I'm happy with my Debian Linux.

So why am I tempted to replace it with Fedora? I thought I was finished distro hopping.

I remember installing the very first Fedora release way back when.

Every new installation is a bit exciting, but I should stay settled when I have no complaints.

In order, my workhorse distros have been:

Mandrake

Red Hat

Fedora

Ubuntu

Mint

Manjaro

Debian

Anyone have thoughts on whether I should stick with Debian or do Fedora again?

I use the desktop for writing, surfing, video watching and editing, photo editing, Monero wallets, and email.

I don't care about games, so that's not an issue.

And if I could find a good one, I'd use a desktop Nostr client.

And SPEND Monero! 😁

Signal is not MY favorite, but it's the best for normies to use. It's easy, polished, and intuitive right out of the gate. Works perfectly, too.

In these times, I consider it a great win when I onboard someone onto Signal.

I actively use Signal, Session, SimpleX, XMPP, and Matrix. I'll use whatever FOSS, e2ee messenger people are willing to use. Again, Signal seems easiest (not easy) for onboarding.

I just loathe SMS. I think hardcore texters today might be hopelessly beyond saving.

One more question for self-reflection:

If one Monero was worth $100.5k and was projected to be $500k in two years, would you be interested in getting some?

If so, then maybe your motive isn't purely freedom, but quick wealth.

It's worth asking oneself.

How do people feel about banks, credit cards, PayPal, various government agencies all getting involved with #Bitcoin ?

Doesn't it make you nervous that the "system" is getting intertwined with it -- with their greedy and suspicious eyes all over the blockchain?

The way I see it, they didn't create this open source code, so they shouldn't have their invasive, identifying, regulatory, taxing fingers in it.

I wouldn't want them monitoring my leather wallet to track any dollar bills that may have been in it or to see who I paid how much to at what farmers market for a dozen ears of sweet corn.

These are some of the thoughts that lead me to be attracted to #Monero. It's still "freedom money," but even more free (without the surveillance and regulations and the threat of unjust taxation to fund absurd or immoral govt projects). Thinking big picture here.

Or rather, can you be faithful and love your spouse in good times and in bad, till death do you part?

If we're just talking about "play[ing] her body like an instrument," it would be better to stack sats.

Back in the early 2000s, I used to have to buy Linux distros on CD from eBay.

People burned ISOs onto CDs and sold them to those of us who only had dial-up Internet, which made downloading Linux on our own take an ungodly amount of time.

Once or twice I bought a distro from an office store. It came in a nice cardboard package with a printed user guide.

It was so exciting to install Mandrake Linux and Red Hat back then.

I loved StarOffice.

Those were the days. My first taste of freedom from Microsoft, which was known at the time for its dreaded "blue screen of death."

I don't have enough Sats to be a Purple member.

I would love to use Notedeck on Linux. I've been looking at it, but it seems like I have to be a Purple member to use it. Is that right?

Are you married? I only ask because you write and speak like an unmarried woman.

I think big actors and governments went too far when they imposed covid restrictions on us.

Now it's like we're all Rowdy Roddy Piper wearing "They Live" glasses.

We can't not see now after what we've seen.

Am I the only person here who is addicted to natural peanut butter?

Peanut butter is not safe around me when I have an apple, dark chocolate, or even a spoon.

I don't have the resources to support the full node. I have a computer that originally ran on Windows 7.

I use Feather Wallet on Linux desktop and Cake Wallet & Monerujo on GrapheneOS phone.

Thanks, Krisl. It does seem Primal works best on my desktop.

I don't know enough about it to comment. I've heard good and not-as-good things about it. But at least they're trying to do it right. Monero just happens to be bigger and has the network effect: most users.

I really don't understand how so many freedom-loving and privacy-respecting people using Nostr ignore #Monero in favor of Bitcoin.

I've used Monero to send to individuals, to pay for VPNs, to buy a Pixel phone (with GrapheneOS), to buy ebooks, to tip waitresses, and more. It's dirt cheap to send and it's private -- no one can see who sent how much to whom. It's truly like digital cash. It needs no "lightning network."

I assume BTC's popularity here comes from its quick rise in value (in relation to the dollar).

What's more important: fast wealth or privacy?

I will never have to worry about people seeing how much crypto is in my wallet (could lead to physical threats), or taxing my "unrealized gains" (could be financially devastating), or tracking my crypto spending (invading my privacy).

In your "freedom," don't be taken by greed for wealth. That's not true freedom.

www.getmonero.org

I find that most Nostr desktop web apps totally suck.

Which ones do you use for microblogging that work decently?

I ate them at Steak-n-Shake.

It did not rock my world, though it is healthiER than others. I'm just not convinced it's pure tallow. Might be a mixture with crap oil, not sure.

Very neat. What's a good use case for it?

Beautiful health food!

That was such a good.

Well, maybe "good" is not the right word, but it was awfully funny.

I would love to try duck eggs.

I like that I can follow and interact with friends I have on Mastodon. They might eventually dabble with Nostr directly when they see how fun I'm having. 😆

Maybe you will find a nice Jewish friend to talk to.

Zoom in on that sucker and you can make yourself a 1960s Godzilla movie!

I'm sure this book would be useless to me since I don't know a thing about coding or building on Noster, but I want to thank you anyway in principle for providing an EPUB format.

So many self-published books are only available as a PDF. It is a pain to cozy up with and read a PDF.

I hope you keep advancing and building good things using Nostr. I appreciate your good work.

That is sad. What app?

I recently got a GraoheneOS phone. Love it so far.