I wonder if Valve would ever get into the Linux Phone market.

But for the platform itself to be open, I wonder how much would have to be recreated.

I think better questions to ask first might be things like “Can I pass the controller USB connection to windows in a VM?” which is probably yes, and “Can I just never update this controller?” which I would normally say is a yes, but it sounds like yours has issues.

Eww, an activist doing something to bring attention to their cause?

So now that’s on their permanent record and all they got was trying to save some human lives or inspire others to!

I’m not a big fan of theocratic countries myself, but if my choices for the state of the world tomorrow morning are two theocratic countries or one theocratic country next to a field of charred bones, I think I could pick the former pretty easily.

I recommend Mint. It’s basically ubuntu with the controversial stuff disabled (Canonical’s snaps mostly, but I guess also any ads for their pro services) and with an extra layer of polish.

I’m happy with it for both the “I want something that works reliably” reasons and the “I’m an engineer who wants a free system that I can control and modify” reasons.

Patriots love their country and criticize it when its wrong.

This line turned on a light bulb deep in the recesses of my brain that were formed while being raised by rural conservatives.

In my conservative world at least, punching down was pretty much universal, not just a political thing. You don’t criticize your parents/betters or honestly even disagree with them many times, but you can expect criticism of your own every move. Generational trauma isn’t a single event, after all.

Or, if you’re lucky, the parent is the type to sweep everything under the rug and pretend that everything is perfect.

So with those kinds of traits plus the very hierarchical thinking, you can see how you simply do not criticize your people in charge, your religion, etc.

But that’s only for YOUR people. If somebody is an OTHER then that means they are nowhere on your hierarchy (the correct one, obvs) and are therefore worth less than the lowest peon on your side.

Soooooo, that was a long way of saying these people probably THINK they love their country because they treat it with the same honor, deference, and “see no evil” that they give their own grandmother.

I was wondering if we’ll see the republicans themselves use the 25th at some point if the administration lasts long enough.

Like once he gets bad enough that he won’t even realize he’s been removed, they’ll 25th him so he doesn’t have to resign and send him to mar-a-lago on a “special secure mission” where every person on property will say he’s the current president every day.

It has to be just plausible enough for MAGA to not immediately go even more civil war crazy than usual. Then JD Vance can publicly kiss Trump’s ass for cheap plentiful loyalty points while acting like a great uniter who is going to return us to normalcy and prosperity.

So then in the real world that probably means a bunch of tariffs go away or get cut back, while Project 2025 goes ahead at full speed but with less embarrassing fanfare.

Longtime lifetime Plex Pass holder here.

FOSS is important. Having control over how you use your own hardware and files is important.

But even if none of that mattered, once I actually used Jellyfin for a few days the snappy bloat-free feel of it won me over. Switching between Plex and Jellyfin felt like switching between windows and linux.