Upgrade my PC. I put new parts in but I dont notice any real gains because my system was already running well.
My most costly mistake was probably installing gentoo on a Chromebook. That took so long and was both fun and extremely frustrating. It was working but now I’m getting these weird drive errors because the entire thing is loaded on an SD to avoid using the Chromebooks 15gb internal storage.
I’m on Nobara for 3 years now after spending a year on manjaro. Nobara is pretty sweet, performance is top of the line, its stable and I get packages decently fast.
But I hate not being able to use discover to update.
So I’d switch if something had a cooler fetch logo and was able to fix that.
I’m familiar with the linux system ive done gentoo and arch but why I use distros like nobara and fedora is because i can’t be fucked to keep up with what the latest optimisation are and then implement them.
My flatmate is now a Linux user. But it took her so long to make the switch. What finally did it was when she sat down at a default windows 11 PC that I was fixing and we just opened the start menu saw a ton of ads and software applications that weren’t installed and you had to pay for. I showed her that almost every single application has ads for products built in (co pilot buttons, one drive etc) and I said this is what you’re going to pay money to upgrade to.
She installed mint and loves it. (I hate it because mint has so many small issues that are fixed in newer versions and it uses x11)
Same. My desktop is going to finally go back to being exactly how I want it.
Where can we read the documents this author is referencing?
Just send them a link to Lemmy.world with whatever frontend you think they’d like best.
Thats not censorship though. You can still say whatever you want, just dont act surprised if people dont stick around to hear it.
There’s Linux4noobs but genuine questions about linux are usually welcome in all Linux communities.
Does your school have an it department? If not maybe that can be a job for you. Someone will need to maintain that fleet.
I dont know for sure so disregard what I say. but I remember reading that users could host their own snap repos but canonicals one was the only one at the moment. Everything about snap is open source except the webserver.
Hadn’t snap fixed a lot of the complaints people initially had?
Most Linux users run fully unencrypted drives as well. Its a vulnerability and a risk but its not a massive threat to the average person.
Idk if the average person is a laptop user but laptop users would definitely place a higher value on disk encryption.
Lenovo recently started shipping laptops with Linux at a discount. But its probably better to buy a laptop from a Linux seller so that you know the hardware compatibility is being maintained.
Linux isnt only for Foss enjoyers. Plus its good to have the linux community on reddit to help people bring attention to linux. If they move it here it will be even harder to join the community.
Think of /r/linux as a gateway to the world of Foss
How did you find out about Lemmy out of interest?
I enjoyed the video but it felt like this was a great hit on a feeling many have and chance present them with legitimate solutions and actually convert people away from an unhealthy relationship with tech.
Its a cancer that is spreading across the world. My dad thinks covid isn’t real but also ivermectin is a wonder drug that the government tried to hide for some reason.
Your gf has a really cool website. I love how the images open in a little window as if it were a desktop.
The page looks slick. Foss projects have the best web design its always either 10/10 or raw html. No in between.
They make a lot of really bold claims that I dont think are nessesary or helpful. Eg 15 year old devices will run happily and securely. Linux has no viruses.