this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
1213 points (96.7% liked)

linuxmemes

23677 readers
2241 users here now

Hint: :q!


Sister communities:


Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
  • Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
  • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
  • 5. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Language/язык/Sprache
  • This is primarily an English-speaking community. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
  • Comments written in other languages are allowed.
  • The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
  • Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
  • 6. (NEW!) Regarding public figuresWe all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations.
  • Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
  • We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
  • Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed.
  • Β 

    Please report posts and comments that break these rules!


    Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.

    founded 2 years ago
    MODERATORS
     
    top 50 comments
    sorted by: hot top controversial new old
    [–] dan@upvote.au 6 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

    I stopped using Linux on my desktop PC in 2007. Last year I switched back, and wow everything is so much smoother now. Video, sound, webcam, networking, all worked perfectly out-of-the-box. No more messing with fglrx for hours to get ATI/AMD graphics working. No more figuring out ALSA vs OSS vs PulseAudio vs whatever else. I don't know what the sound subsystem is even called now, because I don't need to know. It just works.

    KDE is beautiful now, too. I tried a few desktop environments and liked KDE the best.

    Great time to switch. I've been using Linux on servers since 1999, but it's totally viable for desktops these days too.

    [–] _carmin@lemm.ee 2 points 52 minutes ago

    The crazy thing is that it will always keep getting better.

    [–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 18 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    The average 'advanced' window user: CLI is scary!

    Also the average 'advanced' windows user: if you open regedit and add this DWORD entry to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Microsoft/application/windows/something, then you can stop Microsoft from screwing you, but it'll revert after each update so you gotta keep fixing it

    [–] lengau@midwest.social 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Linux user: Hey I made a PowerShell script for you that'll change the entry so you don't ha.... "advanced" Windows user: KEEP YOUR HACKER LOONIX AWAY FROM ME

    [–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 3 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

    But downloading a .reg file from some rando website is a-okay.

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

    The installation progress is absolutely insane if you think about it.

    Oh, so I just go on the internet and download a random executable with the expectation of running it and giving it administrator access and I have to do this every single time I want to install a new piece of software?!

    I can't imagine what could go wrong with such a system...

    Fits but hurts. Like Linux is ready now

    [–] steeznson@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    If you want to see what linux was like 15 years ago try installing OpenBSD lol

    [–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

    It really wasn't that bad if not for WiFi drivers. Considering you were comparing it to XP.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LArSWavNqPg

    [–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    I have had people tell me " I dont feel like building my own OS from scratch " I'm like what are you even talking about?

    [–] _carmin@lemm.ee 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    MFs be modifying regedit and throwing random bash scripts to make their windows PC barely usuable then say shit like "I have to run this one command in the terminal?, but Im not a hacker?!!"

    Bitch stfu

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

    I'm literally talking to a person, in this very thread, who bailed the instant they saw a

    code block
    

    because they thought I was telling them to touch the terminal. (I was not, and even included a picture of Dolphin with my instructions, but they still noped out)

    [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

    So, which distro is the ready one?

    [–] lengau@midwest.social 4 points 1 hour ago

    Hannah Montana Linux

    [–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago
    [–] _carmin@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
    [–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    Strange, because in this thread alone I have seen recommendations for PopOS, Arch, Mint Cinnamon, EndeavorOS, Bazzite, NixOS, and Ubuntu.

    Even ZorinOS got a mention.

    So why isn't it Debian?

    [–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    It depends on your hardware if it is Debian. Debian prefers to use an older kernel until the next point release comes, which is nice because a random update likely won't break your system.

    But... speaking from experience: expect issues (missing drivers etc.) if your hardware is too new.

    [–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

    Fedora the test bed bleeding edge is stable?

    [–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

    I often see people recommend arch and fedora to newbies and then wondering why people turn away from Linux, they should recommend Linux mint, or and steam os

    [–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Steam OS is based on arch, and outside of the Steam Deck it's really not that great of a distro. It's just tailor-made for that hardware and has good brand recognition.

    Bazzite is a similar concept but operates better as an actual OS outside of being a gaming console.

    [–] art@lemmy.world 46 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

    Let's be real. Most people can't really use Windows, either. Anything harder than clicking the Chrome icon is beyond most users.

    load more comments (3 replies)
    [–] Gluca23@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago

    Wow, so many wrong comments. My parents using Linux laptops for 10 years (which i give them second hand when i buy a new one). Now i set up NixOS with auto updates, and never needed to touch it again myself.

    load more comments
    view more: next β€Ί