Dear Linux newbie, remember:

- It doesn't really matter what distro you install as long as it runs the software you really use
- There's no better distro, all are just different approaches (and most are actually forks)
- Whatever aesthetic feature (like a desktop environment, apps) you're basing decisions on, you can change it or tweak it later anyway
- Customizing stuff isn't mandatory, you can go with the defaults and still be a chad, chill
- Learn some Bash, watch some tutorials, try it on a VM. Don't just blame the OS every time

And remember: there's nothing wrong with asking for help or learning stuff. At least you don't need to pay for a subscription 🤷🏻‍♀

(If you ever wanna do that, just donate to the projects you like, not to a corporation 🎩)

#linux #linuxuser #software #foss #debian #archlinux #computers #technology

Mageia Linux 10 RC1 is now available!

#Mageia #Linux #MageiaLinux #Mageia10 #MageiaLinux10 #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/mageia-linux-10-rc1-is-now-available/

Love old computer shows from the 80s and 90s? Want to watch them non-stop while working? Then you must bookmark The Old-Timey Computer Show. It's self hosted and free of ads and a wonderful nostalgia infusion!

https://otcs.minuspoint.com/

#retrocomputing #computers #retro #tv #eighties #vhs #nostalgia

"75 years ago this week, on May 11th, 1951, MIT electrical engineer Jay Forrester filed the patent application for coincident-current magnetic core memory, a technology that became the dominant form of random-access storage in digital computers for two decades."
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/jay-forrester-filed-the-first-practical-ram-patent-75-years-ago-this-week

#RetroTech #RAM #computers #tech #history

Datasaab D2, prototype computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasaab_D2

#computers #tech #technology

You know how the #1 rule for using e-mail safely is "don't click suspicious links"? And that the way you check for suspicious links from an otherwise legit looking website is by hovering over it so that you see the href?

Well #Outlook has an amazing feature where their e-mail servers change all links in incoming e-mail to be some unreadable 'safelinks.protection.outlook.com' garbage! So you literally can't check where a link points to before clicking! Genious!

#email #microsoft #computers

UNIVAC 1050, Second Generation Mainframe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_1050

#computers #tech #technology

Music and tai chi were Neumann’s lifelong counterweights to computing. As an undergraduate, he played in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, sang on RCA’s recording of Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust with the Boston Symphony, co-founded the Harvard Opera Guild—playing bassoon in the pit orchestra of its production of The Barber of Seville—and conducted and performed Gilbert and Sullivan.a ACM Fellow and former ACM president Peter J. Denning recalled, “Dorothy [Denning] and I were recorder players, and we occasionally got together with Peter and friends to play music. Peter surprised us once by playing a duet on two recorders, one on each side of his mouth. He had great fun doing this thing, which no one else could come close to.” Neumann played multiple instruments and was active in several musical groups. At computer security conferences, it was a tradition for him to lead his colleagues in song.
—Communications of the ACM

In Memoriam: Peter G. Neumann (1932-2026)
https://cacm.acm.org/news/in-memoriam-peter-g-neumann-1932-2026/

#computers #obituary #music

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#unix_surrealism #computers #art #mastoart