Gregory's ServerWhen you have been using Mastodon for a while and you finally install Linux
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  @rotopenguin @jraedisch @mcc In my experience there’s a lot Arch users don’t like. :trollface: @rotopenguin @proedie@mastodon.green @jraedisch @mcc /surreptitiously hides the distrobox running archlinux on an openSUSE host. @jraedisch @mcc Ubuntu is a good base distro... whoever is starting should take a look at various flavours of desktop environments for ubuntu. I prefer KDE the most! @mcc No no, now you get to hear about how you didn't install the right distro! That's the best part of the Linux community, the fun never ends! LOL I always just say "cool I'm currently running Mint but I'll try out a live version of yours" and then never actually try it. @hotte @MikeOplinger @mcc Thanks for sharing that link! I haven't heard of DistroSea. Love this! @MikeOplinger @mcc Eventually, you just use the distro you like to make fun of the most. @barubary @mcc thank you! Haven't watched it yet   @mcc For me it was the other way around, I first installed Linux and then went to Mastodon  @mcc did you know that Germany will email you if you have an open telnet server @mcc unless that was a joke which i just realized it might have been   @1358531 @mcc BSI emails owner of the IP range, owner of the IP range looks up if they can match the IP to a customer (i.e. it's a statically assigned one and not a dynamic pool) and if they can they email the customer "hey your server has this weird open port/resolver/..., could you please check on that, and fix it if it is actually a problem?"  @reclus YouTuber Tom Scott often makes videos about unusual elevators. Apparently for many years whenever he makes an elevator video Germans tell him he should make a video about an unusual elevator at the Hanover city hall, so he finally did. It's his newest video, although I think his "world's cleanest railway" video is the more interesting elevator video.   @ThatDimensionalFox @mcc Considering how often the intended experience is malicious abuse of the user to the profit of the manufacturer (typical corposcum moment), is the intended experience *really* what you want? Personally, I rather love having control of my tools, and finding new uses for them that were never foreseen. (Simply put: There's whole "when all you have is a hammer", but what *can* you use as a hammer?) But if it helps, they call it a "general-purpose computer" for a reason. @PiousunynHeretic @mcc @mcc@mastodon.social  @cultdev @mcc The good news is that with most issues, you can simply Google your question and (if you've used mostly the right words) you will find some kind of answer. Even if you don't, there are places you can ask for help. (That is of course a time investment. But once you learn enough, Linux is to other OSes what airplanes are to automobiles.) @1358531 @mcc sounds like how i now feel about my ergonomic palm-well keyboard 👍 i’m in poor health these days and am already pretty overwhelmed, but i think i’ll give it a shot once i’m back on my feet if you don’t mind me asking, what are some things you’re able to do with that airplane? i know linux is better for ram usage, modular desktops/UI, normalized terminal use…those are all big distinctions but i’m curious if i’m missing anything else @pabloniusmonk @mcc @linuxmint thanks! i’ll have to get my first live USB :) do you know of any good linux news/commentary accounts on mastodon i could follow to soak up some knowledge by osmosis? |
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