Eldritch

The nice thing is. If you have a separate system running Linux etc. Even if for whatever reason you are not able to completely replace some of the windows software. You can simply unplug or take the windows Tower off the network or block its access to the internet but still have access to the vital software you need. It will give you a lot more flexibility and security

Distro wise mint is probably your best bet.

Dependency on proprietary software will be a problem. Maybe it will run via wine. Maybe not. Maybe it will work for a short bit and then inexplicably break. It's proprietary and there isn't much recourse. However there are a lot of good alternatives that are available under multiple operating systems.

My two biggest recommendations are look for systems that are either made to run Linux like something from tuxedo or system 76. Or spend $100 on eBay getting an old Lenovo Dell or HP business tower. (Not laptop. Laptop can get into some really weird fucky proprietary stuff.) They're generally built from solid lowest common denominator Parts with wide support.

Dual booting sounds nice. But it gets to be a real hassle most the time unless you absolutely need it. If you have a system separate just to use and learn Linux on. You WILL have a better time. 4th and 6th generation Intel i7 business Towers are still extremely usable today.

Yep. The police saying anything. Carries as much weight as the now defunct weekly world news saying something. Maybe less. I do hope bat boy is getting on okay.

Absolutely. There's still plenty to criticize him on. But the need to build him into something uniquely bad is extremely puzzling. For his missteps with unions he was still far more involved and supportive of them than Clinton or Obama. He tried many times in many ways to actually give people student loan forgiveness as well. And succeeded a lot.

Even his stance on israel. Wasn't unique to him. Any president from last 40 to 50 years. They would have supported Israel just the same. This isn't a justification for it. As widespread and institutional as our stance on Israel is. Even Bernie Sanders as president would have struggled to do much different. Though I would have liked to have seen someone struggle to do different. Rather than just go along with it as the United States has for nearly 100 years. We should have never been involved in the theft of Palestine.

But these aren't Biden things. He will be irrelevant and gone in a few weeks. All these issues will be here. As they've been for decades. I'd like to actually see actual realistic suggestions how to move forward and fix things. Including Democrats. Not just pyrrhic empty Biden blaming. We get it, Biden bad. All these things will be getting worse once he's gone though. Not going away.

No, its not. But that was never my supposition. All I was asking. Was for people who were breathlessly repeatedly posting and complaining about such actions from Biden take equal and appropriate responses towards his opponents. Is that too much to ask? Apparently yes. Yes it is.

Is it too much to ask people to consider the likely knock on effects other actions? Absolutely going by popular sentiments around here lol. Is it too much to ask for Democratic party to actually really look at what happened and reevaluate things? Indubitably. Is it too much to ask those e nomine on the left to do similar? You better believe it.

I'm not asking anyone to not criticize Biden. I'm just wondering where all this enthusiasm and energy was when it came to trying to make sure the other bad guy didn't get elected.

No shit? Not a news flash for me, bud. The rest of the Democrats absolutely do care, unlike the Republicans and trump

Whoa whoa whoa come back here with those goal posts friend. You'll hurt yourself running that fast. I hate to point it out to you. Okay maybe that's an exaggeration. That ghoul Liz Cheney carried enough to campaign for the opposition. And if a republican that objectively horrible cared. I assure you plenty of other Republicans cared too. Yes some of them had ulterior motives. Though I can at least say this for them. Their motives are much more consistent and clear than yours.

Screeching butt hurt noises after having their argument logically dismantled.

Love you too kiddo. Love you too. Just got enough to continue taking your bait. Good day.

Overabundant even!

All it tells you is we expect Trump to be shit, and know he doesn't care if we call him out on it

Why does it matter if he cares or not? Because I have a news flash for you. Biden doesn't care either. So why are you making an exception to your own rule?

Plenty of career criminals know that committing crimes could send them to prison. But they don't care. Why do we send them to prison? There's a whole bunch of irrational inconsistencies your stance opens up.

But honestly the most personally damning one with regards to people like yourself. Is you were so adamant at calling out Biden. Without a peep as to Trump etc. Plenty of uninformed uneducated people saw it. And then saw him as the better option.

I literally said it's not a defense of him. Just pointed out that it's odd that so many are so seemingly upset. At what specifically a lame duck outgoing president did. By mass pardoning a group of people. Which included someone it shouldn't have. Likely not by Biden's inclusion. And you felt so personally called out by it. That you did nothing but project and put words I never said into my mouth. Funny that. Some advice for the future comrade. You'll have much more fruitful discussions if you engage with what people actually say. Instead of trying to make up things to get offended at. That's ultimately my point and you proved it. Thank you very much friend.

Yep it's basic Hanlon's razor. But plenty won't care to engage their brains. It's just another reason for them to crucify him.

Which is like if you guys are this upset about what Biden did. You do realize that the person coming into office after him literally sold pardons for money. To some of the worst people you'll ever know. Oh? Not a peep?

What Trump does doesn't justify or defend Mistakes by Biden. But it really is telling that Biden is disproportionately getting raked over the coals.

While those are big f*** ups. And his administration shouldn't have been part of that. The fact that they are less than even a percentage of a percentage of the people he's pardoning. Yet that's the only thing you're focusing on. Tells me plenty about you too.

While this is true. Why make it easy for them.