Ce matin, le ministre de l’Intérieur, ex Préfet de Police de Paris, Laurent Nuñez, a annoncé avoir demandé au Préfet du Haut Rhin de « saisir la justice pour déterminer les responsabilités des protagonistes », dans une affaire de très haute importance qui mérite de mobiliser un ministre, un préfet, des enquêteurs, un procureur, et potentiellement un tribunal judiciaire en guise d’apothéose.
Cette affaire quasi terroriste est en réalité non pas de très haute importance, mais de très haute stupidité : des jeunes étudiants de la Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin ont créé un évènement (dont on ignore totalement le contexte), au cours duquel ils ont détruit une voiture de police en carton à coups de bâton, sous les rires et les encouragements des étudiants spectateurs.
Le ministre Nunez précise « Commis par des étudiants dans une école publique, ces faits sont d’autant plus choquants. Il ne faut pas laisser passer cette idéologie anti flics. »
Il faut donc comprendre que des faits de nature « idéologique » commis dans une école publique seraient plus graves que s’ils étaient commis au Lycée Stanislas (lol). Le financement par l’argent public serait ainsi une composante de l’indignation nationale, comme si les élèves du public devaient afficher une particulière obéissance idéologique, en contrepartie de leur appropriation de nos impôts, notre sueur, notre sang.
Précision inquiétante, qui décrédibilise à elle seule la mise en scène de l’outrance ministérielle. (Au passage, message aux écoles privés qui vivent toutes des financements publics : rendez l’argent !)
Mais revenons à la pinata de la discorde.
1/ Personnellement, n’étant pas informée du contexte et du sens de la chose, j’ai tendance à trouver l’idée idiote. De même que je comprends que les syndicats de police s’en émeuvent. Si on m’apprenait qu’on a trouvé comique de taper avec une batte de baseball sur une sculpture d’avocat en pâte à sel, je serais chonchon renfrognée. Là n’est pas la question.
Mais le Ministre ?!
Il peut déplorer s’il le veut, mais par pitié, qu’il laisse la justice, les étudiants, et cette école tranquilles.
Où est l’infraction ? Quelle est la qualification juridique des faits ? Doit-on désormais, quand on est élu politique ou représentant de l’Etat, réagir systématiquement dans le registre émotionnel, ou dans le registre de la communication et se comporter comme une lessive en campagne publicitaire ?
A-t-on encore le droit en France d’avoir des idéologies, anti viande, anti droite, anti gauche, anti-avocats, anti flics, antifa, anti tout, de les mettre en chansons, en symboles en carton, en pinata, en ce qu’on veut, y compris en sculptures de mauvais goût, dès lors qu’on ne commet aucune violence sur des individus ni même sur le bien d’autrui ? Ce n’est pas interdit que je sache.
Quelqu’un, chez les adultes, se souvient-il encore des carnavals où l’on brûle le roi et la reine, et du caractère hautement utile de la transgression symbolique qui permet d’exprimer la colère, et évite le désagrément d’avoir à tuer pour de bon des flics ou des rois tous les ans.
Autrement dit, de quel droit interdirait-on l’idéologie à ces étudiants ?
Que l’on soit étudiant ou ministre, jeune ou vieux, intelligent ou chroniqueur sur CNews, nous avons tous le droit d’avoir des positions idéologiques.
On a aussi le droit le plus absolu de ne pas aimer les flics, c’est vieux comme Mathusalem, ce n’est pas près de s’arrêter et heureusement, c’est une composante du rapport à l’autorité.
En revanche, la seule idéologie qui devrait être farouchement combattue, car celle-ci est interdite, c’est l’idéologie qui s’infiltre dans les institutions de l’Etat.
Les individus peuvent avoir des idéologies, pas les institutions publiques.
Raison pour laquelle un ministre de l’Intérieur devrait traiter comme des problèmes de très haute importance les études qui montrent que la Police est noyautée par l’extrême droite, ou que les contrôles au faciès sont plus que jamais pratiqués, ou encore que des collectifs de policiers montent des groupes whatsapp pour diffuser des propos racistes et inciter à la haine raciale au sein du cercle professionnel.
Ça, ce sont des idéologies illégales, qui imposent de saisir la justice « pour déterminer les responsabilités de chacun des protagonistes ».
2/ Mais surtout, on aimerait tellement que le Ministre soit choqué au point de se poser les questions qui s’imposent comme un éléphant au milieu de la figure :
Pourquoi les étudiants d’une école d’art ont-ils eu cette idée ? Pourquoi des pans entiers de la population ont-ils envie d’applaudir ? Pourquoi les gens détestent ils la police à ce point de quasi non-retour ?
Pas un de vous, Messieurs les ministres de l’Intérieur qui vous succédez sur le poste, n’abordez la seule question qui vaille : Pourquoi ?
Pourquoi par exemple une personne comme moi, parfaitement insérée, blanche, mûre (j’ai pas dit vieille !), non délinquante, sans problème apparent, a-t-elle un réflexe automatique et irrépressible de peur quand elle croise des policiers dans la rue ?
C’est tout de même un sérieux problème qui mérite d’y réfléchir.
Mais ne nous emballons pas.
L’humeur du moment n’est pas à se poser des questions.
Le Ministre veut des coupables de lèse-police par usage de pinata, tandis que de nombreux élus défilent aujourd’hui même avec les policiers en manif contre le laxisme de la justice. Cette même semaine, d’autres élus ont imaginé de promouvoir une proposition de loi de présomption de légitime défense au profit de la police. C’est beau tous ces élus qui participent collectivement à une nouvelle idéologie à la mode : dégommer l’état de droit et la séparation des pouvoirs.
Comme si nous n’avions pas sous les yeux, pile poil en ce moment, des exemples glaçants de dérives de polices en roue libre dans le monde ?
