The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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davids877 said:
Where have you been noob? Ubuntu used their own DE for years. Unity, from 2010 to 2017 apparently.

It was crap.
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Car Won't Crank said:
There's an official Ubuntu flavor that uses KDE called Kubuntu. Is this what you mean? There are also a handful of other official Ubuntu distros with different DEs.

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Ubuntu used Unity,l for a while, but Unity was designed to copy Windows 8. Since then they went back to Gnome. Ubuntu, not Kubuntu or Xubuntu or Lubuntu, still comes with Gnome pre-installed.

seri0us said:
Linux Mint's default DE is Cinnamon
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Literally the entire purpose of Linux Mint's existence is that it has forked Gnome. That's the same thing for Zorin OS and a half dozen others. They don't count. What I'm referring to is DE-agnostic distros that at the bare minimum still have Gnome pre-checked in the installer, so you have to uncheck it and check KDE or whatever you choose
 
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Betonhaus said:
Ubuntu used Unity,l for a while, but Unity was designed to copy Windows 8. Since then they went back to Gnome. Ubuntu, not Kubuntu or Xubuntu or Lubuntu, still comes with Gnome pre-installed.
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Yeah but Kubuntu is an official version of Ubuntu that comes with KDE like you mentioned. It's as official as you can get for Ubuntu with KDE as the default DE. Is this not what you're asking for?
 
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Unity shared some of the design considerations that drove windows 8 - use with touch screens and HD/FHD aspect ratios.

It also shared the hopes and dreams of metro - that it would be used on tablets, phones, and desktops.

Someone many pages ago mentioned Lutris as solving gaming issues. I finally learned how to use it after Microsoft put a giant search bar in the middle of my win 11 desktop. Definitely worth learning . 95% of the time I'm using Kubuntu now.
 
Car Won't Crank said:
Yeah but Kubuntu is an official version of Ubuntu that comes with KDE like you mentioned. It's as official as you can get for Ubuntu with KDE as the default DE. Is this not what you're asking for?
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Kubuntu LTS has a shorter support period then Ubuntu LTS, and to the best of my knowledge is always a bit more unstable because Ubuntu was coded for GNOME specifically, with Kubuntu being a fork that remains downstream.
 
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blur said:
Just started out in linux a few months ago. I'm about to do the RHEL admin exam.

Do you guys have any advice on evolving into a linux master (aside from more rhel certs)? There is a massive gap between competency and really understanding what tf is going on and I'm not sure how to start bridging it.

How do some of you get so fluent in technology? I already finished hardcore i heckin love science higher ed but all I learned there is that I'm probably retarded.

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Setup a Linux server without a GUI and setup things that you would like to self host (can just be an old desktop). This could be a password manager, DNS, personal cloud service, media server, homeassistant, etc. This is how I've learned a decent amount about Linux and Docker over the years.
  • Gives personal satisfaction when you bash your head against the desk for hours and finally figure an issue out
  • Allows you to use and enjoy these services
  • Teaches troubleshooting skills
  • Keeps your knowledge fresh
  • Find new tools to play around with
  • Looks really nice on a resume
Personally I like to look for new services to self host every few months that piques my interest. On top of this running Linux as an everyday OS is immensely helpful. I've learned permissions, chroot, building kernel, qemu/kvm virtualization, building packages manually, editing grub, etc. Gentoo is great for learning a lot of this, used to run it as my daily OS, but got tired of turning my PC into a space heater when it was time to run a system update. WSL on Windows is great if you can't install Linux on a PC. This keeps Linux skills up fresh and makes troubleshooting certain issues easier as you aren't stuck using the godawful Windows CLI/PS.
 
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Betonhaus said:
The drive trays for my server come in next week, I'm planning on just using JBOD and mergeRFS. That way if a drive fails I only lose whole files while the rest of the files stay intact and accessible, then i can just redownload the files I lost from the internet.

But then, for my needs my server is just an organized local cache for data readily accessible on the internet
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Why not make a ZFS pool with RAIDZ? You get n-1 storage capacity, and redundancy that lets one drive fail without data loss. Just leave one drive slot open for replacement and resilvering 99% won’t be an issue as long as you don’t wait literally years to do it (like Linus “Tech Tips” and his geniuses did), resilvering with the failed drive left in will let you complete the restoration even if other drives were to suddenly fail as well, unless you’re (literally) incredibly unlucky and happen to lose exactly the same block on multiple drives.
 
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snov said:
Why not make a ZFS pool with RAIDZ? You get n-1 storage capacity, and redundancy that lets one drive fail without data loss. Just leave one drive slot open for replacement and resilvering 99% won’t be an issue as long as you don’t wait literally years to do it (like Linus “Tech Tips” and his geniuses did), resilvering with the failed drive left in will let you complete the restoration even if other drives were to suddenly fail as well, unless you’re (literally) incredibly unlucky and happen to lose exactly the same block on multiple drives.
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Nah.
 
Telvanni said:
So, pozzed in the weirdest way.
What DE do I use now? Kde? Xfce?
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I use the i3 tiling window manager. It is lightweight and fast if you learn the keybinds. It took some getting used to moving from a traditional window manager. I used to use the console login and go right to xorg, but recently have been installing the login manager from lxde. Should be all you need for a full desktop experience without any bloat.
 
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prodigylogic said:
I use the i3 tiling window manager. It is lightweight and fast if you learn the keybinds. It took some getting used to moving from a traditional window manager. I used to use the console login and go right to xorg, but recently have been installing the login manager from lxde. Should be all you need for a full desktop experience without any bloat.
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How does it handle pop up dialogue boxes?
 
snov said:
Why not? It’s a less complicated setup than what you’re proposing, and ZFS has by far the best tools.
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1. MergeRFS runs in userland and is stable, and setting up isn't much more difficult then ZFS
2. In the event of a drive failure - or switching to a new server - all remaining files are immediately accessible with no special reconfiguration required
3. I'm buying dirt cheap drives off Facebook that are good but high mileage, so resilvering is likely to make them fail faster.
4. I just think mergeRFS is neat.
 
Betonhaus said:
Kubuntu LTS has a shorter support period then Ubuntu LTS, and to the best of my knowledge is always a bit more unstable because Ubuntu was coded for GNOME specifically, with Kubuntu being a fork that remains downstream.
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I think you're just nitpicking now. Kubuntu and other turnkey distros with preconfigured DEs other than Ubuntu's Gnome have a shorter LTS support because they're on the universe package repo or something. Besides, if you're using it as a personal desktop OS, you'll most likely be upgrading to the newest LTS as soon as it's released making the shorter support moot. Tinkering is just the nature of this.
 
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Betonhaus said:
In the event of a drive failure - or switching to a new server - all remaining files are immediately accessible with no special reconfiguration required
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ZFS pools remain accessible while resilvering. Read and write. But you do you.
 
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Flatline said:
Not to mention lightweight compared to the other DEs out there. The next level down is something like i3 or dwm.
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i3 is a window manager, as is dwm, not a desktop environment. You can use i3/dwm together with Xfce.
 
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