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@ Durandal @lemmy.today

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Hate is always foolish and Love is always wise. 
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind. 

Never be cruel.
Never be cowardly.
Never give up.
Never give in.

  • Reacting to LTT's 2026 Linux Challenge (part 1)! - The Bryant Review

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  • FFS... people need to stop platforming that shyster... 🤦

  • How do you pronounce daemon?

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  • day mn

  • Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore

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  • Exactly. Like I said... it's a top recommendation for a reason. There's still tons of bleeding edge stuff to play with... but Mint has really nailed down "here... this will install painlessly, and your laptop is going to work fine".

  • Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore

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  • "Linux Mint isn't the answer for Linux newbies switching from windows to Linux" -- someone that's obviously done distro hopping. They then go on to cite "professional work"... something that generally benefits from boring, stable, reliable OS... and "customization"... which is a great place to start breaking things.

    And their alternatives? Kubuntu, fedora, and opensuse. What? *buntu used to be a safe bet ... but they can't keep things even running these days. Fedora... a perfect newbie choice. No hand holding, half your features won't work as expected for a windows user because it focuses everything on foss only, out of the box. ... and opensuse. I wouldn't ever call opensuse "newbie friendly"... and they use their own packaging so all the common stuff you would want to look up for help won't be a simple one click fix since most guides and apps recommend apt, rpm, or pac.

  • Linux Mint isn't the answer for Windows refugees anymore

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  • It's not that people generally say "basic" ... they say "boring". It's designed to just work and be stable with some nice features but it has a slower release speed and the dev, intentionally, keeps things slow so that they can polish up all the features before they go mainstream on it. So it isn't doing anything revolutionary and it isn't giving you bleeding edge everything... it's just nice and stable. It's become one of top recommended distros for a reason.

    The main hiccups I see with it is that they are lagging behind on Wayland support... which is slowly becoming the defacto standard for desktop display tech. If you aren't really up on the x11 vs wayland debate... this likely isn't even an issue for you. Suffice to say they've tried to hang back on x11 for a while, which is the older but much more thoroughly tested way of doing the user space display. Secondly would be... because it's a slow burn on updates, you might not get the latest greatest updates for the kernel with the display drivers. So for gaming that could make things a little more finicky. People do use it for gaming... so don't think it can't be also used for that, just might run into hiccups.

    Good thing is you can test it out, and if it doesn't work out, try something else.

  • GNOME and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux

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  • There should be real hotkey editing in the settings or it should respect the OS hotkey settings. As of now the only way to toggle this is by diving into about config and finding the flag.

  • Where can I get Linux stickers?

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  • Hey! How do you pronounce AUR?

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  • Ay Yew Arr

    ...but if they renamed it Arch Interactive User Repository or Arch Internet User Repository, I have no problem switching to pronouncing it "eye-urr"

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    After 5 years, I’m finally leaving Ubuntu for this Linux distro

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  • fedora's declaration that they're officially okay with including "ai" generated code in the project has me shopping around for a new distro. CachyOS seems like it's really soliid choice these days.

  • Linux @lemmy.world
    Durandal @lemmy.today

    Looking for help setting up dual boot system for a mostly beginner user and specific distro suggestions.

  • Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency

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  • Counterpoint... there is no real enforcement beyond the honor system... so it changes very little other than expressly condoning the activity.

  • Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency

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  • Well that’s what “condone” means fwiw.

    I see it the same as how steam does the same thing with requiring disclosure of ai use on store pages now. And I treat it the same way if I see it I make a consumer choice to not support the game.

    What disturbed me was reading the minutes of the meeting that people seemed genuinely excited to include gen ai code. To me that speaks to an ethos that is highly divergent from what I would like to see and what should be happening. It doesn’t feel like it’s “welp I guess we gotta let people do it” and more “oh boy we can finally use it”. And with all the companies that make llm how long before some back door evil nonsense sneaks in. To say I’m dubious would be an understatement. 🤷

  • Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency

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  • Well sure... the point of a warning label on the side of a product is to allow you to make informed choices if you want to use that product. A warning label saying "we're condoning the use of unethical practices" allows me to decide I would rather seek a different product.

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  • Doesn't mean I have to support the ones that actively encourage it.

    I guess it's time for some of the projects to start putting little stickers that say "hand crafted code" on them explicitly.

  • Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency

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  • Fedora Will Allow AI-Assisted Contributions With Proper Disclosure & Transparency

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  • Unfortunate. Announcing this when everyone is migrating from windows... a lot of which is because of the AI bullshit in it... seems like throwing the stick in the spokes move.

    I guess it's time to go shopping for a new distro :(

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    "We need to go beyond Signal" – How today's AWS outage shows the weaknesses of centralized apps

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  • What was your first distro?

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  • First was technically knoppix because it had a live boot cd function. That didn't go well. There was some kind of bug where it murdered the bios on my pentium2 and I was unable to recover the system, bricking the computer.

    First time I was able to fully install and use was ubuntu warthog... So that's what... 4.10? I think so.

  • want to build my first pc

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  • A first step is to figure out your primary use case. Things like CPU are less generic “buy fastest one” and are starting to get more specialized. If you are a gamer vs video production for example there are different chips that will be better for each of those.

    AMD is the best bang for the buck lately and a good choice.

    Might be ok keeping the nvme drive but if the pc is in the same age as that GPU then you’ll likely want to upgrade the ram to match the mobo you get. Good news is that ram is one of the cheaper parts.

    If you’re new to AMD and decide to go that route bear in mind that most amd mobo don’t like more than 2 sticks of ram even if it has 4 slots. Also there will be a sweet spot” for the speed of ram based on the mobo and cpu combo so give that a search.

    Newer cpu and gpu get hot af. So don’t skimp on good cooling options.

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    Email provider

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  • Both Tuta and Proton are decent selections.

    Some of the rumblings from proton admin are a little concerning... too early to see if they're going to have issues or not. Their service is robust and easy to use.

    Tuta seems to be a fairly good choice from a privacy standpoint. They aren't nearly as robust of a product package and using it feels a little old skool and clunky... but they're actively working on it... so hopefully it will change.

    The biggest thing with proton is that they offer a suite of products. They look to compete directly with the goog on their offerings... so they have email, calendar, password manager, file drive, wallet, whatever else... and they're working to integrate them. So if you use a plethora of g-products... it's more of a smooth transition because there are more analogs to use. If you have already diversified away from a monolithic product base, then this isn't an issue.