Yikes, that sucks… but at least Linux is still usable.

If you want stability, you probably can’t beat Debian, and you should be fairly used to the backend by now. I suspect the stylus use is just going to be figuring out what package provided your current access to it.

Before you wipe the laptop, I would recommend finding a command to list all the installed packages, then at least you’ll have a reference to what was in place before. And if possible, maybe grab a backup of the /etc folder (or whatever might still be accessible) so you can reference the current configs on various packages to recreate whatever doesn’t work by default.

There are a number of lightweight desktops you can choose from. I personally like Mate, but maybe you can play around with others on the new system and purge the ones you don’t like. And while you’re swapping drives, check the memory slots, maybe you can drop another 8GB stick in there to give the whole system a boost.

And how does cache space figure in to this? I have a server with 64GB of RAM, of which 46GB is being used by system cache, but I only have 450MB of free memory and 140MB of free swap. The only ‘volatile’ service I have running is slapd which can run in bursts of activity, otherwise the only thing of consequence running is webmin and some VMs which collectively can use up to 24GB (though they actually use about half that) but there’s no reason those should hit swap space. I just don’t get why the swap space is being run dry here.

This right here is the main reason why Trump might succeed… The media has been beaten into submission and refuses to report the actual events that are occurring which make Trump look bad.

Wasn’t there an issue with 133 on Youtube? Did that get fixed yet?

Tesla has sold quite a lot, yet paid almost nothing in taxes. So obviously it doesn’t work that way for “everyone”.

https://itep.org/tesla-reported-zero-federal-income-tax-in-2024/

Not if you’re a billionaire with an electric car company.

Let me know when we have some real AI to evaluate rather than products labeled as a marketing ploy. Anyone remember when everything had to be called “3D” because it was cool? I missed my chance to get 3D stereo cables.

Anything to do with money, such as yesterday’s fiasco. As was mentioned in many articles yesterday Congress has the “power of the purse”, meaning they control the budget and taxes (dictated by several parts of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution). Trump unilaterally decided to stop payment on grants and funds that were already previously approved by Congress.

I have four more years to pay off my house. I just have to survive the Trump administration without losing everything.

Wow, how are you retiring at 55??? I’m 56, and have spent this year re-vamping my IRA accounts with the hope of retiring in 10-12 years without any reliance on the social security that will be gone.

[Edit] I see below you mentioned having a pension. Must be nice!

Ah I wasn’t aware of that part of the deal. I wonder if they’re threatening nukes because they’re getting nervous that Trump might get re-elected and not honor that deal?

I thought it was 2016, but yeah, somewhere around then.

I’m surprised it took them this long to even threaten the idea, although it could simply be that they already built some weapons to have a stockpile before the announcement. I can totally see Putin thinking “oh they only have one bomb, that’s an acceptable loss to stop them from building more before we have another MAD stalemate.”

Didn’t Ukraine give up its nukes specifically under the condition that Russia would leave them alone as a free independent nation? Seems those terms went out the window years ago.

If Russian has closed the bridge, then Ukraine should be good to go now, right? One drone with thermal imaging to confirm there’s no remaining vehicles on the bridge, then it’s bombs-away.

One can hope, but I suspect nobody will be announcing a victor on Tuesday night.

I’ve been reading some discussions this week about fake polls claiming Republicans are winning to make Dems think there’s no point in voting. Apparently it was a technique used in a previous recent election? It would explain all the results I’ve seen in the last few days showing them with a strong lead, where a week or two ago other polls showed an even race. Doesn’t really matter though, everyone should remember that the only thing that counts is getting out and casting your vote no matter what the polls might suggest.

Just… wow. I don’t even enable notifications that I’ve opened an email.

That’s rich coming from the guy whose entire platform is one big political bias against free speech. Seems like Musk’s whole outlook is “I’m going to move people to a colder planet where nothing grows and we can’t even breathe, so why should I worry about trashing this one?”

Also, when is his daddy going to teach him how to shave?