Yeah I’m using Obsidian instead.

I wanted to see what the fuss was about after windows 11 came out, because I was sick of Windows intrusive UI and shady business practices.

I still use windows for some things, but now I duel boot to cinnamon and it is my daily desktop driver. I vastly prefer the clean interface and speed of Linux over windows, and I now play most of my games on it too. I was shocked when I realized that Elden Ring runs great, and looks better, on Linux while it was unplayable on windows at release.

I also installed Fedora to my surface pro after a windows update made it impossible to use without severe slowdown. I’ve had my surface for 6 years and it runs great on Linux.

The only downside to Linux is that, as am artist, the apps are limited. Blender is fantastic, Krita is catching up, but there is no way to use clip studio, harmony (toon boom, storyboard pro), or Zbrush (yes I can sculpt in blender but it is not quite there yet.)

Do you have any hobbies you like to do? I recommend investing in tools/supplies if that’s your jam.

I took one of these surveys on prolific and chose violence, you’re welcome.

Imo you need to let his parents know. I’d want to know if I were his parent, especially his mother.

Hopefully he’s just going through a really obnoxious contraroian phase because he’s 16 (tho he’s still being a massive asshole.)

Imo, the family needs to stand together and lovingly, but firmly, not stand for his bullshit. Make it clear that there will be consequences for shit behavior and that your family is not about the hate he’s spewing.

There is only so much you can do as a relative. His parents need to stand up to this bs. Have you spoken to them about it? Do they know how bad it’s gotten?

I assume this kid and your family are in the Baltics right now? If that’s the case all of his behavior probably feels free of consequence to him because he’s not around openly LGBT people or minorities.

Imo He’s doing this for negative attention and to be friends with awful people that he views as strong. I imagine that he’s in with a bad crowd and he was mocked for his communist beliefs.

Had a really bad weed addiction (yes I know it’s psychological but imo it was harder than quitting cigarettes)

Whenever I tried to quit I wouldn’t be able to sleep for up to 3 days at a time. If I got past that I could be clean for a month or two before caving and falling back into weed usage.

Turns out I had really bad OCD and PTSD and zero serotonin (thus, no sleep). I got put on Lexapro and the obsessions were 90% better after that, and the weed usage has gone from daily to once every few months, with friends. The hard part has been adjusting, and developing, a new lifestyle and hobbies to replace the drug use. I also have Been grieving the decade I lost to addiction and trauma.

My tips: addiction is a response to something else going on. It’s not laziness, it’s not lack of willpower, it’s not because you are a monster. It might be due to covering up pain, or because you’re self medicating and don’t realize it. Be kind to yourself, because the world is unnecessarily shitty to addicts.

Pathologic 2

At the end of the game the

Left me shook. Amazing game.

Trazodone

“Orcs”

Ew.

Um, no, they’re going to call grandson to do it lol.

Also, Linux mint is a very stable distro & I doubt grandma will have to do much if she just uses it for email, a browser, and sudoku

They’ll probably enjoy Linux way more than windows. It’s so much less intrusive.

I have a phone with a stylus built in and it’s great- but sometimes I don’t want to stare at a screen.

If I’m Journaling I stick with pen and paper because I dont want the distraction. There is also something nice about the feedback of ink on a page.

If the note is important I’ll put a sticky note on my desk and copy it to obsidian or take a photo of it.

This looks hard but I got two graphics cards and I am curious so I might give this a shot, thanks!

Yes and I love it.

I linked Obsidian with ToDo-ist for portfolio work and it’s helped keep me on track.

Here is info on that if you’re interested: https://github.com/jamiebrynes7/obsidian-todoist-plugin

There is a way to make a To-Do system in obsidian but it required too much micromanaging for my ADHD brain, so I went with the todoist option for now.

I’m still learning all the Markdown stuff. Since I work in art/illustration I use obsidian to catalogue all my references, make daily journals for my progress, and collect code snippets for python/html/css for when I need that stuff later. When I’m less busy I’m going to include all my art books in an obsidian reference library.