Don't try, just quit. You can't hesitate. It's awful, I know. The first month was the hardest, the second month was even harder. But it does get easier eventually. You really can't listen to the Nicotine Imp sitting on your shoulder though: all it tells are lies, lies, lies. "Just one more and that's it" is a delusion. Always keep in mind why you are quitting and focus on that.
You can do it, you have the willpower. You are stronger than tobacco.
Absolutely not.
Welcome to Linux!
Have you found Linux adoption easy? Have there been any significant roadblocks?
At this point it's a proposal targeting Fedora 40 and the exact implementation is up in the air. It will likely be opt-out, but yes, you could turn it off.
That fucking album though, holy shit.
Well, some specs as to what kind of hardware you have, and what kind of software you intend to use (browsing, gaming, editing, what ever). Maybe a word on what kind of desktop experience you are looking for (Windows, Mac, something else). Do you absolutely need the latest versions of software. Tell us what you need from your OS.
Oh god, this is going to be the next must-have design for everything, isn't it? Argh.
Sure. I try to disable or disconnect cameras and microphones when possible. My laptop's camera has tape on it and on my PinePhone I've disabled the camera with a switch.
Not Before Sundown by Johanna Sinisalo.
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
Like others, I'm hyping the Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic, and Stanislaw Lem's Solaris.
With the caveat that I don't really like his books, The Sands of Sarasvati by Risto Isomäki.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne is absolutely worth the read. Just bear through the long lists of fish.
I have read these multiple times:
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the Columbine shooters. It's a heavy book.
How much of it is nonfiction is up in the air, but I love Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter is sharp and observant and funny as hell. It's eerie how little has changed in American elections in 50 years.
GNU Hurd. Never used it, but I like the idea and would love to see it become a viable option.
Dracula by Bram Stoker. Never read it before. I did see the 1992 movie adaptation, but that was a long time ago.