morto

I find that behavior weird too, and had a few problems with it with failed sd cards in raspberry-like devices. By the way. did you put the nofail boot option in fstab to avoid this in the future?

It’s worth to consider that since they already used ubuntu, they might be already familiar with the gui and may feel lost if it changes

Putting simple things behind a qrwall. I once went to a presentation and they had that qr code to scan to get the certificate, and I went there without my phone, so I got no certificate (I needed it for academic bureaucracy). restaurants with qr-only menus also come to mind. Oh, I also saw once a school with the timetables mural with just qrs and nothing else written, so if new students didn’t have a phone AND mobile internet, they couldn’t find by themselves where and when their classes took place

But the thing with anything that involves network effect (like any os adoption) is that the growth is very slow at first, but it grows faster and faster as more people get in. We used to be grouped along with “others” in charts, then came the “counted with less than 1%” mark, and it took a long time. Then the 1% milestone, then 2%, much faster than from not counted to counted, then 3%, faster than it moved from 1 to 2. Now stats vary from 3 to 5 %, depending on the source. It’s getting really fast, and will grow even faster. This is a very significant difference

Suddenly realizing I use linux for more than 10 years

[despair noises]

How can I do better?

Spread the foss to your friends and family!

The big tech is, indeed, trying to extend their reach to linux and open source in general, but it’s still the best we have, and it still goes against them. The good thing about open source is that it’s resilient and highly adaptable. A few distros have been making experiments with other kernels, and if things go too bad, they might replace linux with anther one and we will persevere. It’s also possible for some group to fork linux and create a parallel community version, like happens with a lot of open source software developed by big tech companies. But you don’t need to worry, because linux remains fine and will probably be for a good while.

People talk a lot about software enshittification, but hardware enshittification is also a thing!

Just remember to backup important files and enjoy the reclaimed free space

Glad to be helpful ^ - ^

I have this other bookmarked link that may be helpful:
https://osgameclones.com/

I have this list bookmarked. Maybe it can help:
https://github.com/bobeff/open-source-games#business-and-tycoon-games

I migrated long ago. When I first knew about foss software, I started experimenting with some stuff like gimp and inkscape, and noticed that I could do the same things I did, but with a substancially lower hardware demand. Everything was lighter and smoother on my low-end stuff (I’m poor and always used old or cheap devices).

After migrating almost everything to foss, I learned about linux, and switched right away. The change was easy, because I already had a foss workflow, so it was so smooth and nice.

It was one of the best things I did. Since then, all my devices worked smoother and lasted longer. The environmentalist movements should promote foss, because the long-term difference is HUGE.