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Loo roll and lotion besides the computer.
It’s fine. You can upgrade to Fedora as soon as it’s done.
I’m surprised it took 2 hours for Lemmy to recommend Linux. We’re getting sloppy
I was genuinely surprised it hadn’t been said yet.
Let the arguing about distro choice begin.
I feel like the only “good” distributions nowadays are Arch and NixOS (everywhere else, you become a construction worker every time you want a slightly niche program), while both having shitty stereotypes about users. And Arch currently only properly works on amd64. And NixOS’s model isn’t for everyone…
Ackshually…
I’m not motivated to type up a response on mobile but I’m surprised there isn’t an argument comment yet. What are we coming to…
What’s wrong fedora? I’ve barely used it but it’s what I usually recommend to non tech savvy people, specificially the kinoite version (KDE + atomic updates).
Oh, nothing wrong with Fedora specifically. I also recommend Fedora KDE to people like this.
But, imagine you saw someone use a project somewhere online and you want to try it’s not popular enough to be in the repos. Now you have to git clone --depth 1 --recursive blah blah blah, source ~/cflags.sh, mkdir build, cd build, cmake …, make -j4…
Doesn’t sound difficult. But over time, your home directory becomes FULL of random ass git repositories. AND your /usr/local/bin is full of outdated stuff, sometimes overwriting updated stuff in /usr/bin. Having the AUR reduces that significantly.
For the AUR I agree, I use arch on my daily computer. What I’m more confused about is Nix, I still can’t see the general usecase, besides the obvious niche ones.
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed
Fedora is a fine choice…
This is linux, you could just not install that.
In this case IBM is involved tangentially but enough that I fear interference. Fedora already is opt-out rather than opt-in to diagnostic feedback.
I am also concerned about the priorities of the person who posted that. The comments indicate somebody who isn’t willing to listen to the fact that basically every output in the article is wrong.
Well we are talking about replacing windows, and I think the best drop-in replacement desktop environment for that is either Cinnamon or KDE. Thankfully Fedora has a version with KDE so we don’t have to argue!
a mistake to use win 10 in the first place
At this point win 10 is discontinued, security updates have stopped haven’t they?
I get the hate for win 11 but it’s not a solution to stay at 10. You WILL get compromised.
11, Mac, or Linux. It’s an infuriating move but you have to choose, or get pwned and get your identity stolen.
massgrave.dev worked for me. I’m getting updates, most recently two days ago.
Windows 10 and have hackers steal your identity, or Windows 11 and have MS steal your identity? It’s a real Occam’s disposable razor kind of decision
You think Microsoft didn’t get your identity in Windows 10?
Win10 LTSC with the funny activation script gets you security updates until 2032, with no added garbage. That’s not viable for business owners, but should be fine for individuals.
I think some applications and drivers might have issues with Win10 after a few years.
That probably will be true at some point, but I use win10 LTSC as a stable platform to use apps incompatible with Linux until they have support (most notably VR). I’m also not using bleeding edge hardware.
Luckily Valve may already be solving the issue lol.
This feels like a conversation I had today with my son. He’s eager to get off of Windows completely, but stuck there for his Oculus VR support.
LTSC or Linux
At this point win 10 is discontinued, security updates have stopped haven’t they?
That’s not really right. They are only discontinued for some editions, and only if you didn’t enable the extended security updates.
I installed pop os today. Really slick. Unfortunately i have a few things that aren’t linux supported and keep windows on dual boot. But oh boy, I can’t wait to give it the boot so hard. Linux is pretty cool and exciting for me, and i don’t really get everything yet.
Congrats on partially switching to Linux! pop OS is a great choice as it is very user-friendly from what I’ve heard. It may take a while to get used to things you have to do differently, but you’ll learn by using it.
Free updates for a year in Europe (I think only Europe is for free). Many years for “free” with IOT edition (what I do for my dual boot and my partner’s main)
As a Linux user of 25 years, I can still say not everybody can move to Linux, and not everybody can move to Mac or W11 (buy a new machine or tinker to install in old machines).
Large tech companies aren’t known for their understanding of consent. Consider yourself one of the lucky ones that they actually asked you first.
