specific needs, so not necessarily the features or lack thereof from one distro disregard another.
My Debian is the best for my work laptop My Arch is the best for my private laptop My Asahi is the best so that I don't have to deal with f*cling macos crap
Why my distro (pop!_os) is the best? Well it's probably not, but here's why I went with it:
ubuntu based, so lots of applicable tech support online
looks nice out of the box (imo)
comes with nvidia drivers. Not a major point cause they aren't hard to get, but it was one of the things I considered when I unintentionally ended up with with nvidia
tiling (the big one imo)
Aand that's kinda it :3.. at the moment it's kinda behind all the other stuff cause they're working on the new COSMIC DE, which im hoping is gonna be an upgrade to the GNOME with extensions the current version has
While COSMIC is certainly an upgrade, current gnome extensions won’t be compatible. COSMIC uses applets instead of extensions. Fortunately, there’s already an ecosystem of applets for COSMIC, many of which have been ported from GNOME extensions.
Ye :3.. honestly as someone who doesn't use that many extensions other than the pop-shell ones, im not too worried about the extensions, since basically all of that is coming as a base part of COSMIC's interface.. I think the only extension that im hoping gets a COSMIC applet soon after release is KDEconnect lol
Same. I think there’s one extension I run in my top bar that lets me individually stop, start, or restart specific system services. It’s very handy, and I’ll miss it.
Aeon desktop is the best indeed: - Crazy fast install. - System configuration is done on the first boot. - Supports ignition and combustion. - The install USB can become a $HOME backup if you re-install. - Full disk encryption by default and mandatory. - Latest GNOME, looks clean and pretty. - Rolling. - Immutable, with Distrobox by default.
As far as desktop Linux goes, I don't see why I would use anything else atm. Give it a try!
I just want to learn more about what are the differences between distros, so that they will be better or worse? Are all the distros having the same GNU/Linux kernel so that if I replace all the Arch userland files into Debian's, the system will become Debian?
Are all the distros having the same GNU/Linux kernel
Yes. Different distros have different versions, patches and so on, but the underlying kernel is the same.
if I replace all the Arch userland files into Debian’s, the system will become Debian?
If by "userland" you mean files which your normal non-root user can touch, then no. There's differences on how distributions build directory trees, file locations, binaries, versions and so on. You can of course replace all the files on the system and change distribution that way, a convenient way to do that is to use distros installer but technically speaking you can also replace them manually by hand (which I don't recommend).
Sorry, I misread your comment on my first reply. Yes, you can have gnome and hyprland installed side by side, you would just use SDDM to choose what session you’re starting at login.
But is it also possible to have the gnome login screen (so after startup) and then automatically login using Hyprland? Because I dislike any other login screen. (The gnome one is pretty asf)
My choice of distro is just a compromise and close enough to serving my needs. All distros have pros and cons, and I use different distros for different use cases.
I'm vegan, german and into fitness. There really was no other choice. /s?
Also, it's lightweight, you always get the most recent software, pacman is superb and it's super stable. In about 10 years on multiple systems, I never had anything break. The worst of it are simple problems during updates, which are always explained on their website.
Lastly, there is the wiki. The single best source of Linux information out there. Might as well be using the distro that's directly explained there, albeit a lot of information can be used on other ones as well.
With arch-install, you don't even need to learn much, but learning is never a bad idea and will be great if something does break. Every system can break. Arch prepares you for that.
having tried many distros over the years, Arch (and most derivatives) is best for me pacman is the best i've used, packages are very up to date, and it's pretty easy to troubleshoot with the enormous amount of info on the wiki and elsewhere
I (maybe) ended distrohopping last year when I gave NixOS a shot. I can't recommend it for beginners but once you understand generally how things work on Linux (and have an interest in programming) it's a superpower to be able to define your entire setup as a single git repository. If something ever breaks, I can reboot into an older commit and keep using my computer, or branch off in a different direction... I've only scratched the surface of NixOS and yet I can already make a live USB containing my setup with a single command, or deploy it ("infect") to another machine and manage e.g my work desktop and my personal laptop sharing most settings. Also it taught me about Nix (the package manager, which also runs on any distro and macOS independent of NixOS) which I now use to set up perfect development environments for each of my projects... if I set up dependencies once (as a flake.nix shell), it'll work forever and anywhere.
Same for me. I distro-hopped for about 20 years with OpenSuse, Ubuntu, Debian, Arch and Fedora being the most memorable desktop setups for me. While all that was a valuable experience, NixOS feels like graduation.
For the Nix-curious: I wish someone would have told me not to bother with the classic config and build a flake-based system immediately. They're "experimental" in name only, very stable and super useful in practice.
Absolutely +1 for flakes. It's got some annoying UX sometimes (make sure you git add any new files before building!) but absolutely makes up for it by its features.
Same for me, I stopped distro-hoping 2 years ago when I moved to NixOS.
It was tough at first, setting it up took a while and i genuinely felt stupid like i haven't felt for a while; but now I love having the same config on my two laptops. I have one that stays at work and another one for traveling. With one word/line added into my config I can as a software, configure the VPN, change the wallpaper on both my laptop, or not. Some stuff like gaming goes only on the traveling laptop.
Also, another big thing for me is the feeling of having a cleanly built system all the time. I haven't felt the urge to do a clean reinstall since I started with NixOS.
