#linux system

[begouristore]

ANBERNIC RG35XX Retro Handheld Game Console Linux System 3.5 Inch IPS Sc...

[jan-silan]

absolutely wild to me that there are transphobic linux users out there. like what do you mean you literally use the trans people operating system

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[unbfacts]

All 500 of the world's fastest supercomputers run on Linux-based operating systems.

[arenaconspiracy]

soon i am getting a new laptop that i will have to use in public, and i am thinking of doing the most arcane, malevolently set up, Doug Rattmann crazy levels, most incomprehensible Linux setup on it, so that nobody who isn't me, or atleast is not familiar enough with the specific linux utilities, can use it.

so that in the event i happen to leave the laptop unattended in public, (which i do not plan on doing, as i innately keep my backpack on me 100% of the time, so much so that multiple people have found it offputting, but in the event it do) nobody knows how to work it, or how it even works.

currently i've only a few ideas, such as - using i3wm with a fully rewritten key configuration, including having some common windows shortcuts such as alt + F4, ctrl + shift + esc, ctrl + alt + del, et cetera pull up premade messages heckling you for trying them - using only command line tools like feh, mpv, nmtui, & others for basic tasks - possibly automatically lock the session while the machine is in use if you fail to enter a password into a window, probably one it doesn't open automatically so you also need to know what fucking program to start from a terminal to enter a password you also need to know. (and possibly not have the program in the $PATH for extra evil)

LINUXPOSTERS OF TUMBLR - i call to you in a time of peril - heed my call, give me your most diabolical ideas on making an installation as hostile and arcane as you can. the machine doesn't even have to be 100% usable by myself, i'm fine with it being annoying as fuck to use if it means that it's bafflingly unusable to those around me.

no holds barred. if it's funny, or actively hostile to a user, or both, you may suggest it.

[bunabyte]

Man, I know Linux is very distinctly NOT a black box, but it sure does feel like one sometimes.

[manjaro-official]

the fact that ChromeOS Guys™ exist should be unsurprising but it's still so fucked up. what do you mean 'vt2 gives you all the capability of linux' 'desktop linux is so unstable and bad and sucks so much & Google made it into a functional OS' 'REAL DEVS don't need powerful laptops and are dependent on cloud services' ??????? how are you real.

[monody-monody]

So I've recently been finally getting around to something I've wanted to do for a few years: switching to Linux.

To safely test out this process before applying it to my main tower machine, I decided to first do the switch over on an old Mac Mini which had a lot to gain from this as it was stuck on an outdated and unsupported version of MacOS.

But of course this all involved shuffling around a lot of old data and making sure everything was backed up. And here's where the story begins.

I backed up the Mini's MacOS install to its own partition on an external backup drive shared by my Windows tower machine. Once done, I shrank it to only the used size( which was complicated in its own right for reasons I'll explain shortly,) and then wanted to move it to the end of the drive so I could expand the Windows partition back out to fill the unused space.

Problem #1: MacOS's Disk Utility is so stripped down and lacking in functionality in the name of gloss, it literally cannot work with unallocated space on a drive in any way. You cannot see unallocated space, and you cannot create it. Want to shrink or delete a partition? It automatically creates a new one to fill the space whether you wanted it or not. Want to make a new partition in unallocated space without wiping the whole drive? Gotta use a different OS to make a dummy partition first and then replace it in Disk Utility. And the real problem… Want to move a partition? Can't.

Problem #2: Windows's Disk Management doesn't know what HFS+ is and refuses to work with it. Windows can't even read the Mac backup partition, let alone move it. But wait! I can use EaseUS Partition Manager! …Aaand most of its essential functionality is locked behind one of its multiple paywall tiers, including the ability to work with non-Windows filesystems at all.

But what about that new Linux install on the Mini?

I run 'sudo apt-get install gparted', a FOSS program, and in less than a minute I've already got it moving the partition. No hassle. No BS.

And if this whole thing doesn't just sum up the operating system trio, I don't know what does.

[muffinlance]

hellooo very cool person I am just now getting into the atla fandom and I know Nothing other than your fics are very cool and great and I was wondering if you have any recs (or links to posts with recs!!) bc I trust your judgment LOL

I hope this is ok to ask!! also I will add that I am not that picky but I will add that I am very much a longfic enjoyer so🫶🫶

My friend, may I open up to you the broad world of clicking an AO3 user's bookmarks. <3

AKA: literally click any ao3 username, "bookmarks" should appear towards the top of the resulting page. You can then voyage into the additionally wonderful waters of filtering by length, "recommended", fandom, etc.

Also: if the fic you like is in collections, try checking them out, especially if the title appeals to you. Can be a great way to find essentially a fic playlist.

Anyway all hail ao3's designers they done good work

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[gloopycore]

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[sinclair-speccy]

Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X (or LGX) fall 1995 edition from 1995 :)

[horseradish-girly]

It would appear CVS is having an issue with their wifi drivers

[serowebs]

While scrolling thru Linux posts I saw a lot with estrogen and forcefemming

What about

Testosterone

What about

Forcemascing

What about

Give me hrt please 🙏 😭

[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

[systemdeez]

There's probably at least one person who thinks I'm plural because I have system in my URL. I'm so sorry, my URL is actually just a shitty Linux pun.