#OpenSUSE

[opensuse-official]

I think it is very cool how tech companies, schools, employers, and universities make it actively difficult to distance yourself from Google, Microsoft, and Apple.

Yes most Linux distros are very stable, way more secure, privacy friendly, and way more customizable. But every institution is built to make technological independence as difficult as possible.

Yelling on the internet that everyone should switch to Linux and FOSS really ignores how much of the technological world is designed to not let that happen.

[forever-stuck-on-java-8]

I love it when Linux is just like "you want to update 277 packages? no problem. I gotcha fam"

takes like 8 minutes max due to download size. meanwhile windows updates makes my machine do fuck all expect show a spinning circle for 3 hours and then randomly fail because I didn't pass the vibe check and now my hard drive is corrupted.

[cyncrovee]

If debian is the linux distro for lesbians, and arch is the linux distro for trans girls, then the distro for trans lesbians is...

OpenSUSE? Fedora? NixOS?

[yourbestamericangirlmp3]

i am planning to upgrade my laptop storage in the next few days and dual booting windows (pls don't judge it's for music production), so i have to fresh install my linux distro. i just upgraded to ubuntu 24.04 but i lowkey wanna try something else.

mostly deciding between openSUSE tumbleweed and endeavourOS but i am considering fedora as well. (if it matters, i am planning to use KDE.)

i am going to be working on my thesis this year but i am prepared for any of the three i mentioned breaking now and then. i plan to be vigilant about backups. tumbleweed seems rather nice for dealing with updates that break the system, but if anyone has good tips for the other distros that would be appreciated!

[kreetzel]

@opensuse-official @fedora-official how do we feel about this

new gay flag just dropped

[sunburstsbeard]

Made some gifs of my own! I saw the plushie on my desk and figured I'd film myself squeezing it.

YOU ARE PERMITTED TO COPY MY ALT TEXT

[sl33py-g4m3r]

ramble about FreeBSD and Unix~~

how out of my depth would I be trying to install FreeBSD?

would it even boot on my machine?

am I smart enough to go through the install for the system itself as well as get the GUI that I want?

I think you have to go through the command line for quite a bit of time before you get a GUI up and running....

I started off being really interested in BSD/Unix in high school, and tried to fiddle around with a BSD live disc thing in a book (that I don't remember the name of) and then only fiddled around with Linux.

I've been watching videos on youtube of people expressing how stable FreeBSD's modern release is~~

I want to use it on my own hardware; but that's a problem with it I believe, is that it works on sort of limited amount of hardware, as opposed to Linux, that you could even run on a toaster...

Is it really that much harder to deal with than Linux?

Of course I've only dealt with a few distros~~ the rundown of distros I've messed around with are;

Ubuntu (not anymore tho)

Debian (current os being Linux Mint Debian 6)

OpenSUSE briefly (tried to get my sibling to use it on their laptop, with them knowing next to nothing about Linux, sorry...)

Fedora back in high school, I ran it on a laptop for a while. I miss GNOME....

Mageia (I dual booted it on a computer running windows 7, also in or right after high school, so a long time ago)

attempted GhostBSD but it wouldn't boot after install from the live CD (also many years ago at this point)

I like to hop around and (hopefully now I have, yeah right...) I can't make up my mind which I actually want to use permanently.

Linux Mint Debian edition is really good so far tho~~!!

Current PC is an ASUS ROG Stryx (spelling?) that I bought on impulse many years ago~~ Was running windows 10, fixed the issue and now use the OS stated above~~

or maybe I should maybe ditch Mint and run straight Debian... Thought of that too. and it might have an easier time installing and actually booting than FreeBSD on this machine...

but then BSD and by extension unix is meant to be used on older hardware and to be efficient both in execution of things, and space.

"do one thing and do it well" iirc was a bit of the unix philosophy...

yeah, no I HATE technology /heavy sarcasm/

[skyl3r77]

really dumb but smart idea

i think that opensuse should transition and become opensusie

[opensuse-official]

People need to break their computers more often, and I mean that with my whole heart.

Loose a few screws while taking apart your laptop

Flash a stupid Linux distro

Accidentally break your kernal

Fuck up a software update

Fixing broken things is one of the best ways to become more computer literate. It developes the basis for all of your understanding going forward. Learning the intricacies of your operating system and of your hardware is something that is so powerful: in both self confidence and in self sufficiency way! I mean this especially for Windows or Mac users.

No one is to blame for technical or computer illiteracy besides corporate greed. Corporations directly benefit from your not knowing how your computer works.

Fixing something is the first, and most important, steps in liberating yourself from the technologic corporate chokehold of recent history.

[greekie-via-linux]

Hello Tumblr!

I am TheGreekCuber01 on YouTube. I have recently turned 13, and I have decided to create a Tumblr account to post updates about upcoming YouTube videos. I am working on saving up the money to buy a drawing tablet to make animations! My first animation is going to be about my history with Linux. I hope you guys enjoy the video (whenever it gets uploaded) and I will see you all in the future!

[nixcraft]

In Linux, after changing a user's group memberships, those group changes don't always take effect immediately within their current session without logging out. This can lead to issues with permissions and access to resources. This page explains using the 'sg' and 'newgrp' commands to refresh a user's group membership in Linux without a complete logout and login.

[certifieddudette]

Today in the museum, I got a super cool semi-permanent setup in the repair shop where I can work on the revival of Viditel for the coming weeks.

With a little bit of luck I'll be able to work on it as part of an internship for school, and work there as a 9-5 for a while!

The setup consists of:

A simple windows nuc as a working pc

A little nuc with OpenSUSE Tumbleweed as a development platform

A Datatronics Discovery 1200A modem

A Philips P2000T as a Viditel terminal

A miniware viditel modem for the P2000

And a little JVC color CRT that most retro gamers would give their kidney away for

[suse-official]

my suse plushie collection i got at susecons

featuring @opensuse-official too!!! and the right one is a @rancher-official (lol thats also my acc) plushie!!!!!!

[kreativ-im-studio]

Do you REALLY need a good GPU for Blender?