#switch to linux

[totallynormalbird]

Just turned off my computer after installing Linux mint, thankfully everything seems to have gone along swimmingly! A few things I've noted so far:

Mouse, sound, and keyboard are all working, of course, and so is my drawing tablet! I had to dig around the settings to find the option that un-inverted the cursor direction (?) tho.

It's also a bit annoying not having the option of having the pen button as zoom in/out but I'll survive,

Speaking of, I couldn't find firealpaca in the package manager so I have to get used to krita now :/

As a silver lining, I've finally figured out how to mess with the sensibility so I don't have to press with all my might to get lines that aren't paper thin,

Other than the krita+tablet tweaking I haven't done much, just changed my cursor to a circle and some stuff to red, I haven't even logged into Firefox yet.

Overall, I can tell it's going to be a bit of a learning curve but I'm happy with what I've seen and experienced :)

[aldmerisorcery]

Just installed XFCE4 for the first time on Debian today from the command line with no GUI. The functional simplicity of the whisker menu was honestly so liberating compared to the utter dogshit Windows has assaulted me with for the past few years any time I needed to edit a fucking word document.

A boy can dream, can't he?

[hindbodes]

Guess who's posting on Tumblr right now using a Linux system!

[c-rowlesdraws]

I swear to god computer people talking online about how easy computers/linux are are just that xkcd comic about experts in a field overestimating a layperson’s knowledge (“surely the average person must only know 2-3 feldspars”), over and over again. I felt this firsthand back when I was asking for advice when buying my desktop PC. When a casual computer user reads something like this, at least speaking from personal experience, it is nearly incomprehensible. It is wonderful to want to help the less technologically-fortunate, but you have to break things down more than this. You are speaking wingdings at people.

[opensuse-official]

I think it is very cool how tech companies, schools, employers, and universities make it actively difficult to distance yourself from Google, Microsoft, and Apple.

Yes most Linux distros are very stable, way more secure, privacy friendly, and way more customizable. But every institution is built to make technological independence as difficult as possible.

Yelling on the internet that everyone should switch to Linux and FOSS really ignores how much of the technological world is designed to not let that happen.

[whisconsun]

Switch to Linux

[curoopeez]

I need someone who's really autistic about linux and hates windows to infodump to me about windows alternatives for someone who uses their computer mainly for gaming and drawing on clip stuido paint, preferably before october 14, when the pre-11 versions will stop being supported

[gaymergirlgwen]

It's official! I've got the new ssd installed and we're running linux, baby!

buh-bye windows

[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

[voltradar]

Bit of clickbate. Sounds like it's more of an ad for an AI slop writing assistant then a paywall given that it's still free to use without a Microsoft account. Still scummy though, ads suck

[conceptuma]

quick mark study from 2mths ago

[lazytechsupport]

pretty girls named Hardware Error are sending me lewds anad promising to fsck me again later 😊 😍 🥵

[shelbswastaken]

You ever become so hyperfixated on something that you pull off a tech feat you've never done before just to consume it???

Anyways I installed Linux on my switch so I could play pso and stein's gate

[well-of-silence]

IMO installing Linux is never the real issue, it's adjusting to the ecosystem. It's realizing Photoshop isn't available to you anymore and figuring out what the hell gimp is. It's finding out that your discord streams have no audio. It's booting up to a tty and recovering your display manager when you don't even know what a display manager IS.

The learning curve is real (and worth it) and I think it turns a lot of people off. It certainly gave me problems (it took me several years and multiple Windows failures to finally daily drive linux) just because I had to basically start over learning basic shit that Windows just *does* for you by default. And I've mever even used their connected shit like onedrive and office suite etc.

People are scared of change and losing the things they've learned to do. And some people just don't have the time or patience for that.

I think it's a bit annoying when Linux users downplay the giant shift that switching causes (I'm guilty of this though, I mean who isn't)

All that is to say I just want people to realize how brave some people are for making the switch and how daunting it really is. If you've used a Windows machine casually for 15, 20, 30 years it's gonna be rough. It's a lot more than "install linux". But it is 100% worth it.

windows users love complaining about microsoft to me and when i suggest linux they're all like nooo installing it is too harddddd and when i offer helping them going through this process that is as easy as installing windows (while having none of the drawbacks) they're all like. but im scareddddd

of what? actually owning your computer???

[sludge-life-daily]

listening to sad songs and mourning the loss my my beloved arch linux install.

[bitform]

HELL YEAH!