dr_robotBones
@dr_robotBones@reddthat.com
- Comment on Is it possible to install a distro directly from online ? 1 week ago:
The only way to install another OS on a windows computer is to flash it to a USB drive using a tool like rufus and then rebooting the computer with the usb drive plugged in. There are probably some obstacles in place, if your computer does not boot into the installer you’ll need to go into the BIOS (usually spamming del or esc while the computer is booting) and change the boot order (make sure usb drive is at the top) and possibly disable secure boot.
If you replace windows with linux you will lose all your files. I’d recommend you first try Linux in a virtual machine, though this might not be an option with your limited RAM. If you’re new to Linux I’d also recommend starting with a different distro that has a larger community so you can easily get answers when you run into problems. I started with Ubuntu, its not the greatest distro and I jumped ship as soon as I was able, but it has dedicated community forums full of all the answers you’ll ever need.
- Comment on Tragedy takes many forms 2 weeks ago:
I’m devastated that costco no longer has the box of frozen spanakopita
- Comment on Anon gets scammed 2 weeks ago:
Is music still as cheap as it used to be?
- Comment on Extremely common red dwarf L 2 weeks ago:
There’s hope, Proxima b may have a magnetosphere
- Comment on Is it safe to use a non-gaming computer for light gaming? 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I play Doom on my Chromebook
- Comment on Engineering Marvels 1 month ago:
That’s what happens when you leave operating the industrial death machines to the professionals. Its insane how much our society relies on regular people operating 2 ton death machines. Regular people.
- Comment on Aaaaaaaaaa 1 month ago:
What does AMOC stand for? Is it that atlantic air current?
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 3 months ago:
Well, I would’ve been a baby at that point, I’d grow up just in time for the exciting home computing scene.
- Comment on This is the point I have reached 3 months ago:
Dentists be like: pay me $900 to look at your teeth
Um, I have a mirror, I’ll look at my own teeth thank you
- Comment on Go ahead, take one 3 months ago:
Trade existed
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 3 months ago:
Why the LLM-driven scarcity in computing parts of course, and a little bit of cartel behavior when Nintendo and Sony inevitably announce the same thing next year.
- Comment on Xbox Co-founder Says Microsoft is Quietly Sunsetting the Platform 3 months ago:
My cloud computing teacher says the future of personal computing is just monitors connected to the cloud. Why couldn’t I have been born in the 70s?
- Comment on I have a rasberry pi 5 collecting dust, what are some neat useful things i can do with it? 4 months ago:
Send it to me, I have plans.
- Comment on I am looking for a Linux OS 4 months ago:
You’ll probably want to switch off it one day, but when I first go into Linux I used Ubuntu and everything just worked. Even when I had a laptop with a touchscreen, the touchscreen worked no problem. Its a great place to start imo, but not a great place to stay as when you become more proficient with Linux you’ll start to see the distro’s limitations.
- Comment on I am looking for a Linux OS 4 months ago:
I just ignore Discord updates lol
- Comment on I am so scared of nuclear war, how do I cope with it? 5 months ago:
The best way to cope with the news is to ignore it. There is no reason to read about and obsess over things you have no power to change. Focus on your own life and the people around you, learn mindfulness and deeply ponder the structure of trees, the intricate shapes of the clouds, whatever nature is around you, and breathe.
- Comment on Lasagnaius 8 months ago:
Chipsius
- Comment on I will burn this fucker to the ground... internally 8 months ago:
The useful skill of being born rich so you could go to an Ivy League School.
- Comment on flowers for the lost 10 months ago:
We aren’t long inanimate objects, we’re human beings and we deserve to be treated better than a can of sardines.
- Comment on How Sony’s Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the PlayStation 1 year ago:
I love this sort of thing. Is there a group that specifically focuses on computing history?
- Comment on Fairphone 4 is not getting Android 14 after all 1 year ago:
I wonder what makes Android 15 easier than Android 14, and what Android are they using, Google or a FOSS one?
- Comment on Wait, that game is still playable online? 1 year ago:
Heroes of the Storm is still up after it stopped getting updates years ago.
- Comment on Zero Sugar 1 year ago:
Protein? Are people expected to eat this too?
- Comment on Bat 1 year ago:
'bout to get sushi, definitely a 3.
- Comment on In 2005, OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong 1 year ago:
Though it failed, it sounds like it drove innovation all the same.
- Comment on Comment your strangest/dumbest cursed images that you find funny for no reason 1 year ago:
- Comment on Do you wish a Happy Mother's Day to your friends who are mothers or just to those in your own family? 1 year ago:
I don’t have any friends that are mothers, but if I did I would.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
No, but it will be.
- Comment on The new AMERICAN pope doesn't even speak AMERICAN 1 year ago:
True, he should learn to speak anishinabe like a real american
- Comment on Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ trademark refused for being too generic 1 year ago:
Wish they would’ve done that for Figma’s ridiculous Dev Mode^tm^