3/ Enfin, ce sera le dernier constat que je tire de cette affaire ridicule, j’observe qu’on s’en prend encore aux étudiants, et sur un plan général aux jeunes.
Vous n’en avez pas marre, les adultes, de les emmerder à longueur de temps.
Ils sont par nature redevables, ils doivent toujours quelque chose à leurs aînés, à la nation, à tout le monde. Ils sont disqualifiés en permanence : nuls, ignorants, paresseux, ingrats, abrutis par les écrans. On les veut intelligents mais attention, il ne faut pas qu’ils pensent, ils seraient fichus de devenir fous furieux et de taper sur des voitures de police en carton dites donc.
On les fout en garde à vue quand ils manifestent, on leur pourrit le parcours scolaire et universitaire faute de moyens, on passe notre temps à leur parler de la retraite qu’ils n’auront pas, du monde en déclin dont ils subiront la fin, de la guerre qu’on leur promet un jour ou l’autre.
Puis on déplore qu’ils ne veuillent plus faire d’enfants (des enfants non bruyants bien-sûr) pour faire tenir encore un peu plus longtemps le système en place. On vous l’avait dit, ce sont des ingrats !
Eh bien … FUCK, a-t-on furieusement envie de dire avec eux, à coups de bâtons dans une pinata.
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Ce matin, le ministre de l’Intérieur, ex Préfet de Police de Paris, Laurent Nuñez, a annoncé avoir demandé au Préfet du Haut Rhin de « saisir la justice pour…mollette (BLA BLA BLA)
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Imperial Oil says it will shutter Norman Wells oil operations this summer
Imperial Oil says it will end more than a century of oil production in Norman Wells later this year.
The closure has been in the works since 2022, but until now, there has been no solid timeline for the shutdown.
In a news release Friday, the company said the move is needed because of declining production at the site.
It said production is slated to end in the third quarter of 2026 "as the facility comes to the end of its lifespan."
Imperial Oil said it's working on a final closure and reclamation plan for the site. Reclamation work is not expected to start until after 2030.
SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers
SpaceX files plans for million-satellite orbital data center constellation
SpaceX is seeking FCC approval for a satellite constellation of unprecedented scale intended to function as an orbital data center.Jeff Foust (SpaceNews)
Outgoing consumer advocate sideswipes PCs over their 'nonsense' handling of Churchill Falls MOU
Dennis Browne has been replaced as consumer advocate, but the usually soft-spoken and tactful St. John's lawyer is not going away quietly.
Browne was a guest on CBC Radio's The Signal on Thursday, and was heavily critical of Premier Tony Wakeham and the new PC government's handling of the Churchill Falls MOU, which was announced in late 2024 by a former Liberal government led by Andrew Furey.
Browne said Wakeham and his team have turned the issue into a "political football," are risking a deal between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec that has the potential to stabilize the province's finances, and described those appointed to review the MOU, specifically the chair, as "not much of a panel."
He also blasted the government for appointing lawyer Adrienne Ding, who has links to the PC Party, as the interim consumer advocate. Browne said his successor should have been selected by the Independent Appointments Commission, which was established by legislation a decade ago by another former Liberal premier, Dwight Ball.
Former Codiac Regional RCMP officer faces 7 more sex charges involving youths
A former New Brunswick RCMP officer is facing seven more sex-related criminal charges involving youths, an independent police watchdog agency announced Friday.
Former corporal Jeremy Bastarache, 38, from Shediac River, was charged in 2024 with communicating for a sexual purpose with someone he believed was under 16.
He is now accused of two more counts of that offence, making an arrangement with a person, for the purpose of facilitating a sexual offence towards a person. One count involves someone he believed to be under 16 and another he believed was under 18, according to the Serious Incident Response Team.
The other five charges include communicating for obtaining sexual services for consideration from a person under 18 years, procuring a person under 18 for the purpose of facilitating an offence, trafficking a person under 18, as well as making and possessing child pornography.
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Proposed tundra swan hunting season on Prairies prompts concern from hunter
The federal government is considering a proposal to establish a new hunting season for tundra swans in the Prairie provinces — a move that one hunter says could endanger trumpeter swans, a similar-looking, sensitive species.
Proposed changes to Canada's migratory bird regulations would create a new tundra swan hunting season in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Tundra swans are hunted in a handful of U.S. states, but in Canada they're currently a protected species at the federal level.
David Duncan, a hunter and retired biologist, says such a hunt could lead to people mistakenly shooting trumpeter swans, a sensitive species that can't be hunted anywhere in North America.
I think the only way you'd figure it out would be field ambush hunting where you can get a good look at a flock as they come down in a pea field or something. It doesn't sound like they migrate together and their flyways might be fairly predictable for targeting hunting areas.
But other than size which is hard to judge on the wing, I wouldn't take a shot based on that.
I know a lot of people are instinctively against hunting, but with massive food availability on harvested fields in wintering areas with no predators, these species can grow out of control very quickly. Snow geese are devastating arctic areas that are very slow to rebound because of the sheer numbers and lack of hunters. I had heard about this sort of concern with mixing up swans with snow geese, though that's a lot easier to identify on the wing so I don't think there's been much bykill from that.
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza | Gaza | The Guardian
Gaza’s health ministry has recorded more than 500 Palestinians deaths by Israeli fire since the start of the ceasefire on 10 October.Despite Israel’s frequent killing of Palestinians in violation of the ceasefire, the deal has moved to a crucial second phase. Some of the thorniest issues are contained in this phase, which requires Hamas to disarm and hand over power to a Board of Peace organisation staffed by appointees of the US president, Donald Trump.
