The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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When I did a couple programming courses, the only "Windows is required" software I needed was a MIPS emulator for the assembly course. Which actually was available Linux native from my distro's repo, so I arguably had an easier time setting it up than the rest of the class. It was only "Windows is required" because the installer contained in the ZIP with the exercises was an .exe, and I'm sure wine or Proton could have handled that, it wasn't a complicated piece of software. The rest was just "your favourite editor and GCC" or "An IDE for x language" in reality, even if the instructions usually were for how to do things on Windows (which seemed needlessly complicated). Two of my instructors got really frustrated with me because I was probably one of the more Linux skilled users in the class, but I used KDE skinned to look like MacOS rather than their favourite tiling WM.
 
Susanna said:
When I did a couple programming courses, the only "Windows is required" software I needed was a MIPS emulator for the assembly course. Which actually was available Linux native from my distro's repo
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This is what I’m hoping will happen, and that the tutors are just a bunch of nitwits that don’t know shit like Wine (and Proton) are not still in the year 2003 and that they can actually run a suite of software amicably.


Susanna said:
but I used KDE skinned to look like MacOS rather than their favourite tiling WM.
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I’ll drink to that.
 
Trans Fat 41g said:
Giving up on Linux because a notorious, predatory chat platform that finds new lows to sink to every year and shits the bed after every update is certainly a choice.
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So like while I agree also if discord isn't working that's probably a distro problem. Discord should just work for the most part. Problem is it seems new user saw Ubuntu is still your best bet, installed it, it bugged out in traditional Ubuntu fashion and he gave up before he found a distro that worked for him. This makes me sad.
 
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Giving up on Linux because a notorious, predatory chat platform that finds new lows to sink to every year and shits the bed after every update is certainly a choice.
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And here’s me being ecstatic to finally be back on my beloved Arch* after being stuck on Windblows while my PC was shitting the bed, having parts sent off for testing then finally getting new parts.

* no programmer socks here
 
acid_ra1n said:
So like while I agree also if discord isn't working that's probably a distro problem. Discord should just work for the most part. Problem is it seems new user saw Ubuntu is still your best bet, installed it, it bugged out in traditional Ubuntu fashion and he gave up before he found a distro that worked for him. This makes me sad.
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He’s switching to Windows

He might be back sooner then you know it.
 
Hakase Shinonome said:
This is what I’m hoping will happen, and that the tutors are just a bunch of nitwits that don’t know shit like Wine (and Proton) are not still in the year 2003 and that they can actually run a suite of software amicably.
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Generally you'll find that the lecturers are old guys using Macbooks with an Ubuntu VM to demonstrate programming on, while the lab attendants managing the exercises in the computer lab are senior students using distros like Arch natively on an assortment of cheap Windows laptops. Take the theory from the lectures, use LLMs to help set up the software you need on your own machine if it turns out to be difficult, otherwise go to the lab exercises and ask for help setting up there. Just smile and act shy and the lab attendants will be happy to spend ten minutes installing the software for you.
 
man of the people said:
the final straw was Discord livestreaming has no sound which is apparently a thing only on ubuntu based Linux
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Hate to be That Guy™ (just kidding, I fucking love it) but Vesktop (Discord+Vencord wrapped in a standalone binary) works great on this Kubuntu 26.04 install on pretty bog-standard AMD hardware. Regular KWin DE, Wayland, no custom bullshit. Including streaming (viewing and transmitting), voice comms, the works. I use it for work all the time. USB mic (Zoom H1n). Audio over bluetooth as my current living situation precludes using speakers for the sake of other residents. It does, in fact, "just work" on my machine. No hassles whatsoever.
 
man of the people said:
Finally switched back to windows, the final straw was Discord livestreaming has no sound which is apparently a thing only on ubuntu based Linux

I love the idea of Linux but the constant shit the doesn't work for no reason just wears you down
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While I don’t blame you for leaving because of discord screenshare, it’s been a major fucking pain in the ass for me with it sometimes just working and other times just plainly not;

People who are obviously predisposed to Windows just being “the standard OS for normal people” always just blame Linux itself for not working. If software wouldn’t work on Windows, nobody would blame Windows, people would firstly blame the party behind a program, then the network they’re using, then the hardware they’re running, then the specific version of software they’re using (outdated or too new) before even thinking about blaming Windows.

