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tkn, 1 year ago to linux in what caused you to get into Linux?

Back when, after the world didn’t end after Y2K got patched and saved it, I was getting tired of Windows and none of my Macs were up-to-date enough to handle my writing workload, I gave Caldera OpenLinux a shot. Ended up compiling everything myself and used that for two years. Had a copy of MetaFrame laying around from a completed project, so I installed it on Windows 2000, and served Office apps over the network so I could use Word in Linux. I’ve had something running Linux since.

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in What Tweak, Program, ... changes a Desktop Environment from unusable to great for you?

GNOME on Fedora 39 with the Pop Shell extension installed. For me, perfection :)

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Project Bluefin: A Linux Desktop for Serious Developers

Hi! Co-maintainer here, you can find the differences in the github repo: github.com/ublue-os/bluefin

I checked the github page you link and can find no differences listed, just three bullet points that appear to have be written by a PR team. You say an Ubuntu Desktop experience melded with Fedora Silverblue. Don’t you mean GNOME? Ubuntu isn’t a desktop environment, it’s a Linux distro. GNOME is the desktop environment. That seems like an embarassing blunder in your copy when you claim to be building a distro for “serious” developers.

If it weren’t open source, I’d think this was a scam. Weird choice.

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in "Help me choose my first distro" and other questions for beginners

On the matter of Ubuntu I think the issues with the OS need to be clarified. From the positive perspective, it is easy to use and just works. From the negative side, it’s become more and more bespoke over time. The Snaps being proprietary and a lot of work in the terminal to activate functions enjoyed out-of-the-box by almost all other distros is very unfriendly. And, I would suggest there are numerous other distros that “just work” but without Ubuntu’s baggage. Mint, Pop_OS!, and Fedora are all easy to install, setup, and use. Even KDE’s Neon is dirt simple to install and use and offers a great KDE experience, if you like that.

That said, however, I believe that Mint is the best distro for new users, though Fedora and Pop are close behind.

tkn, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux in "Help me choose my first distro" and other questions for beginners

To be more inclusive, I suggest changing “…fuckload…” to “…metric fucktonne…” 🤣

tkn, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux in GIMP 3.0 finally has a release schedule

I don’t need any of the advanced tools, I just want a cleaner interface for the tools that already exist. The only thing I’m able to do is make header pics for my posts. The 2.x UI is really, really old now. The time for a refresh was a few years back, but I do understand the limitations of a small team. Like others have said, I’ll likely run both and migrate to 3.x when it’s stable. Though, I do like the idea of non-destructive editing :)

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Is PopOs a good option if i don't want to tinker much with the OS and do some basic tasks as web browsing etc?

I was a Pop user since it first shipped until this year when I switched to Fedora. I still use the Pop Shell extension for GNOME as, IMO, it’s the best tiling extension. Full stop. It’s easy to install and use and is well organized. If you have Nvidia, choose the ISO with the drivers pre-installed. My switch to Fedora was predicated on the fact that I generally use enterprise laptops and 2in1 devices, which is one of Pop’s blind spots when it comes to reliability. Fedora is just dead stable on whatever I put it on, whether its a Latitude 7200 2in1 i7 8th gen or a ThinkPad T400s Core 2 Duo.

I guess Fedora’s an option, too 🤣

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Linux distribution for gaming and media centre.

To add some clarity, Pop uses GNOME and is working on their own desktop based on Rust and Mint uses Cinnamon, a fork of old GNOME that they’ve significantly upgraded. I’ve used both and like both a lot, but have come to prefer GNOME.

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Linux distribution for gaming and media centre.

I’d say Pop_OS! which has a spin (version) with Nvidia drivers already installed. Below is a direct link. It’s based on Debian, so it enjoys excellent app support. Linux Mint is also a good choice.

iso.pop-os.org/…/pop-os_22.04_amd64_nvidia_35.iso

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

Oh yes! Thanks for reminding me. The ~ is a shortcut to the active users home folder? Thanks!

tkn, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

dd duplicates directories. It’s a terminal app. Built into all Linux distros. For more details, do a man dd in a terminal session. Clonezilla is a distro that runs a live system from USB or DVD which lets you backup and restore entire systems. Both are powerful, but have a learning curve.

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

Definitely take your time and soak up more info from other sources :) I hope all of this turns out to be at least marginally helpful :D

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

If you don’t encrypt the drive, yes. Some things you will have to reauthenticate, however, like your online accounts, but when those are reconnected everything should work as intended. That you should confirm, however. I don’t encrypt, though I should ;)

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

I’m utterly useless with base arch 🤣 If it works for you, who’m I to complain 👍

I guess I should have made that clear. Your /home directory is where everything user-related is stored in invisible folders. All your settings for the OS and applications are kept in there. So, if you copy that directory and restore it to a fresh install of the same distro, all of your settings will be restored. It’s been years, but I’ve done it a few times.

The only thing you’ll really need to do after that is re-install all of the apps you installed. Once you have, however, every apps settings are restored.

tkn, 1 year ago to linux in Package up and transport a linux?

~/boot is at the root of the drive. Your home folder should be in ~/home/username. THAT you can copy wholesale. I believe. Don’t take my word for it. Deja Dup can do it for you, as well, or the entire system.