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Let’s be honest here
I like Linux as much as the next guy
… But a violent kick to the 'nards is still more pleasant than Windows 11, so this is a “Luigi Wins By Doing Absolutely Nothing” scenario.
Yep, which also explains why a distro that comes with Cinnamon won…
Now, now. Cinnamon is a perfectly competent DE. Gets out of the way. Does what it’s supposed to.
Let us not treat it like it is Gnome.
I don’t like GNOME, but I’ve honestly had consistently worse experiences with Cinnamon.
I’m using it happily for many years now, even after trying a bunch of other DEs. So I’m surprised reading this and curious to know where it comes from.
What were your experiences, if I may ask?
I like Windows 11. It has the best HDR support of any OS, bar none. AutoHDR is a godsend.
My only complaint is about the taskbar, which I fixed by installing StartAllBack.
Kowalski! Analysis!
No ads in operating system. Simple.
nervous Ubuntu noises
Elaborate?
I switched my server from Ubuntu to Fedora, partly so I don’t get sold Ubuntu pro on every login lol.
True but also don’t conflate Ubuntu with Linux
Sure, but it also means we shouldn’t blindly recommend Linux and let users run into the arms of another Microsoft. Recommend good distributions.
Maybe it’s wrong of us to recommend Linux, maybe we should be recommending a specific distro. Mint comes to mind.
Yep, adding a non-Ubuntu-distribution makes it a great recommendation.
Is there a Linux OS nobody told me about?
There are a lot of them out there dude. It’s a world out there
I am talking about an official Linux OS since Ubuntu is “not Linux”.
OK.
Off only the top of my head.
-Potentially faster installation
-Free
-More control
-Many distributions from LinuxFromScratch to Mint, making it meet the interests of nearly every demographic
-Wonderful sense of community
-No spying
-No bloatware depending on distro
-No ads
-Many window managers supporting different workflows
-Incredible command line power
-Easy installation of software with package managers
-Less malware
-Fully customizeable ux/ui
-Can uninstall anything you don’t want
-Will help you learn how a computer works at a deeper level if you want to
Potentiallyfaster installationParticularly when you’re flashing the ISO you downloaded from MS to USB and it doesn’t work unless you use MS’s magic tool. Thus dropping you into the bootstrap paradox.
Especially because it gets partway through the install before failing to load NVMe drivers complaining there is no installation media to load them from.
It turns out it’s faster to install Ubuntu and download one of MS’s windows VM’s and use that to download and flash a USB than actually install Windows 11.
While installing Linux is faster you can use the Windows ISO directly with Ventoy instead of the Microsoft tool. At least, that’s how I do it.
-Potentially faster installation
Installed CachyOs yesterday that must have been the longest install I have been through. I’m liking it so far though.
-No spying
depending on the distro
-No ads
depending on the distro
-Can uninstall anything you don’t want
How can you uninstall
systemd?It will differ by distro, but generally for debian, you begin uninstalling systemd by installing something else like
SysV init:apt install sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils cp /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittabThen you will need to configure grub by editing
/etc/default/grubchanging:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/bin/systemd console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/lib/sysvinit/init console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"and then executing
update-grubas root.Then you can reboot so that the system boots off of sysvinit instead and then purge systemd with
apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd. This also removes packages that depend on systemd.Then you pin systemd packages to prevent apt from installing systemd or systemd-like packages in the future.
echo -e 'Package: systemd\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd echo -e '\n\nPackage: *systemd*\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdDepending on if the distro is multiarch, you might also need:
echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:amd64\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:i386\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemdThis information was sourced from this wiki dedicated specifically to removing systemd on multiple distributions and replacing it with something else:
Wow. Honestly, thank you! I had entirely forgot that this wiki even exists. I’ve bookmarked your reply. :-)
Of course, no worries. I seemed to recall there was something out there for this because I read some article a while back that was discussing the scope-creep in systemd, and the problems that result from it. I think I found this wiki originally at that time.
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.
