The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[Aidan]

some commenters on the video gave much better opinions than he did

Dude I been watching ur videos for a year or two now and i have a serious question, can you recommend any path of least resistance to understanding this shit at your level? Like classes and courses to build off because I hate my job and i have been considering a change for awhile now but honestly i don't know where to start to know im learning the correct things and not wasting my time. Sorry I know thats a pretty nonspecific thing to ask but you seem to know your shit so its worth asking since I have been wanting to but keep forgetting. Thanks man and love the videos keep doing what you do your good at communicating this kind of information.

I don't have a low opinion of Mental Outlaw but at his core he's typically introducing tech concepts and reading news to non-tech people while being le epic 4channer. I've been subbed to him for a few years and I don't think he's ever demonstrated proficiency in any language or anything particular technical but as I scroll through his channel it's clear he likes rust, even referring to himself as an amateur rustacean. Even his "how to configure neovim for rust" video is just him following instructions like saying "How to configure Emacs as an IDE" and then saying how to install Doom Emacs by following the README.

Has he ever done anything programming related that isn't to do with a README or blog?

 

[Zeftax]

Yeah about that

Well, here's to hoping they don't merge it.
I think I may try [BadWolf](https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf), I've had it on my radar for some time but never felt the need to try it out, also I expect most of the modern bloatsites to be broken (being forced to not visit them may be a good thing though, actually). Does anyone here have any experience with it?

 

[HahaYes]

Well, here's to hoping they don't merge it.

Honestly don't hold your breath. Read that comment from contributor ohfp again, specifically the final paragraph:

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

I just switched to Mullvad Browser as of this post, good to know to "dom.push.enabled" is turned off by default.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

Does anyone here have any experience with it?

Well, the creator is a tranny, and the browser hasn't been updated in some quite some time. If you don't mind websites breaking - just use dillo or netsurf.

 

[GNU Abyss]

Too early to tell but they're genuinely trying and I hope it gets to "daily driver" capability soon enough. It's a big undertaking.

It's probably never going to get to the point of working with most major websites, just because of them being built specifically for Chrome using shitty web frameworks. Would be a great alternative to the rest of the web.

 

[Miller]

I'm starting to think he's a Rust tranny at this point.

or that he works with the feds who made Rust.

 

[NORMAL HUMAN]

For Kiwis that find the only barrier between them switching to a full time Linux user to be proprietary creative software (like adobe shit, DAWs, whatever), I recommend looking into a hardware-passthrough'd VM. I finally got around to fully setting up and optimizing one (passing through a second GPU+NVMe SSD) with Looking Glass to stream it into a window and a keybind to swap my keyboard and mouse between host/guest OS. The VM practically performs the same as bare metal booting and with looking glass you basically get to treat stuff like premiere/ableton like they're just another window on Linux. Most video game anticheats these days detect and block virtualization, but since you're passing through a physical SSD you also just have the option of booting into it for real. I feel like it's the OS endgame.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

I feel like it's the OS endgame.

SteamOS 3.0 is getting a full release for desktop soon if you want to wait. But even then, I don't use VM software ever. I'm able to play Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3 and most mainstream games without problems with just regular wine-staging and winetricks. It's much easier to switch to Linux if you are mainly a single player type gamer, and you may as well stick to Windows for multiplayer games instead of making it complicated because of certain anti-cheat solutions.

 

[NORMAL HUMAN]

SteamOS 3.0 is getting a full release for desktop soon if you want to wait. But even then, I don't use VM software ever. I'm able to play Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur's Gate 3 and most mainstream games without problems with just regular wine-staging and winetricks. It's much easier to switch to Linux if you are mainly a single player type gamer, and you may as well stick to Windows for multiplayer games instead of making it complicated because of certain anti-cheat solutions.

I mostly meant for the people who keep a dual-boot setup purely for a handful of creative programs, I've been full time Arch for awhile now and run any game I care about on linux, but things like premiere pro just aren't there yet with wine. This has saved me from having to use shittier software or boot into windows purely to edit some videos and took away any cons I've had. SteamOS definitely will make casual computing/gaming great, though.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

I've been full time Arch for awhile now and run any game I care about on linux, but things like premiere pro just aren't there yet with wine

Yeah OFC, but I'm just thinking even VMs and IOMMU pass-through is probably too hands on for a lot of normies. Fedora had a really interesting project years ago, when WINE didn't even have DXVK, that allowed seamless GPU-pass through VM machines but I think they abandoned it. It's been a long time since I've messed with it too, and I'm not sure if the quirks with NVIDIA on Linux got fixed.

