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I'm switching on Saturday. (literature.cafe)

submitted 12 hours ago by MarieMarion@literature.cafe to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been almost-ready to ditch Windows for years. Now's the time.

My new neighbor is an old-school nerd. He hosts install parties at our local leftist third space.
He's going to help me switch to... not sure yet. Probably Mint. I can't wait. It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services.

Yay.

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[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 35 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Sometimes I look at my life and I feel jealous of myself. Tbh I deliberately moved here (the boonies, and a leftist / alt-culture hotspot of grassroot community living), and it has its cons, but... Next week a wool felter is taking me foraging wild plants to teach me basket weaving, then I'm teaching her the basics of fermenting food (for booze, taste, or preservation), while my 10yo kid is 500km away for her country-wide robotics competition. I'm happily trapped in a caricature.

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Mince alors! If been to France multiple times, went to Burgundy last, and je parle in petit peu francais as well. You went full Braiding Sweetgrass and I really envy you as well. We moved to the county in west Germany and it's all conservatives here. Not that they are actually conserving anything, though.

[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 1 points 42 minutes ago

Und ich spreche Deutsch! Been to Bavaria (I know) a few times as a kid / teen, my grandmother taught highschool German for decades, and my dad reads Goethe for fun. German was the language I actually loved. Never use it nowadays though, and it's so rusty I can't do anything with it anymore. And my traitor kid just picked Italian as her 2nd foreign language. She sucks.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

where is this? asking for a friend.

[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Central France. You coming?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

guess i have to find a way to get accepted into europe (and finding a bunch of money)

[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 1 points 47 minutes ago (1 children)

So, in a week or so?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

😂