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  • Add Another to the Linux Tally!🎉

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  • yup you're correct and I've updated the main post!🤗

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  • no worries

    I use Fedora 40 KDE because I just want something that works immediately.

    That's similar to my customer's use case hence was why I suggested PopOS, although thinking about it in hindsight I probably should've recommended EndeavorOS for the moment as Gnome was more buggy than I initially expected

    Hey if you ever do consider to distroswap Pop_OS! Is a great option.

    Due to the inflexibility/ridgedness of the underlying distro Ubuntu, I don't actually like PopOS too much, I do think it's a good introduction to Linux for beginners though. I've also used Ubuntu Server for my Raspberry Pi projects quite a while back and thought it was interesting but, for my personal desktop OS as I wanted full customizability I eventually settled on Arch as it provided me the best flexibility (in context with the AUR and Flatpaks) and reliability in documentation.

    To me:

    • Ubuntu felt like children's version of legos; what you see is what you get and you have to try your best to force it to do the things you want it to do.
    • Fedora felt like discovering the lost facilities and constructors from BLAME!. The contructors can build what you require however the lands have long been abandoned after it's creators let the machines(IBM) run rampant (search "Red Hat Fedora controversies") as such; "humanity has simply slipped through the cracks".
    • Arch Linux felt like weaving magic that did exactly as how you imagined your idea, but only if you got the incantation just right with the requirement that the tome(s) you read was accurate and up to date. Using Arch actually requires understanding of the fundamentals in addition to the tenacity to sift through the archives and decipher which of the information provided by their authors will produce the outcome that you so desire. The journey is brutal but the power that comes from one's own effort is like ambrosia like no other.
    • NixOS felt like casting lost arts of great power that could be replicated and shared albeit with the problem of a tumultuous community that was plagued by contradictory systems. After the previous civil war I lost touch with some members and no longer know if it is worth revisiting it's hallowed grounds. It seemed like paradise around the year 2021 but as I lost touch I would have to consult with scholars such as Xe Iaso before deciding to rekindle that desire.

    Arch can blow one's legs off equivalent to C++ however, with the benefit of their Library of Babel in addition to wielding my dual-edged curse called OCD, I feel as though I am a hair's breadth away from reaching my personal utopia. If you've managed to reach the end of my tale, hopefully you might understand why I've currently decided to build my home on Arch

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  • Thanks for asking and also welcome to the fediverse!🤗

    I use KDE Plasma on Arch

  • Next I need to fold in the cheese

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  • A sorcerer appears and states that they will erase any one song from existence - which song would you choose?

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  • A sorcerer appears and states that they will erase any one song from existence - which song would you choose?

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  • probably a hot take:

    • Turkey in the Straw
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  • Removed

    I'm OP now.

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  • What if somebody wrote a virus that infected windows computers to replace the OS with linux?

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  • Maybe I should've posted this in linux memes

    please do this next time👍

  • What if somebody wrote a virus that infected windows computers to replace the OS with linux?

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  • Even if it were possible, personally I wouldn't recommend using it as it would violate/contradict the system of trust and autonomy

    Forcing the belief of:

    • "you have to use Linux because I believe it's good"
      • "because I believe x means you should believe y";

    onto someone makes that idea inherently untrustworthy and the foundations of its origin would be unstable.

    My recommendation is that if you want people to use Linux or something because you trust it and want others to benefit in the same way; then it's existence and systems contained within it should act as proof itself and shouldn't have to be forced onto others

    • similar to opt-ins rather than opt-outs

  • Why I’m So Desperate for the Return of Microsoft Word to Our Prison Library

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  • gods

    I thought at worst it'd be a typewriter with a vga or ps2 hookup but this is worse than I thought

    having to use that and only that means you're gigafucked💀

  • Why I’m So Desperate for the Return of Microsoft Word to Our Prison Library

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  • reading the article, I had a thought/question: wouldn't the Swintec typewriter solely act as the typing implement and not as a stream blocker in a sense?

    The typewriter obviously wouldn't have functions such as n-key-rollover, macros and whatnot but would it restrict what application can interpret the user's input?

    If so then maybe someone could agrue that this is yet another case of IBM's Bundling

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  • Last, he wipes down the Swintec typewriter bolted to the table.

    you're right and that's real cursed

  • Why I’m So Desperate for the Return of Microsoft Word to Our Prison Library

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  • even in the place closest to hell on Earth it looks like FOSS prevails yet again🌻

    behold OnlyOffice installable on Linux, Windows, and macOS- Licensed under AGPL-3.0

    rip, check thread below

  • It's true.

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  • best alternative to windows file explorer?

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  • totally fair

    I’ve also seen other KDE apps for Windows and macOS before, but had no idea this would also work with Dolphin.

    IKR?I just searched Dolphin as a potential recommendation as I knew that Okular works on Windows but I def wasn't expecting it to actually be possible (until yesterday) lol

  • best alternative to windows file explorer?

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  • hope it works and is useful to you!🤗

  • [YT]: Make your own SuzyQable for debugging Chromebooks & Android phones (coreboot flashing, debugging and more)

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  • this might be a dumb question but what's a suzyqable?

  • best alternative to windows file explorer?

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  • Surprisingly enough KDE's Dolphin

    Nightly Installers on the bottom:

    You'll want the bottom x86_64.exe👍