A recent presentation in Davos by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is also involved in Trump’s Gaza project, showed the Trump administration’s plan for “developing Gaza”, complete with futuristic skyscrapers overlooking the Mediterranean.
Most of Gaza has been levelled and basic infrastructure remains inoperable as a result of Israeli bombing over the past two years, which has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians. Last year, a UN commission of inquiry found that Israel had committed a genocide in Gaza.
Israeli strikes on Gaza reportedly kill at least 12, one of the highest tolls since October agreement
The strikes, which killed women and children, came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southernmost cityGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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Proton's predictions for the internet, 2025 reviewed and 2026 projections
Our predictions for the internet in 2026
From age verification and VPN bans to AI gone wrong, these are our predictions for how the internet will change in 2026.Ben Wolford (Proton)
Apex Legends To Drop Nintendo Switch 1 Support in August
Apex Legends To Drop Nintendo Switch 1 Support in August
Apex Legends is currently free to play on all major gaming platforms, but that will apparently change later this year.TechPowerUp
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I've only heard of them being trash so far. I was hoping they'd still have some resemblance of fun. But if the small fraction of folks who've upgraded to a Switch 2 actually were to play more than those on Switch 1, then that would be a pretty clear sign that it just isn't fun on Switch 1.
But yeah, I'm not yet taking that for granted from this piece of news. I would assume, they wanted to drop the Switch 1 so quickly, because then they can start extending the game in ways that use more resources, which might be fine on their other supported platforms.
The subject of Lyme disease is littered with misinformation. Celebrities are part of the problem, experts say
Lyme disease is a medically recognized infection that can cause pain, fatigue and muscle aches. But many celebrities — including Hadid, American singer Justin Timberlake and Canadian singer Justin Bieber — who claim they have Lyme appear, on a closer look, to be describing chronic Lyme disease, a condition that isn’t recognized by conventional medicine.
It's a controversial term used by some alternative practitioners to describe pain, fatigue and neurological symptoms they attribute to a persistent Lyme infection. Often, patients have never tested positive through a regulator-approved Lyme disease test.
Despite the shaky validity, identifying otherwise-unexplainable symptoms as chronic Lyme can seem like a path toward getting better, Dr. Paul Auwaerter, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told CBC News.
“They are looking for answers to something that many times they get short shrift from their regular physicians or from consultants.”
The disease is on the rise globally, including in Canada. There were 5,809 reported cases of Lyme disease in this country in 2024, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada. It has been trending upward nationally since 2009, according to Health Canada — in part due to climate change and a greater awareness among the public and doctors.
Things wouldn't have been so bad if Health Canada and provincial healthcares had done something sooner.
There is a reason the stats only go back to 2009. :/
To add to this: pharmacists are able to prescribe medication of certain classes, for certain conditions, depending on the province.
Here is a list with more details for anyone interested:
English: pharmacists.ca/cpha-ca/assets/…
French: pharmacists.ca/cpha-ca/assets/…
blog.zaramis.se/2026/01/31/en-…
Lynx vs Links vs Elinks vs w3m - what are differences between them?
Right now I'm trying to use my terminal for everything so I was thinking to maybe give a shot for one of the terminal http browsers.
There's so many of them and I don't know what are the differences between them. I would like to have gemini and gopher support at the same time as I'm using them also so. If you know which one have features like that please share with this information also.
Please give answers related to question or share your experience with browsing internet in terminal. I don't want to see comments saying that there's no point in it because modern web is as it is. Let me have fun 😄
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I'm only a little bit familar with the TUI browsers. I'm also not sure about gemini and gopher support so you have to look that up on each project page, but I can give some general directions:
- Lynx is basically the oldest TUI browser, so probably not the best and no modern choice, but still maintained I think
- ELinks started as a fork of Links (and Links started as an alternative to Lynx, so both ELinks and Links are newer than Lynx). It has a lot of features and is actively maintained, so it's decent I think. Probably better than Links (and Links is probably better than Lynx)
- Links2: no idea, just know that it exists. If it's still actively maintained I would suggest comparing it to ELinks because they're both probably similar (both related to but newer than Links))
- W3m is the one I'd recommend, it's powerful and can be integrated more easily into other applications. For the classic TUI browsers, it probably comes down to the choice between w3m and elinks
- There's also a modern project called Carbonyl which is essentially Chromium running in a terminal, so this one might be "better" than all of the above in terms of features and modern website compatibility. But again, it depends on what you want out of a TUI browser - if you only need something basic this is probably overkill. But I didn't try it out.
Sorry, I will not talk about browsers in your list because I've tried them and my personal preference goes to chawan for these reasons:
- has CSS layout support
- has HTML5 support with various encodings
- can display Inline images in terminals that support Sixel or Kitty protocols (opt-in feature)
- offers basic JavaScript support via QuickJS (opt-in)
- supports HTTP(S), SFTP, FTP, Gopher, Gemini...
- has built-in viewers for Markdown, man pages, and directory listings
- has Incremental loading
- uses multi-processing, so several buffers can be loaded at once
- offer mouse support, bookmarks, and protocol handling extensible by users
If you want to check another option, there's also brow.sh.
Hope this helps in your web terminal journey :)
I've been using Links for years. I rarely meet another Links user, as TUI web browser use is rare in and of itself, and most go to w3m or lynx from what I've seen.
TUI browsers are surprisingly capable of getting you around the web even with more limited features, as long as you mainly are focused on accessing public text documents and communications.
I know one of the main uses I saw some utilizing Links for was when it was recommended during the Gentoo installation process when you had to download a stage 3 tarball. Most just had another browser or used a different Linux iso during installation, but if you were installing via the tty, and had no other device with a web browser on it, that was (and still is) a solid choice for finding and downloading the needed tarball.
