Ubuntu used to send you a CD-ROM ready to use free of charge back in the day.

I’ve done this whole process hundreds of times and it’s straightforward now, but the first times where really confusing, I totally understand you.

you basically want to put the installer file in a USB, but you can’t simply copy and paste it because it needs to be “bootable”, that’s why you use a tool like Etcher or similar.

any link in the official Linux Mint page will point you to reputable sources so just pick the first one. the beauty of open source is that it’s not as centralized as a big corporation’s software, you have choices, confusing at first, I know, but it’s worth it once you get past the learning stage

For anyone using Figma, there’s a free open source alternative called PenPot that’s quite decent.

Sorry, I laughed harder than I should have just imagining the whole thing.

Thank you for telling your story, I’ll think about your rachet strap whenever I remember about my Coke can and that will definitely provide some comfort knowing there’s just some crazy nonsensical people out there.

I once got my window crashed to steal my radio plus a warm can of Coke I had in case of a long drive sleepiness emergency. The radio I get it, but the warm Coke… dunno why but I still think about it decades later.

Where and how has this poll been shared?

Right now Sync is at 29% which makes me think the results are skewed if the poll has been predominantly shared in the sync community.

I guess it’s more of a Google’s fault, but still, having to spend 10 minutes to Reject all is insane.

I’ve uninstalled it, sticking with Connect and will also give Thunder a try. Loved Sync for Reddit and paid for it gladly, but as it is, I’m out.

Same for me. Tried disabling personal data for all advertisers but you gotta go one by one, there’s no Reject all option and there are way too many… so back to Connect.

Love Connect! It is the best, great work Kuro

Teddit is an alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy

Sad to see all these beautiful projects suffer for greedy interests. I’m loving Lemmy TBH, hope everyone comes to this new sweet home