#linux friendly

[nudibutch]

who wants to buy the framework laptop for me

[bonefarm]

Think I might fuck around and put Linux on this laptop. I’m annoyed enough at the new version of windows to finally make a change and I’ve always wanted to try that out and see what it was about.

Any mutuals into that sort of thing that have any words of wisdom?

[mountmortar]

i know this is my pokémon blog but i gotta say it. if you use windows i'm so fucking sorry i don't know how you guys deal with it

[cardboxshelter]

guys, I need help, quickly

I understand Jack shit about TI and my pc is telling me it can't support Windows 10 until next year and it won't be able to support Windows 11

What the fuck can I do because I like my pc and it works fine, plus I can't afford to just buy a new one

:(((((((

[clouds-of-wings]

I wonder if all those people who say Windows is easier to use than Linux are Apple users or something... I feel like Linux is pretty straight-forward, things usually work or else you get an error message that tells you what exactly is wrong. You may have to ask an expert what exactly the error message means but there’s always an expert around in the forums and then you’re good to go.

Whereas with Windows if something doesn’t work (which is often) the usual situation is that you get the message “This didn’t work for some reason, good luck!” or simply nothing happens at all. Then you ask on the Microsoft customer support forum and get an answer that fixes nothing because your error could have 20 different reasons and they don’t know what your problem is either. And then if you’re lucky you find some freeware that works and which someone has written for fun and glory - in other words, exactly the normal Linux approach - and it fixes your problem.

I feel like Windows often tries so hard to keep users away from everything technical that things in the end become needlessly complicated. I can’t get Ethernet to work on Windows 7. On Linux, it’s easy. It’s easier, even for someone with no technical knowledge, to enter subnet masks numbers (you can just jot them down after all, you don’t need to understand the background) than to find the 20 different arcane settings that Windows requires you to set.

[iammannyj]

Reviving Old Computers: My Journey with Linux Mint and Other Distros

If you’re like me, you hate the idea of throwing away perfectly good electronics just because they’re a bit outdated. That’s why I’ve been experimenting with various Linux distributions over the years to get the most out of my old machines. I’ve tried everything from Ubuntu to Puppy Linux, but the one that’s stuck with me the longest is Linux Mint. As my daily driver, Linux Mint has proven to be…

[opaque-queue]

Linux is easy to use operating system that everyone should switch to.

Proceeds to spent three days fixing a microphone.

[linuxgamenews]

My Friendly Neighborhood is due to bring the horror to Linux

My Friendly Neighborhood puppet puzzle survival game has a Linux port on the radar with Windows PC. The brilliant craftsmanship of developers John and Evan Szymanski truly shines in this work. Available on Steam with 96% Very Positive reviews. A unique new puppet puzzle survival thriller, just released, a fresh out of the oven titled, My Friendly Neighborhood. Your good ol' innocent puppet buddies from childhood TV, have all gone berserk. Which is all due to evolve onto Linux.

I am happy to report that Linux support is on my radar.

The My Friendly Neighborhood developers have responded via email, revealing that they're using Unity 3D 2020.1.17f1, an innovative input system, and a post-processing stack for the game. They're eager to provide a native build once the release storm settles. And while we can confirm robust Proton support, they definitely see the value in a native port. Now then, our main hero in My Friendly Neighborhood is Gordon, your regular repair guy. He laces up his boots, not knowing he's about to dive into a pool of complete puppet madness. Gordon's task is seemingly simple at first - switch off the unexpected broadcast of an old kids’ show, 'The Friendly Neighborhood'. As a result, he's about to be in the center of a puppet revolt. My Friendly Neighborhood once filled up living rooms with laughter, lighting up little faces with its goofy puppet crew. The world loved the edu-tainment it offered, the fun-filled journey it took them on. But alas, with time, the love faded, and a result, the studio had to close shop. The puppet gang has returned for an unscripted encore. This time, they're far from friendly.

My Friendly Neighborhood Trailer

In the spirit of beloved mascot horror sagas, My Friendly Neighborhood offers a wild ride that's anything but typical. There's no splash of gore, no typical fright fest. Instead, it welcomes you to a realm of horror where scares come with sprinkles of fluff and felt. Which is also very well done. As you explore the desolate My Friendly Neighborhood studio, survival is the key. You have to keep those rabid puppets at bay, tie them down with your trusty toolkit filled with quirky, harmless weapons, and good ol' duct tape. You're in for a host of unique puzzles that are equal parts fun and fear. Oh, and remember, you're also digging for a dark secret buried in this whole puppet chaos.

Here's what you're signing up for:

Puppets: Are they buddies or bullies? It's a madhouse of crazy, colorful characters that were once friends but have now turned foes.

Choose Your Own Adventure: You're not stuck following a linear path in My Friendly Neighborhood. Your map is your guide, and you have the freedom to explore.

Wacky Weapons: Unique tools, like the Rolodexer, are your saviors. Can you recall your ABCs? That’s your ammo, and careful management is key!

