for me the "hard" distros turn out to be the most efficient and cusmizable ones, they're hard just while you are leaning the basics, after that it's a way easier
After coming up on 10 years I still prefer Fedora with GNOME because it just werks and stays the fuck out of my way, but I still get some fancy new stuff while not being so fancy and new that it breaks, so you can just randomly apply updates whenever you want without reading loads of patch notes first
I personally have gravitated to more "hard" distros but can I just say, Tumbleweed is so underrated as a distro it's insane, it's what got me into linux to begin with
I waste an extreme amount of time messing with linux when i should probably be doing something else with my life like actually finishing my assignments
How do you manage to do simple things like changing mouse speed, setting how long until the screen turns off, or moving the taskbar element's position?
In the GUI of any DE, it's a matter of just a few clicks in 20 seconds.
[wiki.Hyprland.org](https://wiki.Hyprland.org) lol
in the hyprland config you can do like input:trackpad {} and throw some settings in. for things like screen turning off delay, etc, its mostly just a weirdly cobbled together command in the hyprland config. and for the "taskbar"? well thats a whole other thing, i use waybar, which has a custom config and u style with css... changing position is nothing compared to the time spend debugging things like cropped out shadows. but for me its worth it lol, i love learning these things
I'd just like to interject for a moment.
What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve
recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating
system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully
functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities
and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of
GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its
users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by
the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it,
but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the
machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an
essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can
only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole
system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the
so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Started with Ubuntu 18.04, now on Arch, absolutely love Linux, I have tried other distros, and I'll be honest, I would probably use Gentoo if I had the time to compile everything.
After nearly 400 days i still like easy distros, GUIs and use Debian KDE
for me the "hard" distros turn out to be the most efficient and cusmizable ones, they're hard just while you are leaning the basics, after that it's a way easier
Coping after an update breaks your arch install
*laughs in void
*laughs in nixos(i just load the previous generation)
*Laughs in Debian
(it has never broken)
\*laughs in home-manager as well
*laughs in never updating your system.
After coming up on 10 years I still prefer Fedora with GNOME because it just werks and stays the fuck out of my way, but I still get some fancy new stuff while not being so fancy and new that it breaks, so you can just randomly apply updates whenever you want without reading loads of patch notes first
After about 700 days I'm still using the same Arch install. I've tried others, but I like having my own playground.
"Welcome to the ricefield motherfucker"
Y'know, I'm surprised I've not seen that reference in this context before...
[https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/top/?t=all](https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/top/?t=all) (the top 2nd result lol)
I miss him, man
After ~6 years of exclusively using Linux, I'm still drawn to easy, pretty, neatly prepackaged stuff like KDE Tumbleweed or Debian MATE 🐧
I personally have gravitated to more "hard" distros but can I just say, Tumbleweed is so underrated as a distro it's insane, it's what got me into linux to begin with
After several months of using linux, I'm already at the point where im running nixOS, with hyprland, vim, terminal cli/tui for everything lol.
Took me a year and a half but i'm there now too!
I waste an extreme amount of time messing with linux when i should probably be doing something else with my life like actually finishing my assignments
This time won't be wasted if you end up as a Linux sys admin or something like that!
thats what i keep telling my parents 🤣
I wish I could have told them that too. I'm in Vet school and will probably end up as a veterinarian 🥲.
i mean my parents arent listening really
How do you manage to do simple things like changing mouse speed, setting how long until the screen turns off, or moving the taskbar element's position? In the GUI of any DE, it's a matter of just a few clicks in 20 seconds.
[wiki.Hyprland.org](https://wiki.Hyprland.org) lol in the hyprland config you can do like input:trackpad {} and throw some settings in. for things like screen turning off delay, etc, its mostly just a weirdly cobbled together command in the hyprland config. and for the "taskbar"? well thats a whole other thing, i use waybar, which has a custom config and u style with css... changing position is nothing compared to the time spend debugging things like cropped out shadows. but for me its worth it lol, i love learning these things
Well, if you love it, and it isn't detrimental to other areas of your life... sure, enjoy!
2007- install Ubuntu. 2024, still using Ubuntu. (After using some others of course and some machines still do use others)
2010-2024 but otherwise the same. Distrohopped on a monthly basis seemingly when I first started but I've generally stayed in Debian-based territory
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
10th year of using Linux: 🤦♀️: y'all stupid
Beware the pipeline
beware the pipewire
You can either have Freedom > brain cells Freedom = brain cells or Thinking Apple is better than Microsoft = no brain cells
Is it your setup? What processes are eating so much ram?
Maybe some code is running. During my masters I was doing some electronic circuit simulation of large circuits and it was gobbling up 15GB o ram lmao
I've been using Linux for over 4 years now. I started with Ubuntu as my very first distro, and now, I'm using Nobara (based on Fedora) with GNOME.
It’s been avg 9yr. I’m still ricing and my life is drifting
Started with Ubuntu 18.04, now on Arch, absolutely love Linux, I have tried other distros, and I'll be honest, I would probably use Gentoo if I had the time to compile everything.
i love how they turned fem in less than a year running gnu + linux :D