Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

@malin if you did end up needing a second computer and didn't have one. the library has computers anyone can use.

@malin I suppose a smart phone does count as a second computer. idk why you would need to change the install material once you are at the point you have erased the old os. plus if you use ventoy there is no rewriting the USB you just copy the iso file on there and it works. the instructions are available for download and can be read in the install media. and GUI installers will generally tell you if you need to turn out secure boot. idk it seems like these are problems that were common years ago

@bleepbloop you know that's completely fair, you don't have to be invested in the hobby of computers. Fedora with Gnome if you're mac or KDE if you're windows or Linux mint Debian edition will work right out of the box. and with any of those you can do all permissions modifications (there will be little to none based on what you do with your PC) through the GUI. honestly with any mainstream distro now you don't ever have to open the terminal if you don't want to.

@malin it is annoying that people tell others to install something like arch when all these people want is a working computer. TPM is fucking annoying but disablement steps are included in most distro documentation at this point. and I'm not quite sure what you mean by needing to have 2 computers?

@honeybrew_coffee well the femme def has to be the one who is splendorous radiance of light. i think the futch would be the one to have the ability too hold the duplicity of fortune. and the butch bringing abundance hard work and dedication

@raccoon OK because it seems like you are genuinely confused. I will be nice one more time, but I'm letting you know I'm not here to debate or teach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism_in_the_technology_industry
here is a good start, people outside of tech spaces generally don't see a different between the Linux community and tech industry. there are queers everywhere But also the Linux community is most definitely not a historical queer space. go read mailing lists if you want a taste.

butch x futch x femme triad
they all love each other and there is no toxic noncommunicative bullshit.
they get to live a happy life unharassed by fascist governments or bigots.
Utopian I know but I'm tired of bury your gays I gotta hope.

bruh like audit a women's studies course at your local community college I'm not the one to explain the basics of the intersectional effects of institutionalized bigotry.

@raccoon I can't tell if you're being serious 😑 but the large majority of tech nerds in the anglosphere are straight yt men the reason being that all these men think of women as less than and these straight yt men have had a long history of gatekeeping information and telling anyone not like them its too hard for them to understand. People at large have been made to feel to stupid to computer as a direct result of these men's distain for women. fedi doesn't reflect this but that's something else