It’s been fun w Lina Khan @ the helm. gonna miss seeing the FTC make moves on corpos. (^_*)

maybe this will help: https://www.debugpoint.com/fractional-scaling-linux-mint/

memes dunking on mint are irrelevant. use what works for you & ignore the noise.

personally, mint lmde, based on debian, might be worth a once over. sounds like the stability aspect might be up your alley.

must be a slow news day if colin jost is in the headlines

yep! ended up setting a diff default page, but was more so curious about the behavior/root cause.

was doing some distro hopping & was trying out antiX on an old machine.

dl was done using the antiX package mgr.

region is english speaking; usa.

yes, manually set a different home page but was more so curious why this was happening.

does not compute. how does this response help me understand? i have read through a bunch of stuff but question has not been answered. what have i missed? pls advise.

amazing ( ◠‿◠ )

stay safe out there, regardless.

mojeek has been pretty cool so far. been using it on & off a few weeks now.

Established with a commitment to user privacy, Mojeek operates its own crawler-based index, setting it apart from search engines that rely on third-party search results, such as those from Google or Bing. Unlike many mainstream search engines, Mojeek does not track, profile, or personalize search results, ensuring an unbiased and transparent search experience for its users.

graphene os looking more & more attractive every day

sam altman & his goons, check.

haha, same here! definitely learned a lot from lemmy communities, so welcome!

grapheneOS is a de-googled os based on android. the funny thing is that it’s supported by mostly google phones, haha!

you can find all the info here & definitely keep asking questions in the tech & privacy communities:

https://grapheneos.org/

$600 preorder? why not a (used?) pixel phone w graphene os?

The Light Phone II runs an Android-based operating system called Light OS, developed by The Light Phone, Inc. Consumers have found ways to jailbreak it to access Android. In future iterations of Light OS, more features and services are in consideration to be added, including music streaming, WhatsApp, and ridesharing.

you’ve mentioned this twice in the comments & now i’m curious! do you kind elaborating a bit more? i’m still getting a handle on all the diff distros & functionalities.

mine was on point

this is hilarious in light of the recent news

mlem & voyager for ios on the app store are great for lemmy

ppl laugh when i suggest gimp as a foss alternate to adobe crap. oh well, their loss ¯_(ツ)_/¯

eric schmidt needs to take a dirt nap already