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    [–] khanh@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
    [–] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

    Same, just moved to it

    [–] arcine@jlai.lu 4 points 6 hours ago

    me who broke my Asahi Linux again by trying to update the firmware πŸ’

    I use cachy os because I like my pc to go fast as fuck boy

    [–] floralmortal@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago

    I love ZorinOS

    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

    I mean yeah. This is going to be me as soon as I fix my next two life and death problems and hang the drapes, and also post a picture on here of the picture we found thrifting because i am excited that it helps color my room I don't care that it's a print of AI bullshit. I can put a print of something better there eventually but it catches the eye right now.

    In the meantime, is there a "these are the cli commands you need to know" Linux for stoned dummies cause I haven't used it since college and that was decades ago

    [–] Qwel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

    If you intend on using a normal desktop distro, you will usually be able to find the command for what you want to do online. You may not even end up typing any command, I remember someone who was hyped to use the terminal being disappointed that he never got to.

    The "essential" cli commands are the ones that you will definitely not use in an everyday desktop life. It's going to be about file manipulation, maybe some daemon management and networking. All of this will be either preconfigured or done through a file explorer and web browser.

    If you can say what you want to do and with what distro, maybe people can try to anticipate what you'll need? I would generally advise to wait for a reason to use a command before worrying about learning it.

    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

    I plan on breaking my computer with mint cinnamon. Does that help any?

    [–] TheGingerNut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 20 hours ago

    Hacker: Skipper
    Programmer: Kowalski
    Arch User/Gentoo User: Rico
    Cat: Private

    Don't worry, we'll protect you

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 44 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

    Y'all's, I don't want to tinker with my OS. I don't wanna think about my OS. I just want my OS to work, mind it's fucking business and leave me alone.

    [–] redsand@infosec.pub 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

    May I introduce you to OpenBSD? Where uptime is measured in years.

    [–] trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf 12 points 14 hours ago

    Calm down Satan

    [–] texture@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

    thats why i use linux too

    [–] rbos@lemmy.ca 17 points 16 hours ago

    That's exactly why I run Linux. If you want something that just keeps running the basically the same way for like 20 years, that's your option.

    [–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

    But have you considered paying for linux pro extreme max?

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

    Bruh if I could pay a modest yearly subscription to a company and get actual professional personal support for Linux and not have to roll the dice on snarky forum comments, I unironically would.

    [–] pelya@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

    That was the whole Redhat business model when they just started.

    [–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 hours ago

    You can pay me, I got you fam

    [–] Shameless@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

    I'm 100% in this camp, ive used Pop!_OS now for years and it's never given me any grief! One PC has had it installed for almost 6 years and it still runs flawlessly.

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    [–] OpenStars@piefed.social 134 points 1 day ago
    [–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

    Not trying to win contests. Just glad it ain't winders.

    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

    Marduk I don't know why you chose your username but it is my favorite of all the Mesopotamian/Babylonian I forget gods so I love it when I see your name pop up. First prize! :3

    [–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 66 points 1 day ago

    welcome in the cat friendly penguin group

    [–] 33550336@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (11 children)

    I have the Mint (it's fucking good) and no need nor ambition for any other system. Especially an elitist shit which break after an upgrade.

    [–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    haha imagine having to wait for an update to break your system (i use arch, and tried to config limine snapper sync)

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    [–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    I distro hopped for a week, and it was the little things that were dealbreakers.

    I love Mint. Mint is love.

    [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 22 hours ago

    Running Mint xfce on an N100 HTPC with couple of docker containers. I believe this is the most stable OS I ever used. Never breaks, updates are coming regularly. Easy to use for my wife who's never seen Linux in her entire life. Makes 0 hustle and barely consumes any resources. Kind of a "set it and forget it" setup. Fucking love it!

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    [–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

    Where my debian as desktop homies at?

    [–] Pat@feddit.nu 6 points 17 hours ago

    It's a simple life. All you need for an OS, and no more. Only issue is the stupid installer. Disk partitioning is like handling a gun blindfolded.

    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 12 points 21 hours ago

    Still waking up and making breakfast. They're perpetually 5 hours late.

    [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Those penguins appear to be Gentoo penguins, so in a way only one belongs

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    [–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (9 children)

    Tbh as an Arch (btw) user I'm not really some magic computer wizard, I struggle with basic python, I often forget command arguments (I take heavy advantage of fish but sometimes it doesn't know the arguments either), I don't know how to do much scripting, I don't make my own config files, and my de is cosmic. Remember that most advanced Linux users are less advanced than people think (occasionally less advanced than even they think).

    [–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

    The closest thing to a programming language that i know is html. Messed around with bash once. Love arch

    [–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

    Ha, this is basically me. Still wouldn't recommend rolling release to newbies, but my Linux knowledge is basic at best, and I've still used Arch for 8 years without many issues.

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    [–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

    I daily drive FreeBSD and have tinkered with Plan 9 and Haiku.

    My Linux desktop (for gaming, DRM, and Linux-specific stuff), my wife's laptop, the kids' laptops, and our two media PCs all run Mint. It's great.

    [–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    You, too, can become a 1337 h4xx0r with this one (1) simple trick: Read the manual!

    Which is both definitely correct, but also profoundly unhelpful for newbies. But seriously, there is so much documentation, blog articles, video tutorials etc. for Linux, if you put in some effort everyone can go from newbie to hacker/programmer/gentoo user.

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