How is it any of Linux’ wrongdoing for having unintegrated screenshare (which it does actually), but Discord and its developers give so little of a shit about the Linux ecosystem that they gave it a half-assed approach. If Windows had this, you’d be all up in Discord’s ass about it, not Microjeet.

moocow said:
Hate to be That Guy™ (just kidding, I fucking love it) but Vesktop (Discord+Vencord wrapped in a standalone binary) works great on this Kubuntu 26.04 install on pretty bog-standard AMD hardware. Regular KWin DE, Wayland, no custom bullshit. Including streaming (viewing and transmitting), voice comms, the works. I use it for work all the time. USB mic (Zoom H1n). Audio over bluetooth as my current living situation precludes using speakers for the sake of other residents. It does, in fact, "just work" on my machine. No hassles whatsoever.
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Used to work with me, not anymore, I don’t know why
 
Finally switched back to windows, the final straw was VRchat not properly capturing my BDSM VR set so others couldnt remotely activate my buttplug

I love the idea of Linux but the constant shit the doesn't work for no reason just wears you down
 
I showed my friend how to use the console to solve problems in windows and now he is using Arch after I showed him how to do everything. I swore off Troonix after Garuda fucked my Cyberpunk install. I can use it just fine, I just do not care about it anymore considering I can remove deep system telemetry with Tiny11 on 10 or 11 LTSC. I go for long stretches without touching my computer and that was the real reason I just went back to a heavily modded LTSC.

How do I fix this, I am afraid he may transition or turn into a furry.
 
I wouldn't touch Windows with a 40 foot pole where things stand today, and GDID by its itty-bitty self justifies that IMO. For those that don't know any better, if you use a commercial VPN for anonymity, GDID makes your VPN effectively useless. If you use Edge, you're a special kind of dumb.

Windows 11 is packed with telemetry to the point where Microsoft knows every last tiny detail of what you do with your computer. What time you launched Solitaire, what time you switched to minecraft, what time your computer connected to pornhub's IP adress and what time your fapping session ended. Everything. It wouldn't even surprise me if someone told me Microsoft has photos of your wife's boobs.

You can debloat, do work arounds, but ultimately only Microsoft knows what else is all running under the hood.

At this point, I hold the 🧩 opinion that using Windows is an act of retardation.
 
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Finally switched back to Linux, the final straw was the goddamn audio not properly working at all, the graphics drivers fucking up every time you blink and me having to pay money to change my wallpaper.

I love the idea of an “it just works” operating system like Windows but the constant shit the doesn't work for no reason just wears you down.
 
The only distros I can actively get behind are Mint or maybe Ubuntu, but Snap fucking sucks and all the corpo distros like Fedora or Bazzite are filled with Troons and microsoft employees who are there to deliberately sabotage linux and make it troonix, according to Lunduke anyways that happened to Bazzite.

I like Mint for how retro it feels and Ubuntu is okay but every other distro sucks for personal use.
 
United Abominations said:
I like Mint and Ubuntu is okay but every other distro sucks for personal use.
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You should try a “DIY” distro, like Arch (troon infested) or Debian (loser infested). I had a fun time with those. Ubuntu and Mint are both based on Debian and so you’re likely to have a more comfortable time with that.

If you don’t think Mint is infested with probably the biggest losers on the planet you’re mental, it’s recommended by every single stupid Windows-using faggot under the sun.
 
Hakase Shinonome said:
You should try a “DIY” distro, like Arch (troon infested) or Debian (loser infested). I had a fun time with those. Ubuntu and Mint are both based on Debian and so you’re likely to have a more comfortable time with that.

If you don’t think Mint is infested with probably the biggest losers on the planet you’re mental, it’s recommended by every single stupid Windows-using faggot under the sun.
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lmfao no, i am not doing that i might catch gender

i was an advanced troonix user but its really not enjoyable for me because i have other things to do

troubleshooting computers is simply masochistic even if you know how to do it and trannies are pulled to it because they hate themselves and see it as a form of self punishment

ill use mint if i have to and nothing else,i turn it on and then it turns off and i go offline for a week
 
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Hakase Shinonome said:
If you don’t think Mint is infested with probably the biggest losers on the planet you’re mental, it’s recommended by every single stupid Windows-using faggot under the sun.
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As I said before, people want their operating system to just be an operating system. Mint ticks all the boxes, that's where the Windows refugees will go. If you don't like Windows users infesting your ecosystem, then go take it up with the corporation that's shooing them away - Microsoft.
 
Sprocket said:
As I said before, people want their operating system to just be an operating system. Mint ticks all the boxes, that's where the Windows refugees will go. If you don't like Windows users infesting your ecosystem, then go take it up with the corporation that's shooing them away - Microsoft.
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xe has an anime profile picture, xe clearly has a bad case of gender so take what xir says with a grain of salt
 
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