#linux plus

[xwhitepolar]

System update and all that...

I have the strong feeling that if I don't update from Windows 7 very soon, I'm getting a strong ass malware lol.

Windows 11 is known for pink soup and crashes, but I will still need to install it for uni and work.

Windows 10 is already obsolete, so I don't want to go for that because in a few years I'm going to be in the same situation again.

Linux Mint refuses to dual boot with Windows. I had to unplug its SSD.

Kubuntu does allow dual booting, but SimPE refuses to work on it for me, and I really need it.

I've seen some tech-savvy users recommend Fedora (@brandinotbroke in particular comes to my mind!) but have we got our tools (SimPE etc) to work on it? is it a good distro for Linux beginners, in your opinion?

I could just disconnect my w7 from the internet but I need it for mods and cc making. :(

Tech deities of simblr, what do you recommend for me? What is a distro that I can use well with Sims 2 and its tools, that can still dual boot with Windows?

....... I should also mention that both Mint and Kubuntu caused audio buzzing 😭 if you have tips on that I'll be eternally grateful !!!!!

[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)

[cozygaymes]

ig: puinginmain

[udurghsigil]

i'm too sleepy to say this properly but i really don't understand why everyone seems to be moving to bluesky from twitter. like obviously i get that musk-run twitter is shit but also twitter at its core is shit. crazy small character limit that you can't get any fully-formed thought out with, like/follow counts, infinite scroll, lack of customization, etc. i get that it's got some better moderation but its the same social media slop as every other platform. why would anyone want a twitter 2. the only new social media i thought had promise was cohost and that thang died before it even got any widespread awareness?

[volixia669]

I adore the Lone Gunmen as much as every other X-Files nerd, but while watching season 3's Wetwired, I realized that whether it be the 1990s or the 2020s, once you get ANY of them talking about Linux or FOSS (Free Open Source Software) they would be absolutely horrendous in how much they talk it up.

They'd put your average Linux/FOSS evangelist to SHAME with how much they'd be glorifying all of it.

[wylldebee]

After trying out the various different Linux distros (Zorin, Mint, ect) I've finally decided on using Ubuntu for a while. Not as many apps in the store as Zorin and Mint—but it makes up for it in having a wider screen (which works for my shitty eyesight lol), I can go to Pro for free for personal use, and the fans aren't spinning so fast I'm afraid my laptop will take off.

[freebsd-official]

I think I'm going back to Vim, Neovim plugins are just too much bloat for me

[dullahandyke]

college is hiring student IT staff.... do we fuck it we ball ?

[severalowls]

The Steam Deck is now cheaper than a Nintendo Switch in some places. And the Steam Deck can emulate anything with about an hour of setup!

[corpacra]

[saikkunen]

I'm visiting my parents and I took my Penguin Machine with me so I could actually configure it and learn to use it. I'm feeling like a kid learning to use Windows for the first time but it's been fine so far.

[john-keels-sinister-goatee]

The wizard equivalent of Richard Stallman, who refuses to use any non-free (as in freedom) enchantments on his orb and only begrudgingly connects to the shared astral dreamscape through multiple layers of illusion spells: "I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Arcane casting is in fact the Weave/Arcane casting, or as I've recently taken to calling it, the Weave plus Arcane..."

[cozygaymes]

source: sakuraretromodding

[rigels-nigels]

Why are you updating

Why are you fucking updating I turned updates off you crummy invasive overly pushy scummy scammy os

[just-let-me-see-accounts]

Anyway the post I wanted to reblog was about making a bootable usb with persistence! It's essentially a little computer hosted on the usb, and can be run on almost any laptop/computer with a USB port. Download Windows on that USB, Linux Mint, Ubuntu, anything you want! You could even download multiple OSes if you use a multi boot creator (and you have enough space)!

You can go to pendrivelinux and use the Yumi creator (Your USB Multiboot Installer). There are even guides on there for how to download various OSes, though the basic rules should be the same. Plus, you can always use guides from other sites and other installers!

Personally, I plan to use Mint once I get a new USB (I need a new one for various reasons). I'm going to put Mint Cinnamon version on there (it's the most popular) and try to download it onto my laptop as well. My laptop is slow though so if that doesn't pan out I'll use the XFCE version since it's very light weight and uses little resources!

Here is a guide for installing Mint via Yumi and Here is Mint's guide to verifying the integrity and authenticity of the iso you download.

[vaas]

the more time i spend with linux the more its growing on me im really enjoying using the terminal as my main interaction with da puter. everything is so clear. so shrimple. so straightforward. if i could run my stupid video games on it i would make the switch