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JCreazy, in Linux mint = best beginner distro

I was running Linux Mint until the other day when I found out Linux Mint Debian Edition existed so I installed that. I’m a recent Linux convert and I can safely say that Lemmy might have partially been the reason. I’ve been loving it so far.

CowsLookLikeMaps, in Come to the Linux side of the force

What a horrible day to be literate

Blum0108,

There’s no way that wasn’t deliberate.

Honza,

Their*

rikudou,
@rikudou@lemmings.world avatar

*Theirs

KpntAutismus,

*they’re’s

Kase,

*theire’ery’rs’

Empricorn,

Doesn’t make it good.

cosmicrookie,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Their is!

platypus_plumba, (edited )

Remember everyone in the world uses the internet. Some people are in the process of learning English, and they are just starting to interact with it. I’m not a native and it was pretty hurtful when people mocked my best attempts to communicate in their language. Give him a break. I know you’re joking, this is for other people planning to say something mean.

onlinepersona, in Text editor war

Both are inferior to IDEs when working locally on a software project 🤷

possiblylinux127,

Not really as both VIM and Emacs are way more flexible. I use Neovim has it uses Lua for configuration and has a ton of plugins

JCreazy, in Bye bye edge

It’s going to be one of those things where someone is either going to switch to Linux or they’re not. Most people will take convenience over privacy.

PopOfAfrica,

Honestly, Windows isn’t even that much more convenient. It’s just what people are used to.

Now that I’m used to Linux Windows makes me pull my hair out.

TrickDacy,
@TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly

Holzkohlen,

Even just creating a functioning bootable usb stick with windows is a pain. Why are those stupid windows iso so damn picky?

Speiser0,

Since when does microsoft windows have good privacy?

Zuberi,
@Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You misread OP’s comment

Speiser0,

Oh, you’re right. I’m seeing now they were referring to the short term inconvenience of installing an OS, and not comparing windows and linux distros.

tetraodon, in Cli for the win

I’m too lazy to look it up. What does the binary say?

hameru,
@hameru@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

“GUI’s are for idiots”

glimse,

It says “I can’t read binary either, I copied and pasted this”

Oxnvat,
@Oxnvat@lemmy.world avatar

The answergui’s are for idiots

hemko, in Bye bye edge

Funny because I have edge installed on my Linux laptop for some work stuff

Moshpirit,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

You may want to consider quitting then

teejay,

Yeah screw this guy’s income, livelihood, and health insurance because of a web browser for work. Amirite guys?

Moshpirit,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

Exactly 😎

Maybe I should have explicitly say I was joking, I didn’t think anyone would think otherwise lol

Honytawk,

You are on linuxmemes here, opinions exactly like that are all too frequent.

sederx,

lemmy user understanding a joke challenge(impossible)

hemko, (edited )

Lol no I’m happy I can work on Linux laptop in the first place.

Also I’m very much enjoying my work right now

Moshpirit,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

You can’t be happy with Edge. You might think you are, but that’s just an illusion.

Now, seriously, maybe I should have explicitly say I was joking, I didn’t think anyone would think otherwise lol use whatever you want.

sederx,

lol how is this downvoted it was funny

smort,
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah I have edge installed on my Steam Deck to play games via xcloud

BigDanishGuy, in Bye bye edge

Not being allowed to remove an app has lead about two people to switch from windows in the last 10000years.

Tranus,

Well I guess I’m one of the 2 then

yum,

Me too

Rez,
@Rez@sh.itjust.works avatar

Me three…?

Agent641,

When will the EU force Vim to let users out?

BigDanishGuy,

Hit Esc then type “q!” <- how hard was that? Don’t listen to the vimxit liars

Hominine,
@Hominine@lemmy.world avatar

‘ZZ’ you heathen

badbytes,

You must still be trapped

BigDanishGuy,

I’m very close to just editing that comment

programmer_belch,
@programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Don’t forget the ‘:’ before the q!, when you type ‘:’ you enter command mode, the q command quits the file and putting an exclamation mark after the q doesn’t save the file and forces the file to be closed

BigDanishGuy,

Ok, I may have forgotten about the “:” but I stand by the rest, if you can’t remember how to do a qw, then you can’t be trusted to write to a file.

