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MyNameIsRichard

@ MyNameIsRichard @lemmy.ml

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  • [Unpopular Opinion] There are too many distros. The diverse distro-landscape hindering Linux adoption.

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  • Yeah. but you're going to pick one like you've been recommended, try it and see if you like it. If not, you won't get it again and you'll try something else. There might be a moment of indecisiveness but it's not hard. If that overwhelms you, how do function in modern society?

  • About to throw my first install party, any tips?

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  • Help people install Linux.

    @OP, I'd be prepared for very few people to show up. I've only taken part in one install party and we had five people turn up the whole evening, and two of them decided not to go for it.

  • [Unpopular Opinion] There are too many distros. The diverse distro-landscape hindering Linux adoption.

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  • How the Hell do people who think like this function in the supermarket where they have to make choices between many different breads for example?

    I assume that under normal circumstances. you are intelligent enough to handle making a choice and have just been brainwashed by Microsoft and Apple into thinking that choice in an operating system is a bad thing.

    Sorry if that comes off as aggressive, but the learnt helplessness of it makes me very angry.

    Edit: add missing word

  • A little belly jiggle

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  • One of mine was genuinely that chill and absolutely loved belly rubs, another would seriously bite you if you even went near his belly. So it very much depends on the cat.

  • How we talk to cats

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  • In my case, I'm genuinely that bad with words. I do try though.

  • Saw this on r*ddit, had to share with my people

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  • Giles Brandreth

  • A Loaf of Rain

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  • By The Grateful Loaf?

  • Distrochooser: Tool to choose a good Linux distribution for your needs

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  • It would be way more useful if it limited the results to three or five.

  • Linux 6.16 Released - Better Performance, NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source & Intel APX

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  • I thought it was dropped. Source

  • It's the dream

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  • Whether it's safe or not depends on the cat; With my lot the reactions range from wanting as much as you will give to a bite serious enough that a visit to A&E is required.

  • ArchLinux doesn't boot after computer lost power during system update

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  • Boot a live environment, chroot in to it and re-run the update.

  • Proof

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  • He didn't say no

  • 20 years of Linux on the Desktop (part 1)

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  • I've been using Linux on the desktop for more than twenty years, and there are people who have been using it for longer than that. So if this isn't an old article, it's factually incorrect.

  • Autologin?

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  • A very logical path for it /s I suppose if you know to search for Login in krunner it doesn't matter

  • Choosing a Linux Distro

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  • Now that you come to mention it, I have a vague memory of a few distros doing that because of licencing issues.

  • Choosing a Linux Distro

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  • Fedora and OpenSuSe are both forks of commercial distros

    It's a bit more complicated than that with openSUSE. Tumbleweed is a snapshot of the Factory repo that's put through automated testing, and if it passes, it is released straight away. Suse Enterprise Linux is also a snapshot of the Factory repo that's put through a polishing process and when it's ready, released. Leap is a community fork of Suse Enterprise Linux.

    Both Tumbleweed and Leap are good, the former if you want bang up to date software and the latter if you prefer older software in a more stable, as in unchanging, distro.

  • Choosing a Linux Distro

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  • The distro itself is OK, and it's fine if you switch to their "unstable" repositories so it directly mirrors Arch. Where the problems lie is in the admin. In the past they have:

    • Let their certificates expire and suggested that users put their clocks back to work around it, several times.
    • DDOSed the AUR with coding mistakes in pamac, at least twice.
    • Had controversy regarding their finances.
    • Other things that I can't remember right now.

    They seem to have sorted themselves out as their have been no reports of mistakes recently. But trust once lost, is hard to regain.

  • Look at my new angle!

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  • Isocosees what you did there!

  • She’s completely broken

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  • That looks comfy!