Some more points about Nix: - It's a fast way to get to a specific setup, like a particular DE or Vulkan gaming support, thanks to abstraction that NixOS modules provide - There are tons of packages - Because packages are installed by adding a config entry you don't accumulate random software you forgot you installed - Immutable updates and rollbacks - this is similar to benefits of atomic ostree distros, but the nix solutions are more general, so you have one system that does more things with a consistent interface - in addition to updating the base system, rollbacks also roll back user-installed packages, and configurations if those are managed via Nix - devshells provide per-directory packages and configuration using the same package repos as the host system, without needing to manage docker images - Nix is portable - much of what it does on NixOS can also be used in other distros, or even on Macos or Windows with the Linux subsystem - Configurations often combine NixOS and Home Manager parts. The Home Manager part can be used à la carte on other OSes is a way that is fully isolated from the host OS package management. For example on Macos this is a much nicer alternative to Homebrew. - devshells also work on other OSes - similar to Guix - but NixOS uses systemd, and is (from what I understand) more tolerant of non-free software (whether these are pros or cons is up to individual interpretation)
Nixos Is my first distro I use on desktop. I’m not sure why but I guess the fact that it won’t build till it checks Is a huge plus for me. I love to f up things to learn from them but I don’t like broken things and oh boy. Nix keeps me in the clean, safe. Don’t get me wrong im doing stupid stuff all the time but just cus i have a few configs written down i can learn a lot. Or a little that amazes me lol
Endeavour OS is the best because you get all the benefits of Arch combined with a familiar and friendly installer, a good out of the box setup with the desktop of your choice. Not to mention the outstanding community that's built up around it.
Mint. It just works and Cinnamon is a good DE (ui design peaked in the Windows XP days). Plus you also get all the software built and tested for Ubuntu without the bullshit of using Ubuntu.
For my server I use NixOS, because having one unified configuration is so nice.
My way of thinking and working is incompatible with most premade automatism, it utterly confuses me when a system is doing something on its own without me configuring it that way.
That's why I have issues with many of the "easy" distributions like Ubuntu. Those want to be to helpful for my taste. Don't take me wrong, I am not against automatism or helper tools/functions, not at all. I just want to have full knowledge and full control of them.
I used Gentoo for years and it was heaven for me, the possibility to turn every knob exactly like I wanted them to be was so great, but in the end was the time spend compiling everything not worth it.
That's why I changed to Arch Linux. The bare bone nature of the base install and the high flexibility of pacman and the AUR are ideal for me. I love that Arch by default is not easy, that it doesn't try to anticipate what I want to do. If something happens automatically it is because I configured the system to behave that way.
Linux is so great, because there is a distribution for nearly everyone out there (unless you are blind, then things are not that great apparently, but it seems to get better).
MX Linux (Debian based), using it for almost 10 years now (before, it was Ubuntu). Based on Debian, very stable, always up to date for every kernel/apps, use native .deb no snap no flatpak no systemd. Also it is using Xfce by default, the best DE.
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With Guix you have reproducibility, freedom, good docs and peace of mind, also when configuring things more deeply. You also have a powerful programming language (Scheme / Lisp) with which to define your system config as well as your dotfiles. This is my insight after years of GNU/Linux usage. I run Guix on laptops, desktops and servers, and I never have configuration drift, as well as the benefit that I have a self documenting system.
By default it is, but there are many non-free channels you can use to add the OG Linux kernel to your Guix install as well as nonfree drivers. A famous one is nonguix, which i also use in my config. They also make custom ISOs with the Linux kernel, which helps some hardware indeed. So the libre only policy is a non issue if you read into it a little, but unfortunately most people stay at surface level
Arch. I tried other distros and always came back to Arch. Other distros are very bloated and honestly I can't be bothered with removing them manually. I also love the AUR and the wiki.
Another interesting distro was NixOS, but that is a bit of a pain in the ass to learn.
For newbies, Fedora KDE Plasma edition or Mint Cinnamon is my recommendation. Kinoite is Fedora KDE Plasma edition but immutable for the ones that keep breaking the system because they keep following some absurd guide online for whatever.
Mine is the best for me because I like it the best. It does what I need with a minimum of configuration or customization. My needs and preferences are probably different from yours though, so Linux Mint Debian Edition with Cinnamon desktop environment might not be the best for you.
I use fedora silverblue for a couple reasons. After jumping from elementary to Ubuntu to Manjaro to Artix I got tired of dealing with distro specific modifications and weird issues. With the Ubuntu based distro I never enjoyed how out of date some packages were. I’d hear about a cool new update for a program I use and realize it would be a while till that would be in my repos.
I really liked artix and Arch’s rolling release nature and I would probably enjoy arch if I still used my computer daily like I used to but now I can be away from it for a couple months at a time and I need updates to be stable.
I’ve found Fedora (silverblue in particular) to be a perfect middle ground between rolling release and having a more regular update schedule. I use silverblue because I never wanted to have to worry about an update breaking my install ever again.
I will admit that because silverblue uses flatpaks almost exclusively, my appreciation for software being up to date could be achieved on almost any other distro, but the vanilla style of fedora is what keeps me now. I’m a big fan of vanilla gnome and not too many distros ship it like that.
Honestly, having tried both atomic and regular Fedora, I ended up with regular, as it allows you to do all the same things without limiting you to them.
Install flatpak? Sure. Use Distrobox? Of course. But if you have to use native package, you can simply install it without jumping through the hoops with rpm-ostree (which doesn't even always work properly).
