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  • Every Linux distro will work with your hardware, aside from edge case components in certain situations. There is no difference in distros for hardware compatibility, unless you’re thinking of running a very old versions of something. Anything will work.

    There is also no major difference between distros for gaming performance. The only difference in “gaming” distros is that they have certain software preselected and installed. You can just do this yourself anyway.

    I currently suggest Fedora for beginners because it’s dead simple. The big difference between any distro is going to be the default Desktop Environment, and you can choose whatever you want after you install anyway.

    If you like Windows’ UI, give KDE a shot. If you want something more like MacOS, go for Gnome. Either work great.

    If you want to try multiple, download some LiveUSB images, start em up and poke around a bit. If you change your mind after install, you can just install a different DE and switch over without needing to reinstall the entire OS.








  • So…things have been written about this. The biggest issue in Mexico is the space between cities.

    You move into one area and clear it out, anyone left leaves to join others in some other places and then you have to move the police force to wherever the new outbreak starts.

    It’s Guerilla Warfare. It’s not impossible to stop with force, but it takes a long time. The fastest way to stop the Cartels is by Supply Suffocation, either by product, or by banking.

    The trick here is that Cartels know this, and regularly rely on the law to prevent seizures of funds, and even recently have become money laundering operations for people wanting to traffic Chinese currency, so they are FLUSH with cash.

    So in this specific case, it’s like fighting the Mafia. You can greatly reduce their operations by taking out the leaders, seizure of asset or product, and removing enforcers in their organizations, but you’ll always be left with a small contingent that will continue operating in some capacity.

    The thing with Mexican Cartels is that they’ve strong armed themselves into legitimate businesses like agriculture (avocados are a big one), and it’s hard to find legal ways to prove that X business is funded by a Cartels when they are already laundering money. It could look like it comes from anywhere.

    It’s a cat and mouse game until the larger population feels empowered enough to report members, or fight back themselves.









  • It’s literally in every display you see in the world. OEMs stopped fucking with Windows years ago.

    Go to any fast food restaurants with those vertical displays? Linux.

    Check-in kiosks that have been deployed in the past 5 years? Linux.

    Your router, most platforms you interact with online, media devices, cars (they should be using RTOS, but many use Debian), movie theaters, POS systems…

    Linux is the most deployed OS on this planet by far. I’m kind of annoyed when people don’t realize this.

    I actually hate when engineers are just letting a desktop sit like this. It’s sloppy and unnecessary.