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    [–] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I have old history with Linux and am just coming back. I did my first test build for my office to get away from the dying Windows 10/avoiding 11. I went with a basic Linux Mint cinnamon build, got our network printer and core software working. Will you let me live?

    [–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, but you better be installing arch on your toaster by next week.

    [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I went to install Arch and it did not seem easy. I opted for Cinnamon Mint.

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Try Void it has an installer 😉.

    Kidding, stick to Mint until you feel ready you can take a bigger bite. And do opt for the Debian Edition Mint.

    [–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Not to sound condescending, but I'd like to caution against this language. Mint is a perfectly fine OS to run permanently and never look back, and you absolutely can take a bigger bite while never having to install another OS. Distros are for the most part just a jumping off point and a set of defaults.

    I agree though, LMDE stronk

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    I said I was kidding 😉. If he likes Mint, sure, stick to whatever rocks your boat ☺️.

    [–] kalpol@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Meanwhile, OpenSUSE keeps rolling along, ignored

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

    That's because it's not RHEL 😂.

    [–] sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Nah, as an arch user most people don't likely need it. Mints a great option. No matter what you do with arch (even endeavor) there'll always be alot of setup, by design, and with how fast things move they'll break commonly. Like the grub issue a bit back, or the kernal that could have caused screens to die, or more recently the nvidia drivers forcing many screens to be stuck at one brightness.

    I love arch, it's a testing bed for the linux ecosystem. The first place where things exit beta and interact with each other in the wild. It's definitly not what most people want for a computer though especially not for work. That's why I duel boot with OpenSuse tumbleweed for my contract work (also, separating work and regular life makes things easier but that's not relevent)

    [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

    EndeavourOS

    [–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

    My toaster is electromechanical. No µC / mutable memory available. Not even a manual switch (turn on/off using the wall switch). So no arch there unless I swap some components. I use EndeavourOS with DWM on one of my VMs, though.

    Do I get to live?

    [–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    No excuses, get a pi and stick in there!

    [–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 10 months ago

    I'd have a toasted pi every-time I ran it. Talk about expensive sandwiches.

    [–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

    "Installing Linux on a Dead Badger" is an actual book. https://archive.org/details/installinglinuxo0000snyd/mode/1up

    [–] ordellrb@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

    I hope you mean LMDE mint

    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    No

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

    Oh, come on, he's not that bad 😁.