The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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Hellwalker said:
For starters, what Distro are you on?
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Does it make a difference? 🤔

If it's for any distro, I imagine it's some set of cryptic "sudo" things in Terminal. There's also a link at site to download some "zst" file, but I dunno how to compile it.

(yep I'm noob when it comes to Linux)
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Still don't know how to install from https://archlinux.org/packages/?name=profile-sync-daemon.

(OS experience is mostly limited to DOS and Win-Mac so used to installing things the DOS way or the install.exe way)
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Are you baiting to get spoonfed? Arch wiki lists package in its repo.
What do you get from:
Code: 
cat /etc/lsb-release

Also, do you see that blue thing on the wiki?
1748637710454.webp

It contains exact instructions on how to install shit on Arch and its derivatives.
 
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ToroidalBoat said:
Does it make a difference? 🤔

If it's for any distro, I imagine it's some set of cryptic "sudo" things in Terminal. There's also a link at site to download some "zst" file, but I dunno how to compile it.

(yep I'm noob when it comes to Linux)
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Yes. It does.

You install packages through package managers. On Linux generally. Instead of going to a site and downloading it, and running an installer.

You can do that with tarballs. And extracting them. But if you are completely new to Linux. Just don't even worry about that.

If it's arch. Like the link would suggest. You install packages with.

sudo pacman -S

Debain based it's.

sudo apt install

Fedora

sudo dnf install

You can also just install a GUI package manager for the distro you are on if you don't want to use a terminal. Though you will need to look up your distro, and the GUI package manager options. For it.

In general (there are always exceptions for everything). The Linux way of installing software, ends up being more secure, and once you understand it, easier. since instead of finding it online. You type one line into the terminal and it's there (or searching in your GUI package manager)

So if it is arch based. That one line would be.

sudo pacman -S Profile-sync-daemon
 
Betonhaus said:
I'm not watching that but I'm sure it has an AMD CPU and gpu
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Nope on the CPU. It's an i5 1200f series.

GPU is RX 6500 XT

Also SATA SSD's spit out an error so it's seems to be strictly NVME SSD cards that work.

Also it seems to be finicky about what wireless cards you have, especially ones built into the motherboard. Basically you're rolling the dice regarding whether you get internet access or not right out of the box.
 
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Ahriman said:
SteamOS runs pretty well on a modest PC.
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I just don't understand people trying to force SteamOS to run on anything outside a HTPC or handheld. Just run literally any other distro like fedora kde or kubuntu and download steam and boom, you have the desktop version of SteamOS. The only thing i can give SteamOS is being user friendly* with a immutable filesystem.

*Only if you dont care about native packages and can run flatpaks for everything.
 
Rust Troony said:
I just don't understand people trying to force SteamOS to run on anything outside a HTPC or handheld. Just run literally any other distro like fedora kde or kubuntu and download steam and boom, you have the desktop version of SteamOS. The only thing i can give SteamOS is being user friendly* with a immutable filesystem.

*Only if you dont care about native packages and can run flatpaks for everything.
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This may shock you, but most human beings don't want to fuck around with their computers beyond doing what they are using the computer to accomplish.
 
Herman Throwaway said:
This may shock you, but most human beings don't want to fuck around with their computers beyond doing what they are using the computer to accomplish.
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So just install any distro and use it. SteamOS is not some special newfangled technology that just released and revolutionized the linux desktop. Its arch with kde preinstalled with an immutable filesystem with a secondary game mode de. You can get the same by just installing anything else that's not arch or gentoo.
 

The hateful, and violent. Antisemitic, and in my opinion, Nazi members. Of the gnome development team. Are placing threats of violence. Against an innocent Jewish mench.

I for one find gnomes blatant hate, and racism disgusting.
 
Rust Troony said:
I just don't understand people trying to force SteamOS to run on anything outside a HTPC or handheld. Just run literally any other distro like fedora kde or kubuntu and download steam and boom, you have the desktop version of SteamOS. The only thing i can give SteamOS is being user friendly* with a immutable filesystem.

*Only if you dont care about native packages and can run flatpaks for everything.
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People are scared to choose a distro because they might chose wrong, so they want a company name they're familiar with like Valve to make one. It's the brand name that makes them trust trying it out, not any real thought about features.
 
Herman Throwaway said:
This may shock you, but most human beings don't want to fuck around with their computers beyond doing what they are using the computer to accomplish.
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So why are they putting SteamOS on a computer that doesn't support it?
That's literally more fucking around then just using the Linux mint guided installer then downloading the steam .deb installer package from their website.
 
Betonhaus said:
So why are they putting SteamOS on a computer that doesn't support it?
That's literally more fucking around then just using the Linux mint guided installer then downloading the steam .deb installer package from their website.
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Bazzite makes it dead simple.

I said this in the steam deck thread but I tried running original 2006 Oblivion in Fedora and couldn't get the game to launch. Some weird env issue involving Wine's fake registry I couldn't get to the bottom of. Worked out of box on steam deck and in bazzite.

If someone was taking the approach of a gaming PC being for gaming and do everything else on a laptop I can see it being compelling.
 
Retarded Weeb said:
People are scared to choose a distro because they might chose wrong, so they want a company name they're familiar with like Valve to make one. It's the brand name that makes them trust trying it out, not any real thought about features.
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I think it's also the whole "VALVE IS MAKING LINUX GAMING VIABLE" hype train that everyone proliferates. The only reason Valve put in the legwork into Proton is because they don't want to be dependent on Microsoft for their business model, which now also involves selling handheld PC's. But the Linux community has overblown it to such proportions that they make it seem to the average user that Valve is literally making Linux "just work" like Windows. Except Adobe and MS Office still won't work, which a lot of normies that game also use, not to mention the entire Mt. Everest worth of differences between Windows and Linux that will make you despise Linux if you're not aware of what it is, how it differs from Windows and what sacrifices you'd need to make to make the switch.

So people are constantly hyped up for SteamOS because they believe it'll replace Windows, without any understanding of what Linux is and no willingness to learn the basics of it, so when it does happen they will get a major reality check. So do expect a ton of idiots asking for tech support that would require rudimentary understanding of Linux when standalone SteamOS actually happens. That'll be the price to pay for abusing SteamOS being a thing and Windows 11 being so shit to try and get people move to Linux.
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Still don't know how to install from https://archlinux.org/packages/?name=profile-sync-daemon.

(OS experience is mostly limited to DOS and Win-Mac so used to installing things the DOS way or the install.exe way)
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Just tell someone he's retarded for not knowing how to install it. Enjoy the free tech support.

For real though, I have no idea what the fuck kind of distro you are running.
If it's Arch based, it's literally just:
sudo pacman -S profile-sync-daemon
systemctl --user enable --now psd.service
 
I know Steam OS is hyped up more than it should be but thanks to exposure via Steam Deck my nephew has started asking me to teach him more about Linux and even wanted me to give advice for building a proper desktop under a better distro.


I will begrudgingly but earnestly thank Valve for this. There was something uniquely joyful about the experience of getting to pass these things on to a younger generation and it may not have happened if his vidya games hadn't drawn him in.
 
Of course Valve is making their own Linux version, they have a critical vulnerability to being dependent on Jeetsoft for now.
 
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