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Manjaro is supposedly named after Mount Kilimanjaro and being arch-based, it would be appropriate to have it up on the mountain near Arch but lower.

Perhaps a $path going up the mountain range could be added.

The $path could be called "The Way" so you could put Arch BTW.

A lush verdant field between where the Puppies frolic and the SUSE chameleons' tree, where the people can harvest ripe Rasbianerries and fresh Mint.

To compare, I was born into a household of Luddites via poverty. When me and my siblings got to high school and homework assignments started to have typing requirements, the family solution was to purchase a used computer that was running windows 3.1 (this was in the late 90's) which didn't last long.

Despite my fascination with computers and again due to poverty, I was unable to obtain one for many years into adulthood. I learned about Linux sometime around 2004-5 and reading about people like Torvalds and Stallman and open source and the FSF seemed like a wonderful world of progress I had not experienced. I was given a computer that didn't work and was convinced I could make it come to life thanks to the magic of Linux. It did not go well.

Thanks to my inexperience, I attempted to download Linux from my local library, where I had 1 hour of internet usage allowed per day. I don't know what I downloaded but it was not Linux. I think it was a collection of man pages in text files. Needless to say, that was not my year of Linux.

I did not own a working computer until I built one myself, in 2009 at the age of 27. I ran windows, played lots of games, wasted a lot of my time and finally delved back into the Linux world by installing Mint alongside my Windows installation. That was in 2020. The next day, the COVID lockdowns were announced. Then my system wouldn't boot into either Windows or Linux. The day after that, my internet was disconnected because Spectrum is one of the worst ISP companies ever. All I had was a usb with a Mint live system. I had also gotten my first smartphone the month prior and because Verizon is one of the worst phone companies ever, I was unable to tether my data plan, which was heavily throttled anyways and effectively useless. Learning Linux without internet access or having any friends interested in Linux or computers in general, is not something I would recommend to anyone.

September of 2021 I finally decided to 'defenestrate fenestra' or 'throw windows out of the window' and switched fully to Linux. My year of Linux I will say was 2024. That is the year I built a new computer, the third computer I've built and the third computer I've owned. The computer I'm using to type this out. I have not had to change distros or reinstall since then and being self taught in computers, having never held a job in IT, having a developmental disorder, being well below the poverty line my entire life and being someone who has attended college 5 times and dropped out 5 times due to either poverty or disability, it feels pretty good. I am still light years away in knowledge compared to many but it feels good to be able to know what my computer is doing and know that I did it myself.

I still will randomly 'stat /' just to see the birthday. "Birth: 2024-02-05 04:54:20.000000000 -0500". I don't know if the time showing all those zeros is normal and I don't care. I'm a month away from my second year with this machine and I am very proud of it.

Why did I type this huge and personal story without being asked? The answer might be the same answer to your question of 'why did I post this in Linux memes?'

Because someone out there might read it and it might be what they need to give them that courage to finally make the switch themselves. Seeing stories like these with people who feel comfortable using Linix despite the various problems which might accompany them.

Anyways, because this is Linuxmemes, I should mention that I use an Arch derivative, BTW.

I can draw a circle in GIMP too. Like 4 different ways.

Yes ladies, I'm single.

I'm late to this party but other than the quote in the post and article, I haven't seen anything about Star Labs. I never heard of them before or if I have, I probably confused them with Star Tech. I looked at their website and everytihng seems pretty legit to me. If anyone sees this and has had any experience with them, I'd love to hear more, good or bad. I've been looking into getting a new laptop as my current one is from 2008 and saw they have an AMD one which is rare in the laptop world it seems. I might need to make my own post about this.

Not to mention powered flight was invented in Ohio.

Because people were flying the fuck out as fast as they could, Ohio stepped up its game with other inventions: speeding tickets and stop lights.

It's no coincidence that cash registers, price sticker affixing machines and barcodes were all invented in Ohio too. You can try to leave, but you're gonna have to pay and it wont be easy. Ohio is also where vacuum cleaners and chewing gum were invented.

Think I'm being ridiculous? Just wait and see!

There's a variant of three-ring loose-leaf paper binders invented in Ohio. It's called a "Trapper Keeper". Think about it...

The inventions of Ohio tell a bleak, dystopian tale if one reads between the lines. Interesting that Ohio brought the world freon and leaded gasoline along with gas masks...

As someone in Ohio, it only requires an ID to watch porn online. I've been saving material since learning about the bill.

I can imagine a couple hundred GB will last me awhile. Also after that, I can imagine. They can't regulate that yet.