#ask fedora

[fedora-official]

I've been a life long windows user but I'm thinking if trying out Linux with fedora! fot any advice for someone new to all this? the terminal seems a bit intimidating still

it you're that scared by the terminal, maybe try out @linuxmint-official , it's more polished and user friendly.

Most of the time though, you don't actually need the terminal. Mint, Gnome, and KDE all ship a graphical software center, so installing software can be done just like how it would be done on windows if the windows store wasn't trash.

The differences between mint and fedora will start to show when you need to install software that's not "an app". For instance the proprietary nvidia drivers. Mint has a very convenient that does it in one click.

On fedora, there are at least 2 ways of doing it, neither of which is perfect. Fedora may also be missing some video codecs upon installation, because they're not all 100% free and open-source. In these situations, you'll need to use the terminal.

Whether you go with mint or fedora, my advice is the same: when you have a problem, just look it up and try solutions.

When I started using fedora, I had no idea how to solve the fedora-specific issues, but i just tried stuff until it worked. In the beginning, you'll run into issues that have been documented and solved. By the time you get into tougher stuff, you'll already have a decent understanding of how things work.

I often make it seem like fedora is harder than mint but that's because i don't want beginners to hate linux when they install fedora and find out they can't watch youtube out of the box. Apart from the few dumb issues you'll encounter after the installation, you'll find fedora is fine.

[thatbadadvice]

Help! I'm a Perfect Genius, but This Potential Employer Asked Me a Boring Interview Question!

Ask A Manager, 13 Feb 2024:

I was rejected from a role for not answering an interview question. I had all the skills they asked for, and the recruiter and hiring manager loved me. I had a final round of interviews — a peer on the hiring team, a peer from another team that I would work closely with, the director of both teams (so my would-be grandboss, which I thought was weird), and then finally a technical test with the hiring manager I had already spoken to. (I don’t know if it matters but I’m male and everyone I interviewed with was female.) The interviews went great, except the grandboss. I asked why she was interviewing me since it was a technical position and she was clearly some kind of middle manager. She told me she had a technical background (although she had been in management 10 years so it’s not like her experience was even relevant), but that she was interviewing for things like communication, ability to prioritize, and soft skills. I still thought it was weird to interview with my boss’s boss. She asked pretty standard (and boring) questions, which I aced. But then she asked me to tell her about the biggest mistake I’ve made in my career and how I handled it. I told her I’m a professional and I don’t make mistakes, and she argued with me! She said everyone makes mistakes, but what matters is how you handle them and prevent the same mistake from happening in the future. I told her maybe she made mistakes as a developer but since I actually went to school for it, I didn’t have that problem. She seemed fine with it and we moved on with the interview. A couple days later, the recruiter emailed me to say they had decided to go with someone else. I asked for feedback on why I wasn’t chosen and she said there were other candidates who were stronger. I wrote back and asked if the grandboss had been the reason I didn’t get the job, and she just told me again that the hiring panel made the decision to hire someone else. I looked the grandboss up on LinkedIn after the rejection and she was a developer at two industry leaders and then an executive at a third. She was also connected to a number of well-known C-level people in our city and industry. I’m thinking of mailing her on LinkedIn to explain why her question was wrong and asking if she’ll consider me for future positions at her company but my wife says it’s a bad idea. What do you think about me mailing her to try to explain?

Sir,

You have been wronged in the most grievous of ways by a coven of retaliatory, self-aggrandizing women who have failed in the extreme to recognize your brilliance, your talent, and above all, your general superiority.

Of course you should mail this mediocre "grandboss" on LinkedIn to inform her of the deep offense she caused you by interviewing you in the first place, let alone doing so using a boring question — indeed, you have a moral and professional obligation to do so in order to preserve your honor and the honor of scores of men like you who have never done a single solitary thing wrong in their lives, ever.

But I beg you to consider doing more. A single, private message to one incompetent bitch may not convey to the necessary parties the depth and breadth of the situation. Many, many people have important lessons to learn from your experience, and I encourage you to share it widely. Consider making a public LinkedIn post, and ensure that it is shareable across platforms. Depending on your financial resources, a billboard with your name, professional headshot, and contact information could go a long way toward ensuring that everyone in your industry who needs to know just how you handled the way these women treated you, does know about it. I hope that in your continuing job search, you are able to connect with potential employers who have a much better grasp of all you bring to the table.

