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ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace

@ ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace @piefed.ca

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  • Convinced my partner to install Linux on her laptop. Going with Zorin OS. Thoughts?

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  • Yeah, but she wants the desktop version. She has a license for it. Might run it through wine, yes. The problem will be printing. I haven't figured out how to set up a printer in Wine yet.

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  • Are these packages available in Debian Trixie? Because then I know what I'm installing on MY pc next.

    EDIT: Honestly 50$ for a one-time fee really isn't that bad. I've paid more for video games that I spent less time on, and this is going to team that's doing great work. They deserve it.

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  • You're not wrong. lol But the fact it's pre-packaged and ready OOTB is a big factor. Honestly they made the GNOME desktop the way it should have been in the first place. They also have added configuration menus and other QoL features that bring added value.

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  • Thanks for the advice.

    I asked her what her thoughts were on the desktop and she really doesn't care. She's used GNOME already on our Surface tablet. She's seen me use KDE. Those are the two options I presented to her because they have the best visuals and the most features and also the best app collection to go with it. In the other DE suggestions you offered, I find they are missing features, or aren't polished enough for my taste, or are still in their early stages of development. (Relatively speaking)

    Although I really enjoyed Budgie and Pantheon when I tried them out. Both delivering a Win 10 and Mac OS like experience respectively. But yeah, they're not finished yet and are quite buggy.

    And of course I'll be using Timeshift! Since I discovered this tool it's been a game changer. Along with btrfs-grub to add the snapshots to the grub menu, that's even better. Even if it doesn't come in the Ubuntu/Mint/Zorin repos, it can easily be built from source. That's what I did on my own PC.

    Finally, I'll tell her about the snaps for sure and tell her to stick with Flatpaks. Security is MUCH easier to manage with Flatseal than Snaps.

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  • Mageia 10 Released For This Linux Distribution Carrying On The Mandrake Legacy

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  • Yo I actually BOUGHT my first copy of Linux back in 2000 because I didn't know where to start and found a Mandrake box in a software store hahahahahahaha

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • Haha no problem!

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • It wouldn't be more stable. There's a whole repository of packages behind it, which has stable and secure software that has been thoroughly tested. Like I said, the only difference from Kubuntu is the theming, custom kernel and pipewire. Everything else is going to be super secure. Even the kernel itself might the be the LTS kernel, but compiled with different options. So that's still very stable.

  • Drauger OS Reworks Ubuntu LTS with KDE Plasma for Linux Gaming

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  • How many people are working on this project? I'm not sure, but I think at some point I saw on their page they were like 4 or 5 people working on this project. Mostly university students. I'd give them a break.

    But, I don't really see the point of making this distro. Other than the theming and a customized kernel, I don't really see the point. Kubuntu does the same job just fine if you want an Ubuntu base KDE desktop Linux distro.

  • It’s Well Past Time for a Four-Day Workweek

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  • I've always been reprimanded for basically learning and sharing because it affects delivery. So I stopped.

  • Systemd-Free Devuan GNU+Linux 6.1 Released with Unofficial Raspberry Pi Images

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  • Has anyone used it? What was your experience?

  • Devuan 6.0 Released For Debian 13 Without systemd

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  • An init system should be easy to understand and maintain. SystemD is anything but.

    With SysVinit I could write my own startup scripts and have total control over them.

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • Yeah. Considering Devuan over Debian for the same reason.

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • runit ftw

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • It would be awesome if it came with a KDE desktop environment.

    If ZorinOS shipped without the Snaps, it might become my go-to, even though it's Gnome. They did a wonderful job of customizing it with extensions to make it more like a classic desktop experience.

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • Yeah, as an Arch-based distro it's pretty nice. Probably the best Arch-based distro imo. Even though I'm not a big Arch fan.

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • As it should.

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    Okay why is your distro the best?

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  • Debian (stable)

    Stable, secure, it just works, has one of the, if not THE largest software package repo of all Linux distros, has lots of third party support for proprietary software and drivers that are available as .deb files or through official PPAs. It also is not backed by any corporation, but is a community developed distro. You can install it on pretty much everything.

    The only downside I would say is their shift into using Systemd. They shouldn't have done that. It was forced through undemocratically and I think that was a big mistake, even though they are trying to limit software dependencies to it. There's a fork called Devuan that I've been considering where you can pick your init system. (SysVinit/runit, etc) I honestly miss SysVinit. It was simple, easy to understand and easy to maintain.

  • Favorite open source game?

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  • Isn't Doom open source now? Does that count?