Puzzling Scenarios: Put on your thinking cap to solve a variety of challenging enigmas, a tribute to the classics of survival horror.

Varying Scenes: From Ray's Workshop to the Cardboard Crayon Halls, there are tons of diverse places for you to explore.

Stay Organized: Keep track of your belongings in a grid-based real-time inventory. Trust me, it's so much more efficient!

My Friendly Neighborhood puppet puzzle survival game can be yours right now. You can grab it on Windows PC via Steam and play with Proton at a Platinum level. Or you can wait for the native Linux build of the game, no ETA yet. Priced at $26.99 USD / £22.49 / 26,09€ with the 10% discount.

[julietianboy]

) linuxgender flags . 💻

[ id: a flag with five horizontal stripes, in the following colors: green, leaf green, very light green, dark gray and black. The second flag is sky blue, turquoise, very light green, dark gray and black. Third flag is hot pink, pale pink, very light green, dark gray and black.

Fourth is yellow, green-ish yellow, very light green, dark gray and black. Fifth is lavender, pale lilac, very light green, dark gray and black. The last flag is dark orange, muted orange, very light green, dark gray and black. /End id ]

-> in order: linuxgender, linuxboy, linuxgirl, linuxenby, linuxomen and linuxoutherine (links to original posts)

-> a remake of all of the flags for linuxgender and its subsets, which i made quite some time ago. the originals weren't very high quality, like most of my older flags, and some colors were hard to see, so I've saturated them a bit and darkened them as well.

[frogliftcertified]

reminiscing about this one time like ten years ago, a guy i fancied asked me if i could show him how linux works because i was using my laptop between classes, and i gave him a tour of what at the time was my debian install and it scared him so much he never spoke to me again

[toast1862]

i've been wanting to play a farming game other than sdv, and hopefully not buy anything new, so i tried palia and it didnt work, and i tried sun haven on my deck which is ok but the controls are so fucking bad and the scaling is weird and hard to see... that game would be really good with some basic tweaks. it would be one of the best of its kind if the ui and controls were fixed. not quite sdv levels, but really really good. then i realized. i havent played apico in ages. i got it right when it came out, and it's gotten a ton of content updates! in fact....

it's about to have its final update in 9 days. wait. wait actually that messes things up, i kinda want to wait and play it in its full glory. wait no i should have forgotten about this game for 2 more weeks this sucks

[jorjin]

Also maybe just maybe people aren't lazy for not wanting to use linux. There's a slew of reasons why somepne won't install Linux

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[abbiistabbii]

I don't think people realize how absolutely wild Linux is.

Here we have an Operating system that now has 100 different varieties, all of them with their own little features and markets that are also so customizable that you can literally choose what desktop environment you want. Alongside that it is the OS of choice for Supercomputers, most Web servers, and even tiny little toy computers that hackers and gadget makers use. It is the Operating System running on most of the world's smartphones. That's right. Android is a version of Linux.

It can run on literally anything up to and including a potato, and as of now desktop Linux Distros like Ubuntu and Mint are so easily to use and user friendly that technological novices can use them. This Operating system has had App stores since the 90s.

Oh, and what's more, this operating system was fuckin' built by volunteers and users alongside businesses and universities because they needed an all purpose operating system so they built one themselves and released it for free. If you know how to, you can add to this.

Oh, and it's founder wasn't some corporate hotshot. It's an introverted Swedish-speaking Finn who, while he was a student, started making his own Operating system after playing around with someone else's OS. He was going to call it Freax but the guy he got server space from named the folder of his project "Linux" (Linus Unix) and the name stuck. He operates this project from his Home office which is painted in a colour used in asylums. Man's so fucking introverted he developed the world's biggest code repo, Git, so he didn't have to deal with drama and email.

Steam adopted it meaning a LOT of games now natively run in Linux and what cannot be run natively can be adapted to run. It's now the OS used on their consoles (Steam Deck) and to this, a lot of people have found games run better on Linux than on Windows. More computers run Steam on Linux than MacOS.

On top of that the Arctic World Archive (basically the Svalbard Seed bank, but for Data) have this OS saved in their databanks so if the world ends the survivors are going to be using it.

On top of this? It's Free! No "Freemium" bullshit, no "pay to unlock" shit, no licenses, no tracking or data harvesting. If you have an old laptop that still works and a 16GB USB drive, you can go get it and install it and have a functioning computer because it uses less fucking resources than Windows. Got a shit PC? Linux Mint XFCE or Xubuntu is lightweight af. This shit is stopping eWaste.

What's more, it doesn't even scrimp on style. KDE, XFCE, Gnome, Cinnamon, all look pretty and are functional and there's even a load of people who try make their installs look pretty AF as a hobby called "ricing" with a subreddit (/r/unixporn) dedicated to it.

Linux is fucking wild.

[unidentifiedfuckingthing]

not knowing what the fuck you do with a tarball was already a mild problem in my life before switching to linux but now i am starting to feel like im missing something embarrassingly vital here