If you disregard some minor hiccups, like the civil war, the multiple colonial wars, the famines, the purges, the gulag and other such trivialities.

You mean violent overthrow of the existing system and establishment of a totalitarian empire? That’s sure going to help.

There’s probably some lightweight Linux distro you can get to run on it. It could be used for some edge computing, like Pihole.

Mint is still a great choice if just for the ease of installation. I agree they’re lagging behind a bit in the transition to Wayland but for most users that’s not really a big issue. Mint also has one of the largest communities so getting support will be easier. To me Mint is still an excellent choice for getting started with Linux. I’ve been using it for years and I see no reason whatsoever to switch.

You wrote:

It also helps a lot if you have someone more skilled than you available to discuss.

Which could be read as you addressing me directly. Which of course I’m aware was not what you meant. I was just trying to be funny.

How do you know how skilled I am?

You get better at programming by programming.

Too late! Next thing you’ll be installing Arch on your granny’s computer and wearing UNIX socks.

Oh noes! You have caught the communism now!

Thanks.

I have no idea what any of those things are. Which is not to say, you shouldn’t post this here, but a bit of context would be nice.

I’m still resolutely offline when it comes to books. I also have a lot of DVDs and Blu-rays. I sometimes even still buy some. I also still have a box of music CDs in the basement but I only listen to MP3 (no streaming).

What a fantastic plan. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

That’s terrible advice if retaining control of your data is in any way a priority.

When I travel I take the deck and a Bluetooth keyboard with a trackpad. It works fine as a laptop in a pinch. With an external monitor it’s a perfectly serviceable PC.

So having all of Europe drenched in blood by Napoleon was an improvement? And you conveniently forgot the terror. Similar things could be said about your other examples. The rest is just assertions without evidence so I’ll have to pull Hitchens’ razor.

Redefining words and whataboutism. Name a more iconic duo.

Your theory has just one minor flaw: every violent revolution ever has resulted in one clique of repressive assholes being replaced with another. And every time they’ve betrayed every ideal they ever did it didn’t have in order to cling on to power. How is your revolution going to be different?

Obviously, the term “tankie” is only applied to the left. My point was that in that respect there is not really any difference between the extremes of the political spectrum. You could even say they converge in some way.

The question is, do you want to murder people who disagree with you?