If the maintenance cost is measured in US Dollars, I think Apple has that part covered.

As I understood it, there can be specifically crafted links in Markdown documents, which, when clicked, will download a file and then execute it.

This is the official Linux Mint installation guide: https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/

Windows 11 market share went from 55% on October 2025 to 62% on January 2026. That’s an increase of 7 percentage units, not a drop of 5 percentage units.

If you want to remove the Windows entry immediately after deleting Windows, you can run this in terminal: sudo update-grub

Just a warning. Hitting the aforementioned “install” will wipe your machine’s first NVMe drive, and install SteamOS on it. It won’t ask questions.

The cloud is just the name for someone else’s Linux computer

Fixed that for you.

It’s a joint venture by the two. Here’s a blog post from last year: https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/

And, this is the webpage of the search index: https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/

I use Ecosia and Qwant. They are European services. Ecosia has AI button, but you don’t need to use it. Ecosia and Qwant have built a European search index, and will hopefully expand its usage through out this year.

Now I want a PhD so I can properly trash AI.

And you only need fuel for one direction.

First Trump, and now Protomolecule. What’s next?

Did they mean the donors are criminals, a TikTok board member and relatives of criminals?

Rest of the world, please remove your DMCA-like laws.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition

I wonder how quickly the enshitification will begin.

Lots of venture capital money behind it.

It already began.

I have heard about emotional support animals, and emotional support plushies, but this is the first time I’ve heard about emotional support islands.

my first full commit to Linux a stepping stone into getting my primary PC onto Linux.

Linux Mint is a pretty good stepping stone into the world of Linux. Or Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), for Ubuntu/Canonical free experience. Especially if you prefer low maintenance distribution. Debian has pretty long release cycles, and LMDE, being based on it, will share similar release cycles.

Are you asking them to release an… Orange Box?

I’d say that one is very good slop, but still just slop. Hat’s pompom and right hand’s thumb look like a blend of the tree. The image in the cup is a blend of the tree and a mistletoe branch. His jacket’s right cuff looks odd, and isn’t as thick as the left one. The symbols/shapes in the guilt has no sensible patterns. Santa’s choice of snacks is weird: Shouldn’t he be eating something like cookies, instead of that blurry mess of donuts?

Put them in the fridge and they’ll last for weeks. They might turn brown after a few days but inside they’ll be fine. Put them in an airtight container and they’ll last even longer in the fridge.