Not to mention the possibility of a kill switch the can turn it all off and effectively make it useless for defence.

New to Lemmy, Edited original post.

This weekend. I’ve asked my significant other to check through and backup any files she may need but we’re switching off Microslops ecosystem this coming week. Got it down to Ubuntu or Mint for an ease of use while not jumping in the hole too deep. But we are in agreement at least to turn away.

:: EDIT 17/01/2026 ::

Thanks Everyone. We went with Mint Cinnamon Distro. The hardest part being how to get into the BIOS and turn on the USB boot. Everything that was installed windows wise is now installed mint wise and got the other halfs’ bookmarks up and running in a browser for her (Vivaldi if anyone’s interested). VPNs up and working and so far so good. Didn’t get spammed to death with subscriptions windows which is a major plus.

I hope so. My province has practically shut down the EV and solar panel incentives and as you say the incoming belt tightening on the economy make this look like it’s getting setup to fail.

“They would rather be right, than effective”. Which is why we are where we are.

CBC Confirms also / confirme également : https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7045094

Can’t have them reading up on laws and rights when put in prison. The innocent might get out.