#linux distributions

[sl33py-g4m3r]

some newbie questions I'm thinking about and trying to figure out~~ cause even though I've been a linux user off and on for a bit I still consider myself a newbie.

what is systemd? should I avoid it? why all the hate?

cause "it doesn't follow the unix philosophy/is bloated/etc"

should I find a distribution that doesn't use it and install it and give it a whirl?

or should I try to install freebsd and give that a shot? I've thought about that for a while too but worry I'm not smart enough to get it to work....

and scared I'll break something and not be able to fix it~~ :(

anxiety go brrr

surely there are linux distributions that don't use systemd~~ and hopefully they're just as easy to use as linux mint~~ but I've also tangled w fedora way back when..... so hopefully I'll get a handle on stuff and normalize it fast~~~

down the unix/linux/bsd rabbit hole~~~ lol

a very sleepy post

[iammannyj]

Reviving Old Computers: My Journey with Linux Mint and Other Distros

If you’re like me, you hate the idea of throwing away perfectly good electronics just because they’re a bit outdated. That’s why I’ve been experimenting with various Linux distributions over the years to get the most out of my old machines. I’ve tried everything from Ubuntu to Puppy Linux, but the one that’s stuck with me the longest is Linux Mint. As my daily driver, Linux Mint has proven to be…

[sixamese-simblr]

The starter pack being unavailable made it so that the legacy collection is the only still existing way to get TS2 working on linux besides the physical disk that has any documentation and I am FUMING

[dexaroth]

i have to code an entire configurable simulated cache memory for a college assignment and make multiple reports with graphs for performance comparisons with citations in formal book formatting on top of having to learn new content for this specific class later AND study for the next two tests PLUS the content of the other class with its own content. due june 29th

I'm so fucked. I'm done for. I'm too fucking stupid for this. leave me to die in peace. I'm already crumbling as I type

[linuxscoop]

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[01001110011001010111001001100100]

The english language is amazig because everythinh is pronounced the same

I could be talking about a scared military officer or the issues I had with installing Gentoo and you wouldn't know from the phrase "kernel panic"

[waspsinyouryard]

I had a dream where I installed Debian (as opposed to Linux Mint, which is the distribution I currently use) and somehow messed up the installation in a really weird way.

Somehow, parts of my computer got desynchronized from each other. There were parts of my PC that were Windows. Other parts were Mint. The latest Terraria update was 1.4.4.0 (as opposed to 1.4.4.9) but my Minecraft installation was in the future, when the "Winter Drop" came out. Firefox was already in December. Google Chrome reinstalled itself, and it was some time in 2020. Whenever I downloaded a file, I would frequently get two files, each from different points in the past and/or future.

Somehow, I became desynchronized too. Parts of my personality separated from each other and became spread out through time. My body desynchronized, too. At the end of my dream, I got into a major car accident. My hands and feet were immediately affected by the impact. Next was my torso. Then, after that, there were my arms, then my legs. Finally, after a whole 24 hours, my head was affected by the crash.

[yubbi45]

My job role is changing for the third time in less than a year so I thought I would start looking into learning Linux just to solidify a path of my skills instead of being a blanket "technology support"

Turns out, even just picking a starting point is it's own maze!

[shapoopy178]

Jfc Windows, forced updates are one thing but unannounced forced updates that automatically install and reboot my computer overnight are something else entirely, like actively hostile to the user. I frequently leave calculations running overnight when I leave the office so that they're done when I get back in the morning, but now I can't trust my computer to not shut itself down and kill the calculation. Clown shoes operating system.

[nashvillehotchicken]

"windows 11 upgrade ready!" "your computer is eligible for windows 11!" "download windows 11 now!"

[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/

[oututopia]

I'm reseaching a new writing software as my switching computer OS soon (and I'm moving away from all Microsoft / Google as much as I can, but that's a story for another day). Anyway I'm reading the documentation, as one do, and almost the first thing I see is "not suitable for technical writing".

Yeah no shit your software looks like a cool markdown thing but I wouldn't use it write documentation.

Anyway it's between NovelWriter or Manuskript, I'm not sure yet.

[capybara-is-watching]

このWelcomeアプリがやるべきなのは、ディストリビューションの使い方を説明する動画をすぐに再生することだ。開発者は、自分たち自身にとってのシンプルさを実現するだけでなく、使いやすいディストリビューションを作り上げたことをユーザーに示す必要がある。それを目標にすべきだ。 　Linuxディストリビューションのメンテナーが自分たち自身にとってのシンプルさを実現するだけでなく、ユーザーにとっても簡単なディストリビューションを作り上げれば、そのディストリビューションはほぼ何もしなくても人気が出るだろう。平均的な消費者は生活にこれ以上の複雑さを求めていないからだ。

「Linux」開発者がユーザー獲得のためにできる最も簡単なこと - ZDNET Japan

[linuxscoop]

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[goodjohnjr]

Installing Linux With The KDE Plasma Desktop Environment | Talking With TDC & KDC & KC

File:KDE Plasma 6 screenshot.png Dream 1 All that I can remember of this dream is that I was with someone helping them install Linux on a computer while we talked about various things. I am not sure which Linux distribution (distro) we were installing, but I know that it used the KDE Plasma desktop environment (DE). A Quick First Look At KDE Plasma 6 The person told me that this computer was…

[radioconstructed]

grandma talking about computer programming 😂

⌖ My computer runs Linux Mint, FOOL! Type of BUFFOON who thinks I use an abacus, I SWEAR!