There’s no easy answers.

Your instinct to keep the streams uncrossed is good.

I find that it at least got easier after I started to think about this as I created things.

Nice. This could be expanded to add Sheldon Cooper and Alec Hardison, as well.

Evil Wil Wheaton has made a lot of enemies.

That’s a sell cue, for any shareholders reading along.

Yep.

I’m a die hard Linux nerd, but I would still Rather have a console.

But what I really want is a console that just runs Linux so I can keep it updated and fix minor issues without all the bullshit.

Just gotta pause faster!

Ditto.

I’m nostalgic for Bonzi Buddy. That’s not something I thought I would say. He was a creepy lying spying bastard, but at least he was kind of useful. The modern Internet and App ecosystem isn’t as cute.

Oh. This is seriously cool. Thank you.

This gives off a strong “I have black friends.” vibe.

Ubuntu was a big part of my path to full time Linux use. I adore everyone who has contributed to Ubuntu.

But also, Snaps are bullshit, and are why I replaced all my Ubuntu installs with Debian.

Canonical doesn’t get to pretend to be surprised by the backlash for pushing an unnecessary closed proprietary platform on their freedom seeking users.

I still adore everyone at Canonical and in the Ubuntu community, for all they’ve done for the Linux community. Y’all still rock. Thanks!

Yeah. That’s the difference people don’t seem to understand.

AI is perfect for stuff that’s just made up bullshit anyway.

I had a job like that early-ish in my career.

I taught myself so much random tech stuff while I was being ignored for 8 hours each day.

I still love that boss. They were great.

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I’m just realizing that’s probably how Miles emerges as a miracle worker in DS9.

The screenshots sell it well. That’s some funny stuff. I’ll check out the demo.

Watching it blind is the best way because the less you know about it the more it will entertain you.

Yes! I just tell friends that it’s a horror flick, and a rollicking good time.

A decent number of folks have still never seen “Primer”, since it was kind of an indie classic before it got a cult following.

It’s a a must watch because:

A. It’s just really well made. B. It’s delightfully mind bending.

Yeah. Tucker and Dale vs Evil still gets way too little love.

It’s a must watch because:

• The twist is perfect.
• Even after the reveal, it’s just so dang fun and hilarious.
• Horror movies with a deep respect for life are often the best horror movies. Tucker and Dale has that, even if in a stupid goofy way.

But what if someone else’s government creates the Torment Nexus before ours can?!

I’m enjoying the screenshot series. Thank you!

thanks for your help.

Sure thing. Feel free to keep us updated. I hate to see anyone have to use Windows longer than they want to.

The arbitrary standard for the censorship in Fediverse is extremely bad.

“The pirates code… Be more like… guidelines.”

Yeah. It’s not hardware, then.

I would try searching “black screen <bios version>” with any name and version number you can figure out about your bios, next.

If you can get it back to booting from install media, I would do a full reinstall.

There’s recovery layers (such as grub shell) that ought to kick in if this was just a display config issue, so I’m thinking corrupted install files is more likely.

Also, do a careful check through your various BIOS settings - search each one with “Debian 12 <setting name>”, to find out if they work with Debian 12, or need adjusted. Debian 12 supports most boot security features, that I have encountered, but I believe there’s still a couple out there that have to be turned off.

I suspect your next practical goal will be to get the (presumably failed) bootloader install replaced.

Edit: Tried to add a lot of specific thoughts as search term leads.