Linux Mint is my go to operating system.

As time goes on, Linux Mint has become the operating system that works for me for my computers. It simply works for me, and it has worked as a charm ever since Linux Mint 19 (Tara) came about.

I personalize prefer the version using the Cinnamon desktop environment, since the desktop environment that better suits my needs and system work really well with it. There is also the fact that it it works great with the dual monitor setup I prefer, and that Remmina works really well on Linux Mint.

The first Linux distro I ever used was Ubuntu, yet ever since they move away from using Unity I just haven't felt comfortable using it. Linux Mint, with Cinnamon, just gives me a better user experience.

With each new release since Linux Mint 19, at least the base experience has remained there. There have been some improvements, like being able to creating app Web App to create direct access to most used web pages that have served to improve my experience on the end user side, but the best thing is that overall the OS has been improving with each release.

Linux Mint is really the Linux distro that I can recommend the average computer user, or more advance users with specific needs. Specially since I've used it on my personal daily driver for over 3 years, and for work for about a year now.

Remmina enabling using Linux for work.

I've been using a Linux distro on my personal computers for about 8 years now. The two distros I've used from the start are Linux Mint and Ubuntu, though as of 2019 I prefer to use Linux Mint.

 

At work, most of the time I've to use Windows computers mainly because that was the operating system the computer I had to use had installed. Yet, since last year I've been able to use my laptop with Linux Mint installed for work since we have to work on a remote desktop.

I use Remmina, and it has work great for me. If I had issues with it, all can be attributed to a bad Internet connection or the server going off line. I didn't know much about it, but it has been really easy to configure to work as I want it to work. So much so, that I prefer it over the Windows option I was using before.

 

The best thing, is that it allows me to work from anyplace I can get an Internet connection. The flexibility I get from it means that I can use my time much more effectively. I don't have to worry as much about getting all I need to do at a certain time, since I can keep working almost from all the places I life to frequent.

I do recommend Remmina if you need to work from a remote Windows desktop and you want to keep using your Ubuntu based OS.

Going on with less cash.

After a few weeks working from home, I've come to use cash far less than I did before. Most of the purchases I do on regular basis, I can do using credit, or debit, cards of via electronic transfers. As such, I don't need cash as much as I used to.

To be honest, even before the start of the pandemic my use of cash had be declining for some for years now. Working from home only accelerated the trend, with no sign that my use of cash would increase any time soon. As it stands, there is no really a good reason for me to carry much cash.

The need of having cash with me, or at least large amount of it, is becoming less important for me. I just need small amounts, since most of payments I've to do by electronic ways. Most importantly, is that I can actually choose not to use cash on my every day life.

In a way, I've seen this coming a long way ahead. Yet, it still got me by surprise since it came in a way I wasn't expected to come by.

For me, not having to worry about having to have cash at hand, makes my life a lot easier. Mainly because I don't have to withdraw money often, which gives me a lot more flexibility of what to do with my time, and not having to worry about getting it stolen. As time goes on, more and more places are starting to accept payments by credit and debit cards, or by electronic transfer, which make my need for cash even less.

Time will tell if my use of cash will keep decreasing, or just stays the same.

Need to change the education system.

As time goes by, I've come to the realization that the problem isn't the amount of information that its available online, but there are many who don't have a way to process information critically in order to differentiate which information is relevant and useful from misinformation. Most people just are able to just memorize facts and figures, but not processing information.

The problem isn't the amount of information out there, but that our education systems put emphasis on memorizing, rather then on giving students the ability to actually process the information they come across, in order to learn new things and make decisions based on that information.

Simple memorization is not longer useful, but rather the ability to process new information and to internalize it in order to be able to act on it in the best possible way according to the needs we have at the moment. What we need now, is that people are able to go through new information and have the ability to use it almost in real time.

As technology is becoming taking over most of the repetitive stuff we do, we need to make sure more people can make the transition to jobs that require the ability to process information and make decisions made upon those new inputs. The main problem is that a large proportion of the population doesn't have that ability, and they are being left behind.

The world is changing at the pace, and direction, that makes it almost impossible for them to adapt to it. Many simply don't have the skills needed to be able to do so, and no place were they can actually learn them to be able to adapt. It isn't that they are unwilling to do so, they cannot adapt because they lack the skills to do so.

While the job market have changed on what it needs, workers haven't kept up to those changing needs because they can access the skills they need. The way we see education needs to change.