Fedora itself is great, though - a healthy release cycle, high stability, and mature base.
Gentoo works best for me because I'm a control freak. It lets me tune my system in any way I want, and I don't mind leaving my computer on while I'm asleep so that it can compile its way through libreoffice, webkit, and a couple of browsers. Plus, based on complaints I hear from people using other distros, Portage beats other package managers in every way except speed.
This doesn't mean that it's best for everyone, mind you, just that it's best for me.
ZorinOS is the best for me, because it works out of the box, looks a lot like Windows which i'm used to, is relatively configurable and is free (the paid version is just cosmetics and prebundled additional software). I consider looking into Arch though, thanks to your post and the comments there ;)
I use Fedora. I like that it's very up to date and that it doesn't change the GNOME defaults. It also has a big community and many resources to look into if anything goes wrong.
It's my plan. Not in the mood to distro-hop on my laptop right now, and I got to get through my Epic Games backlog (and also the Steam demos I can't be bothered downloading again) before I swap over my Windows 10 desktop.
I tried OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, that was a massive mistake (video codecs broken, froze whenever I tried to enter my password without changing from X11 to Wayland or vice versa (a theme was installed)).
Just reinstalled it with OpenSUSE Leap and at least the video codec issue is gone.
Did need to manually configure my disk partitions to get full OS encryption and now my partition table is a REAL mess.
I was told I was missing H264 codecs but it's 2025 so I doubt that'd have the effects I saw. I tried following the instructions to install them provided by OpenSUSE but some kinda dependency nonsense occurred with ffmpeg. Either way, I guess a rolling release isn't for me.
Arch. I think when people say "bloat" they don't mean it in the traditional sense of the word. Most people are installing plasma or gnome and pulling all the "bloat" that comes with them. To me at least it's more that no one is deciding what they think you're likely to need/do, and overall that makes the system feel much more "predictable". Less likely to work against what I'm trying to do.
Ignore all the comments about Arch being hard to install or "not for beginners". That view is outdated. When I first installed Arch when you had to follow the wiki and install via the chroot method. Now it's dead simple to install with the script and running it isn't any more difficult than any other distro.
I’ve been using Ubuntu for over a decade now. I’m a computer engineer by trade and use a variety of distros in the office (Debian and RHEL primarily). I’ve also experimented with various Ubuntu spin-offs and a few flavors of Fedora. But old habits die hard.
Since I'm old and need to deal with administrating a bunch of machines for work, I settled on the most dull and unsurprising distros of all: debian. Sure, when I was younger and eager to learn and with much time on my hands, I used gentoo (basically what is now arch) and all the others too.
Tumbleweed is the only bleeding-edge rolling release distribution that just works and never fails and is super easy to install and manage without any expertise. And it is massively underrated and forgotten for no good reason.
All Tumbleweed packages go through extensive and to this day unrivaled automatic system testing that ensures no package is ever gonna bork itself or your system.
If you're still worried about stability, there is Slowroll - currently testing, but in my experience very stable distribution. It makes rolling release updates...a bit slower, so that they're only pushed after Tumbleweed users absolutely ensure everything is great and stable (not that it's ever otherwise). It does the same job as Manjaro, but this time around it actually works without a hitch.
Both deliver great experience and will suit novice users.
Why? - I guess I'm too lazy for distro hopping now 🙁
Besides, this was the 1st Linux distro I tried back in 2005. After the usual ditro hopping phase was over, I settled on it; somehow (irrespective of snap and other controversies) I feel at home.
For me its Linux Mint, I'm no longer in position really to do distro hopping, so long as Linux Mint keeps working I will keep using it, I see no reason to change right now. I'm glad and happy that you have settled on Ubuntu, have fun, enjoy and be happy huuuugs 😉
I agree. I tried Fedora first, then Pop!OS, and then settled on Kubuntu.
Kubuntu has been the most stable so far, no big issues. I chose it for that and its Wayland support. Snaps can be disabled or even have auto update turned off which is what I did and I had no real issues with Ubuntu past that so overall a good distro.
Widely supported, plenty of tutorials, has my favorite DE as a spin, it just does what I need it to.
Everybody think they are a special snowflake who needs bleeding edge, or a specific package manager or DE or whatever. Truth is 99.99% do not. They just like to believe they do, claim they do, try it, inflict self pain for longer than they need, convince themselves that truly they are, because of the pain, special.
As someone who ran Debian Stable for a while, this is not a distro for "99.99%".
First, Debian, while very stable in its core, commonly has same random issues within DE's and even programs that may likely just sit there until the next release comes along.
Second, a release cycle of 2 years is actually a giant and incredibly noticeable lag. You may love your system when it just releases, but over time, you will realize your system is old, like, very damn old. It will look old, it will act old, and the only thing you can do is install flatpaks for your preferred programs so that they'd be up to date.
This isn't just programs. It is your desktop environment. It is Wine (gamers, you're gonna cry a lot unless you work it around with flatpaks like Bottles, which will feel like insane workaround you wouldn't have to have with a better fitting distro).
It is the damn kernel, so you may not even be able to install Debian on newest hardware without unsupported and potentially unstable backporting tricks.
Don't get me wrong, Debian is absolutely great in what it does, and that is providing a rock solid environment where nothing changes. But recommending it for everyone? Nope.
