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What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I don't think I need to know about that

What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Good Burger

From the perspective of someone in the early 1920s, what warning signs were there of Classical Fascism's horrors? in c/capitalismindecay@lemmygrad.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Umberto Eco's criteria are a good guide to spotting early fascist movements: https://www.faena.com/aleph/umberto-eco-a-practical-list-for-identifying-fascists

Fascism doesn't logically imply racism

I disagree. All the fascist movements I'm aware of used nationalism to trick the working class into collaborating with the bourgeoisie, and bigotry towards minorities and foreigners to stoke anger and resentment. Maybe in theory fascists could create that in-group/out-group distinction without race or ethnicity being the dividing line, but I think that there will always be some kind of bigotry involved.

see environmentalism of eco-fascists

I don't think that counts as progressivism when their plan to reduce environmental impact involves killing "undesirables" to reduce the population.

some modern neofash parties adopting social democrat policy points

I'm pretty sure those are just talking points meant to lure in rubes, or are meant to apply only to the in-group when they take power.

Maybe it's possible for fascism to exist without explicit bigotry, but at that point I think it would just be regular authoritarian liberal capitalism.

if you like doing your job and going home, how do you bear with coworkers who are lazier but more popular than you and get away with doing less? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago

It's not a competition, you don't need to compare yourself to your coworkers or police their work ethic.

Now if they're ordering you around that's another issue.

fossils in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

All birds are descended from the theropods that survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event

https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/

fossils in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

All birds are dinosaurs, not all dinosaurs are birds though

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago

I've heard them called "bicycle-shaped objects"

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

I'll add the caveat that any bicycle sold at Walmart is complete garbage and will probably break on you

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago

Snack foods. Store brand Cheetos taste the same for half the price

start em young, i say. in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 4 points 10 months ago

What is non-structural geology? Is there such a thing as purely decorative basalt columns? Non-load-bearing mountains?

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks! I did a fresh install of Debian (64 bit) with KDE, and it seems to be working for me, except it's already frozen up and needed a reboot twice. I might go with a more lightweight DE if that keeps happening.

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[-] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's an intel core 2 duo t9300, which I'm pretty sure is 64 bit. I guess I was confused because it was previously running a 32 bit version of windows 7.

Edit: I'm not sure if it's amd64 or aarch64 or mips64. I think it's amd.

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Newbie with questions about Debian (hexbear.net)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I got an old Windows 7 laptop that was going to be thrown out and decided to put Linux on it (see previous thread here). Most people suggested I go with the latest stable version of Debian, so that's what I installed. I've mostly used Windows, but I do have some experience with Ubuntu.

The installation went smoothly, but I've had a few problems getting it set up to my liking:

I can't figure out how to setup flatpak. Everything seems to be working fine until I enter the last line in the terminal:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

I hit enter and nothing happens. No error message or anything. I restarted the computer but flatpak doesn't work, either through the software center or the flatpak website. I found a few forum posts with the same problem, but no solutions.

I somehow set it up so that my username is not the super user, so I have to type a password in the terminal every time I want to use sudo. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?
I somehow set up the hard drive partitions so that the OS is on an encrypted partition, so I have to put in a password for the BIOS to boot up. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?
I'm used to a desktop interface with a toolbar/start menu that I can pin frequently-used programs to, but with Debian it seems like I need to click "Activities" to do anything. Is there a way to set up the interface so it's more like Windows in that regard?
If I need to do a clean install, I'm thinking of switching to Ubuntu, since I'm more familiar with the interface. Is there any reason why I should stick with Debian? I've heard some people trashing Ubuntu but I'm not sure why. Is Debian better for older hardware?

Edit: Thanks for all the knowledgeable replies. I did a fresh install of Debian 12 (64 bit) with KDE and it seems to have resolved all my problems. Although it's a little slow and buggy, I've had to reboot it twice. I'll try a lightweight DE if that continues.