Anyways, just a bit of lore. My only complaint with Links is it doesn't let you change the keybindings and they default to emacs. No shade to emacs, but I am and probably always will be a vim user, so there's that. Other than that I'll always be a big fan of Links.
Meet UpScrolled, the anti-censorship TikTok alternative
Within hours of the deal for TikTok’s U.S. operations being announced last week, Issam Hijazi noticed a big uptick in users to his social media platform UpScrolled. That stream of disgruntled users fleeing TikTok over censorship concerns turned into a flood this week, crashing UpScrolled’s servers.UpScrolled, launched last July, supports text posts, photos, short-form videos, stories and other features. It claims to be a platform with “no censorship” and “no shadowbans.” On Monday, it ranked among the top 10 free apps on Apple’s App Store, and No. 2 among social network apps. It hit more than 1 million users from just 40,000.
“You all showed up so fast our servers tapped out,” UpScrolled said in an Instagram post on Monday. “We’re a tiny team building an alternative to the platforms that stopped listening to you. Right now, we’re scaling and running on caffeine to keep up with what YOU started. Bear with us. We’re on it.”
UpScrolled is backed by the Tech for Palestine incubator, an advocacy project that helps fund tech initiatives to support the Palestinian cause. Hijazi, a Palestinian-Australian, spoke to Rest of World on the sidelines of a conference on Saturday.
TikTok alternative UpScrolled surges amid censorship fears - Rest of World
UpScrolled, backed by Tech for Palestine, attracts TikTok users concerned about the U.S. Oracle deal.Rina Chandran (Rest of World)
There are other TikTok alternatives worth mentioning:
Loops.video
The flagship Loops server, a new creative community for sharing videos and going viral.loops.video
What to know about the jury trials of Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube
What to know about the jury trials of Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube
Hundreds of parents, teens and school districts have claimed social media is intentionally addictive and harmfulGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Which distro is closest to 'GUI/UX for everything, absolutely no CLI' approach like Windows or Mac + and just works (ie passes LTT Linux test)
I'm looking for a distro to contribute to finally make 'year of Linux desktop, to happen. For me, I see that as full UI/UX behaviour that behaves almost identical to Windows/Mac (eg no middle click to paste).
Which distro comes closest to it?
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I suggest LMDE not regular mint. Normal mint updates often and ocassionally with bugs while rare and mostly I see for gaming they do happen. Stability and reliability are king. So LMDE aka Linux mint debian edition. Its entirely the same as normal mint made by the same people but it's rock solid unlike Ubuntu version.
Sincerely I've used both to game and daily pc usage even work. LMDE no questions.
Up to date mesa is in regular mint but only sort of. You have to manually go bleeding edge if you want by installing mesa drivers manually. Base Mint is a few versions behind on purpose, stability and I would say your kernel version makes a bigger difference in the end given how good mint is I recommend 6.14 kernel especially on fresh hardware, you can change your kernel version anytime in the update manager preferences, 6.8 is old but stable. 6.14 is newer, faster in gaming. Unless your on brand new, brand new released hardware this a non issue truly.
Most people will be fine with stock mint and you can't go wrong much with either. I game on stock mint full time! Windows only for BF6/dual boot. It's all I knew for several years was mint before going to NIXos and fedora and more.. My hardware is 7900xt 7600x. Full AMD on my rigs though I've built intel Nvidia.. I've built dozens of PCs/laptops/servers as I build and sell them. You honestly can't go wrong with either version but all I am saying is that if you hate bugs, updates ocassionally doing odd things especially to steam and proton. LMDE. I've been on mint for years this is just my 2 cents. I also value not fucking with my OS anymore I dislike command line memorization. I'm done tinkering and fixing shit all the time and prefer GUI or shit to just work ideally I'll trouble shoot for a few minutes then I stop, no more days tied up over dumb shit. With windows or Linux. LMDE is my choice. Best of luck.
Up to date mesa is in regular mint but only sort of. You have to manually go bleeding edge if you want by installing mesa drivers manually.
Yeah, there's a big difference to a beginner between adding a PPA in Mint (GUI) and all the fuckery of trying to get the latest Mesa in Debian (terminal with risk) even though both could technically be described as "manual".
Getting hung up on feature parity with Windows and Mac is both a waste of time and literally impossible given the major differences between those two UIs. KDE already does most of that legwork anyway, and you can disable middle click paste easily.
IMO your time would be best spent making GUI tooling that doesn't already exist. Identify a pain point for you that forces you to the terminal and start there.
The distro shouldn't matter too much, but the desktop environment will.
I recommend using KDE if you want something similar to Windows, and GNOME if you want something similar to macOS.
Using a GUI also isn't really dependent on the DE either for most programs. It's dependent on whether or not a GUI for it exists in the first place.
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Sure but they answer the question correctly, whereas alternatives don't.
It's not about what you prefer, it's about what meets the answer to their question most appropriately.
They are asking for a 100% gui/ui experience with not having to access the terminal.
The right answer to send someone to in that case with the ecosystem we have, is immutables. That what they are for.
They said GUI everything AND "just works". I was more so referring to the latter.
My point is that nothing "just works". With immutables, your system is less likely to break after updates, but introduce other headaches.
On a traditional distro, you can use pretty much any format. Traditional packages like deb/rpm, flatpak, snap, Nix, distrobox, etc.
That's not the case for immutables. Bazzite primarily uses flatpak, but (1) not all apps are available as flatpaks, (2) not all apps work well as flatpaks, like IDEs, (3) apps may have permission issues that require some know-how and tweaking to fix. Bazzite also comes with Homebrew and Distrobox, but (1) Homebrew doesn't have many GUI apps for Linux, (2) apps may not behave as expected in containers and don't integrate as well. Finally, as a final resort, there's layering but that (1) requires the terminal, (2) may not be allowed in the future as Universal Blue is going more bootc native without rpm-ostree support, (3) may not even run Fedora in the future if they like their "distroless" version more.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed has a GUI for almost everything. It has a nice GUI for basic system config, and uses YaST2 for deeper settings, and it uses Discover for Flatpaks as well as system library updates.
