The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

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There would be update about OpenBSD where they implemented something interesting and you would go to the comments and it was just sperging about the license. Generally most tech discussion forums are filled with very annoying idealogues.
 
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SchizoDaemon said:
There would be update about OpenBSD where they implemented something interesting and you would go to the comments and it was just sperging about the license. Generally most tech discussion forums are filled with very annoying idealogues.
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Ya it's really annoying anytime you mention a project and people say it's gonna be proprietary soon because they didn't use the gpl as if that's something that happens all the time
 
I just downloaded Mint on my old ass Macbook from 2017 that I barely use anymore until now, seems like a good way to practice it. I know that using Linux is the fastest way to learn it, but what are some things I can try to do to build up those skills?
 
L.V. Danslalune said:
I know that using Linux is the fastest way to learn it, but what are some things I can try to do to build up those skills?
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Slow down there, buckaroo. Not to talk shit about jumping from OSX to Linux, but you're moving from one Unix-like substrate over to another, and not necessarily taking advantage of what you already have access to. There's also the matter of some very obscure situations where you'd need a Windows or Mac computer (i.e. me being a retard who uses an iPhone and needs a place to backup, sync, etc).

If you wanna get your feet wet with Unix-like stuff without going full-on balls to the wall purge everything on my MacBook and take the plunge into Linux Land... just install some basic FOSS programs through MacPorts. Make sure you open up the Mac terminal, and key in xcode-select --install then hit "Enter" so that you're able to properly bootstrap MacPorts.

Without getting too lost in the weeds of what it is: MacPorts, Fink, and Homebrew are all "package managers" for OSX. In the before times, most software made for one Unix environment could be "ported" over to another. That meant (and still kinda but not always does) Linux and Mac had tons of overlap in FOSS programs that one could run on their machine. This is about as close to the Linux experience as you can reasonably get without purging your drive and suffering from Linux remorse like 3-4 months down the line when that obscure use case for OSX rears its head..
 
Dread First said:
Slow down there, buckaroo. Not to talk shit about jumping from OSX to Linux, but you're moving from one Unix-like substrate over to another, and not necessarily taking advantage of what you already have access to. There's also the matter of some very obscure situations where you'd need a Windows or Mac computer (i.e. me being a retard who uses an iPhone and needs a place to backup, sync, etc).
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This laptop isn't the only one I have, I have access to a different Macbook laptop and a Windows PC, so I wouldn't worry about that, I did a backup of it. Plus this old Macbook is nearly a decade old and it was just gathering dust anyway. Hope this cleared it up.
 
The niggercuck clowns behind Flatpak are planning to make a new version which will be coded in Rust cause "Gamers and Rust Nerds will save Linux", will require Wayland and Systemd, and will remove x11 support because "no one uses it". :lunacy:
 
devuan continues winning
no systemd, no age verification, no rust and everything works just fine like a normal debian install
just enjoy your five year old packages
 
I AM UNDOUBTEDLY FIZZED8% said:
The niggercuck clowns behind Flatpak are planning to make a new version which will be coded in Rust cause "Gamers and Rust Nerds will save Linux", will require Wayland and Systemd, and will remove x11 support because "no one uses it". :lunacy:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vCwxmSRsr5M
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The "no one uses it" comment is probably the part that is the most shocking.
The corpos at the board of the Linux Foundation really want to turn Linux into Windows.
"What? Your old PC can't run our new, safe and secure version of Linux™? Stop being poor, lmao"
 
All the lengths gone to avoid putting tarballs into /opt is staggering.
 
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I AM UNDOUBTEDLY FIZZED8% said:
The niggercuck clowns behind Flatpak are planning to make a new version which will be coded in Rust cause "Gamers and Rust Nerds will save Linux", will require Wayland and Systemd, and will remove x11 support because "no one uses it". :lunacy:
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>fagpack
Nothing of value was lost. Both Nix and Guix can be run on top of any other distro, and novel solutions like Pkgit exist if you don't want to manually install from Git pages. Just don't use proprietary trash, it really is that simple.
 
Ferryman said:
>fagpack
Nothing of value was lost. Both Nix and Guix can be run on top of any other distro, and novel solutions like Pkgit exist if you don't want to manually install from Git pages. Just don't use proprietary trash, it really is that simple.
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One thing though is this does make artix a lot more of a necessary option because of the aur which packages applications that are only otherwise distributed as a flatpak
Devuan of course with .debs and maybe ppas with like 3 asterisks
Distros like chimera alpine and void/gentoo musl though depend on flatpak for proprietary applications like steam and discord so you may have to go back to glibc instead of cheating with flatpak, or you could distrobox probably. Or god forbid use the discord web client.
 
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Distros like chimera alpine and void/gentoo musl though depend on flatpak for proprietary applications like steam and discord so you may have to go back to glibc instead of cheating with flatpak, or you could distrobox probably. Or god forbid use the discord web client.
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Its yet another reason why I recommend Nix or Guix to more tech-savvy Linux users. It probably has some of the most intuitive packaging UX I've ever used, so even a non-technical user should be able to package their own stuff given time enough to read the man pages and use working examples, or via v*be coding. It is probably the reason for why there are so many third party package channels. There's even a webring through which you can easily look most of them up, provided they've submitted a pr to the keyring: https://toys.whereis.social/
 
I AM UNDOUBTEDLY FIZZED8% said:
The niggercuck clowns behind Flatpak are planning to make a new version which will be coded in Rust cause "Gamers and Rust Nerds will save Linux", will require Wayland and Systemd, and will remove x11 support because "no one uses it". :lunacy:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vCwxmSRsr5M
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the only part of the flatpak remake I might agree with is removing packagekit. But that's due to my own ignorance, on top of never finding a use for it.
 
Ferryman said:
Its yet another reason why I recommend Nix or Guix to more tech-savvy Linux users. It probably has some of the most intuitive packaging UX I've ever used, so even a non-technical user should be able to package their own stuff given time enough to read the man pages and use working examples, or via v*be coding. It is probably the reason for why there are so many third party package channels. There's even a webring through which you can easily look most of them up, provided they've submitted a pr to the keyring: https://toys.whereis.social/
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My chinkpad came in today got the ram and ssd upgrade ready to go and a guix usb. Bout ready to LEARN
 
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