I don’t use either now. I have tried both. When I started with Ubuntu i was great; fast, light, all the good stuff. Then it started to get bloated and wouldn’t run on my old machine… So I moved to Arch and it saved me and I used it for years.

Great explanation

That might be true. They have a Mastodon too https://floss.social/@tde

There are no stupid questions and the attitude of any response would be a good way to judge if using the DE is worth your time.

It appears to be maintained, which is a point in its favour.

You could send them a message on their mailing list and ask the question.

Oh for sure, they can be aggravating but I haven’t watched any of their vids in over a year. I wouldn’t take their advice the same as how I wouldn’t want anyone to take my advice. Just because someone says they work in IT doesn’t mean they do, right? I used to work in a pharmacy and people would ask me for medical advice when they saw me in town, but I didn’t work in the dispensary. I knew the answer to their question, but I was not going to risk it.

I was about to watch when I realized who it was. To be honest, many of the Linux YouTubers have turned me off for different reasons, but I never enjoyed this guy’s videos and I’m not the only one…

I guess I should watch this to give a decent opinion. Other distros are just as political and decisions reflect their stance (like how Alpine doesn’t include Xlibre for reasons). As it stands, I’m fine with that.

I am unaware of the particularities surrounding the Debian situation, so I’ll still need to play catch up.

Some retailers where I live in Normandy just sell to whoever, no questions asked. Bars serve too.

It isn’t a little sip of wine either. The shop across the street from a middle school sells kids vodka at lunch time and these kids get shitfaced. Same for cigarettes at the tobacco shops.

I get what some people are saying, that it is a right of passage and stuff, and that the drinking culture is different here, but these kids are binge-drinking at lunch. We also have loads of CBD shops now that sell pre-rolls. They won’t get stoned, but it isn’t healthy.

I suspect that it is closer to 99% of shops doing this in larger areas.

I did ask a shop owner about this. He will ask for ID, his wife too, but he can’t get his employees to always do it. The main factor for him is that if they refuse they might steal it.

Anyway, as a Canadian who has lived here for 20 years, I am still shocked whenever I see this especially when I get carded in Canada when I buy alcohol (not because I look young, it is just store policy where I come from).

Norway does not believe in cruel or unusual punishment. I think many of us have seen the clip from Michael Moore’s doc Where to Invade Next?. Give him the maximum sentence (20 years) or close to it in Ringerike.

But…

“Penalties in society” means the offender will serve at least some of their time out of jail and will have to meet with an official a specified number of times as ordered by the court. In return, individuals can stay out of prison if they follow the court’s rules. In most cases, criminals retain their current employment, or the court orders employment, and they may remain with their families and continue their normal life. Penalties in society are only imposed if there is no burden on the victims, their families, or society.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_Norway