You could have done that anytime. Linux is right there.

And a pirate’s least favorite letter?

“Dear sir or ma’am, We are writing you to inform you of your third copyright strike violation…”

It’s not a fascism thing. It’s a state thing. No state will give its citizens the (legal) ability to fight back against its enforcement arm.

I’d run it.

All COPs are bastards!

You can’t unlick a butthole once it’s been licked.

What are the police gonna do? Wait outside until the shooter runs out of bullets, then go in to finish the job?

Same, honestly. I’d been putting off the move for a while, but some friends gave me the kick in the pants I needed to finally do it. And even then, I spent a few days booting from a flash drive (to get used to it and figure it out, of course) before finally committing. I’ve only booted into Win10 once since then, and that was to troubleshoot something on my Linux boot lol

Instructions on that installation method are here, if you are interested 🙂

https://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/burn.html

Why wait? 😁 I made the move in May, and it’s been great!