The first time I heard the “every other” theory I was sceptical but it has held true for a very long time now.

They might do an 8.1 and mess with some features (remember when they had to bring back the tool bar)? But another release is likely needed to fix some of the Win 11 performance and bloat issues now.

They’ve cut too deep, for some good reasons, but at the cost of making everything slow.

^ Note I haven’t even talked about AI here.

Pah! I think you’ll find we’re tired of listening to experts.

/s

“They’re changing it from Ocean Grey to Military Grey. Something that should’ve been done a long time ago.”

Minimal jank

Is Steam OS available for public use, or only Steam devices?

Sounds like you’ve got your own first world problem there :P

Awesome, thanks OP!

Source to explain? I’m lost :)

Not sure I follow. The British Empire banned slavery before the USA. So, by not being in the British empire slavery existed for longer in the USA than it would have if America remained under British rule.

The war of Independence delayed the banning of slavery by a generation.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

I wish there was a Pixel with an SD card slot. That is the main reason I’m still, grudgingly, on Samsung.

I love these. Someone did a load of Cthulu Tin Tin covers a while ago.

Im thinking of changing my daily driver for Win 10 to SteamOS. Any reason not to?

Good write up, thanks!

You have to agree to do it, but you don’t have to lay out a plan or timeline to do it.

Retirement age is one.

Tom & Ben?

I’m the same. It is quite jaring to see an add now. They seems very obnoxious.

The only issue in have is ads in podcasts. This isn’t a huge deal as the provider usually determine add based on IP so i get a 30 second ad in a language I can’t understand.

Any solutions to this?

P.S. before I switched from YouTube I disabled all data collection and personalisation a few notable ads I used to receive:

• Ads for balls soap (this ad was repugnant)
• Ads for Muslim speed dating, with male chaperone (I’m not a Muslim)
• A 1hour Chinese party political conference, in Chinese (I don’t speak Chinese)

^ Ive got the last one saved out of curiosity.

I remember a time when YouTube was not owned by google and was ad free.

The internet was better before all of this tracking.

You could read the Red Mars series. It covers some of the points you’ve raised albeit it is Science Fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy