The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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I have to sperg out over this because seriously, what the fuck?

I go download retroarch. Installs just fine it seems. Then, when I start it up, I go to select a rom and when it asks me what core I want to use, I don't see anything. I think "oh I forgot to download them", so I look around the options and there isn't an option. What the fuck?

After looking around online, it turns out you have to turn on an option to to download cores. Fucking stupid but okay, I do that. STILL, I can't seem to find or load up any cores. It turns out that RA will refuse to download and store cores under its default directories, because I think they go into root(???). So after changing their directories into my games folders it finally gets those cores going.

I'm starting to feel like a broken record, but this shit is why Linux only grows through Microsoft's incompetence. I get that this issue isn't with the OS itself, but it legitimately boggles my mind that so many devs seem to intentionally gimp their stuff. Why is the default directory something that doesn't even work in the first place? Why do I need to toggle a setting for what is arguably the single most important aspect of your program?

it's because retroarch is for gay retards

 

[Grub]

Thanks for the tips folks , so far the experience is miles better than Windows. The only con so far is that I'm going to stick with GIMP for image editing, which I don't know how to use. I used paint.net on Windows, but whatever, I guess it won't be too hard getting used to it.

Also thanks for the heads up about the dependency thing, I'll keep that in mind.

Try Krita.

Krita

Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

krita.org

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

I am playing around in KDE Plasma and holy shit, the uncanny valley you can produce with some of the windows inspired themes and layouts is insane.

 

[Elaine Miller]

Anyone have any recommendations for something similar to Kali Linux but less broken?

 

[Shoggoth]

So I've been seeing and hearing good things about Zorin OS lately, looks like a very comfy, normie-friendly OS. Even as far as posing as a fantastic alternative to the upcoming Win11.

Pardon my cynicism, but besides good marketing, what extra added value is there to ZOS? Why should I give it to a normie instead of Pop? They seem to be targeting the same market.

Hey, anyone here try Fedora Silverblue? Immutability in an OS sounds pretty appealing for deployment, and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like it at all, and what their thoughts are.

Linux and immutability don't sound like they go well together. At least try Nix, but from what I hear, operating systems are not "there yet". If you wan

 

[Kosher Dill]

Hey, anyone here try Fedora Silverblue? Immutability in an OS sounds pretty appealing for deployment, and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like it at all, and what their thoughts are.

So pretty much a distro where everything is either dockerized or turned into a snap/flatpak?
To me it just sounds ugly, but I'm not up enough on Linux packaging to know if there's any better solution to Linux's DLL Hell problem out there.

 

[Slavic Insider]

I am playing around in KDE Plasma and holy shit, the uncanny valley you can produce with some of the windows inspired themes and layouts is insane.

Now you've reminded me that I need to get a new laptop battery. I use Mate, but my battery being 3 years old, it lasts like I'm using KDE.

 

[Wood]

Hey, anyone here try Fedora Silverblue? Immutability in an OS sounds pretty appealing for deployment, and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like it at all, and what their thoughts are.

I have been using it since fc32 or so.
Pros: Updates frequently (6 month cycle) and doesn't break easily since you can always roll back. You can layer any RPMs on top of the images (almost). Easy to uninstall RPMs, no dependency hell. Flatpak is nice for installing large applications (spotify/steam/joplin/...).
Cons: Recompiles nvidia modules every time you update and it takes a long time. Hard to use non-standard kernels. Fiddling with flatpak permissions (they rip out most default apps and want you to use the flatpaks but those have no permissions outside your home, so you need to set them for each app individually). Third party repos are a bit of a pain. Doesn't know how to install package groups, you will be stuck with GNOME until next release. Booting is a complete blackbox to me, I have no idea how it works. I have no idea how to set swap or hibernation or anything.

 

[Trigger Me Timbers]

Gonna try Manjaro with Gnome.
Try to Talk me out
of it.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Gonna try Manjaro with Gnome.
Try to Talk me out
of it.

Why use a meme distro and then put Gnome on it?
If you're going meme, go full meme and use something like MaXX Desktop.