Although, I have seen a couple people say Discover shouldn't be used for doing system updates because it can fail, and to only use it for Flatpak updates and installs. I dunno. But it's not like typing sudo zypper dup to do a distro upgrade is hard, so I just do that out of an abundance of caution.
OpenSUSE has some other cool features too, like having Snapper installed by default for system snapshots. It's pretty easy to roll back if an upgrade goes sideways. There's a boot entry that lets you open a previous snapshot as read-only and then you can make that snapshot permanent by creating a new top-level snapshot from it. So then you can at least use your computer while you try to figure out why the upgrade you did failed.
You'll probably want to use KDE as your desktop environment. It'll be somewhat familiar if you're use to Windows, and it has a lot of features that make it comfortable to use.
There are lots of good YouTube videos on why OpenSUSE is pretty cool. Check some out.
Is MacOs "absolutely no cli"? It wasn't when I was using it (admittedly, some 10yrs ago), except for the basic things (which any mainstream linux distro also provides).
What about Windows? Back in the day I would have paid to have a semi-decent CLI instead of being forced to use regedit (I hear regedit is still going strong, but I've not touched windows for an even longer period than MacOs)
Just give CLI a chance, once you get used to it, you'll notice CLI = FREEDOM.
In case of questions, always remember command --help, the --help flag after a specific command will show you the basic options and how to use it, learn to read it.
If you need further assistance, always remember man command.
Install the whatis package in your distro, so you can use whatis command to get a short one line description about a given command.
Most of Linux have GUI for everything you'll need in a every day usage, but once in a while you may need to accomplish something using CLI. This is different from Windows because Windows was never very friendly when it comes to Terminal, so people usually opt out for showing the GUI path instead of CLI path to fix things and get things working when needed.
You may not understand anything at first, it's fine, get used to it slowly, at least try it.
Although im not very tech savy and i've heard people say that it's not a very good option because they're based on stable but quite old versions of Linux, so i'm just putting the option out here, not saying it's the best
Been in and out of Linux since 2006.
Linux Mint with Cinnamon DE is the only distro I've ever used that worked flawlessly for everything without needing to use the terminal at all. It worked so well it was boring. It's the only distro I would recommend to a lay person
Kubuntu, Pop!OS and OpenSuSE are maybe also decent for that use case.
full UI/UX behaviour that behaves almost identical to Windows/Mac
You want Windows or Mac.
If you want a computer that you can do stuff like web-browsing, document/spreadsheet/pdf/slideshow editing/creation, gaming, or multimedia processing on, there are distros and utilities on Linux that make those more-or-less easy and beginner-friendly,
BUT it requires divesting oneself of the habits, behaviors, and paradigms of other operating systems and being willing to learn anew. Community-based Libre software is developed in an entirely different way for an entirely different purpose; because of that, it is nearly impossible to recreate the same software as for-profit proprietary software. One is made by a community hacking together a functional system that suits their needs, the other is made to generate revenue, and thus has to keep users dependent on it by trapping them in dark patterns and igorance of its workings.
If you just want "Mac or Windows, but free as in beer," suck it up, pay the devil his due, and buy one of those OSes. Libre Software is an entirely different paradigm, and thus requires a whole paradigm shift before anyone will be happy with it; on-boarding people who aren't ready to divest themselves of the old paradigm just leads to disgruntled users who blame you for anything wrong with their PC, and creates a market void in the FOSS community ready to be filled by corpo proprietary slopware.
I daily drive Debian and it doesn't require CLI for anything other than troubleshooting the problems I caused myself. There has been one time in 5+ years where it booted to console because the maintainers made changes to the kernel that fucked up the legacy nvidia drivers, and it had a workaround of booting to a previous kernel until they fixed it within the week. For newbies that might be scary the first time it happens, but its an easy fix that still didn't require the CLI.
But nowhere did I say Linux required the terminal, I was addressing a different part of OP's question. I guess since it's such a prevalent myth, not denying it is tantamount to implicit agreement, so here's me denying it.
What kind of contributing?
If you mean actually adding code or packaging or testing or anything along those lines, you’re probably looking for gnome. They hate normal linux stuff like middle click paste.
If you mean contributing by using linux, just pick something and start. You’ll have a lot to learn no matter what so there’s no point wasting time trying to figure out what you’re gonna want and working towards that.
If you mean putting other people on linux, don’t do that. It will make them unhappy and cause you lots of stress and work. Find a way to keep them on the systems they’re familiar with, either by using the well documented windows 10 iot ltsc or the accessibility options in macos. People deserve to choose weather or not they switch operating systems and when those decisions are made for them it needs to be done by those who will be working with them every day.
It would be helpful if your example of behaving identical to macos or windows were more clear, since macos and windows behave wildly different from each other. It’s like saying you need a normal european car that works just like your 2500 Silverado or civic si.
you'll become comfortable with the cli, it's seriously not hard.
all you need to know to start is:
- ls (list files)
- cd (change directory)
- nano (edit text file)
then you can branch out from there
I'm going to comment again, not to be an asshole, but because this is an entirelt separate stream of thoughts from my previous comment:
'GUI/UX for everything, absolutely no CLI' approach
That's not a distro thing, it's a Desktop Environment thing. I personally use GNOME on my daily driver, but I've also used Xfce and MATE and gotten away with those. I'd say that GNOME is probably the most "idiot proof," which is why I use it, but YMMV.
