The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[Latex Catmaid]

From trying all kinds of distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, PopOS etc. I can vouch that Arch is the best, personally I use EndeavourOS for the installer and all the preconfig. It's very easy to use and has access too all the best Arch has to offer, which is imho the best infrastructure on Linux. I even got an old laptop with a discrete nvidia GPU to use hybrid mode on wayland perfectly - just by using nvidia-inst.
Personally I have had problems with non-LTS kernel on many distros, so I'd like to emphasis on using that, but my hardware isn't new.
Debian is a fucking nightmare for a PC - don't do that shit, everything will always be way out of date. I always use it on my VPS-s though.

It's technically true, but is it the best for the end user if they're new to linux? Linux Mint or Manjaro (Arch-based) are my personal recommendations.

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wanna erp with me soyjakku-kun? >w<

 

[Meriasek]

A big reason why I'll never use Arch, besides wanting to use my computer and not wasting time configuring it, is that every single time someone asks about Linux, some fat faggot will chime in with "Arch is best". Maybe. But I'll never find out, because of you, fat faggot.
Come to think of it, a big issue with Linux acceptance is that if you use it, you will inevitably have to interact with the community, because shit will break, and you will need help fixing it.
And when you ask questions, there will always, always, always be a fat faggot neckbeard telling you to use a different distro, or generally being extremely unhelpful.
They might be the minority, but they're always there. No exceptions.

 

[Xentor]

A big reason why I'll never use Arch, besides wanting to use my computer and not wasting time configuring it, is that every single time someone asks about Linux, some fat faggot will chime in with "Arch is best". Maybe. But I'll never find out, because of you, fat faggot.

SteamOS is also Arch based now. That's not a nice thing to say about Gabe!

It's technically true, but is it the best for the end user if they're new to linux? Linux Mint or Manjaro (Arch-based) are my personal recommendations.

True, Manjaro is probably a better gateway than EndeavourOS, which is very terminal based, which is the superior way, but might be overwhelming to a non power user.

 

[Colorjak]

Speaking of Elementary OS, how come they all try to get that MacOS look and feel, but the one good thing I'd actually want from that, the global menu bar, is never implemented?
Like, Unity did it, and I guess the OSX skin for TwisterOS manages to implement it reasonably well. Why is it so hard to implement?

some apps(mostly qt) use their own menu bar instead of writing to a system one.
ubuntu had a global menu bar once, as far as i remember

 

[Meriasek]

some apps(mostly qt) use their own menu bar instead of writing to a system one.
ubuntu had a global menu bar once, as far as i remember

Yeah, when they had Unity, right? I like a global menu, for me it maximises screen real estate.

SteamOS is also Arch based now. That's not a nice thing to say about Gabe!

His fat faggot status will be revoked when he releases Half Life 3.

 

[Betonhaus]

Speaking of Elementary OS, how come they all try to get that MacOS look and feel, but the one good thing I'd actually want from that, the global menu bar, is never implemented?
Like, Unity did it, and I guess the OSX skin for TwisterOS manages to implement it reasonably well. Why is it so hard to implement?

I blame Wayland.

some apps(mostly qt) use their own menu bar instead of writing to a system one.
ubuntu had a global menu bar once, as far as i remember

Not every OSX app properly supported the global menu bar but it still worked for the most part. It would be neat if they had the general support for it, if only to be able to consider alternative configurations for things like touchscreen or mobile devices.

 

[Susanna]

Speaking of Elementary OS, how come they all try to get that MacOS look and feel, but the one good thing I'd actually want from that, the global menu bar, is never implemented?
Like, Unity did it, and I guess the OSX skin for TwisterOS manages to implement it reasonably well. Why is it so hard to implement?

KDE has plugins to give it a MacOS-like global menu, and it works well.

True, Manjaro is probably a better gateway than EndeavourOS, which is very terminal based, which is the superior way, but might be overwhelming to a non power user.

Shun Manjaro. Arch is no more difficult these days (built-in installer) but has a far less incompetent dev team. Arch has never forced users to set their clocks back to fix their expired certificate.

 

[Gatdam Animal Person]

Speaking of Elementary OS, how come they all try to get that MacOS look and feel, but the one good thing I'd actually want from that, the global menu bar, is never implemented?
Like, Unity did it, and I guess the OSX skin for TwisterOS manages to implement it reasonably well. Why is it so hard to implement?

KDE has plugins to give it a MacOS-like global menu, and it works well.

I would love to use the global menu more often, however the one software that doesn't support it out of the box is... Firefox (and its countless forks). Yeah, there are forks that adds the global menu back in, but I really don't want to recompile my browser every new update.

 

[Susanna]

I would love to use the global menu more often, however the one software that doesn't support it out of the box is... Firefox (and its countless forks). Yeah, there are forks that adds the global menu back in, but I really don't want to recompile my browser every new update.

Oh, that’s disappointing. I use Edge, its global menu support is flawless, so presumably that’s true for all the chromium-derivatives.