 

[Shoggoth]

Gonna try Manjaro with Gnome.
Try to Talk me out
of it.

Manjaro is going to use Vivaldi as a default browser
Gnome is a foot and it generally bad without Pop doing the heavy lifting for them
At this point, it's either Pop or Kubuntu

 

[Trigger Me Timbers]

Why use a meme distro and then put Gnome on it?
If you're going meme, go full meme and use something like MaXX Desktop.

Is it a meme? I just want arch but without the headaches of arch.

I may use xfce but I want something pretty and user friendly.

Manjaro is going to use Vivaldi as a default browser
Gnome is a foot and it generally bad without Pop doing the heavy lifting for them
At this point, it's either Pop or Kubuntu

I have no idea what any of that is outside of Kubuntu…. And I don’t want a Debian based system as I have been there done that

 

[Kosher Dill]

Manjaro is going to use Vivaldi as a default browser

Let's be real, most people using Manjaro are just going to swap it out for Pale Moon anyway.

 

[419]

Manjaro is going to use Vivaldi as a default browser

Wasn't that only some random community edition of Manjaro? If it turns out that the official editions of it will use it as well then, yeah, I'd be a bit concerned too.

Is it a meme? I just want arch but without the headaches of arch.

I may use xfce but I want something pretty and user friendly.

Kind of. From what I can remember people in this thread have actually had a bit more of a headache with Manjaro than with stock Arch, and at this point "Arch without the headaches of Arch" usually is code for "not having to install everything from scratch". Even for that you're better off still using one of several other install scripts out there for Arch that include a DE for you, or using ArcoLinux or Artix as derivative distros which already come in different editions with DEs and graphical installers bundled in. Still, it might turn out to be a good beginner option still for your use case so don't let me dissuade you entirely.

That being said, you're generally making it even more of a meme putting GNOME on it considering the amount of shit already addressed in this thread about GNOME devs being stuck-up retards and consistently making their DE shittier to much of its own userbase's chagrin. If you want something "pretty and user friendly" then consider something like KDE Plasma instead.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Manjaro is best with either KDE or XFCE.

The former is the best Cinnamon alternative if you must go modern and flashy with DEs, the latter isn't flashy at all but with enough customization can look like almost anything, plus it is super lightweight so even a netbook with 1gb of RAM can handle it fine.

Inline Edit: I feel like I must point out the anti-linux direction GNOME is taking, they aim to lock down their desktop customization so lightfoots aren't intimidated by anything resembling proper choice, or inflating the illusion of choice by adding even more steps to basic processes. Even the Solus project is getting tired of GNOMEs shit and are moving to Qt for future updates to their desktop.

If customization of the install process is a priority, just go base Arch, everyone else in "just works" land will either go Manjaro, Mint, or Vanilla Debian or Ubuntu.

 

[Shoggoth]

I don’t want a Debian based system as I have been there done that

Because it was bad or because of hipster reasons?
Just use OpenSUSE with KDE then

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

meme distro

Explain please

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Explain please

It just gets talked about a lot, and associated with newbies, which I don't think in the face of Microsoft slowly draining their user base, is that bad. Though the greater public has grown complacent enough to keep the suck alive.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

It just gets talked about a lot, and associated with newbies, which I don't think in the face of Microsoft slowly draining their user base, is that bad. Though the greater public has grown complacent enough to keep the suck alive.

So you're not really calling it shit, right? I'm just wondering since I'm still new to this Linux shit.

 

[Grub]

I am playing around in KDE Plasma and holy shit, the uncanny valley you can produce with some of the windows inspired themes and layouts is insane.

I've been using kde since 2010-2011 or so. Ran kde neon as my main os for at least 5 years. I've used other DE's and WM/other software combos but I always go back to kde. I customized everything exactly how I want it to be and I've migrated my current setup over a few installs now and it all just works. dolphin's a great file manager, kate's probably my favorite text editor of all time. Everything with kde manages to be fully customizable, straightforward, and works well.