Thaurin,

So you can’t be trusted to write a file.

BigDanishGuy,

No, I’m not trust worthy

Thaurin,

Thanks for being honest. I’ll ask someone else when I need to write a file.

programmer_belch,
@programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

In the end linux is about choice, if you don’t want to remember the commands to edit with vim, there are text editors like nano or some kind of notepad program from your DE

Buddahriffic,

Or if you want to text edit in hardcore mode, only use :x to exit. For after you’ve gotten used to vim and want to bring back some of the challenge.

HiddenLayer5,
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Open a new terminal and type sudo killall vim

msage,

reboot to assert dominance

HiddenLayer5,
@HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml avatar

Reject modernity, return to having a single 120v power switch on the front of the computer!

msage,

There was a post about custom PC starting switches, and one built a gong starter. Now that would be a boss reboot.

tdawg,

I know it’s a meme but it’s crazy to me that some people think the average person cares about computers at all (let alone what OS is running)

ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling,
@ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Same. Literally the reason I started using Zorin OS was because it was pretty. Not any sort of logical reason, just “Windows is Ugly, Zorin is Pretty”

Honza,

Perhaps you are right, but now those two individuals can finally switch back to using Windows.

captainlezbian,

As one of them, no thank you. Windows is doing plenty of other crap and I don’t like and it turns out linux is kinda fun. Also once I finally understand what I’m doing I can set up a home server and other cool stuff.

Also I’m not european so I can’t actually switch back

KpntAutismus,

having your own NAS rocks! i run jellyfin and adguard under truenas.

captainlezbian,

Yeah I’m just a shit programmer. I just have a few old workstations, a desire to eventually set up a jellyfin setup, and little enough knowledge that the beginner guides are often above my level

KpntAutismus,

honestly, i barely know how to write shit for an arduino. i have no prior experience with software. linux stuff is learning by doing. try something and see if that works. the text tutorials in the documentations are often the best way to install stuff. you’ll eventually figure it out.

Telodzrum,

I still dual boot for a few games and one piece of hardware that just don’t work on GNU/Linux, but I’m almost certainly never going back.

There was an ad for Tik Tok in my Start Menu after the last update. Fuck everything about that sentence.

NoneYa,

It’s even better when you work in a corporate environment, pay more for the Enterprise or Pro version and still get ads about TikTok and Candy Crush forced onto your users! 😁

Why yes, Microsoft, I was expecting for you to forcefully install mobile games onto our computers in our network.

Honytawk,

If your corporate environment didn’t use GPO to just disable the suggestions (just like what you can do on the home edition to get rid of any and all ads), then I suggest they get someone actually knowledgeable in IT to manage their servers.

NoneYa,

That’s not the point. No business should have to create GPOs to stop this sort of shitty behavior when they buy the edition that was specifically made for enterprise use.

You’d have a point for any business that buys the Home edition and then complains about the forced ads/apps.

Duke_Nukem_1990,

Uhh what hardware isn’t working? Is it something really niche? For some reason I like hearing about stuff like that.

blackbird,
@blackbird@feddit.uk avatar

I also keep a windows boot around just for updating my tomtom wirh map updates. Tried under Linux but the mydrive software just will not work. If anyone knows how to update a tomtom rider 400 under Linux, let me know.

Telodzrum,

It’s an old audio card. The output and input work, but it retains the volume level and mix settings as last adjusted in Windows. I’ll replace it eventually with a DAC and amp, which is what we put together for my wife’s build last year.

It’s the nuAudio card (non-pro version) from EVGA. There are a few work around a, one of which is backflashing old firmware to get some level of control in Linux, but I don’t like the tradeoff and a couple of my Elite: Dangerous tools don’t work well on Linux anyway, so I need the Windows install for that.

ZILtoid1991, in Bye bye edge
@ZILtoid1991@kbin.social avatar

Edge isn't as bad nowadays, and it's not much more of a spyware than Google Chrome, the meme browser.

Sheeple,
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Which still is pretty bad. Honestly we should avoid chromium.

But as far as chromium is concerned, yeah Edge is pretty good. I used it until the anti adblock shenanigans

ColdWater,
@ColdWater@lemmy.ca avatar

Same here, switched to FF for almost a year now beside AdBlock Edge is far better than Chrome

Sheeple, (edited )
@Sheeple@lemmy.world avatar

Ayy. Seems like the Edge to Firefox Pipeline is real.