I feel like a lot of your points were true at one point, but are becoming lest relevant.
For one, at least with XFCE, I found myself not really running into DE bugs.
Also, I don't think two years is as obnoxious anymore. During the era of the GTK 4 transition a couple, it drove me nuts, but now that a lot of APIs like that have stabilized, I really don't notice much of a difference between Debian Testing and Stable. I installed and daily drove Bookworm late in its lifecycle on my laptop, and in terms of DE and applications, I haven't noticed anything. I get the feeling Debian's gotten better at maintenance in the past few years - I especially see this with Firefox ESR. There was a time where the version was several months behind the latest major release of ESR, but usually it now only takes a month or two for a new ESR Firefox to come to Debian Stable, well within the support window of the older release.
Also, I don't think Flatpaks are a huge dealbreaker anyway - no matter what distro you're using, you're probably going to end up with some of them at some point because there's some application that is the best at what it does and is only distributed as a Flatpak.
Frankly, I probably am a terrible reference for gaming, as I'm a very casual gamer, but I've found Steam usually eliminates most of these issues, even on Debian.
Also, the official backports repository has gotten really easy. My laptop had an unsupported Wi-Fi chipset (it was brand new), so I just installed over ethernet, added the repo, and the install went smoothly. There were a few bugs, but none of these were specific to Debian. Stability has been great as ever.
In conclusion, I think right around Bookworm, Debian went from being the stable savant to just being an all-around good distro. I'll elaborate more on why I actually like Debian in a comment directly replying to the main post.
I might disagree with 99.999% like you - maybe I'd put it in the 50-75% range.
As a KDE fan, I had some bugs on some devices (like on one of the laptops, wallpapers did not install correctly and the setting to always show battery charge didn't work) even on Debian 12.
XFCE is well-known for stability, but seems to be increasingly irrelevant for the average/newbie user because the interface looks outdated and configuring is relatively complicated.
Interesting you mentioned Firefox ESR - iirc, even at release the version shipped with Debian 12 was considered very old, prompting many to install Firefox as a flatpak. Two years later, it's two years older.
Flatpaks are good and suitable options for many tasks - no argument here! But some things are just better installed natively, and there Debian just...shows.
Steam is a godsend, but there are many non-Steam games and, importantly, programs out there, and launching them through Steam often feels like yet another bloated and slow workaround; besides, you cannot choose Wine over Proton, and sometimes (granted: rarely) you may want to use Wine specifically.
To conclude - it's alright to choose Debian anyway, it is good! But I just feel like newbies and casual users could save a lot of trouble and frustration simply going with something that doesn't require all that - say, Fedora (non-atomic), or OpenSUSE, and then go from there to whatever they like. There are plenty of distributions that are stable, reliable, but without the tradeoffs Debian sets.
If you feel like stability is your absolutely biggest priority ever, and you have experience managing Linux systems - by all means, go Debian. But by that point you'll already know what you want.
Debian Stable actually updates Firefox ESR through the typically on by default security channel.
The current ESR version in there is 128, which is about a year old, which replaced the 115 that came with Debian 12 by default.
The newest ESR, 140 just came out 2 weeks ago. 128 still has 2 months of security updates, and 140 has already been packaged for sid. I have no doubts 140 will come before those 2 months are up.
even programs that may likely just sit there until the next release comes along. ... the only thing you can do is install flatpaks for your preferred programs so that they’d be up to date. ... Wine (gamers, you’re gonna cry a lot unless you work it around with flatpaks
I already posted on this a while ago but that's is a recurring misconception. No distribution, literally 0, provides all software to the latest version or to the version one expects. Consequently IMHO it is perfectly acceptable to go beyond what the official package manager of the distribution offers. It can be flatpaks, am, build from source, etc but the point precisely is that the distribution is about a shared practical common ground to build on top of. A distribution is how to efficiently get to a good place. I also run Debian stable on my desktop and for gaming, I use Steam. It allows me to get Wine, yes, but also Proton and even ProtonFix so that I basically point and click to run games. I do NOT tinker to play Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, Clair Obscur, etc and my hardware is well supported.
So... sure if you consider a distribution as something you must accept as-is and NOT rely on any of the tool to get the latest software you actually need, can be games but can be tools e.g. Blender, Cura, etc, then you WILL have a tough time but that's the case for all distributions anyway.
TL;DR: a distribution is the base layer to build on. Its package manager, on Debian and elsewhere, is not the mandatory and sole way to get the software you need.
Debian. Truly the universal operating system. Runs on all of my laptops, desktops, servers, and NAS with no fuss and no need to keep track of distro-specific differences. If something has a Linux version, it probably works on Debian.
Granted, I am a bit biased. All of my hardware is at least 5 years old. Also came from Windows, where I kept only the OS and browser up to date, couldn't be bothered with shiny new features. A package manager is already a huge luxury.
Because I don't have a fickle heart, and My distro is the best, right now, for me. There's nothing more to it. I do like Mint - but a few apps are out of date, and that's annoying. But it's stable, looks great, and works like a charm.
NixOS. - I have access to more packages than with any other package manager. - everything to get my setup in the exact state I want is in my config, which is 90% useable on any other distro thanks to home manager - My config is all in one place and easy to share - If I ever break something, I can always roll back - I don't need Docker
slackware the og linux distro. super stable, sane package management etc. i've wanted to try void/arch/gentoo/crux for a pretty long time but still haven't because this just works perfectly
IDGAF if it's the best (mint), it was easy to install, easy to transition to from Windows, and in 6 months hasn't given me any trouble. I just wanna use my computer.
Yeah I was gonna say, I dunno if my distro is the best (Arch BTW) but it's the best for me. Doesn't give me any nonsense and lets me tinker as much as I want. Other people just want their OS to get out of their way, which of course is equally valid. Whatever works for you!
I've discovered that I don't much care which distro I'm using, it's the DE that matters most. I have Fedora GNOME, Debian GNOME, and openSUSE GNOME running on different machines. I can't really tell much difference until I enter the command line or package manager, and even then, it's the front end of the command that changes while the backend stays mostly the same. Flatpak has made the difference between distros even fewer.
While I still care somewhat of distro differences for functional reasons, I completely agree that DE's are the most important part in terms of user experience.
Both my machines use KDE, and while they run two different distros, they look and feel pretty much the same since I use a very similar layout on both of them. This, along with file sync through my NAS and similar apps, makes switching from one computer to the other a breeze (pun not intended), despite some differences under the hood.
EndeavorOS. It runs smooth, i dont get errors, all my games work, the taskbar and notifications work like I would expect them too. Switching from Windows 2 months ago, I cycled through a few distros but they all were giving something up until i found EoS.
Also PKGBUILD's are the superior packaging format. Back in the day people use to talk about preferring debian or redhat based distros based on how much they liked debs or rpms. Building packages on Arch is easier than pretty much any distro I have ever tried to build packages on.
I wanted the awesomeness of pacman and like the way Gardua comes pre-configured as well as packages it installs from the get go. The only thing I hate about it is the "gamer" universal KDE theme it comes with.
Man, I wanted to try Garuda a couple of weeks ago and the thing would never even boot into the live environment. Went ahead and installed Cachy OS and it's been great.
Mint Cinnamon. All my hardware works, and it can do the few things I require my work PC to do. It even remembers things like my default audio device - something Ubuntu refused to do for years.
I like the way Pop!_OS looks. Not gonna pretend it's the best. But as far as default UIs, it clicked with the most. Default gnome seemed too spartan and all of the Windows-like DEs remind me too much of Windows. Which I don't like. If that makes sense.
Hopefully none, why do you like Gnome? I thought it was okay, but I really love KDE more. I don't hate Gnome. It seems really good for anyone who uses a touchpad or touchscreen.
I can't speak for anyone else but I can tell you what I personally love about Gnome.
I like that it's Spartan. I like that it looks good without me having to customize a thousand different settings.
I like that It has client side decorations, so every window doesn't have to have an obscene, chunky, mostly useless title bar.
I don't miss every single application having 100 different options packed into a menu bar. Once you get used to it, you realize that it was mostly getting in the way the whole time.
It's just a really streamlined workflow for 98% of what you do. The problem is that 2% where it's too spartan and God do you wish you had some options.
But I also think KDE is a great desktop environment. If I were more of a gamer I'd be using KDE. I think XFCE is an excellent desktop environment for aging hardware and Windows converts. It is very much a matter of taste, Use cases, and your preferred workflow.
Most packages have sane defaults, and it's so stable. It's true that it sometimes means older software versions, but there's also something to be said for behavior staying the same for two years at a time.
If hardware support is an issue, using the backports repo is really easy - I've been using it on my laptop for almost a year with no problems that don't exist on other distros. If you really need the shiniest new application, Flatpak isn't that bad.
It also feels in a nice position - not so corporate as to not give a darn about its community, but with enough funding and backing the important stuff gets maintained.
I just moved to Debian trixie (soon to be stable) because I needed an upgrade after ~15 years of Gentoo.
I was a proud Gentoo user. I learned a lot about systemd and kernel configuration. Many advances in portage made it possible to find the time to maintain my Gentoo setup. On my laptop I gave up Gentoo even earlier, because updating my system was just too time consuming. I actually learned less and less about the software I was using, because I was trapped in dependency conflict management. The new binary repos did save some compile time, but the actual time sinks are decision for your systems, use flags and the forementioned dependencies.
So, I installed Debian on my main workstation (two days ago). I am already using Debian on on my Raspberry Pis. I did choose a more challenging way using debootstrap, because I want to use systemd-boot, encrypted btrfs and have working hibernation. I am still busy with configuring everything.
One could argue, that I could've used the time on Gentoo to solve my current python_targets_python3_13 issues and do a proper world update. No, this is a future investment. I want the time to configure new stuff, not wait for dependency resolution or waste time solving blocking packages.
The main reason to switch from Gentoo to Debian is being able to install security updates fast without blocking packages in the same slot.
Obligatory "There is not a single distro that's the absolute best for each and every one." disclaimer aside, my personal favorite is definitely secureblue for being a hardened-by-default distro that adheres to the ~~'immutable'~~ reprovisionable, anti-hysteresis paradigm while enjoying a healthy stream of improvements pushed out by an active group of contributors.
This is going to be a longer blog entry, but here’s a TL;DR: I propose that instead of "immutable" or "read-only" when talking about operating systems (such as Fedora Core…
I love Pop OS because it got me back into Linux after ditching it for windows for the last 10 years, partly to do .net development and partly because I hated the state of Ubuntu/Unity.
As soon as cosmic is stable and easy to install on Nix I'll switch to it.
