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I don't know anything about Linux and the idea of installing it frightens me. Where do I start?

I bought a laptop yesterday, it came pre-installed with Windows 11. I hate win 11 so I switched it down to Windows 10, but then started considering using Linux for total control over the laptop, but here's the thing: I keep seeing memes about how complicated or fucky wucky Linux is to install and run. I love the idea of open source software and an operating system without any of the bullshit that comes with Windows, but most of the open source stuff I have is on my android and fairly easy to install. Installing and using Linux just feels like it'll be a whole different beast that'll eat up most of my time and I'm kind of intimidated by it.

TL;DR Linux scawy, how does a barely computer literate scrub like me who's used nothing but windows since the dawn of their life get started with Linux?

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What are y'all watching this season?

So far for me it's Konosuba and Dungeon Meshi. I've already read Mushoku Tensei and I don't think I can stomach watching it animated, but I haven't really heard much about any of the other new releases.

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Unexpected useful strategems?
  • SPEAR

    People sleep on this thing exclusively because of how finicky the lock on is, but it's way too good against the bots. I can take out turrets and fabricators from a mile away. once I closed an entire heavy outpost with just a spear from atop a hill. only thing that comes close is the auto cannon, but that requires everything to line up, whereas the spear? aim, fiddle with lock on, fire, move on. once you understand how to get around the finicky lock on, you can basically fire and forget.

    personally, it's worth taking just to get rid of the turrets. those things are such a pain in the ass getting close enough to orbital strike it or to shoot it's vent, and usually results in someone dying a few times to it. worse when there's two of them, so if taking a full support weapon and backpack slot saves a few reinforcements, then I'll take it any day.

  • "Dominion of Darkness" - simulator of the evil overlord, I am looking for testers
  • I'll take a deeper look at it when I have time. Heads up though, I tried using it through Firefox on Android with dark mode, and the black text blended with the black background, lol. probably not anything to do with your code or whatever though.

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  • not trans but I've had this idea about a game where you play as a blind person, and have to explore the world off echolocation alone. noises generate visible waves on the surfaces they reflect off of, so you can see stuff far away instead of how blind sight works in most media I've been exposed to (can't see shit outside of a 1ft radius)

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