#basic linux

[mutter-official]

should i switch to jetbrains ides

they are a) not electron, b) either open-source or based on an open-source codebase, and c) look really powerful

don't get me wrong i love neovim but the constant terminal-wrangling is starting to be a bit much + i want features like code completion and doc peeking that just work out of the box

[xwhitepolar]

Bodyshop on Linux let's goooooo 🤩

[kde-plasma-official]

I wanna thank amazon for making me buy a shitty fire tv stick that just stopped working after 6 months because without it I'd never build myself a better version using a raspberry pi <3

[mirqmarq428]

Switching to Linux hot take:

Recovering windows users shouldn't switch to a "windows-like" DE. Give them something totally alien like GNOME or Budgie. Likewise, we should recommend ex Mac users KDE or Cinnamon.

Reason: Linux is not the same as those OSes. Its imitations of their interfaces are incomplete, so it will feel like a knockoff.

A new GUI paradigm sets Linux apart in the mind and encourages learning. Then once the user is proficient in customizing their desktop, they can bring back the features they valued in those systems.

[juney-blues]

your quest for today (worth 500 points)

open up the Command Line on your operating system of choice and navigate from the root directory to any folder of your choosing (atleast 3 layers deep)

[empiressmp]

I think the fundamental sin of apple is the same as the reason I can never express why they're so shit to apple users, which is that apple products are Toddler Computers, every single thing on apple products are made to be as easy and non confrontational to people who are tech illiterate as possible, which means that it is so incomprehensibly dumbed down that even the mildest competency with even windows or Samsung will make their products unusably basic and uncustomisable.

But don't worry! Because not only are they designed specifically to baby anyone who uses their computers, denying them any opportunity to become truly tech literate by hiding anything more complicated than the accessibility settings behind ten thousand layers of nonsense, they're also! Malicious!!

The Icloud backup is to me inherently evil, because explain to me in simple words why your CLOUD SERVICE doesn't allow you to delete the files off of you devices, in fact they link the storage together! So you are forever trapped with all the files you supposedly backed up! (that you only have one copy of between multiple devices because they're synchronized and therefore are not ACTUALLY backed up) And the only thing you can do about this? Buy more storage! Fuck you if you want to just put your files on your laptop from your phone, buy more storage loser! You don't understand tech enough to be able to tell that this is scummy! By design! Because we give you no opportunity to learn! So buy our storage! Fuck you!!

The reason apple users think apple is good is because apple is literally making them stupider, this is by design, you need to be tech illiterate to use apple.

[dragongirldeity]

im applying the Engineer Brain at full power to making my Linux desktop elegant and sexy and functional and im. god it's so engineered and good

[l-i-p-d-i-a-p-k]

After using preconfigured Hyprland (ML4W and HyDE<3) for a while finally I had some time to configure a fresh install by myself, and Im LOVING IT X3

[rockafirevevo]

ooh it occurs to me i can ask the gay people in my phone about this one: anyone have any recommendations for types of linux? im building my first pc and im going to make the switch while im at it. im thinking just mint (ciiiinnamon? probably? honestly i don't like the MATE ui as much so if i do mint it's either cinnamon or xfce) but i feel like people have strong opinions on the subject

[serowebs]

Hey so I am trying to migrate from binbows 10 to linux tumblrweed and I have the braincell of a bug so

What are some basic things to keep in mind/generally know with opensuse? What are some good sources to get info from when it comes to troubleshooting or just learning how to do stuff[tm]? Maybe even in a way even an idiot can understand because I understand practically nothing about programmer talk

[beatcroc]

Windows 11 is VERY BAD

[waflof]

HOLY SHIT I DID IT !!!!

After 3 fucking hours I abandoned even attempting getting wine to work, and resorted to getting a whole ass steam acount so I can run my exe through proton

AND IT WAS WORTH IT BITCHES !!!

[xwhitepolar]

teen girl who loves going to the record store so much, she decides that her dream job MUST be working there.

same (now adult) girl who got the job as a clerk and did NOT expect it to be so overwhelming -

[cypheroxide]

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[lettersfrombeyondthegrave]

The sexual tension between me and refusing to update windows until they make my laptop impossible to use in some random way

[fictionalred]

tired and feeling silly for having had to use an elder windows laptop to install a virtual machine running Linux (so I can "learn" Linux basics) whilst I have a perfect desktop PC with Debian on it

but I gotta follow the course the vdab has laid out for me