I feel like I’ve been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    it really is comforting to know you can do 99% of stuff you want with PCs without a license from Microsoft. FOSS has its own headaches but at least you don’t have to wade through a PR swamp to fix stupid bugs

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    You have been assimilated, resistance was futile.

    Seriously, though, I’m glad you’re with us. The more people we get to embrace alternative approaches, the more viable the open standards will be.

  • FrostKing@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I don’t run Linux (though I’m admittedly more interested in it than I used to be) but the reddit API stuff definitely made me learn more about foss, and value it more.

    • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      If you’re already feeling some interests your gonna jump ship sooner or later. I made the switch last year and its been nothing short of amazing.

      Steam, gog and epic games all work. Some run better then on windows, others require a tinker step.

      You can run and install most exes, even pirated games using Lutrius.

      Blazing fast. I have sm called hyprland sway and win11 feels like the stone age compared.

      Best of all: COMPUTERS ARE FUN AGAIN You learn so much but its intuitive enough you don’t even notice.

      • FrostKing@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Interesting to know that steam, gog, and epic (specifically) all work well for you, I’ve heard mixed results with Epic, some say it doesn’t work. Maybe I’ve gotten wrong info.

        I have an older laptop, and as soon as I can upgrade to something better, I’m going to use it as a Linux practice.

        • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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          10 months ago

          I am using heroic launcher to play blazing sails on epic right now. I am on Arch, which I believe is a positive since the steam deck is arch based (i heard).

          The escapist 2 i have not gotten to work properly though. It runs but with like 1fps. Apparently this is because epics implementation and it runs smooth with steam. Definitely test things on a game by game basis.

  • hangonasecond@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Reddit death > installing mint on my second PC > realising I can run most of the games I play and installing mint on my main PC > start learning Rust as a first foray into programming in a long time > realise I want to go back to uni and study info tech to get out of my shitty marketing job > get a shitty second hand laptop off my parents that struggles to run windows and install endeavourOS to try something different.

    It really is a slippery slope. When does it end???

  • renard_roux@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    Google EOL’d my beloved Asus C302 Chromebook, and now it runs Fedora with KDE. I’m super happy with it ❤️

    Now tentatively working on turning my 2009 Mac Mini into a Fedora server/homelab.

    So far it’s running Fedora desktop/KDE, and I’m slowly trying to figure out how to get Docker to work so I can run stuff like Audiobookshelf. If I manage to get it working, I’ll try going full Fedora Server instead of the desktop version.

    • ɔiƚoxɘup@infosec.pub
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      10 months ago

      This is the biggest reason for me; old hardware.

      Wanna try and kill my 8 year old laptop by refusing to support it? Fine. Lubuntu.

  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    I also started with LTS assuming they would be more usable, but the extremely outdated package have driven me me away from linux for a while.

    Now I realize I can just run normal Ubuntu to get reasonably up-to-date packages. But I like the latest (non-graphical) software that is offered by fedora.

  • mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 months ago

    If you like ubuntu and you want to remove amazon and junk that ubuntu has you can go to debian. But in the future, just familarize yourself with everything first

      • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        the Chrultrabook project is what youll wanna look into, but basically yes. You can reliably get new-ish hardware very cheaply and flash FOSS stuff like Coreboot onto it.

        No idea why tbh. The equivalent laptops outside of ChromeOS’ ecosystem are usually much more locked down, to the point where the most powerful systems you’ll find being able to run Coreboot are decades-old thinkpads on 3rd gen mobile i5 and Kepler mGPUs.

    • NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      Isn’t nix mostly for multi-system install? I did the nix thing a few years ago, spent a month on the config, and then never needed it again. Personally, I don’t see a use-case for single desktop installation ;)

      • demesisx@infosec.pubEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I guess you like to waste a whole day getting your machine back to the exact old configuration then.

      • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzM
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        10 months ago

        I use multiple systems and even I feel NixOS is overkill, especially with their confusing and sometimes incomplete documentation.

        On the other hand, Nix the package manager has been fantastic - especially if you’re on an immutable OS, or running some ancient “stable” distro - you can get all the packages you want, without breaking your system - and no need to learn the Nix language and write convoluted config files.