The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

Leaded Gasoline said:
Do you even know what you want to run on the thing? Mobile C2Ds aren't actually that weak, it only takes like 12 hours to set up a minimal Gentoo install with 2GB of RAM
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I have no idea what to do with the thing and it pisses me off somehow. It is weaker then my main computer and my secondary laptop, and I don't have anyone I can give it to that is familiar with Linux. I don't really have the time or interest with fiddling with a bunch of distros and will stick with Linux Mint - maybe LMDE in some cases.

The Anarki Main said:
guarantee that 80% metric is a lie and the misleading data probably contributes to all of the Wayland white knighting. The amount of Soyland shills who swear by it and pretend like the "future" is already here, forcing their stupid beta test onto all new users like it won't have any negative consequences on the Linux ecosystem, disgusts me. I don't even hate that Wayland is an option, I just wish people would quit being little fairies about it and then getting defensive when you ask them to stop
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How hard would it be to derive metrics from how often certain packages are downloaded? Even if you don't ask the mirrors for their metrics and do simple download counts that don't analyse any info about each specific download for each package that will still be useful information
 
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std::string said:
I have an old Core 2 Duo laptop running Void with XFCE. It's pretty usable.

Really the main issue is getting your distro + DE ram usage low enough so that your web browser can gobble up the rest of it without complaints. Because they do.
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Perfect, was looking for something like this to bring new life to an old C2D macbook.

Agent Snigger said:
My kubuntu instance that I haven't touched in a minute has an absurd number of broken packages, 74 at present, and I have zero clue why or how to fix it. I might just reinstall
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I'm having some issues too with Ubuntu studio, for some reason I have duplicate entries and it loves to remind me everytime I update the repos. Reinstaled the whole system and after installing updates, I'm getting the same warnings. Its annoying and haven't found a fix yet.
 
Betonhaus said:
How hard would it be to derive metrics from how often certain packages are downloaded?
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Im not 100% sure about debian based systems, but arch based usually have wayland as a requirement for kde and gnome, even if your only going to use X11.

Edit: even gtk3 will pull wayland with it, Qt5 and Qt6 only have an optional package for wayland support.
 
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I think the last amd kernel bug fried my ssd swap part. yay... Well lesson learned and it was fun while it lasted.
 
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The Anarki Main said:
I could never get Void to work. I really liked it for a bit, but then every time I'd install a package it would corrupt the initramfs and brick the system. And since there is so little documentation, I couldn't fix it like I would be able to in minutes with Arch. Some weird issue specific to my hardware. I've changed out my whole motherboard twice since then so maybe I'll give it another try but I can't recommend it over Arch.
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The bad thing about Void is that it's developed by a small group of autistic men from Germany.

The good thing about Void is that it's developed by a small group of autistic men from Germany.

Forums/Libera are very useful if you run into problems. That sort of thing would get you help immediately since it tickles the tism.
 
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SphinxItOver said:
Linux kernel bug. An update that got back ported to the LTS that messed with device voltage causing random shutdowns for devices using certain amd cpu/gpu. The patch has been released but not before it caused me issues.
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Ah, ouch. I was worried because I use an AMD CPU/GPU and usually keep my kernel up-to-date. Didn't want anything suddenly broken.
 
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Wirlaburla said:
Ah, ouch. I was worried because I use an AMD CPU/GPU and usually keep my kernel up-to-date. Didn't want anything suddenly broken.
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It shouldn't break anything. I'm fairly certain that the random shutdowns are what messed up the ssd. ssd microcode already has issues with linux to begin with depending on the device manufacture so I was using this as a test for learning data recovering on an ssd. It lasted 3 years of swap r/w abuse so that's not too bad.
 
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AnOminous said:
Mint is both reliable and easy to install and use. There's not as big a learning curve if you're escaping Windows as there is with some distros.
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Wirlaburla said:
Mint is perfectly fine and it is even my choice to recommend to fresh linux noobs. I'm pretty sure it is very against Ubuntu and its bullshittery, thus probably an opt-in if there is any telemetry. It was my distro of choice for awhile.
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analrapist said:
Mint is good, as far as I know. I think it's a bit less pozzed than Debian proper, from principles. But I just use Debian because it's the base that everything derives from. And Debian Stable, Bookworm, is in a very good state right now.
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Thanks for the comments! I guess I made a good move then.
 
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Betonhaus said:
anyways I realize now that the Intel Core 2 Duo is really, really old. I have no idea what to do with this thing, but yeah i can put Peppermint or something really lightweight on it, though putting in a $20 SSD from Aliexpress and a new battery should spiff it up a bit
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Try antix. For stuff that is too old to actually be a good option to use its ok.
 
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prollyanotherlurker said:
Try antix. For stuff that is too old to actually be a good option to use its ok.
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I'll probably just put snow leopard on it and use the "secure erase empty space" to clean the drive then set it aside to give away. I literally have no use for it as laptops make shitty servers, and I don't have anyone who will use Linux.

If I move up north and am in driving range of my dad's house I might talk him into putting Linux Mint on his windows 7 laptop but unless I'm on hand for tech support I should leave it as is.
 
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I purged Windows 11 off my PC for Linux Mint MATE yesterday. I was trying to go for Rocky Linux KDE, but my hardware doesn't like to play nice with anything forcing Wayland. If only there was a LInux Mint-esque project but for RHEL clones, but it is what it is. I decided against FreeBSD because I have no clue how nicely the Linux compatibility module would play with Steam and Proton.

My dismay at running an Ubuntu variant aside, I still staunchly maintain that Linux Mint MATE is the standard bearer for consistency and usability out of the box.
 
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