Tbh I switched out of protest, not out of personal issues caused. It’s why I use duckduckgo instead of Google too.

AlexWIWA,

Brave, but true. If one is going to use chrome, then Edge would probably be better for them.

Liome, in Come to the Linux side of the force
@Liome@pawb.social avatar

For a sec I thought this was aneurysm posting.

Norgur, in Bye bye edge

It's a little naive to think that this was an incentive to use Linux for ppl in the first place.

AnUnusualRelic, (edited ) in Come to the Linux side of the force
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

I find your lack of grammar… disturbing.

Hupf, in Bye bye edge

Time for Ubuntu to ship with a mandatory Edge installation

RmDebArc_5,
@RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml avatar

Don’t give them any ideas

Flaky,
@Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

meanwhile, me on Arch: yay -S microsoft-edge-stable-bin

cyanarchy, (edited )

Godspede to the madlad who needed that to exist

Honza,

Yeah, as if Arch was not bleeding edge enough.

JackSkellington, in Bye bye edge

Shouldn’t the same be applied to MacOS? There are a myriad of stupid apps impossible to uninstall. Maybe even safari

Flaky,
@Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

The odd thing is that some of them are uninstallable on iOS/iPadOS…

doublejay1999,
@doublejay1999@lemmy.world avatar

Like what ?

miss_brainfart,
@miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml avatar

Older MacOS versions had stuff like the chess game preinstalled for no reason, though I don’t know how current versions look like.

I also don’t know how easy it is to remove preinstalled apps nowadays. Back in the day, you could disable System Integrity Protection, remove whatever you want, and re-enable Protection afterwards.

kurosawaa,

That chess game even predates OS X, it was a tech demo that came with the NextStep OS and has barely changed since the mid nineties. At this point it would be said to see it go.

Dmian, (edited )
@Dmian@lemmy.world avatar

While you can’t uninstall Safari, it doesn’t constantly discourage you to use other browsers like Edge does. Nor does Mac OS prevents you from installing competing apps.

The bigger problem is iOS, but the EU already took care of that and we’ll be able to sideload apps on iOS pretty soon.

squaresinger,

Does Mac prohibit other browser engines like they do on iOS?

Doesn’t do a lot of good, that they let you use other browsers if they are just reskins for Safari.

vodka,

They do not.

Horsey,

MacOS is actually far more open to low level system UI tweaks and app support than windows.

TrickDacy, (edited )
@TrickDacy@lemmy.world avatar

I remember Mac os ignoring my default browser choice many times and instead launching a web page in safari.

Dmian, (edited )
@Dmian@lemmy.world avatar

App association is done at the OS level, and the apps are normally responsible for that. So it could be either the OS not registering the selected browser properly or the other browser not registering itself correctly as the default browser.

They need to basically register themselves as responsible for html files and a bunch of protocols (http, https, etc). I’ve never had a problem like that, and I’ve been using macs for almost 30 years (I’ve used many different browsers as default in the past).

But browsers are pretty complicated beasts, so I believe you. There are a lot of things that can go wrong and your choice may not end up being respected.

Honytawk, (edited )

Mac literally doesn’t allow any other browser engine. They only allow webkit.

So your options are:

  • Safari
  • Safari with Chrome aesthetics
  • Safari with Firefox aesthetics
  • Safari with [insert browser here] aesthetics
Dmian, (edited )
@Dmian@lemmy.world avatar

No, you’re confusing MacOS with iOS. Mac allows whatever you want. Each browser has its own rendering engine. iOS is the one that only allows (for the moment) Webkit. But that’s going to change (at least in Europe). Here: en.wikipedia.org/…/Comparison_of_browser_engines#…

JackSkellington,

True, I forgot that part. Thanks! Still, it comes as weird for me to have software (zero tied to OS functions ) I cannot remove

HybridSarcasm, in Come to the Linux side of the force
@HybridSarcasm@lemmy.hybridsarcasm.xyz avatar

There, there. It’ll be okay.

BigDanishGuy,

their* /s

M137, in Come to the Linux side of the force

Their*

Learn basic grammar FFS

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