KISSmyOS

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KISSmyOS,

I’m as stumped as you are. But Gnome has been cat-proof so far.

KISSmyOS, (edited )

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Arch is in fact GNU Arch.

KISSmyOS,

It’s a different philosophy. KDE gives you a default setting, and all the options you need to fuck it up customize it.
Gnome gives you the default and an API for extensions to customize it. Install one of the big ones like V-Shell and you’ll have more options than you know what to do with.

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    KISSmyOS,

    To be honest, running Linux has gotten a lot more boring over the years. Which is a good thing!

    KISSmyOS,

    Puppy Linux is mostly focused on tiny install size (<300MB), built from source and hasn’t had a new version in over 3 years.
    Alpine is even more minimalist and designed to run on embedded devices or in containers.
    Go with a desktop-oriented or general purpose distro instead.

    KISSmyOS,

    I don’t think many areas exist where you have both a need and political will for building nature bridges, and also large predators.

    KISSmyOS,

    Why don’t you chill out about your Linux setup a bit, and instead of doing stuff to your Linux system, do stuff with it.
    Open Source software lives from the contributions of the users, and there’s plenty to do everywhere.
    You could use your free time to actually make a difference and help out other Linux users!

    KISSmyOS,

    What happened to your “Vanilla Challenge”?

    KISSmyOS,

    Debian Sid, mostly for ideological reasons.

    Micro***t Word on Linux and alternatives

    Are there good Microsoft word alternatives that support Linux (I don’t mind closed source)? Libreoffice is meh and only office is quite good, but are there any better ones? Also, is there a way to install word on Linux using wine? When I do that my laptop just overheats and loses internet connection.

    KISSmyOS, (edited )

    Softmaker Office uses .docx natively, so you don’t have compatibility issues with Word at all.

    Its UI is also very close to MS Office. It’s a drop-in replacement for current MS Office.

    KISSmyOS,

    Instead of linking to articles full of buzz-words, can you explain what’s the difference between this distro and Fedora Silverblue?
    I’m guessing the “spirit of Ubuntu” means they took Silverblue and preconfigured some stuff.

    KISSmyOS,

    Gentoo has stages? What’s the end boss like?

    KISSmyOS, (edited )

    My “I don’t have time for this” moment came when I tried to set up Nextcloud on Arch:
    wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nextcloud

    Meanwhile on Slackware:

    
<span style="color:#323232;">Configuration
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(1) Add the following in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  Alias /nextcloud "/srv/httpd/htdocs/nextcloud/"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      Options +FollowSymlinks
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      AllowOverride All
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        Dav off
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      SetEnv HOME      "/srv/httpd/htdocs/nextcloud"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      SetEnv HTTP_HOME "/srv/httpd/htdocs/nextcloud"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">(2) In /etc/httpd/httpd.conf, enable mod_rewrite and PHP by uncommenting
</span><span style="color:#323232;">"LoadModule rewrite_module ..." and "Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">then restart httpd.
</span>
    KISSmyOS,

    When I updated Debian Unstable 2 days ago, it forced me to uninstall isc-dhcp-client in order to upgrade network-manager.
    So I looked up the reason and found the ISC’s blog post. I shared it here thinking it might be interesting to some, since Debian’s packages are the basis for a lot of other distros that might be affected soon.

    KISSmyOS,

    I think you could install your system using a generic kernel, package it up as ISO and just boot it on basically any other machine with the same architecture. Proprietary bits like NVidia driver and firmware could pose a problem.
    That’s basically what a live USB is.

    KISSmyOS, (edited )

    First, make sure your VM has access to the internet, for example with ping 8.8.8.8
    Then do sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

    The file should include a line that is exactly this:
    deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    (or it could have kali-last-snapshot in place of kali-rolling)
    If not, replace everything in the file with the line above and save the file with Ctrl+O, then close the editor with Ctrl+X
    Then run:

    
<span style="color:#323232;">sudo apt update   
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sudo apt dist-upgrade   
</span><span style="color:#323232;">sudo apt install hcxtools
</span>
    KISSmyOS,

    What the hell is a “Linux leader”??

    KISSmyOS,

    Same. Windows-key opens the workspace overview with a global search field.
    I only have the system tray and a clock on my desktop, which I can view with Windows-key+spacebar.

    KISSmyOS, (edited )

    No. I need the functionality of a full desktop environment.
    And KDE’s workspace overview is awesome. One keypress and I see all open windows, all workspaces and a global search field that switches to a program when it already has an open window and opens a new window if not.
    And a tiling WM on top of KDE would be pointless to me since the behavior of a tiling WM can be configured through the GUI in KDE without installing anything extra.

    KISSmyOS,

    shh, they’re still on season 4. Don’t spoil the ending.

    KISSmyOS,

    It’s a good way to do it for your use case.

    It’s not outdated, just less necessary now. With SSD’s, you can just copy your /home back from your daily backup after reinstallation, which takes all of 5 minutes.

    KISSmyOS,

    I’m a big proponent of using Linux, but don’t do it.
    A small company I support recently almost went under cause the boss and his former IT provider were both open source enthusiasts and set up his whole network with Linux.

    Then he needed a secretary, and all applicants backed out when they heard they’d have to use Linux.
    And he couldn’t find an enterprise resource planning software that ran on Linux.

    KISSmyOS, (edited )

    I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux,
    is in fact, systemd/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linux.
    Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
    of a fully functioning systemd system made useful by the systemd corelibs, shell
    utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by IBM.

    Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd system every day,
    without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd
    which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are
    not aware that it is basically the systemd system, developed by Lennart Poettering.

    There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
    part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
    that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run.
    The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
    it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
    normally used in combination with the systemd operating system: the whole system
    is basically systemd with Linux added, or systemd/Linux. All the so-called “Linux”
    distributions are really distributions of systemd/Linux.

    KISSmyOS,

    You could do the free software thing and write a shell script that creates an alias every time you install something.

    Or use one that someone else has already written:
    opensource.com/…/launch-flatpaks-linux-terminal

    KISSmyOS,

    I’M LITERALLY SHITTING AND PISSING MYSELF LAUGHING RIGHT NOW!
    PLEASE SEND HELP, I THINK SOMETHING INSIDE ME JUST RIPPED!

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