linux

This magazine is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

rodbiren, in I'm so frustrated rn.

Linux Mint is where I always go crawling back to. I have hopped so damn much. Mint sometimes needs a newer kernel installed, but I’ll be damned if that Ubuntu base doesn’t help with printers, graphics drivers, and scanners. Getting that to work on Arch was a blast and a half, on Mint I literally just turned my network printer on and it found it. IDK, you can do anything and there is always some issue eventually.

Celestial6370, in I'm so frustrated rn.

I’m a recent Linux convert I started with Debian testing and that worked out of the box for everything except Nvidia drivers. I hopped from Debian testing over to Pop Os because Debian testing wasn’t supported for a bunch of random things I wanted to use. I stopped using pop os a couple of weeks ago because it would crash all the time and was going to jump to Ubuntu just so pretty much everything would be supported. That flash drive install was corrupted so I ended up on nobara and have loved it with no issues so far.

uriel238, in Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

We don’t have a consistent convention as to what changes qualify for a version increment rather than update increment. A new kernel? A new interface convention? New icons for the mini-apps?

Windows 10 has more plug-and-play drivers than Win7 and Win8. It can recognize newer hardware and it can be installed natively from thumb drives. So a lot of features that were third party are now offical… long after I had access to the third-party libraries.

But then it combines the metro and the start menu. I never found a use for the metro.

Win11 is less operability and more DRM and more spyware.

For Apple and Microsoft, a new version is a new marketing season. It’s the same as the new iPhone, the new Subaru.

I assume Linux builds increment with significant operability additions, especially if they’re not fully backwards compatible. Since they’re released without charge the capacity to do more stuff is the only reason to upgrade to a new increment rather than preserving a stable version.

state_electrician,

You are taking this dumb joke way too seriously.

uriel238,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I get that a lot.

redcalcium, (edited )

The version number will be incremented when Linus says so. He might even increment it to 7.x tomorrow if he feels like it.

uriel238, (edited )
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Which only adds bas relief to the point. Linus has no personal or commercial motivation to get people to get the hot new trendy thing. Linux isn’t motivated by built-in obsolescence the way Windows and iOS are.

In fact, their higher iteration indicators are a symptom of a disadvantage of the operating system, not an advantage.

datavoid, in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?

I discovered this on Lemmy, clearly there is no going back

hannahmontana.sourceforge.net

twei,

Wait until you hear about biebian

Aradia, in Easy way to try out a bunch of different DEs?
@Aradia@lemmy.ml avatar

Well, if you are new to Linux, it is better if you just install new distros to try them, I would go to Arch Linux as it’s the cleanest distro, I could install multiple DE without issues, but then it’s a bit mess of packages, also it’s harder to install, you need to type archinstall and understand their options. I have a desktop and laptop and I always use the laptop for testing, if you copy the ~/.config folder, you can restore all your applications settings (just copy the app settings you are using), ~/.mozilla to restore your browser as you had it before the wipe and some more settings are under ~/.local. I also copy my ~/.zshrc because I have a custom prompt, configs, add-ons, alias…

exocrinous, in Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...

Xbox OS is clearly winning with the 360

embed_me,
@embed_me@programming.dev avatar

But they went back to one so idk anymore

specter2426, in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?

I really enjoy ZorinOS! I’ve been using ZorinOS 16.3 and am awaiting the upgrade to 17 through their tool. It’s been great for a PC that has an Nvidia GTX1060 that I have hooked up to my TV as a twitch/YouTube/Netflix box. I chose Zorin because they claimed to get the Nvidia drivers installed correctly “out of the box”, and they delivered!

474D,

Glad it worked well for you. Didn’t work well for me with my 2070 super. Was immediately broken and refused to acknowledge my second monitor. Linux Mint worked perfectly, so I just want to throw that out there for anyone with the same gpu

specter2426,

Man that sucks that it didn’t work for you out of the box. I had tried Solus and Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 and I couldn’t get the screen to resize past the default 800x600 or something like that and the refresh rate was stuck at a low number. Zorin did it all straight away. I hope more distros start getting the whole picture right soon. Glad you found something that worked for you too!

WeLoveCastingSpellz, in Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex...

hey. Nobara 39

Vilian, in Easy way to try out a bunch of different DEs?

NixOS or fedora ostree

BCsven, in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?

OpenSUSE Leap, has been a solid 7 year run, with flawless updates. And no graphics issues because nVidia hosts their own repo for the gpu drivers.

BCsven, in Easy way to try out a bunch of different DEs?

VMs are a way, but Live USB sticks are better because you will see how it actually runs on your bare metal machine, and if there see any hardware quirks, without comitting to an install

nawordar,

Ventoy is a godsend in that case. If you have a big enough USB stick, you can just put all distros you wanna try on it

padook,
@padook@feddit.nl avatar

I take any chance I can to drop a Chris Barnett link:

Ventoy

furzegulo,

yeah, i also wholeheartedly recommend ventoy

root, in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?
@root@lemmy.world avatar

Kubuntu

atzanteol, (edited ) in Easy way to try out a bunch of different DEs?

Not sure about others but in PopOS (and I assume Ubuntu) it’s pretty simple. Probably easy with most distros.


<span style="color:#323232;">apt install gnome-desktop
</span><span style="color:#323232;">apt install kde-standard
</span><span style="color:#323232;">apt install xubuntu-desktop
</span><span style="color:#323232;">apt install cinnamon-desktop-environment
</span><span style="color:#323232;">apt install xfce4 xfce4-goodies
</span><span style="color:#323232;">etc.
</span>
galloFino, in What's your current favorite distro that isn't Arch, Debian or Fedora?

Ubuntu is so easy to use!!

pastermil, in Easy way to try out a bunch of different DEs?

Usually when you have multiple DEs installed, the login manager would let you choose.

Just need to make sure the autologin don’t get in the way of your choice (e.g. select it thru autologin or disable it completely).

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • linux@lemmy.ml
  • localhost
  • All magazines
    •
    Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #