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    [–] MrShankles@reddthat.com 14 points 1 hour ago

    I mentioned to my dad how much windows 11 sucks to use and he agreed that he can't stand it

    So naturally, I told him about Linux, which he literally had never heard of before. I told him I'll show him how to restore one of his old laptops with it, and he can go from there. Knowing him, I can't wait to see "how cool" he thinks it is that he can just "fix" his own computer

    And I've already converted my wife, instead of buying a new MacBook cause hers is showing it's age. She keeps her Mac for backup, but the main computer is Linux Mint. She's even started to understand the terminal a little, even though she doesn't really have to

    Slowly converting family and friends, simply because computers are expensive and windows sucks so hard now

    [–] SayJess@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 hour ago

    I’m such a nonconformist that I tell people Linux is terrible, and that they should never try it.

    [–] RustyShackleford@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    Is there a program or way to check what parts are covered by Linux? I have an old laptop I want to try Linux on beforehand.

    [–] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 5 points 40 minutes ago* (last edited 38 minutes ago)

    As another person had suggested, test with a live image first before installing it to an SSD/HDD, however Linux is very well maintained by the community and even if there aren’t native drivers from your hardwares manufacturer, for example Corsair Keyboard Drivers, there usually is Open Sourced alternatives for these things like CKB-Next.

    I say this to everyone, once you get a grasp on BASH (Bourne Again Shell) and package managers & repositories you’ll essentially be able to use any Linux distro, it just comes down to the nitty gritty of things.

    [–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 2 points 53 minutes ago

    Yes. In general - it's called live cd. Some distros ship with that in their installed image. {K,X,}ubuntu come to mind. Mint might do as well. You can boot into it and look around, see if basic stuff - network, audio, etc - works.

    [–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 1 points 47 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

    UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG

    [–] Elroc@lemmus.org 2 points 1 hour ago

    Loving Mint but I really wish it was easier to integrate into AD/Exchange/O365 so I could replace all our work machines.

    [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    i had to hold in my excitement when someone asked me what linux distro they should use as a beginner

    [–] smegma_licker@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 minutes ago

    Arch my beloved!Β 

    [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    This looks like an ex of mine. It’s creeping me out.

    [–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    Congrats on dating Elizabeth Olsen!

    [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

    Condolences on dating Elizabeth Olsen!

    [–] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 hours ago

    They said it looks LIKE them ... could have easily been another one of the Olsen twins too .... πŸ‘€

    [–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 80 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    Internally: "YESYESYESYESYESYESYES"

    Externally: "Cool, let me know if you need any help"

    [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 51 points 6 hours ago (8 children)

    "my friend recommended I use Ubuntu"

    me (screaming internally, about canonical, about snaps, about bloat): "That... that's good. Good choice."

    [–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 minutes ago

    Kubuntu users rise up!

    [–] robocall@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    I've been using Ubuntu for years with no desire to switch or learn more. I've heard the comments about canonical and snaps, which I barely comprehend. But there's a chance one day I'll grow an interest in what you're talking about, and I know you'll be there to explain it.

    [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 1 hour ago

    Ignore the haters (me), everyone starts their journey somewhere

    [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    Posting this from Kubuntu Studio and ... it's not bad, really. Everything works fine. I even have a couple Snap packages installed ... on purpose. (Though, generally, I do try to avoid snaps.) The bloat might be relevant in lighter systems (which is why I have a different distro on my shitty old chromebook), but this is a massive workstation PC that could handle 10x the bloat without noticeably slowing down, so who cares?

    (The reason I'm using Ubuntu is because after trying several distros, Ubuntu is for some reason the only one where my stupid, insane, 6-monitor multi-GPU setup worked properly, right out of the box. I eventually intend to go to 4 huge monitors instead of 6 smaller ones, which means I'll be able to drop down to a reasonable, rational choice of using only one GPU instead of two different ones. At that point, maybe I'll try distro-hopping again. Though, honestly, "exactly like Ubuntu, but without Canonical and without Snaps" would be what I'm looking for. Would definitely prefer to stick with apt package management, since that's what I'm used to at this point. Maybe I'll try straight-up Debian? But I don't really like the way Debian splits its repositories, where you basically have to choose between "extremely outdated" and "bleeding edge" with no "as up to date as possible, while still being well-tested and stable" option in between. For all of Ubuntu's faults, I think they actually do a pretty good job of maintaining that balance between stability and being up-to-date.)