[mikufigureoftheday]

Not a figure but have you seen the new miku magic the gathering crossover? My favorite is Inspiring Vantage!!

Finally.....Magic the Mikuing......

[ihni]

As a Midwesterner of many years, I have found there are two types of coastal visitors. Those who come unprepared for winter and freeze their balls off and those who come over prepared. We're talking snowpants, a jacket, a coat, hat and gloves, wool socks, and boots when it's only like 25-30° F. Billy is almost definitely the latter. Everyone's laughing at him, looking like a state puff marshmallow man, but when Steve says he's cold and wants Billy's jacket? Billy tells him to fuck off (lovingly, like you would with a partner trying to steal your food.)

YES. Only I'm thinking Billy either a) wasn't prepared before he got to Hawkins, and had to scramble to the first thrift shop on the morning of the first snow to stock up, or b) had to go to a thrift shop in California for his winter gear. Either way, the result is mismatching enough that Argyle would be proud ...

[pinkwindowwithin]

do you have a timelapse or art process vid up somewhere to watch?

if not uhh- what's your drawing process? qwq

your line art specifically I find very cool and I want to understand how you do it :')

SO. I wrote up a really long response to this that tumblr decided to delete when I tried to post and I didn’t have any of it saved SOOO. If this comes off as rambly or incoherent I’m very sorry I tried 😭 ALSO THIS IS JUST HOW I DO IT, NOT HOW I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT!!! Do ur lineart in whatever way feels right and makes you happy!

I do most of my stuff in Autodesk Sketchbook, which unfortunately doesn’t have an automatic recording feature (and the recording option it does have is kinda clunky and distracting 💔) BUT. PROCREATE DOES, SO WE HAVE THIS

I focus more on the gesture and the shapes than trying to make it look “good”. Truly it’s a “going with the vibes situation”, because I tend to switch things up quite a bit when drawing (although that isn’t really shown here 💔). If there is a movement or particular shape in the sketch, I will try to capture its essence as much as I can (this doesn’t mean sticking close to the sketch, just means I’m trying to capture the general vibe or the line of action and trying to remain faithful to it)!! My favorite part of the process, and the part I focus on the most, is coloring so my lineart is really tailored to make coloring easier for me, so there’s not a lot of details or crosshatching or anything of that nature… I’m really just blocking stuff out to make coloring easier hehe

[bonetrousledbones]

damn they weren't lying. that art style can evil

yucky unfiltered version under the cut

i tried a super different coloring method too and it did not work particularly well lol

[meiloorunsmoothie]

[spacelazarwolf]

honk honk bitch come off anon or i’m just gonna keep waterboarding u.

[en-chi-la-da]

Uhh if you're still taking requests... A2 Makoyuma please please please pleaseeeeee

I love your art style a lot :>

i think it's funnier if he leaves his mask on for this lol

[tofangirlonly]

[fedora-official]

is fedora 42 gonna come with estrogen

While we have not planned to ship Fedora with estrogen out of the box, we're still taking suggestions until the requirements freeze (Tuesday 2025-01-14). For the time being, the best we could find is estradiol from cargo, the @rust-official package manager (you may have to install rust first).

Of course if you're feeling more DIY, you can always compile your own estrogen from source, but be careful with the quality of what you download.

Disclaimer: The Fedora team knows very little about HRT. Please ensure the programs you run have been verified by third parties you trust

[ghostydrawsstuff]

Offendy! We are twins! I also have a fedora!!!!

My friend said it reminded him of the 80s.

It looks really fun! Man where'd you find something so cool?? Tell me your secrets haha

[minionresearch]

omg you like disco elysium?

[ihni]

Your library being Billy's safe space idea makes me think that since he already teaches kids swim lessons, he also probably does kids' storytime readings. Steve finds out on accident.

And Steve is, of course, charmed, where he's hiding behind the shelves so Billy won't see him. As ANYONE would be, if they watched Billy with the kids. <3

[daydream-the-demon]

I'm the [tumblr] person who overuses comments in tags.

[tumblr] autosaved my tags even though I used them once.

Look in the tags and have a laugh.

(Possible tag game?) @author-of-the-year @jenumarts @thonethatflies620 @iamunabletothinkofablogname @ all my mutuals

[daydreamerwonderkid]

For no reason in particular may I inquire as to your relationship status?

You shan't.