#Linux distro

[spoczkotszcz]

Can't believe nobody on tumblr linked the red star os iso yet

RedStar OS is an operating system made in North Korea, it is Fedora based with KDE on top that is customised to look like Mac OS

To change the Language to English after install. Obtain root access, and run the command:

sed -i 's/ko_KP/en_US/g' /etc/sysconfig/i18n /usr/share/config/kdeglobals

Warning; it is full of north korean spyware which tracks everything u do and sends it to some bored North Korean government worker so install on a virtual machine only with network driver disabled or using a throwaway wifi/sturdy dynamic ip mifi x hypervisor taken into consideration. Do not touch this unless you can isolate it and you're happy x confident to install malware keyloggers etc.

[undefinedlabel]

Linux distribution featuring undefined label's art

Here is the archive.org page for the ISO files for undefined linux. It is updated with each music release that undefined label releases, and as such has almost 20 hours of noise, drone, and music. It also has a couple music videos, and some artwork.

[frog707]

When Windows 7 reached end of support in 2020, I landed on Linux Mint more-or-less by chance, without learning anything about competing distributions. Still ignorant after 3+ years of Linux use, I found this article enlightening.

I can't decide what kind of user I am. While I've run Linux on-and-off since the 1990s and occasionally written Bash scripts, I don't see myself as a "power user." Nor do I want to spend my precious hours on system administration. But I'm plagued by a nagging hunch that, with a little effort, I could squeeze a lot more performance out of my aging desktop computer.

[papasfilms]

PapasTM has been updated to include my new mouse. Also, the “distro” section is now up-to-date.

[kali-official]

fastfetch config :3

it even tells me how long ive been on E

[mutter-official]

I hate stable distros but I also kinda need this thing to Just Work whenever I turn it on

[cup0fkale]

The only reason someone SHOULD buy a chromebook is to replace chromeos with a better linux distro

[emacs-unofficial]

From where I post

[virtualgirladv]

LINUX DISTRO OPINIONS WANTED

Okay I know theres a bunch of you [Distro]-offical blogs following me and many others with strong opinions about linux, help me out here. I'm moving my desktop from windows to linux(yeah I know sue me I was through every year of "this is the year of desktop linux", it never was) and borked my laptops void install(also dont ask im not a smart bot sometimes). Sell me on your linux flavour in the notes(pref in the replies but do ya rebloging if you wanna make more chaos discussion ) <3

PC: standard gaming/streaming/art set up, AMD cpu, nvidia GPU im replacing with AMD once finances arent hell. Maybe a little coding but I leave that stuff for work cause im too sad to code for free rn

Laptop: One of those suped up xps13s, allllllll up in that maxed i7 from that gen and no gpu to speak of. Just my mobile code machine and maybe light gaming

random tags of linux accounts I can think of, please share with all them distro fuckers

@arch-official @debian-official @ubuntu-official @retropieos-official @sinsinewave @recursive-wizard @puppylinux-unofficial @puppylinux-official @transhuman-priestess (:P)

[asterwild]

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a medium-sized penguin species found throughout several Antarctic and subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The origin of their common name is unclear; the word "gentoo" was historically used by Europeans and Anglo-Indians to refer to indigenous peoples of India (now considered derogatory) and was possibly applied to the penguins with the insinuation that the white markings on their head are turban-like. Their name is now also known for being shared with a Linux distribution.

[quietmarie]

No, Discord it's not my "lucky day! There's a Discord update!". It's my unlucky day! There's a Discord update!!

[aeranar]

criminal how hard it is to find 16gb usbs that aren’t shit these days

[andresbravo2003]

How it Started:

And How it Celebrated:

[yiffos-official]

I am willing to give you or anyone else on tumblr the skills and advice the helped me get my dream job

the idea of working for TEK a few months ago would just be a fantasy

my background in education is English. I learned what I know now on my own and only by random chance.

This is why I am so critical of the linux commumity on tumblr.

They're tagging themselves as -official when they can't provide casual end user support.

They're entirely too horny to be in this sphere. Computers and linux should not be about how much you want to fuck/be fucked by X

it will deter end users

This is very cool that you will help other tumblr users with this stuff; i may actually take you up on this at some point :3

(my tone here is /g, /pos, /nm, /lh)

I do, however, kind of disagree with the other points. I think that for any other social media it's correct, twt or fb does not have the culture to make these sorts of parody accounts viable or not-counter-productive to increasing the linux market share. But I don't think that tumblr is the same.

I think that tumblr does. I think the tumblr community has always been this somewhat ephemeral yet perpetual inside joke culture where almost every user is in-the-know, and new users to the joke are able generally able to catch on quickly to it due to their general understanding of they way tumblr communities operate.

IMO, it's a somewhat quick pipeline of:

\> find first "x-official" blog -> assume it's real -> see them horny posting about xenia -> infer that RH corporate would probably not approve of such a blog

I can appreciate that it might be intimidating to seek out help as a new linux user, and especially a new linux & tumblr user, but looking through these blogs, you do see them helping out people ^^. heck, my last post was helping someone getting wayland working on an nvidia system.

The main goal of these blogs is not to be a legitimate CS service to general end-users. they aren't affiliated with the software their blog is named after, so in many cases they *cant*. The goal is instead to foster a community around linux, creating a general network of blogs of the various FOSS projects that they enjoy.

I think that final sentiment, of these blogs detering end users, is most likely counter to their actual effect on end users who are considering switching to linux.

We all know a lot of tumblr is 20 or 30 something year olds who have just stuck around since ~2012ish, and new users to tumblr join with pre-existing knowledge of the culture and platform. Almost anyone coming across these blogs are going to be people who can see the "in" joke, and acclimate. I do highly doubt that a random facebook mom who's son convinced her to install mint on her old laptop would find tumblr, find a -official blog, scroll through said blog, and be detered from using mint.

The other side of this is that any tumblr users who come across these blogs, be it with an inkling of desire to switch to linux or not, will see a vibrant and active community that fits very well into the tumblr community. They remember, or have heard of, the amtrac & OSHA blogs, and are therefore probably aware that this is a pre-existing meme on here.

In all likelyhood, this will probably further incentivize them to make the switch, as they would be more attracted to a community of their peers over a community of redditors telling them to read the arch wiki repeatedly

I can, on the other hand, definitely see that for people who have difficulties with parsing tone, and especially sarcasm, would have trouble with this. TBH, I have these difficulties (hence when I was speaking to you yesterday I used the /unjerk indicator, as I couldn't tell what the tone of the conversation was), and so it took me a little while of being in this weird "I'm 99% sure these *aren't* official, but what if?". I have been there forI think that maybe being more transparent with the fact that the blogs are parodies is probably important. I'm guilty of this, and after i post this, i'll add it to my bio.

[irradiate-space]

For context: I got a very nice Lenovo 2-in-1 (32GB RAM, Intel graphics, 2k touchscreen with pen) for about 50% off on Black Friday, and I've been running *buntu since ~2007. I ran Kubuntu until Minecraft started reliably crashing Plasma in the 2010s, and then I switched to XFCE until I replaced that laptop with a Dell 2-in-1 running stock Ubuntu. I'd like to go back to KDE, I think, but I'm not 100% committed to *buntu. The Arch wiki is both a godsend and scary.