I used to use Determinate Nix on Pop!_OS before I switched to NixOS for good. You can still get a lot out of Nix on a traditional distro, granted you have to deal with few things manually (nixGL being one of them). But it still works, especially for development; it's just unparalleled.
Arch btw, only been using it for a couple of weeks, only installed it because of the meme. Got my hands on a few years old thinkpad for practically free, so why not. It's actually quite good so far, been struggling a bit with external monitors, but I don't miss windows
Arch, everything it does provide works extremely well, I can configure everything how I want it without having to fight a distro maintainer trying to be clever, I get new features and bugfixes whenever they go in without having to worry about a distro maintainer deciding whether it’s relevant or whether I should just live with crashes and security issues for another two years because they figured it wasn’t important or critical enough.
OpenSUSE tumbleweed: Up-to-date, unbreakable due to Btrfs+snapper, very secure defaults (firewall), based in Germany. It works perfectly on my Thinkpad, so I couldn't ask for better.
Linux Mint because it's extremely simple and has caused me no issues for over a year. It's the best distribution to get someone who is afraid to switch from Windows or MacOS to understand that using Linux can be just as easy.
I recently needed to build newer versions of some packages for Debian. Now, they're go based so the official packaging is super complicated and eventually I decided to try and make my own from scratch. After a few more hours of messing with the official tooling I start thinking "there must be a better way."
And sure enough, after a bit of searching I found makedeb which allows you to make debs from (almost) regular PKGFILEs. Made the task a million times simpler.
I use Kubuntu. It is defintly not the best Distro. I am just used to it and too lazy to get used to another distro. My days as a distro jumper lie 15 years back...
Tbh though, I might switch to Debian stable whenever Trixie comes out.
It isn't. I'm on PopOS 24.04 Alpha 7 (soon to be Beta 1), because of COSMIC (and because I was having some bugs with Fedora a few months back).
I recently wanted to tinker with a piece of software that wasn't packaged, and I couldn't compile it because of outdated libraries. I could return to Fedora specifically to tinker with it but as an ex-distrohopper, I know it isn't worth the effort.
Even though Fedora or some version of it will likely be my forever distro, I will stick to PopOS for now because I can't be bothered to distrohop and back up months' worth of files, including game saves and a ton of stuff in my Downloads directory.
I was a Nix user (more specifically, nix-darwin user) but after being away from the computer for like one year (to study for the university entrance exam), I completely forgot how to use it and resulted in erasing the computer. Nix/NixOS is fun, but it was too complicated for me.
I use Nobara with KDE for my gaming computer, Mint with Cinnamon for pretty much everything else.
Mint is the closest to a "Just Works" experience for me. Cinnamon is rock stable, especially on Mint Debian Edition. I don't remember the last time Cinnamon crashed or had any major bugs for me.
I use Debian for most of my servers, stable and simple. Arch on a junker Thinkpad to test and mess around with new programs and window managers.
Tumbleweed. Rolling release with automated testing (openQA), snapper properly setup out of the box.
Honestly the entire openSUSE ecosystem. Tumbleweed on my main PC that often has some of the latest hardware, Slowroll on my (Framework) laptop because it's rolling but slower (monthly feature updates, only fixes in-between), and Leap for servers where stability (as in version/compatibility stability, not "it doesn't crash" stability) is appreciated.
openSUSE also comes in atomic flavors for those interested. And it's European should you care.
With all that being said, I don't really care much about what distro I'm using. What I do with it could be replicated with pretty much any distro. For me it's mostly just a means to an end.
Gentoo because it is as stable as Debian, less bloated than Arch, has more packages than Ubuntu, is rolling release, can mix and match stable, testing and unstable on a whim.
Even its one downside, compile times, is now gone if you just choose to use binary packages.
And less stable than Arch, and more bloated than Ubuntu... If that is something you want for whatever reason! It is the most versatile distro in existance because it's literally anything you want it to be - clean and nice, or total chaos. What is there not to love?
Since I mostly use computers for entertainment these days I keep coming back to Bazzite. It’s fast, stable, kept up to date, reliable, and “just works”. I’ve created custom rpm-ostree layers to faff around, but it’s not actually necessary for anything I need.
I used to keep a second Kubuntu Minimal partition around but I realized I just don’t need it. If I wasn’t so happy with Bazzite, I would probably go with openSUSE or Endeavor.
Yes, but also I had to run through proton off steam and the modding process is less streamlined. I unironically have had a less complicated time running windows and dealing with its "special" features than running Linux and having a custom setup for every other game.
I've been using (X)Ubuntu for ages. I just wanted something that "just works". Tired of too much tinkering and there's plenty of (non commercial) support. Mixing it with i3 as my window manager.
For me it's openSUSE Tumbleweed on my Desktops/Laptops and openSuse Leap on my Servers. The killing Feature for me was the propper BTRFS integration with Snapper for seamless rollbacks in case I borked the system in some way.
One "downside" for me is the mix of Gnome Settings and Yast on my Desktop. But I like yast on my servers for managing everything (enabling ports in firewall, network config, enable autoamtic isntall of security updates, etc.). Also openSuse is not that common, so sometimes it is hard to find a solution if you have a distribution specific question.
Personally never looked to closely into openSuse Build Services (OBS). But I know some people who really like it.
I am using Bluefin, based on Fedora Silverblue. I realized that I was already exclusively using flatpaks for everything except one random app, so I thought why not go all-in?