 

[Squishie PP]

A big reason why I'll never use Arch, besides wanting to use my computer and not wasting time configuring it, is that every single time someone asks about Linux, some fat faggot will chime in with "Arch is best". Maybe. But I'll never find out, because of you, fat faggot.
Come to think of it, a big issue with Linux acceptance is that if you use it, you will inevitably have to interact with the community, because shit will break, and you will need help fixing it.
And when you ask questions, there will always, always, always be a fat faggot neckbeard telling you to use a different distro, or generally being extremely unhelpful.
They might be the minority, but they're always there. No exceptions.

Exactly why I told you to try them out yourself in a VM first. You won't find out if you like a distro from some random tranny trying to get you to use Arch.

And if you don't want to interact with the community, your options are any of the enterprise or enterprise-adjacent distros (RHEL, SUSE, etc. and their derivatives.) The companies that maintain them will provide user support and documentation as well. Its part of why I moved from Mint to OpenSUSE instead.

 

[Xentor]

Exactly why I told you to try them out yourself in a VM first. You won't find out if you like a distro from some random tranny trying to get you to use Arch.

You might just as well just run them from the bootable USB or something. The real issues will only show after daily driving for awhile.

Also I've never had to interact with the community - nothing a Google search or now a ChatGPT prompt won't solve.

 

[Meriasek]

Exactly why I told you to try them out yourself in a VM first. You won't find out if you like a distro from some random tranny trying to get you to use Arch.

And if you don't want to interact with the community, your options are any of the enterprise or enterprise-adjacent distros (RHEL, SUSE, etc. and their derivatives.) The companies that maintain them will provide user support and documentation as well. Its part of why I moved from Mint to OpenSUSE instead.

I'm gravitating towards openSUSE, actually. Also because their headquarters aren't too far so I can shit in their mailbox if their product sucks.

 

[The Anarki Main]

A big reason why I'll never use Arch, besides wanting to use my computer and not wasting time configuring it, is that every single time someone asks about Linux, some fat faggot will chime in with "Arch is best". Maybe. But I'll never find out, because of you, fat faggot

Honestly, totally understandable. I only shill it because I've used it for so long without much problems, but it's not for everyone and it's not cool to pretend it is.

Like people who shill Gentoo for being "more optimized" (it objectively isn't, but humor me for a second). Even if they were right, why would I put myself through all of that, hours of compiling and messing with wizardry black magic to just install something? I hate Gentoo shills. So as an Arch guy I totally get it, and I don't like to push it onto people too hard.

Manjaro is probably a better gateway than EndeavourOS

I have to disagree. Their use of Pamac is good, but the way Manjaro is maintained upstream is incredibly asinine and prone to instability, he'll just run into the same problems he was having with Ubuntu. Being based on Arch while disregarding Arch's way of handling updates makes things harder to keep held together, and they aren't really up to the task. Manjaro isn't that beginner friendly as a result. I've heard good things about CachyOS but can't vouch for it as I've never used it.

 

[Urotsuki]

I have to disagree. Their use of Pamac is good, but the way Manjaro is maintained upstream is incredibly asinine and prone to instability, he'll just run into the same problems he was having with Ubuntu. Being based on Arch while disregarding Arch's way of handling updates makes things harder to keep held together, and they aren't really up to the task. Manjaro isn't that beginner friendly as a result. I've heard good things about CachyOS but can't vouch for it as I've never used it.

I'm probably a retard for running Manjaro XFCE and i3 on everything, but overall it has been relatively stable on 2 desktops, a laptop and a small home server. I guess my line of thinking is that if it breaks on one Manjaro install, I probably know how to fix it should it happen on another. Although the last time their SSL certs expired I have considered switching over to pure Arch or something else. NixOS is alright for tinkering or quickly rebuilding systems, but I probably wouldn't daily it after using it for a month on my laptop.

 

[NoIdeaWhatImDoing]

I'm gravitating towards openSUSE, actually. Also because their headquarters aren't too far so I can shit in their mailbox if their product sucks.

Try openSuse tumbleweed

 

[prollyanotherlurker]

I thought I did.

Grub works, but after the first reboot after installation of the update it would only go to tty since x was apparently gone, and since then it won't even go to tty anymore. No log in, nothing. Just a blank screen and no further booting going on. Recovery does nothing but give me a few options that all crash instantly.
All I can and will do now is use a bootstick to recover data from my various Linux partitions, and then nuke it all and never look back. I'm done with this, and using Debian or whatever else is not going to make it better.

Linux mint is linux for niggers btw.

@GoysGoneWild i currently have a gentoo install on one of my drives. I'm definitely not an expert with it like people that have been using it for years, but I'm starting to get my head wrapped around how package management, and everything works.

Also openrc so far as been the only other init system I have tried besides systemd that wasn't way to much work for me to want to just use for a desktop.

 

[Meriasek]

Try openSuse tumbleweed

Yeah, that's what I was looking at.

 

[Sperg Coalition]

Linux mint is linux for niggers btw.

If it hasn't been endorsed by GNAA then it's not.

 

[Colorjak]

wanna erp with me soyjakku-kun? >w<

eat dust you furnigger.
you also got exposed for liking lolicon and you have a wank over children's feet.
just kill yourself

 

[The Anarki Main]

eat dust you furnigger.
you also got exposed for liking lolicon and you have a wank over children's feet.
just kill yourself

He's baiting you. Both of you quit shitting up the thread or my eyes are going to need a rape kit.