#install linux

[jswatson]

the only thing the windows 10 settings program is good at is at making me incredibly angry

i havent had the misfortune of using windows 11 yet. if i did, i would break a keyboard in half

[fixmypc24ex]

How to replace Windows with Linux Mint on your PC | ZDNET

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[arenaconspiracy]

soon i am getting a new laptop that i will have to use in public, and i am thinking of doing the most arcane, malevolently set up, Doug Rattmann crazy levels, most incomprehensible Linux setup on it, so that nobody who isn't me, or atleast is not familiar enough with the specific linux utilities, can use it.

so that in the event i happen to leave the laptop unattended in public, (which i do not plan on doing, as i innately keep my backpack on me 100% of the time, so much so that multiple people have found it offputting, but in the event it do) nobody knows how to work it, or how it even works.

currently i've only a few ideas, such as - using i3wm with a fully rewritten key configuration, including having some common windows shortcuts such as alt + F4, ctrl + shift + esc, ctrl + alt + del, et cetera pull up premade messages heckling you for trying them - using only command line tools like feh, mpv, nmtui, & others for basic tasks - possibly automatically lock the session while the machine is in use if you fail to enter a password into a window, probably one it doesn't open automatically so you also need to know what fucking program to start from a terminal to enter a password you also need to know. (and possibly not have the program in the $PATH for extra evil)

LINUXPOSTERS OF TUMBLR - i call to you in a time of peril - heed my call, give me your most diabolical ideas on making an installation as hostile and arcane as you can. the machine doesn't even have to be 100% usable by myself, i'm fine with it being annoying as fuck to use if it means that it's bafflingly unusable to those around me.

no holds barred. if it's funny, or actively hostile to a user, or both, you may suggest it.

[andmaybegayer]

bill gates is a rabid dog and he must be beaten to death with a stick

[emacs-unofficial]

From where I post

[muffinlance]

Woo got Linux working! On a related note I have gotten over any fear of breaking things through the command line and also can now roll back to an earlier system backup. Yes those are related. In my defense, breaking things in interesting ways is a great way to figure out what's actually going wrong.

[systemdeez]

Devices having locked bootloaders should be illegal and I'm not kidding even a little.

[triviallytrue]

It Will Only Get Worse

Have never gotten closer to installing Linux than I have just now when the act of restarting my computer resulted in 3 separate prompts to spend money with my only 'no' option being 'maybe later'

[gamer-sludge]

>Be noob Gentoo user >Gentoo user for 35 days now >Try updating once every week >"Nothing to merge; quitting..." multiple times now >"Wow! Gentoo must have a real commitment to stability if updates are this rare!" >One day, realize that the repos aren't synced >It's been 35 days >Sync repos & try updating again >205 packages need to be merged

[anzuhan]

well, the art for fallin down with the punkish lens may have to wait a bit.. frankly, anzu has had a hard time coming up with an idea of a composition for it.. but besides that, anzu has been having major issues with anzu's laptop. anzu draws on a phone so its not stopping this, however it does stress anzu out a lot

[jswatson]

watched the new doctor who episodes and im sure theres a thousand (better) versions of this video out there already but here

[fixmypc24ex]

How to install Linux on an old laptop | ZDNET

[irbcallmefynn]

There's a lot stopping me from wanting to switch to Linux to the point where it's kinda funny. sure Linux gaming is in many ways better than windows and everything runs better and you have more control and it won't spy on you and you can do basically everything I'd want to do.

But! I don't like compatibility layers the concept itself is annoying to me i should be able to just run the thing and it works. Also I've heard Linux has issues with VR which is important to me. Also the mental image i have of Linux is that it's very technical and fickle and you have to do a lot of things manually and i don't like that. Also i think there being so many types of Linux is actually a bad thing for me cause i don't know the difference between them and i don't know which would work for what i want so I'm just confused and frozen by choice paralysis.

Linux scary and confusing I'm literally just a wolfdog you can't expect me to use commandline or tell the difference between an Ubuntu and an Arch and a ShitBalls

[autolenaphilia]

I said recently Linux has room to grow, while Windows can only get worse, and you can clearly see that by comparing how windows users talk about a new version of Windows compared with Linux users talking about their distro's new release (at least those long term support distros with distinct numbered releases). Like Windows users are filled with trepidation and dread, a sense of "what will they fuck up this time" mixed with some relief that things aren't entirely unuseable. Whereas the release of a new version of Debian or Linux Mint seem to be genuine enthusiasm, "New debian dropped, the experience is already great, I wonder what they have made better with this release, I can't wait to upgrade." It feels like Windows users have lost all hope, whereas Linux users are hyped about the future.

[maplethesilly]

screaming crying banging my head on the wall trying to get a shitty arm windows laptop to boot literally anything

[manjaro-official]

if you're making an indie game with no qa dept., literally just compile your game for Linux. unity has a whole ass button for this exact purpose. it takes approximately 0 seconds of labor to significantly reduce the number of times the average player of you game has to sign into their Microsoft account (morally good)