I've been trying to do this, but I told myself before I did, I would get my macbook in good working order mechanically, so finally fix the sticky key spacebar and then:

• actually bookmark any important tabs, make those social media posts about anything else, and send those links to people I meant to, so I can close ALL my tabs
• make sure ALL of my data is actually backed up to nextcloud, and also at least somewhat organized so I can actually find it again when I move to asahi
• remove all software I don't use, and make notes of either open source alternatives, if needed

So far I fixed the spacebar on my macbook, and let me tell you, it is a delicate pain in the ass. You need like, a playing card or an index card, and a tooth pick, and a tooth brush, and 99% IPA. Also, get this: there's a QR code under the spacebar that is alcohol soluble D: So if you get any alcohol on the QR code, you'll smear the ink all over everything ​

Anyway, now that that pain is over, I'm onto closing all these tabs I don't need, but boy is that also pain, becuase a lot of it is stuff I wanna buy, but can't justify breaking the budget on right now D:

I've done it! I've closed every non-essential tab! Now all that's left is to get all my data into nextcloud, and then make sure any software I have is either backed up or removed or whatever. SO. CLOSE.

Switching the OS of your daily driver is pain, but worth it when you're going harder on FOSS! I don't want to get rid of this laptop, because there's nothing actually wrong with it. It's got 32GB of memory. It has a really nice screen. It has the keyboard I love. It has 2TB of storage. It's literally the nicest laptop I've ever owned, and it was free. I have to make this work, but I just can't tolerate Apple anymore.

This is harder than switching from samsung to fairphone though...

OK, I've cleaned out all the apps I don't need anymore, and backed everything up that was related to them. I cleared out my Downloads folder (a massive feat, honestly), and now I'm going through my home directory one last time to make sure there's nothing I wouldn't be ok losing, and I find a file with no extension just called shrek from 2023. I cat it and it's just:

I don't actually know what I expected...