Linux "requiring the CLI" hasn't been true for quite a few years now, it just has stuck around for a couple of reasons (imo):
- Tutorials/guides/advice about Linux tends to focus on the CLI because it's easier to figure out someone's OS and have them copy-paste a command, than to find out the specifics of their graphical setup and walk them through every window and button press.
- New users need to know and understand the difference between Kernel, OS, and Desktop Environment to find the answers they're looking for.
If you tell Grandma that you installed Linux for her, the first time she tries to figure it out herself, she's gonna search "how to change volume in Linux" on Google, and she's going to be bombarded with a thousand answers all saying something different, most telling her to install programs, and most telling her to use the command line. Because Linux is not an operating system, it's a family of dozens of operating systems that can each be configured thousands of different ways.
If you tell her "I installed Fedora," she's going to run into the same issue, but on a lesser scale. At least there's only a few hundred different ways on a per-distro basis.
If you tell her "I installed GNOME," she will look up "how to change volume in GNOME," and find her answer. But now you need to explain to her the difference between the three, and when to include that information in her searches, and she will ask "why could I just say 'how to X in Windows?' and didn't have to memorize 3 different names for the same thing that all give me different answers???"
And yes, your grandma will just call you to ask anyway, but what about when it's your friend trying to figure it out at 3 am and he can't get ahold of you?
Meanwhile, the terminal is (more or less) distro-/DE-agnostic. So their options are to learn more about how is Opperating System formed than they'll realistically ever need to know, or use the reviled terminal. Such is the plight of DIY OSes.
Many Windows administrative, automation, and remote management tasks require Command Prompt or PowerShell because they cannot be efficiently or practically executed via the GUI.
- Tasks that involve repetitive or bulk operations often require CMD or PowerShell. For example:
Renaming thousands of files simultaneously is impractical through File Explorer but can be done easily with Rename-Item in PowerShell - Batch file automation using .bat scripts allows automated workflows like clearing temporary files, launching multiple apps, backing up directories, and switching system settings like dark/light mode
- Scheduled tasks and automatic scripts are better created with command-line scripts, providing repeatable precision versus manual GUI actions
- Accessing and manipulating Windows services: Use Get-Service and Stop-Service in PowerShell to check or stop services on local or remote machines
- Managing user accounts and permissions: Commands like net user or whoami /groups provide instant information on users or their groups, which may otherwise require multiple GUI interactions
- Registry, Group Policy, and WMI tasks: Most registry edits, group policy refreshes (gpupdate /force), and WMI queries are accessible through PowerShell but lack straightforward GUI counterparts
- System auditing and repair: Commands like sfc /scannow and DISM /RestoreHealth repair system files or images without needing GUI-based troubleshooting tools
- Managing remote computers: Tools like shutdown /m \computername or PowerShell cmdlets enable shutdowns, restarts, or status checks remotely where GUI Remote Desktop may be impractical or unavailable
- Collecting diagnostics across multiple endpoints: CMD and PowerShell allow executing scripts across multiple machines unlike GUI tools, which must be operated individually
- Searching, filtering, and processing files: Commands like Get-ChildItem, Where-Object, and Select-Object enable precise filtering, data extraction, and file management far beyond what the GUI allows
- Clipboard automation: Using Get-Clipboard and Set-Clipboard for large or structured data transfer without manual selection
- Reading log data: Extracting and analyzing system or application logs is faster via wevtutil than navigating Event Viewer
- DNS, IP configuration, and connectivity tests: Commands like ipconfig /all, ping, tracert, Test-NetConnection, and netstat provide immediate network diagnostics that either lack GUI equivalents or are slower to perform
Sadly too many gatekeepers tell people considering Linux, they must use the command line. But I never use it. So that's clearly not true for normal users.
LTT - Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel tried out Linux, PopOS!. And there was a horrible outcome, where he tried to uninstall or install Steam and the dependencies would remove the entire desktop for whatever reason. Rendering the installation broken and unusable obviously. There was a big warning in the terminal, but he didn't read and ignored it and continued.
There was lot of debate, but ultimately it was fault from both sides: ignoring warning that explains what happens, and no safeguards from the distro so this bug should not make it unusable.
Linux Mint. Everything including full system version upgrades and GPU driver installations can be done via GUI.
The default look and feel is Windows-y, and the Mint team does a great job of pre-loading their distro with all the basic apps most people need, including a good printer app, scanner app, PDF viewer, media player, etc.
I see that as full UI/UX behaviour that behaves almost identical to Windows/Mac (is no middle click to paste).
Linux is not Windows. Stop trying to make it work like Windows. Windows is crap and I don't want Linux to work like it.
Expecting Linux to work like Windows is how new people get frustrated. Have you heard anyone say that macOS needs to be like Windows to succeed? Of course not. So stop saying that about Linux.
Also, "no middle-click to paste" is astonishingly stupid, I've been using it hundreds of times per day for way over a decade now. It's one of the most useful and helpful features I've ever used.
I haven't kept up with that clown but if that's a reference to the time he attempted to switch, that was a top-gear-like slapstick show, consisting of making wrong turns at every fork and having outliers galore in the form of some hardware he and one other dude on the entire planet got. that show of his is infotainment, as in not a reliable source of information.
you go with the beginner-friendliest distro, with the widest distribution which is ubuntu. that ain't the distro I'm running, but it's something you need to go through to figure out how this shit runs. after you've been around the block a time or two and you start bumping your head at the ceiling, you'll have enough experience to switch to something better.
lol, sorry but in what world do you live in? NONE of the OS "just works".
I'm sorry but this is such a trope. I watched someone using an up to date iOS phone. That thing is LOCKED down to no end, countless people claim that Apple are some kind of UX geniuses ... well you look somebody trying to do anything as complex as watching a video on this and it's a damn struggle.
