Then you can use Linux Mint, super easy.

This 3.8.x version has been a mess, it broke Final Fantasy VIII remastered for me.

Gonna have to try the beta branch, I’m afraid .

Not OP but I solve a ton of Captchas…

Then you limited on your options, since you can’t installs apps freely. The best option is probably a router that supports VPN connections or a node in your network that acts as a proxy.

Use a VPN and choose Albania as a country. No ads.

I’ve had really bad experiences with alternative front ends, I find using a VPN a much better.

Playing the Final Fantasy 7 rebirth for a while now. I’m not really enjoying it, they just don’t make good final fantasy games anymore.

The game plays at solid 30 fps but the graphics can become severely blurred at times.

Gaming on linux is surprisingly good right now. Other than those games that require kernel level anti-cheats, most games work really well.

… But in case it wasn’t clear, the user suggesting linux from scratch is joking. Use Linux Mint or Ubuntu if you’re starting your linux journey. Try it on a virtual machine, for instance.

Normie is not an insult or derogatory. It just means “normal person”, who is usually not very tech savy.

Most Normies don’t care about privacy. They know, accept and are ok with their data being collected and sold in “free” services.

Normies don’t care about that. They care about WhatsApp, Instagram and tiktoks.

Sure but what’s a viable alternative for normies? It would be simple if a viable alternative existed. For normies, I reiterate.

I admire you, friend!

The problem is that I have not yet met a single human who enables a bios password. An attacker can simply boot the bios and disable it.

You can’t install most linux distributions with secure boot enabled.

If you want to install Linux, secure boot limits the distributions you can use. If you don’t then it’s whatever.

The classic “oh, windows reset all my audio configurations after an update… again…”

My one major complaint is audio in general. I’ve had so many audio issues. If you need an eq or noise canceling it’s a pain to get it working. There’s always a bug somewhere, always a random distortion.

Voicemeeter is the only thing I miss about Windows. I really do.

You can ask the receptionist “Where is the Linux section?”, walk up to it and there it is. And you can grab a book and skim through it to see whether it suits you.

You can also go to google, ask “How linux works” and skim through the results.

I’m not saying libraries are bad, they’re obviously amazing (and yes, I’ve been to libraries lol). However, in these sort of questions OP is usually looking for personal recommendations, something that you already read, heard about or found interesting to share. Yes library has books, but which book would you personally recommend OP to read? Which one do you like the best and why?

Recommending the library when someone is asking for information on a specific topic is almost as helpful as pointing them to a search engine. “Just google it and use whichever result you like”.

Basically you need to register your pets in local parish office. They require microchip and up to sate vaccines (there is a list of mandatory vaccines). If everything is in order they’ll give you a permit valid for one year. You’ll have to renew it once it expires. It doesn’t cost much but it annoys me that I have to pay for this.

When you walk the dog you need to bring the permit with you. It works like a persons ID card, at any point a police officer may require you to present it. Id you don’t have it you’ll be fined. I don’t know how the fine values nor how it escalates from there. I like to obey the law, not just when I agree with it…

I owned pets pretty much all my life and have only been asked dor the permit once. The police officer didn’t appear to have a microchip reader, they did not confirm the permit belonged to the dog I was walking.

You can check the comment chain below for extra details, but in my country there are sanitary laws that prevent you from walking animals without the mandatory vaccines.