    [–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Isn't Mint still effectively Ubuntu with no Canonical, and less worried about open soirce purity? Could be wrong, been a long while.

    [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 59 minutes ago

    Mint is actually one of the ones I tried before. It did not like my multi-GPU setup, though. Could only use one GPU at a time, which means I could only use a maximum of 4 monitors.

    Maybe I'll try it again, though, when I upgrade to a more sensible monitor/GPU setup.

    [–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

    Nailed it

    [–] tungah@lemmy.world 19 points 4 hours ago

    I say better for them to make the jump now to Ubuntu and figure out a distro better suited for their needs later on than to remain on Windows while having choice paralysis about what distro to chose.

    [–] NoblityAbility@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

    For me, I started with Ubuntu then Parrot Os then MX Linux

    [–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 14 points 5 hours ago

    I still think it's a decent entry choice. I won't touch it myself anymore, personally, but Canonical is still better than Microslop. That bar is set so low that even snap can clear it.

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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 12 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

    Linux is a pyramid scheme. Prove me wrong

    [–] wax@feddit.nu 7 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    It's penguins all the way down

    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    what? no. penguins swim. it's just the penguin.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago) (1 children)

    Its just fun man. Before I tried linux seriously, I thought it was ridiculous. Why would you care so much about doing extra random bull shit? Except thats literally like 99% of the fun. You dont have to do any of it these days. Most stuff runs out of box pretty well. People just do it because its fun to experiment. You learn so much about computers its addicting. I even learned some powershell for windows and zsh for mac because now I understand how they work better after reading books about the linux kernel. I used to be weirdly judgemental about mac and linux users, now I just want people to have a computer that fits their needs.

    Its not for everyone, but my wife got so jealous of watching me try Mint/Ubuntu/Debian that she joined linux over a year ago. Her homepage is now the Fedora newsletter. She is a normal person who was only mildly interested in computers before and now we talk about Debian/Fedora all the time. If you like computers, its worth giving it a shot. Just dont blame yourself if it isnt your cup of tea.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    I don't really care for Linux at all. I just hate Microsoft.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    I hope you find some alternative you really enjoy using.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    It's getting better, no question. I'm hopeful it will continue to get better.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Im really excited for Europes expansion into open source. I think big things could be coming from it in a few years.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 52 minutes ago (1 children)

    My only concern is that as more large corporations and governments begin to use it, it becomes a much larger target for attacks and malware. There was a point in time where Apple was far more secure than Windows but it was mostly because they had a tiny fraction of the market share and hackers didn't want to bother with attacking it

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

    Thats definitely a possible negative, but it comes with new strengths that can help blunt the impact. It will increase the amount of contributors, resources and money at every level. More people will be exposed to linux and inspired to contribute to the community. Governments and companies will be motivated to protect standards they rely on. I cant predict the future, but im hopeful working together is the solution to the problems any major infrastructure change will suffer from.

    [–] ladicius@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

    You are free to think whatever you like. Have a nice day πŸ‘‹

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    [–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 38 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    This is exactly what I'm going to do in about 14 days. Fuck Microsoft.

    [–] nao@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    Out of curiosity, why in 14 days?

    [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 7 points 2 hours ago

    Really slow download speeds?

    [–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 hours ago

    Leaving a job wit two weeks after an announcement probably.

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    [–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 91 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

    Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! It’s gonna be so much fun! We can do each others hair and talk about our favourite distros!

    [–] fizzle@quokk.au 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    Do we need the socks?

    [–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

    UnixSocks is leaking

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    [–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    mommy? sorry. mommy?

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