Haven't had to worry about updates or system breakages since, and it's been great so far.
I used to use Debian Stable, but since doing SysAdmin work I've just become used to the way Fedora / RHEL does things.
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@BrahmaBelarusian No, no, if they were evil surely Mastodon gGmbH would never partner with them because that would amount to whitewashing them. So, no, either we have to believe that Mastodon gGmbH and Social Web Foundation don’t hold the values they purport to or that Meta must not be evil.
President Xi Jinping has called on north China's Shanxi Province to further promote the transformation and development of the resource-based economy and strive to write its own chapter in advancing Chinese modernization.
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For example, if you saw Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eating a hamburger at McDonald’s and posted a selfie with him in the background, no one would see that you shared it for several hours.
Interestingly enough, if you shared the current whereabouts of someone who does not support Donald Trump — such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Jasmine Crockett — there would be no delay in Meta’s general feed.
This paints an awful image, especially since the justification for delaying posts about Donald Trump and his associates is "general safety."
could you provide some #evidence of #Meta doing what you just descripted? For example a #screenshot of what you are about to #post on #facebook or #whatsapp and a screenshot of you submitted post before and after it has been deleted by #meta
Lots of projects claim to be the “smallest” or “simplest” Kubernetes, but they never provide data to back it up. Let’s look at how these distributions compare to Talos Linux.
Keep in mind that this post is by a company that offers one of the options they compare. So there is an obvious conflict of interest, and I wouldn't trust the conclusions that were reached
And obviously their option is the "best". From the conclusion:
Talos Linux is unique. It’s the only option that includes OS management in a purpose-built distribution for running Kubernetes. There’s no compromise for scaling up or down. In terms of small-scale numbers, it “wins” in several of the examined categories, including memory usage, disk r/w, and installation size. But all of these metrics are side effects of Talos Linux’s defining characteristic: It’s simple.
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Molecular Breakdown in Plastic-to-Naphtha Conversion
The transformation of waste plastic into naphtha is a process defined by intricate molecular reconfiguration. At the heart of this conversion lies pyrolysis—a thermochemical reaction facilitated in an oxygen-deprived environment. Within a pyrolysis plant, polymers originally designed for durability and resistance undergo a fundamental decomposition, reverting to simpler hydrocarbon forms suitable for reintegration into the petrochemical value chain.
Polymer Disintegration Under Heat
Most post-consumer plastic waste comprises thermoplastics such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). These polymers are characterized by long, saturated hydrocarbon chains with high molecular weights and strong covalent bonds. When subjected to plastic pyrolysis machine, typically between 400°C and 600°C, these macromolecules fragment into smaller hydrocarbon compounds via random scission, β-scission, and depolymerization reactions.
The absence of oxygen prevents combustion and facilitates controlled bond cleavage. The result is the formation of volatile hydrocarbons, which exit the reactor in vapor phase. The extent of chain breakdown depends heavily on residence time, temperature profile, and feedstock consistency.
Intermediate Hydrocarbon Species
As thermal cracking progresses, intermediate compounds such as alkanes, alkenes, and aromatic rings are generated. The molecular weight distribution spans a broad spectrum—from C5-C12 fractions to heavier waxes and gas-phase C1-C4 alkanes.
Polystyrene, for instance, primarily decomposes into styrene monomers and aromatic derivatives due to its phenyl-rich structure. Polyethylene and polypropylene, on the other hand, yield a wider variety of linear and branched hydrocarbons, owing to their aliphatic backbone. These intermediates are the precursors to the final liquid products, which can include fuel oil, wax, and most notably, naphtha.
Fractionation and Naphtha Recovery
Once vaporized, the hydrocarbon stream must be condensed and fractionally distilled. This step occurs downstream of the pyrolysis reactor in the condensation and separation units of the plastic into fuel machine. By controlling cooling rates and column configurations, operators can isolate naphtha-range compounds—typically C5 to C11 hydrocarbons with boiling points between 30°C and 200°C.
The recovered naphtha exhibits similar properties to fossil-derived light naphtha and can be further refined or directly used as a petrochemical feedstock, particularly in steam crackers to produce ethylene and propylene.
Chemical Composition and Suitability
Plastic-derived naphtha is predominantly paraffinic but may contain varying levels of olefins, isoparaffins, and aromatics, depending on process parameters and input resin type. Its hydrogen-to-carbon (H/C) ratio, viscosity, and sulfur content are critical for downstream integration.
To meet the stringent quality demands of refineries or petrochemical plants, further hydrotreatment may be required. This step removes unsaturates and stabilizes the naphtha, reducing gum formation and enhancing storage characteristics.
Role of Catalytic Pyrolysis
Advanced pyrolysis plants integrate catalytic reactors to enhance product specificity and quality. Zeolite-based catalysts, for example, promote selective cracking, favoring the formation of naphtha-range molecules while minimizing heavy tar formation.
Catalytic systems not only lower the required activation energy but also improve the control over isomerization and aromatization reactions. This results in a more consistent naphtha yield with a tighter carbon number distribution and fewer contaminants.
Molecular Circularity in Practice
By reverting complex polymer chains to their hydrocarbon origins, pyrolysis enables true molecular circularity. Plastic, once destined for landfill or incineration, is molecularly deconstructed and reincarnated as a feedstock for new polymers, synthetic fuels, or solvents.