– Richard Stallman
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, systemd/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning systemd system made useful by the systemd corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the systemd system, developed by the systemd developers. 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 systemd operating system: the whole system is basically systemd with Linux added, or systemd/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of systemd/Linux.
So, kaboom ?
I think it wasn’t actually Stallman - it’s a common misattribution.
It was Stallman. There was just a very little detail that was not exactly as he said, but otherwise entire quote is from him: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html
Have you actually read the article? The first sentence:
A quotation circulates on the Internet, attributed to me, but it wasn’t written by me.
Read the rest of it.
He’s based.
Good video!
Why is my T440s so much slower on fedora than w11? 😔
Linux is cool, shame about the video being by Mental Outlaw though
Could be worse could be luke smith
He’s quit youtubing like 2 years ago. Also:
I will always remember Luke Smith as the perfect example of what happens when you fall for every single /g/ meme at once, without carefully analyzing them first. He owns four ThinkPads at least. While I see nothing wrong with them in themselves, as they are admittedly pretty good value for the price, four is just mindless consumerism, contradictory to his “philosophy”. He started using every single shitty pseudominimalist, ncurses-based program, used a shitty riced out i3 setup of dubious actual productivity (like all tiling wms), then fell for the full Suckless meme and went in even deeper. Then he started making videos shitting on Python and praising C, which is ironic considering he is not even a programmer by his own admission. He effectively spent years trying out, configuring and hopelessly trying to integrate tens of meme programs to build what is, combined, effectively a shittier Emacs, just like most of /g/ was doing in their “productive” desktop threads a year or two ago. Then he read the Unabomber manifesto and blindly accepted it without constructively analyzing it first, same with the anarcho-primitivist ideology that was all the rage about a year and a half ago on 4chan and 8ch. While he stated on his website that he “didn’t browse 4chan much anymore” it was obvious this wasn’t the case. Then he went and took the memes way too far, and unironically went to live in isolation. While I see nothing wrong in itself, the actual reason he did it is massive cringe. He became Christian because of 4chan, the least christian website. He has the mentality of someone 10 years younger than he is, yet he acts like a literal boomer jokingly criticizing “zoomers” despite he himself being the worst example of a millennial. He attacks “nerds” when it’t painfully obvious he’s deeply unhappy with himself, as it was obviously self-directed criticism thinly veiled as an edgy dabbing video. He is a perfect example of someone you should avoid becoming at all costs.
What’s wrong with Mental outlaw?
Far right nutjob? Crypto bro? That is what I have been hearing… Can’t say for sure, though.
Those are just insults people, who cannot gasp that someone could have a slightly different opinion about something, use against him.
Some political things about him include: He …
- is an anarchist (or somewhere on that political spectrum)
- wants to have the right to own a gun
- is pro free speech
- thinks using money should not have to earn mega corporations that much money
- thinks “brother should not kill brother” in the war in Ukraine
- is not a fan of Elon Musk, Teslas or self driving cars
- is pro Free Software and for privacy
Obviously depends on what is meant with “far right nutjob”. If it implies that anarchy (no government) is the opposite of socialism (far left - maximum government) then yeah but usually it just means “massive bigot”, which I don’t think he is, otherwise give source.
Similar with crypto bro. For me it means the pump and dump scheme scammer or at least someone who is pro crypto because he sees it as a mean to get rich quick. But if “Crypto bro” just means anyone who likes the advantages of crypto, then he indeed is one.
But regardless of how we name things, he doesn’t have any evil values (as far as I know). He just has different opinions than the average lemmy user. It should not be hard to tolerate him, considering this platform is a mass murderer fanclub (actual evil values, not just “quirky” politics).
Sorry, maybe i’m a little ignorant but, why do you say this is a “mass murderer fanclub”?
Well lemmy is a platform developed by communists for communists. This is the first example I could find https://lemmy.ml/post/25431378
Sure most of these people probably have schizophrenia and believe they are being controlled by 5G towers, so I’m not really blaming them. My point is that if we can deal with this, dealing with Kenny’s sometimes goofy ideas should be a piece of cake.
