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favorite bands · Lemon Demon; Tally Hall.

favorite artists · cavetown; Neil Cicierega; Bo Burnham; Jack Stauber; Will Wood; Toby Fox.

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i heard about it in a video and immediately went to try it out. i started with linux mint in late 2021!

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If you’re gonna go though the trouble of installing a browser, why switch Microsoft for Google?

Exactly I don’t get it, the only explanation I can think of is that they have Chrome on their phone and want to sync it or something?

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why do windows users install chrome?

i don’t get it, edge comes preinstalled on windows and it’s chromium-based.

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Pee Is Stored in the Balls | Know Your Meme

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iaverage vim user:wq

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void linux (glibc) + swayfx + waybar + foot terminal + nushell

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i personally call it “theming” or “customizing” since these are quite descriptive. pretty sure “modding” is more often used in the context of gaming

New to Linux, have a few questions

I currently use Windows 10 and I’d like to try out Linux. My plan is to set up a dual boot with OpenSUSE tumbleweed and KDE Plasma. I’ve read so many different opinions about choosing a distro, compatibility with gaming and Nvidia drivers, and personal issues with the ethos of different companies like Canonical. I value...

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so is there a difference in downloading something from the internet and installing a ‘Linux’ version of it, or installing that through a package manager?

Installing with a package manager is easier, since it handles stuff for you. You’ll usually only download software from your browser if it’s not available in your distro’s package manager.

Package managers may have multiple repositories, these are like lists of packages, and may differ from distro to distro.

A good analogy is thinking of a package repo (short for repository) as a library, and the package manager a librarian helping you search for a book.

‘use’ wine to run windows programs but what does that mean? Do I run it like a VM? But it’s not an emulator?

It’s a compatibility layer, to put it simply (since I’m not a WINE expert) it converts Windows stuff to Linux stuff, instead of straight up running a Windows VM.

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It used to be K Desktop Environment, but it’s called Plasma since KDE became the organization behind KDE Plasma. This is because they make things other than the desktop environment, like apps such as Krita or Kdenlive, which aren’t DE specific.

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Yeah, I used Linux Mint when I started using Linux in 2021, and I would definitely still use it if I didn’t prefer rolling release.

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To me? I use a laptop and don’t really tinker with my hardware at all, the benefits for me is I get the latest-ish versions of software (including user applications), and there isn’t this big jump between new versions

Why didn't anyone remind me the dual booting exists?

I was talking to my dad yesterday and he talked about how he dual booted windows and Linux in his college days. I immediately left to download Ubuntu, I feel so dumb for forgetting it’s an option. I literally only use windows so I can play Fortnite with friends. PSA: you can have both Linux and Windows, or you can use a vm in...

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wait, you can have two different systems, on two SSDs, on the same computer? this will be useful once i get to build my pc. Thanks!

i’m guessing having windows on a separate drive will mean that it won’t break GRUB?

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Wait, they didn’t have that before? Heck, even my sway install with Waybar has this.

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If you want something Ubuntu-based I’d recommend KDE Neon, last time I tried it, it was great. I don’t think it has snaps since it’s made by KDE.

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It could just be that they’re just so far that we’re looking at these planets millions/billion of years in the past, meaning there may may be life there but we can’t see it yet.

Earth looked pretty icy when it was “snowball Earth” and early Earth’s surface was full of molten rocks.

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There’s always a relevant xkcd!

Yeah I didn’t know we were mostly looking at planets in the Milky Way, but it makes sense. Rocky planets are very tiny compared to other stuff in the universe so it’s gotta be hard detecting them millions of light years out.

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what’s wrong with a terminal displaying symbols?

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I have a 512 GB (nvme SSD), with a few games, and I have 423 GB free (according to df after summing up / and /home partitions)

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My friend sent this and I am filled with rage

So you Lost your mind?

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why would they? gnome has primarily used gtk for a lot of time. also, what do you mean “finally”? it’s not like gtk is some kind of abandonware

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I personally prefer Zshing Ubuntu

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You wouldn’t call Windows GNU/WindowsNT if it was compiled with gcc, would you?

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you can not look at the source code

so you made a closed source software?

What dock do you use in Wayland?

I moved over to Wayland full time a couple of weeks ago (using KDE on Arch). I have finally rid myself of any X11 hangups apart from one. Latte will NOT respect my primary screen when changing monitor arrangement (ie. turning my projector on and off) and seems to randomly pick a screen to call the primary....

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Not a Plasma user (I use Sway), my preferred bar is Waybar since it’s very customizable with CSS

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depending on the distro you could use a .deb or .tar.gz instead of binaries and then install it with your package manager

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