We used to have free speech and an open internet in the UK. Now I need a VPN to access Lemmy.zip because Labour has turned Britain into an Orwellian Nightmare.

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  • Well the USB WiFi works fine.

    However now my issue is I can’t install Mint onto the laptop. It keeps saying it can’t install GRUB onto the SSD.

    I think it’s because even though I’ve deleted the windows partitions using the Mint installer the ASU’s BIOS still has Windows Bootloader as an option.

    Hopefully taking the SSD out of the laptop and fully erasing it will let me install Mint.











  • The DOJ claimed that “copies of Spider-Man: No Way Home were downloaded tens of millions of times, with an estimated loss to the copyright owner of tens of millions of dollars.”

    Nope, they didn’t lose anything close to that. Perhaps nothing at all.

    The kind of people that torrent movies the vast majority of them never had any intention of paying for it, ever. A small minority may use torrents as a free trial of sorts, to see if the movie is worth them parting with their cash on a Blu Ray.

    I do this with games. If a game is £60 or £70 and has no demo or trial available I will torrent it to see if I like it without having to worry about the two hour refund limit. If I do I buy it legally and play it. If not it gets deleted and I haven’t wasted £70 on a game I won’t play.

    Studios always claim every download is a lost sale, which simply isn’t true.






  • Keep proving my point for me. We disagree. Let it go. You don’t have to hammer your point home to those that disagree.

    Oh and by the way. In absolutely no way did I even mention black people. I’m not sure why you’re bringing race into the conversation but it’s disgraceful and you should be ashamed.

    As I don’t wish to be preached too and as you simply can’t accept differing opinions I’m blocking you now and may also report your racism.


  • EDIT.

    I solved the issue. The Asus laptop uses a MediaTek wifi and bluetooth chip that isn’t supported by Linux. I’ve ordered a TP-Link mini USB adapter so hopefully that works.

    When I installed Mint on the laptop with the ethernet port there was no WiFi adapters found. So I updated the kernel, restarted and WiFi was working.

    I used the same live USB on both laptops.

    Unfortunately my other laptop has no ethernet port so I must wait for a USB dongle to be delivered.


  • I must thank you for proving my point.

    We’ve both made our arguments, I’ve said everyone is free to believe whatever they wish and it’s obvious we will never agree. But you simply can’t accept that people disagree with gender ideology and must try and push your beliefs onto others, in this case, me.

    So to finalise this conversation.

    I am of the opinion that there are two genders. You are of the opinion that there are more.

    We are both entitled to our respective opinions whether you agree with them or not.