BaldProphet

Palestine needs its own state, for sure. But unfortunately there is no way that will happen as long as Hamas has control of Gaza.

That's what most of the fediverse seems to believe.

Great step for the Palestinians. If they can expel Hamas and institute a legitimate government, they could have a real shot at independence.

Unfortunately, there will be no real Palestinian state as long as Hamas maintains its influence.

Why does Linux need to be more popular? This isn't some NRM with a proselytizing mandate. Use whichever OS you prefer and let others do the same.

This is an extremely sheltered view. Most people don't even know what an operating system is, and they assume that it is an unalterable component of the computer they purchased at Best Buy. They don't have a last straw because as far as they're concerned there isn't anything they can do about it other than perhaps switching to a Mac.

Yeah, Microsoft is always trying to monetize things that shouldn't be monetized. Linux won't necessarily be easier, but it definitely won't force you to watch ads in your application menu.

Thanks!

No problems that a person with "minimal computer expertise" has are likely to require editing the registry, and if they struggle with the Settings app in Windows, they will be completely befuddled by the vast array of configuration files they will have to search through for making changes on Linux.

I have minimal computer expertise.

This is the source of your problem. Unless you learn more about computers and how to use them, you're guaranteed to have more problems on Linux than you've had on Windows.

The majority of the Windows gripes this community complains about are unlikely to ever be encountered by people with minimal expertise. Windows is fantastic as a layperson's operating system (and many Linux distros are, as well), so your problems are probably user-caused.

This might be cliche, but the For Dummy's books by Wiley were how I started learning about both Windows and Linux when I was a teenager. In fact, they were how I learned that Linux existed and sparked a curiosity in IT that is culminating in my graduation with an IT degree in July.

Anyone who tells you that gaming on Linux isn't somewhat experimental is lying. I think it's getting there, though.

Jacobin is a strongly biased source and unlikely to be trustworthy or accurate in it's "reporting".

Not sure what you are asking. The university told them to leave, and they didn't. They are now trespassing.

If they simply left the private campus property and continued their protest in a legal manner (i.e. not camping on private property) they wouldn't have been arrested.