I started using Linux last week. And now I'm looking at your memes!
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Itβs gonna be so much fun! We can do each others hair and talk about our favourite distros!
Internally: "YESYESYESYESYESYESYES"
Externally: "Cool, let me know if you need any help"
"my friend recommended I use Ubuntu"
me (screaming internally, about canonical, about snaps, about bloat): "That... that's good. Good choice."
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.
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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.
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.
Ignore the haters (me), everyone starts their journey somewhere
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This is exactly what I'm going to do in about 14 days. Fuck Microsoft.
Out of curiosity, why in 14 days?
Leaving a job wit two weeks after an announcement probably.
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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
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Just have a friend who finally decided switching yesterday. She picked my distro recommendation too which makes me feel all validated.
You have to share what this is now.
She wanted something that was an easy transition from Windows without having to learn a new interface. She is competent enough to install her own OS but wants to spend what little spare time she has on the computer gaming and not troubleshooting and maintaining. So I recommended she tries a few but primarily Bazzite with KDE and she liked it.
Heck, I'm running Fedora KDE right now but if I ever had to change I'd probably pick Bazzite too. Immutable sounds great for my purposes. I have zero intentions of messing around with my kernel.
Sounds like a solid rec for her usecase :)
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Then they use the worst set up you could imagine.
I see no issues hereβ¦
Windows is the worst setup you could imagine and they're ditching that. Sounds like a win to me.
This laptop came with an onboard intel graphics card AND an NVIDIA graphics card!
Oh fuck
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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.
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 arenβt 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 (edit: and the filesystem structure) youβll essentially be able to use any Linux distro, it just comes down to the nitty gritty of things.
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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.
And you can do this with a USB, it doesn't need to be a CD/DVD.
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i had to hold in my excitement when someone asked me what linux distro they should use as a beginner
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I think you mean this old one:
I'm on the reverse end. I'm so sick of the "I hate windows, I'm switching to Linux" and then just never make the swap. Like stop bitching about it if you won't do anything to fix it.
I like it when people talk about how shitty microsoft ism
Linux is a pyramid scheme. Prove me wrong
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.
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Me after years in IT and decades of Linux:
If you need help, bother somebody else
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Switched to linux this year and I would NEVER go back to windows.
Iβm such a nonconformist that I tell people Linux is terrible, and that they should never try it.
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If only there were a distro as lazy as using an Android device.
Every time I mention this, someone comes along and mentions one or another distro, and then the caveats that keep it from being as lazy as using an Android device.
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