Ulrich

The new framework 12 starts at $700. Cheaper if you BYO RAM and storage.

It says they’ve been offering this since 2020

What about your DNS provider?

I see most are covered but I have a couple more:

Fedora Magazine

It’s FOSS

Bazzite

db0 addressed this recently. The fun thing about the fediverse is that content is cached on all the different servers. In the case of ActivityPub it’s potentially thousands, and not even clear which ones it is or how many. So the complainant would have to go and order DMCA takedowns for each individual server. So the db0 server could be shut down completely but all of its’ content would still be readily accessible.

Not sure of the legality of “making an example” of a specific server like db0. I think they probably have to make a DMCA request and then prove that you failed to comply but I’m not a lawyer.

I really don’t understand how you can say things like that when Nvidia-specific problems are regularly reported. Just because you don’t personally have problems, doesn’t mean lots of other people don’t. Having dealt with it personally, I can confirm it’s absolutely a problem on some machines. Especially older ones.

Will my ability to play games be significantly affected compared to Windows?

If you play competitive multiplayer online games, yes. Otherwise, no.

Can I mod games as freely and as easily as I do on Windows?

Depends on how you mod games. But probably yes. The NexusMods app is newly available for Linux but with very minimal support at this point.

If a program has no Linux version, is it unusable, or are there workarounds?

It depends. Sometimes you can run them through WINE/Bottles. The main place you may run into problems is in peripherals.

Can Linux run programs that rely on frameworks like .NET or other Windows-specific libraries?

Through WINE/Proton, yes.

How do OS updates work in Linux? Is there a “Linux Update” program like what Windows has?

Depends on your distro. I use Bazzite and updates take place seamlessly in the background so you don’t need to do anything.

How does digital security work on Linux?

Kind of a vague question. Keep in mind pretty much every server on the planet runs Linux, including incredibly sensitive ones.

Is it more vulnerable due to being open source?

Quite the opposite.

Is there integrated antivirus software, or will I have to source that myself?

Every modern OS has antivirus built in, and third party solutions should be avoided like the plague.

Are GPU drivers reliable on Linux?

As long as you’re not using Nvidia.

Can Linux (in the case of a misconfiguration or serious failure) potentially damage hardware?

Not anymore than any other OS can.

And also, what distro might be best for me?

That is an eternal argument in the space. There are 2 recommendations that come up most often for beginners: Linux Mint and Pop!_OS. Although I don’t like either of those visually, so I can heartily recommend Bazzite for beginners. I won’t go into too many details as to why but it comes with lots of goodies and configurations “out of the box” that enhance and simplify the experience, especially for gamers.

Is there more than 1?

Reminds me of the mind-blowing video from Channel 5 news of them interviewing Trump supporters about him posting a pic of himself as king and they say “Oh it means he’s the King of Presidents, like Elvis Presley is the King of rock and roll” and I just couldn’t possibly facepalm any harder.

Don’t know but it’s extremely obvious that some of his posts are ghost-written (just like his book) and this is one of them.

I mean I’ve been using images from Chimera and Bazzite for years and I doubt SteamOS has anything they don’t. 🤷

You’re not wrong. I would never install a rootki- I mean anti-cheat on my machine regardless. But the point stands.

Using public information to create something new is not even a little the same as copying private information and then making it public.

I’ve got the load times from my own old world of warships install to prove it.

That’s what we call an anecdote.

Helps everyone who might make the mistake of thinking your information is accurate.

a system that can’t play up to 20% of game titles is better

That’s not how those ratings work.

If your system doesn’t have an especially fast SSD or lots of RAM, you might find that Linux gives a better gaming experience. It can often do more with less.

This has been tested to death and, barring some exceptions, and barring Nvidia hardware, performance is more or less the same.

Depends on what types of games you want to play. If you play a lot of competitive multiplayer games you’re gonna have a bad time.

“Most people” do not play video games at all.