Sorry for going on a rant here but the very concept is a lie. It's like Windows being easier to use, it's absolutely not BUT people have trained, at school (sigh) or at work, on how to use it. They somehow "forget" that they went through hours or even days of training and somehow they believe it feels "natural". That's entirely dishonest but why do I insist on this so much? Because it's unfair to then compare Linux distributions to things that do not exist!
What "just works" but STILL is not perfect or flawless, is SteamOS on the SteamDeck not due to any "magic" from Valve but rather because :
- the hardware is very limited (basically selected to work well for it)
- the use case is very limited (start Steam, play)
and as soon as one start to tinker with SteamOS on SteamDeck by replacing part, adding USB-C devices, remote the r/w restriction on the OS, etc then again "just works" becomes "worked at some point".
You won't get what you're asking for, because what you want is windows to not suck, not for Linux to have GUI. Me too tbf.
I started playing around with linux back in the Ubuntu 11.04 days. I was a tween with computers as a hobby and linux repeatedly humbled me and left me troubleshooting for hours. I had fun playing with it but I stayed with Windows on my main PC.
When I finally could not take it anymore in 2021, I started using fedora, which I grew to hate then moved to opensuse, which I grew to hate so I moved to Debian, and I've more or less stayed struggling in the Debian sphere since.
I'm a regular person, I don't code. I can't even hello world in python without help. I just need my laptop to be able to serve me the slop that I crave. If you're that person too, you're just gonna have to suck it up and learn how linux works. Suffer through it. You've been using windows probably since you were eating boogers, don't expect to just pickup linux over night. I moved to linux for political reasons, and I suspect you're doing so for similar reasons. It doesn't get easier, you just get better at using Linux.
If you want my suggestion, pick something based on an LTS distro. I like Debian, but I'm sure there is good stuff based on RHEL, SUSE, whatever. People will sit here and tell you how "out of date" Debian is. You're coming from windows, you probably regularly use software that nobody has maintained since 2009, you don't care if bonzibuddy.exe got an AI update, you just want to turn computer on, watch youtube, play vidya game. Don't let user johnthunderfuck69 in r/linux tell you his arch install has never broken in 20 years of using it. He is built different and you are not johnthunderfuck69.
I've had good luck with some of the gui tools included in MX Linux, SparkyLinux, and LMDE(mint debian edition). If you look hard enough between those 3 you'll probably find a big red button that you can click to order pizza to your house.
Choose Cinnamon, XFCE, or KDE as a desktop environment.
I mean pretty much any distro can achieve that even Arch based ones. For example with CachyOS you could essentially run it with say KDE and never need to open a terminal at all. Cachy includes Octopi as its GUI package manager and it works well. KDE can also potentially handle the updating for you.
you could also run say something like Bazzite or Nobara which is essentially the same. Nobara does have it's own updater but i'll be honest it's kinda wonky sometimes and generally only starts off with access to its own repos.
Essentially at the end of the day the Distro doesn't really matter in most cases. As long as it can utilize a GUI package manager or some sort of "app store" and allows easy installation of something like KDE then you're good to go. The exceptions to this I would say would be like Gentoo or NixOS but as someone who uses NixOS...technically...it could potentially fit the bill. But that would require a bit of work to get it to that point.
Actually now that I think about it getting something like working on NixOS would be an interesting side hobby project to work on.
back to distrohopping. I want a reliable OS (no rando ubuntu fork with no clear release/support schedule) with something else than Plasma or Gnome.
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I've used nix for roughly a year. Flakes is the way to go. It's the most simple cut and dry shit works distro aside from Linux mint but the caveat is you have to essentially learn how the nix config file works. You can install your configuration file on any machine, anytime, anywhere and it'll boot as your exact carbon copy. Its a great distro you can trust to maintain with two files entirely. Cake to remember and backup.
Downsides are keeping config file backed up often. And knowing that anything you want done has to go into config document. I can answer any questions. I'm busy so I can't type more.
I'm sure there are flakes that can do that, but I just use the config file, adding things as I find I need them. Flakes weren't really all that well documented when I first installed it so I never messed around with them. Out of box though, it was fairly decent for relatively simple needs. If I remember correctly, the graphical install could set you up with any of a half dozen different DEs out of the box.
One heads up. While NixOS is a Linux distribution, it is radically different design philosophy from every other Linux distribution I've ever used. In some ways better and far easier to setup and maintain, and sometimes, as headache inducing as Gentoo or Arch. Once you have it setup to your liking, though, it has proven incredibly solid and hard to break.
Here's a redacted copy of my configuration.nix file. I really need to clean it up, reorganize, and remove things I'm not using anymore, but it's what I'm running on my desktop. Basically hasn't changed since KDE6 came out something like a year ago. I think the last change I made after that was when I finally added flatpak support.
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Reliable OS: Debian is the standard, or try Fedora if you want to get the latest software features
Alternate DE’s: xubuntu is a classic and it’s fast. LXQT is also lightweight but not as modern feeling imo. Debian install disks should let you choose either of those DEs (or some others) when installing
Reliable, clear release/support schedule: Debian Stable
Unlike Fedora Spins, most upstream distros don't come with a DE pre-packaged, you choose it during the install process (or install a custom one from other sources post-install).
DEs currently offered by the Debian Installer include: Xfce, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Lomiri, and of course Plasma and GNOME.
Not in the installer, but in the repository: Cinnamon, Budgie, Enlightenment, FVWM-Crystal, GNUstep/Window Maker, Sugar, "and possibly others" (according to the wiki).