 

[Prj4MW8iPT3vmFM2rzDc]

I might distrohop soon. I keep fucking around on my current one and its having random strokes. Learned alot the last 6 months tho

 

[x3firehexx]

Yeah about that
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I'd move over to mullvad, for a start web push notification are disabled in it by default


Oh come the fuck on, can't we just have one nice thing for once

That's just plain retarded, how much of a snowflake do you have to be to complain over this shit?

Except the hundred "racists" that left are actually competent at programming, meanwhile the nigger that you've pleased will install 48 different cryptominers the moment he turns on any internet connected device. Also, i'm the opposite. I'd gladly piss off a 100 woke incompetent DEI's if it means one competent "racist" is please and wants to work on the project. No shit projects that are ran like librewolf suck balls. Cuz they constantly bark over irrelevant garbage instead of getting shit done.

Also slavery wasn't a thing since like.... 300 years ago? so yeah they should stop bitching over irrelevant trash and actually get shit done. Also, if someone is pissy over this, then can't they fork it? that's the beauty of open source and github! You can make your own copy and change things that you don't like and redistribute it, if you want. Problem solved!

 

[Marvin]

I'd gladly piss off a 100 woke incompetent DEI's if it means one competent "racist" is please and wants to work on the project. No shit projects that are ran like librewolf suck balls. Cuz they constantly bark over irrelevant garbage instead of getting shit done.

I mean, if someone is really gung ho about being anti-woke and it soaks into the social space where the development discussion happens, that's disruptive too for the same reasons. It's just far less common in my experience.

Ideally the goal is for an autistically apolitical (in the true sense of the word) space.

Also slavery wasn't a thing since like.... 300 years ago? so yeah they should stop bitching over irrelevant trash and actually get shit done.

In the US, like <200 years ago, but yeah, more or less.

We fought a war over it, a lot of white people died, and we collectively decided it was a bad thing. Dead and buried. Anyone trying to resurrect it as an issue today, is a shithead or a grifter or a moron, or often all three.

That being said, it did last a lot longer in certain other countries (up to the current day, although probably not officially), but they're the browner countries so we're not supposed to talk about that.

 

[Lard Shart]

Ideally the goal is for an autistically apolitical (in the true sense of the word) space.

Given enough time, politics will seep into any popular space. I strongly believe such an apolitical space is impossible to achieve in FOSS without extreme gatekeeping. E.g. SQLite's development model where a small group op developers write all the code and release it in the public domain while not allowing any form of contribution by outsiders. But is it even FOSS at that point?

 

[Aidan]

Given enough time, politics will seep into any popular space. I strongly believe such an apolitical space is impossible to achieve in FOSS without extreme gatekeeping. E.g. SQLite's development model where a small group op developers write all the code and release it in the public domain while not allowing any form of contribution by outsiders. But is it even FOSS at that point?

This goes for anything and it's amplified online where losers from all over try to find meaning by forcing themselves upon others. You can't have an "apolitical" online space that is open without gatekeeping. The irony is, the "everything is political" crowd guarantee this is true in their circles by shoving out apolitical/professional people.

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

I strongly believe such an apolitical space is impossible to achieve in FOSS without extreme gatekeeping.

OpenBSD seems to do a decent job at keeping that stuff out? I think having impartiality is key.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Also, if someone is pissy over this, then can't they fork it?

I for one am looking forward to that guy taking his seat next to Glimpse in FOSS Valhalla.

 

[The Ugly One]

That's just plain retarded, how much of a snowflake do you have to be to complain over this shit?
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Except the hundred "racists" that left are actually competent at programming, meanwhile the nigger that you've pleased will install 48 different cryptominers the moment he turns on any internet connected device. Also, i'm the opposite. I'd gladly piss off a 100 woke incompetent DEI's if it means one competent "racist" is please and wants to work on the project. No shit projects that are ran like librewolf suck balls. Cuz they constantly bark over irrelevant garbage instead of getting shit done.

Also slavery wasn't a thing since like.... 300 years ago? so yeah they should stop bitching over irrelevant trash and actually get shit done. Also, if someone is pissy over this, then can't they fork it? that's the beauty of open source and github! You can make your own copy and change things that you don't like and redistribute it, if you want. Problem solved!

The number of black people who decided to learn how to code and master git once they learned LibreWolf is no longer using "master" for the main branch is zero. It's purely performative.

 

[Max Free]

Given enough time, politics will seep into any popular space. I strongly believe such an apolitical space is impossible to achieve in FOSS without extreme gatekeeping. E.g. SQLite's development model where a small group op developers write all the code and release it in the public domain while not allowing any form of contribution by outsiders.
But is it even FOSS at that point?

No, but thats exactly what would make it so great, and not only from a political perspective, but from a functional one as well.