The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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Anti Lolicon Bomb said:
Is Guh-nome still complete shit? Hoooooooly fuck I hated Guuuh-nome.
I jumped into Linux via ubuntu and I loved it, I actually liked gnomes look too, being a less is more type but the thing just slowly kills itself. I always ended up with leaks or losing the DE randomly on reboot, sometimes unable to get it back (nvidias fault tbf) and the way it runs so janky on scaled x11 just bothered me too much eventually.

Cinnamon was what ultimately ended up as home for me, everything Guuuuuuuuuh-nome did well but stable and running like butter on x11 on a big screen.

I also add that KDE Plasma is complete troon shitware and I have no idea how anyone lasts more than an afternoon on that bag of unpolished turds.
I remembered liking XFCE too, but it scaled pretty poorly.
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Still leaking memory, still breaking extensions (that are written in Javascript, but I think that's the case for Cinnamon as well).
 
Betonhaus said:
What exactly is it about KDE that you enjoy? Although it doesn’t have the deep level of granularity that KDE has, where you can make it that if you eject your cd drive on a Tuesday it’ll change your wallpaper, Linux Mint’s Cinnamon DE is fairly similar and much more stable.

Otherwise if you really want KDE then try KDE Linux?
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Honestly I enjoy the feel and look of the KDE applications the most. SteamOS was what got me into Linux, so familiarity plays a role. I'll have to look more into KDE Linux for sure
 
whitepeoplecankles said:
I chose Debian for being pretty akin to Ubuntu with the APT package manager while avoiding Canonical's AI pushing shit they're doing now. What you're saying makes sense though. I was running Arch pretty much perfectly before this with no problems but after the malware fiasco (I don't consider myself online or literate enough in Linux to parse which packages to install correctly) I'm avoiding it. Do you have any suggestions for a distro that would work better with KDE considering what I wrote about?
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Have you looked into TUXEDO OS? From what I heard it's now being rebased on Debian Testing and ships with latest KDE Plasma. Haven't tried it myself but I have heard some good things about it.
 
Betonhaus said:
I’ll admit I’m not too familiar with the efforts you’re referring to, is it not just porting Cinnamon and the mint apps to Debian?
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So the port of Linux mint from ubuntu to Debian is gonna involve a lot of under the hood stuff Ubuntu did to make it a full drop in replacement
Basically recreating Ubuntu on a Debian base but less enshittified
 
I will pull cables thru walls and back to avoid having any serious compute on WiFi. It's nice to have, but it's not the right tool for many jobs.
 
Betonhaus said:
To be fair KDE is fundamentally dangerous. Its a rolling release meaning that any slower moving distros like Debian/Ubuntu will always be out of date, and it's so pervaseive in all the points it touches in the system

Cinnamon is a LOT more secure in comparison, it's more focused on stability and doesn't tunnel into all of the crevices of the system as much.
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What the fuck are you on about? I've been running KDE on Debian stable for eons.
"You need ALL the latest updates or you're unsafe" is a retarded mindset. Look up what a backport is.
 
acme said:
Do i have to do the verify/Integrity check ISO steps when first installing Linux Mint or is this skipable? I am brand new to linux
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Only if you have reason to be concerned that your iso is corrupt or tampered with. If you’re not with shitty internet and you’re not a bitcoin millionaire or something you will be fine.
 
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