If you read the man page for pacman, it helps. S stands for synchronise, Q for query (local), F is for find (remote), R is for remove. The following sub options (yu after -S) are specific to each main option.
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Ok as an Indian allow me to interject. The reason people use linux is not because of poverty. Even the cheapest laptops come preloaded with activated windows.
We get introduced to Linux based OSs in schools. That plus people are heavily pushed into engineering and lately computer science and software engineering.
Also another thing you are wrong about: You may be surprised to know that the second hand market for computer electronics is non-existent. As far as I know, there are only a handful of cities in the whole country where there is a second hand local market. Cheap electronics don’t last that much and in laptops there are only so many components you can buy separately and install. (Overwhelming majority of the computers are laptops, not the traditional CPU towers)
Also another thing I failed to mention is, the government tried to make a distro for govt use at one point but idk if anything came out of that. But I want to say there’s definitely a growing presence of linux here
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I’m going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540
Is it shallow, or petty, to decide based on name alone? Yeah, pretty much, but there’s probably something, a product or service or site, that the name has made you gloss right over it or jump to it ASAP....
Biochem (mander.xyz)
Two moods (ukfli.uk)
Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex... (lemmy.world)
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Linux reaches new high 3.82% (gs.statcounter.com)
Happy New Year Coders. (lemy.lol)
Patience (lemmy.zip)
Her pussy (lemmy.world)
I use linux for the same reason I wear fuzzy socks and sweaters
My understanding of the history of fashion is that back in the 1950s America it was expected that you wore a suit/dress at work unless you had a different uniform. There were a bunch of very boring people who thought that we should be wearing office job garb all the time, because they wore suits so much it was their default...
One of these 6 will become Plasma 6. Wallpaper Which one do you prefer? (lemmy.world)
Using Linux for the first time
I’m going to replace my host os on my shitty laptop with Linux specifically puppy Linux or alpine Linux from scratch and I need to know how will I get started and make it easier for myself, I use a HP notebook 540
India blocks GitHub, after lobbying done by copyright trolls (torrentfreak.com)
Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked
True shit (lemmy.world)
what caused you to get into Linux?
What caused you to get into it, are you an evangel and are you obsessed?
Windoze (lemmy.world)
Any experience with teaching kids Linux?
Any one here has any experience with teaching 8 to 12 years old kids Linux?
Based KDE 🗿 (lemmy.ml)
easy as π (mander.xyz)
If I don't laugh I'd cry (lemmy.ca)
F#€k $pez (lemmy.ml)
Can you install thid 25 year old program? (lemmy.ml)
Which things have you avoided or embraced on the name alone?
Is it shallow, or petty, to decide based on name alone? Yeah, pretty much, but there’s probably something, a product or service or site, that the name has made you gloss right over it or jump to it ASAP....
I dunno, still might be aliens with this one. (mander.xyz)
"Wow, she must really like maths." (mander.xyz)