You can also do what I do on my less-powerful laptops and just install a window-manager and associated utilities—just make sure to uncheck all DE options during install (you will be forced to use the console until you have a display server and window manager, tho). Right now I'm rocking i3 on my laptops; I would use Sway, but for some reason it's more resource intensive.
Other offerings in the repository include: Openbox, Fluxbox, Compiz, Awesome, dwm, Notion, and Wmii
My personal recs are i3 (and recommended packages), Xfce, or MATE. I've used and liked all 3. I still use GNOME for my desktop, but those 3 are what I go with otherwise.
Have you tried COSMIC yet? Maybe PopOS is worth a shot.
Some packages are a bit old at the moment but they have a release coming in April / May that will bring them right up to date.
Perhaps LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is worth a look as well.
Both options are similar in that they take a very stable distro base and layer on a quite up-to-date desktop.
They also feature clear direction and a predicable release schedule.
Arlene Dickinson and Amber Mac cut ties with Canadian social media startup Gander Social
Alternate link: archive.is/20260131002226/theg…
Some excerpts:
Canadian media personalities Arlene Dickinson and Amber MacArthur were drawn last year to back an Ottawa startup called Gander Social Inc. that had a unique mission: To create a social network by and for Canadians.At a time when social media platforms were being accused of aiding the spread of misinformation and hate, and selling user data without consent, Gander chief executive Ben Waldman promised something different. Built on the same open-source protocol as Bluesky, Gander, which is registered as a public benefit company in British Columbia, would ensure its moderation rules adhered to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, give users control over their experience, and keep their data in Canada.
Last June, Ms. Dickinson, a venture capitalist who stars on Dragons’ Den, told The Globe and Mail she was “both an investor and adviser,” drawn to a “timely, smart opportunity” that “has the value of Canadians.” Ms. MacArthur, host of The AmberMac Show on SiriusXM, wanted to support a company committed to online safety that was “better for Canadians.” She told The Globe she was “in the middle of getting the information and signing the documents” to invest. “Some of the details are still getting figured out.”
They never were. On Thursday, the pair announced on social media they were cutting all ties to Gander. Not only did they never sign advisory agreements, they also never invested, despite what Ms. Dickinson had said. In one post Thursday, Ms. Dickinson said she had been “in late stage discussions about an advisory role and a potential investment, which is why I spoke about it publicly. It became clear that my involvement was being treated as an endorsement more than a substantive advisory role.”
Ms. MacArthur interviewed Mr. Waldman on her show in January, telling listeners she’d been an adviser for months. On Thursday, she posted on Facebook: “We’ve had some disagreements on how things are being managed,” adding in a LinkedIn post: “I am pretty devastated that I’ve been left with no option but to leave” the advisory role. “I won’t back something that isn’t capable of meeting this need with total integrity and excellence.” Both wished Gander well.
Ms. Dickinson, Ms. MacArthur and Mr. Waldman told The Globe that after agreeing to invest in an earlier financing – called a “simple agreement for future equity, or SAFE – and join as advisers, delays ensued in formalizing both arrangements due to back-and-forth changes to the advisory deal’s terms and language. “It was dragging out, Ms. Dickinson said. “It was more busy-ness on both sides. I was late, he was late” but both intended to conclude the deal.
Ms. MacArthur and Ms. Dickinson had another concern. As advisers, they expected to view a prototype of the platform as it was being developed and to be involved in shaping how it would function and what protocols would govern it. “We kept asking for that,” Ms. Dickinson said, but to no avail.
Ms. MacArthur added: “Over the past few weeks it’s been pretty clear I wasn’t necessarily advising on anything because there was no product to look at. From my perspective, they have not been actively in touch with advisers along the way. That begs the question why you need advisers if you’re not getting them to advise.”
Without seeing the product, “it’s really hard to tell people they should continue to support and invest in this,” Ms. MacArthur said.
Arlene Dickinson and Amber Mac cut ties with Canadian social media startup Gander Social
Canadian broadcast stars quit after failing to reach terms on investment or advisory rolesSean Silcoff (The Globe and Mail)
Ms. MacArthur added: “Over the past few weeks it’s been pretty clear I wasn’t necessarily advising on anything because there was no product to look at. From my perspective, they have not been actively in touch with advisers along the way. That begs the question why you need advisers if you’re not getting them to advise.”Without seeing the product, “it’s really hard to tell people they should continue to support and invest in this,” Ms. MacArthur said.
Why in the hell would you think you had a right to see anything when you had failed to provide even 1 cent of funding????
Jfc. Rich people truly believe they should get everything for nothing.
I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t provide funding without seeing a business plan and a prototype.
In this case though, Fedican already provides a Canadian alternative, and all the structure is volunteered.
Aha, so that’s who was being referenced in their last email. For those interested that aren’t part of the newsletter group:
Hi friend,We wanted to send a brief update directly to our early supporters.
Over the last few days, there have been some changes to Gander’s group of Strategic Advisors, and we took some time to reflect and gather our thoughts before sharing them with you.
As part of our initial fundraising from May to September of last year, two prospective investors did not complete their advisor agreements or investments by the original deadline, or within an extended timeframe.
Our equity crowdfunding campaign went live in October, and we recently offered them the same terms that every other investor had received through the campaign. When an agreement couldn’t be reached, we parted ways.
We’re grateful for all the advice and support that every single one of our advisors, past and present, has provided to us along this journey. Our focus today is exactly where it’s always been: building Gander with, and for, the Canadians who have shown up, believed in it, and helped make it real.
Today, we have Gander in the hands of hundreds of people who are posting, connecting, and testing the app. That number will continue to increase every week until everyone reading this email has been invited.
As always, thank you for being part of this with us. We’ll keep showing up, building with community, and getting Gander into the hands of more Canadians.
With gratitude,
Ben & The Gander Team
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