All they have to do is learn, like we did. What’s the big deal?

Hey man, while I do understand your frustration with such a dismissive response as the one you received, IMO it would help you try a little harder to take what’s useful and disregard what is not.

I have things I need to do. If Linux cannot help me do them then in what way is it a widely suitable mass operating system as proponents are constantly claiming instead of merely a hobby tool that can do a very limited range of things.

That holds true for absolutely every operating system. There’s just a lot that I wouldn’t be able to do if I went back to Windows or if I moved to MacOS, and those are the 2 most mainstream desktop operating systems “widely used by the masses”. That alone invalidates your comment (no animosity here, just being direct and blunt).

For my ask about Notepad++ I’m looking for features I use commonly. If a text editor doesn’t have them all I might be able to get along but this is trimmed down list. Fact is I don’t like the idea of having to have a dozen different pieces of software when I used to be able to use just one. Who would?

When I used windows, Notepad++ was my favorite text editor. I found it to be frictionless and intuitive like nothing else out there short of a full IDE. I get your resistance to move away from it and wishing to find something closely resembling your work flow with it. Unfortunately, while you will be able to find replacements in Linux that will far outdo anything you’re able to currently do with Notepad++ easily, it’s unlikely that you will find an alternative that allows you to retain such workflow. Having said that, here’s a good place to start with a simple list: https://itsfoss.com/notepad-alternatives-for-linux/

I’ve searched extensively for replacements for many of my programs and these are about the last of the hold-outs. Don’t want to give advice based on personal experience? Then don’t. Want to tell me that Linux can’t do these things for me? Then do so in a straight-forward manner.

Again, I understand your frustration, it sucks to be asking for suggestions from what is supposed to be a friendly community (which it is for the most part) and get dismissed like that, but understand that this is not unlike any other group of people. There’s all types here, you get to choose how you react to those, and even IF you want to react at all. As for “can’t do”, at least for me, I still have to see that thing I haven’t been able to do in Linux, even if some require some extensive workarounds.

For the rest of your comment, some of the other guys have already provided pretty spot on solutions, and I can’t stress enough the suggestion to run a VM or install on some older hardware before you decide if you want to try the road or just go back (remain?) to Windows.

The work flow is completely different from Windows, but I for one didn’t really go through any pains once I chose to make the move and never look back. The feeling of owning my computer was never there until I did that, which may have something to do with how biased I am with Linux being the best desktop choice in existence.

Everyone’s experience is different, and I hope you give it a shot, and don’t let little things like individuals lead you astray from what you want to achieve.

Ah, that being the case, you’re also somewhat wrong. For the most part, Fedora actually uses a bit more RAM and resources than Ubuntu.

Thanks for giving me a shot at a woke moment now

That was racist. There is nothing wrong with worshiping Olympian gods. You are a right-wing-conservative-republican-christian-homophobic-misogonistic-white-supremacist-rapper-patriarch.

Lol, I honestly don’t know how woke people manage to find all this crap on any comments, and you just saw me try 🤣🤣🤣

I use Fedora Workstation, and that is not the case at all. I will agree that an Arch based distro will arguably give you much more control over everything, but to compare Fedora to Ubuntu? That’s just silly.

That shit of installing what it wants how it wants is MicroShit behavior.

https://www.sceptre.com/TV/4K-UHD-TV-category1category73.html

This brand sells all non-smart TVs at non-commecial prices.

Sweet. Never heard of this before. Thanks. I’ll take it for a spin over the weekend.

Are you hosting in ProxMox too?

I’m calling BS.

Yes, I tried Immich but it’s basically a second job, no thanks. Photoprism is very good, but would need something like Syncthing to auto upload. So I ended up going with Libre Photo. It’s nowhere near as powerful as Immich in terms of features, but for my over 500K photos and almost 50K videos, works like a charm in ProxMox with the “UhuruPhotos” Android app.

Great advise. I didn’t think of it that way. Thanks so much, and thanks for providing the link to your blog. It’s always super insightful to be able to gather different points of view.

Wao. What’s with the “edu-indoctrination”?

That’s the idea, and now that I’ve written 2 articles, it’s a bit time consuming. I want to do 2 - and 3 posts per week, and absolutely planning on adding tutorials and suggestions that have worked for me, as well as lists of alternatives to mainstream software and hardware.

The blog is extremely raw in terms of design, and I will be getting a new domain soon to separate it from my personal life as well. I sent you the link via DM.

Oh, no, nothing that elaborate. That’s why I came to ask you guys. I can easily set up a “share to social” button that would give the reader the choice to basically post the link to 1 or many social networks. I guess you’re right, they could totally copy the link, and that would force them to not be so lazy, lol.

In all honesty, I believe it falls on each of us to educate as much people as possible in the actual dangers of mass surveillance and what are the potential options to minimize it’s impact.

For example, I’ve been advocating for privacy within my family, friends and other acquaintances for years now. Only recently have I managed to get my wife to start caring (some fearmongering was required) and have gotten a friend from church already on track to eliminating Google, Crapple, mainstream social networks and even self hosting. Some people at work have been reaching out to ask me how they can start moving away from the big tech overreach, and now even my kids have gotten their friends on Simplex, which have made some of their parents move to it as well.

Again, it’s taken me over 7 years to manage this little, but it’s something. If all of us keep doing this, avoiding getting to the point of annoying others (though I’ve annoyed quite a few persons with this, but whatever) more and more people will start moving in that direction.

Just getting some people to change from chrome to brave, which is one of the easiest things to do without making them change their streamlines, or move to Signal from SMS and WhatsApp, is already making headway.

If we get tired and stop preaching security, the surveillance wins. At least that’s how I see it.

It does

Our ISPs are too cheap and lazy to even try looking. I still use I2P, but only because I need to justify my tin foil hats collection.

That brings it’s own share of risks as well. Like getting scammed for example.

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Shady as fuck too.