For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

Meet Esther Jones, The Black Performer Who Inspired 'Betty Boop'

In the 1920s and '30s, Esther Jones toured throughout the U.S. and Europe, delighting audiences with her singing, dancing, and signature phrase: "Boop, Boop-a-Doop."

By Bernadette Giacomazzo | Edited By John Kuroski

https://allthatsinteresting.com/esther-jones?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atinewsletter&[email protected]

Patent's description of Betty Boop´s character design:
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD86224S/en

#womenhistoryMonth #publicdomain

Perhaps it is because I have used Linux for quite a long time now, and it did not always work so well, but I still smile when I plug my laptop (Debian, Gnome, Wayland) into a Thunderbolt dock via USB-C shaped connector, and its display appears on multiple 4K monitors within a couple of seconds.

I unplug it, and it comes back to the laptop screen.

Screen rotation on my laptop works flawlessly.

Thank you - genuinely - to everyone who has worked on making this happen so seamlessly.

David Galstyan

#photography

Interviewer: Can you perform under pressure?

Me: I can do the Bowie part, but I don't have the upper range to sing the Freddie part.