This closed-loop process not only diverts waste from the environment but also reduces dependence on virgin fossil inputs. The deployment of a pyrolysis plant thus bridges the gap between environmental responsibility and petrochemical demand, turning plastic waste into a resource with strategic industrial value.
The ten suspects, some of them women each face three counts of attempted murder and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Why is Antifa not considered a Terrorist group classification?
@Stahesh Antifa has some organized branches or cells because it has paid government agents & their employer could find sime of them however some people might not be paid agents and if they started a branch or cell on their own they might be more difficult to track down
Anyway Shayne Hunter has some really good videos making fun of rent and he used to be a part of Antifa
They interviewed him on AttackTheSystem dot com after he decided to leave Antifa
Also CrimeThinc and the Curiois George Brigade published a really good book called Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs
Some of them might be associated with Antifa or at least be accused of havomg been associated with Antifa somehow but their book is actually really good
It is possible that someone can write a good book and do horrible things at the same time without that making all the contents of the book untrue
As part of its unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Nakliyat-İş Union, affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), organized a mass protest in front of the US Consulate General in Istanbul on July 4, 2025.
Quoting Rogel Alpher on Israel’s plans to establish a “humanitarian city” in Gaza:
[…] They say – don’t say Nazis, don’t make comparisons. It’s no longer shocking. It’s clear to me that from my current position on the margins of Israeli society, I can only be shocked, not shock others. Most Israelis don’t see a connection between obsessive education about concentration camps from the Holocaust era and establishing a concentration camp for another people under brutal Israeli military control. What can even be done in the face of this tragic pathology?
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced plans to establish what he termed a “humanitarian city” in Gaza to house the entire population of over 2 million people. Katz clarified that there would be no exit from the camp while promising an “emigration program” would be implemented.
Alpher acknowledges this is actually a concentration camp - a fenced compound of tents where the only way out would be through emigration from Gaza entirely - a moral horror that facilitates forced displacement and ethnic cleansing, noting the tragic irony that Israelis who were educated about #Holocaust now support creating concentration camps for another people under Israeli military control.
Israeli journalist Arad Nir faced backlash after describing the Israeli-planned “city of refuge” 🙄 in #Rafah for Gazans as a "concentration camp". He later apologized on social media, clarifying his intent was to criticize the plan as immoral rather than to offend. Other broadcasters present during the original remarks suggested the comparison was inappropriate and historically insensitive.
What’s really disgusting here is the fact that Israeli media now refers to the proposed Rafah concentration camp as a “city of refuge”, a facility being built to shelter and provide food to Palestinians whom they intend to isolate from Hamas. Interestingly, the same people who up until recently claimed that “there are no uninvolved” in Gaza... Gaza has been a concentration camp with severely limited food supply for the past two decades, since Israel withdrew and imposed a relentless blockade. The blockade has created a cycle of poverty and dependence on the underground tunnel economy, which Israel then used against the Palestinians after October.
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The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) extends its class-oriented, militant solidarity to the working class of India and the Joint Platform of Trade Unions for their nationwide general strike on July 9th, 2025.
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Socially-acceptable forms of social change entail:
1) Refusing to question structures of power, leaving them exactly as they are
2) Asking those with power within those structures to behave a certain way.
3) When that fails, then adhering to the (rigged) rules of the game, to try to acquire official power oneself, which is costly, time-consuming, and likely to fail.
That's it. And given the fascism of the 2020s, those forms of social change will fail.
Additionally, there's no creativity or innovation in doing a SWOT analysis around how power dynamics are shifting, and where there are opportunities for taking new or timely forms of action to compel, incentivize, or scare official power into behaving differently.
My critique of democratic socialism) and how I see my democratic socialist friends trying to engage with social change) is this:
There is an inherent belief that the power of the people is an effective force for change *only because* the people can affect or take over the state apparatus.
Thus, in this theory-in-action there is not a belief in the power of the people as an ends in itself. The power of the people is a means to the real source of power, which is state power.
But what happens when the best-funded and most violent (violence is a form of power) levels of the state--the federal level--works to destroy that the mechanisms by which others can take over the state?
That's where state-centered theories of power and social change fall apart.
I think a lot of people feel helpless right now because they understand, even if they haven't articulated it, that these theories are kaput.
We need to be building and leveraging other forms of power.
One set of antidotes to this powerlessness, this broken theory of social change, would be anarchist lenses on power.
The power of the people is inherent. The were many millenia when the people maintained societies without nation states.
The state is a necessarily-problematic power dynamic; it creates and enacts socially-accepted violence against minority populations and those who stand in the way of the state's conception of progress.
The nation state is not essential to human civilization.
The nation state as an entity and the nation state system itself is an iteration of empires and the colonial system, respectively.
The underpinning philosophies and theories of value that enabled slavery, colonial theft, genocide, and land theft were all left intact when we became nation states. The ruling class just patched it up with things like human rights, workers rights, protections for migrants, and other things that have clearly fallen by the wayside since.
So there are two ways forward: Colonialism 3.0, where we try to patch the whole thing together yet again.
Or we could actually build a new system which emerges from the wreckage of the old, which pulls people and resources in, electively, as nation states fail further.
This, however, would require imagination and a historical and anthropological lens on how humans could organize themselves, and how they have organized themselves.
Our schooling, work, and all major institutions punish those with this type of imagination, and ignore, sideline or kill this with this type of knowledge.
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