#Working with Ubuntu

[multithinker]

Linux Beginner's Guide

Table of Contents Introduction to Linux What is Linux? Why Choose Linux? Popular Linux Distributions Getting Started Choosing a Distribution Installing Linux Dual Boot vs Virtual Machine Basic Commands and Navigation Using the Terminal File System Structure Common Commands Managing Software Package Managers Installing and Removing Software Updating the System Working with Files…

[elementaryos-official]

When each one of your PCs has a different Linux Distro installed

[unpretty]

there will come a year where i will try an alternative linux distro and not end up running back into the familiar embrace of linux mint, but 2024 is not that year

[thewolfofthestars]

I finally got a new laptop! Yay! My geriatric 8-year-old can finally be sent to the retirement home (aka gathering dust in the closet because what if I need it later). And now I can run programs and perform tasks without it taking a dog's age! :D

But I did notice something in getting everything set up.

I've been a staunch Linux lad since I was very little--one of the few things my father and I actually agree on. And the new laptop came pre-installed with Windows 11, as most new non-Macs do, so I decided to partition a bit of the drive for it rather than wiping it completely, just in case I need Windows compatibility for school or work stuff, even if I spend the majority of my time in Ubuntu. (I had wanted to do that with my old machine, actually, but something went horrendously wrong in the process and it took two days to fix and my laptop briefly did not have a functioning OS on it at all lol.)

Now, I find Windows... unpleasant to use. And obviously part of that is just that I'm not familiar with it--the last time I had Windows on a personal computer was when I was 6 years old, and that thing ran Windows 2000 with a genuine CRT monitor and it was not connected to the internet and I spent my time playing King's Quest and MS Paint. I don't know where things are anymore, and the UX seems pretty uninterested in telling me.

Another issue is, of course, how bloated with ads and spyware it's become in recent iterations. I see where people are coming from when they decide to stick with Windows 7 or Vista or some other older version, even if I disagree with them for security and malware reasons--"person on previous version of Windows" is by far the largest and juiciest target for all manner of bad actors online.

But I think a really big core part of the problem is this: modern Windows is speaking a different language than I am. And the language it's speaking is that of phones, not of computers.

I only spent enough time on Windows to get it set up and strip away all the permissions I possibly could, and in that time I could tell: the default user Microsoft is designing this system for is people who are more familiar with Android and Apple than they are with a desktop computer. They made me log in with my email, rather than creating a device-specific profile. When I created my password they didn't even call it a password, they called it a "Hello Windows PIN". The format of the Settings page UI is nigh-identical to the one on my phone, right down to the list of access permissions siloed away by app (and yes, everything is called an app--no programs, no functions, no systems, no app*lications*, nothing else). I had to check a specific box to be able to look through my entire computer's file system, for crying out loud, rather than just browsing my Pictures and Downloads!

Hey, Windows! My laptop! Is not! A phone! And I don't want it to be! This is a computer OS for people who hate computers and I. HATE IT!

[clairelutra]

why is so much of tech just trying something, googling, trying something, googling, wait lemme try-, googling, more googling, trying something. goo-

[metastablephysicist]

every day is a beautiful day to be running linux but especially today

[andietries]

The Code of Lore

[morn1e]

moved 2 ubuntu bcuz windows shat itself once again&does not work properly bcuz of files corrupting themselves or some shit&i am just done w that shitload of fuck. i am putting an end 2 that toxic marriage. no ubuntu is not any better bcuz it needs the terminal 2 execute shit 4 every single thing like a fucking tryhard loser nerd toddler but @ least i can open programs&it is free.i guess.

[brainrotsaeran]

exams are kicking my ass hahah

my web app deployment test is going to be the death of me, i want to do something for zen week so bad but i don't have the time </3 last one is on friday and then i'l be free for another three months

once this is over i'm taking the biggest nap and straight up coming back to drawing zen

[imperator-knoedel]

"I hate capitalism," I say out of reflex, annoyed at something in Linux, arguably the world's only non-capitalist OS.

Then again I also say it when I'm bothered by the sun's glare or dogs barking, or when I stub my toe, so...

[dihalect]

the blank gif is from here

[bakingmoomins]

every single day i turn more into a tech adverse freak

[elementaryos-official]

When you have Debian / Debian-based Linux distros installed on all your PCs

[tracfone]

Honestly the fun thing about Linux is that it's Not Windows and I don't want it to look like windows lol

[fictionalred]

also bought a huge update for my PC today! (basically the cost of a whole new one :/ alas) but my gpu is really outdated and changing that forced me to also change the motherboard forcing me to change the cpu and memory as well

but then I should be fine for many more years to come :) AND I can try to install a linux OS again (which failed terribly last time)

[goon]

i wanna try a linux distro as a daily driver for a little bit but idk which one to use