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  • Looking to Switch // Which Distro?

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  • OK, in broad terms you want a distro that is reasonably up to date, but doesn't have to be bleeding edge.

    I run Mint Cinnamon and Arch KDE for the limited gaming I do, they both work perfectly fine.

    Almost all games that have a Linux port will have the support & requirements specified for Ubuntu, which has a KDE flavour, however most people won't recommend Ubuntu (for good reasons). An Ubuntu derivative with the issues removed however is a decent choice: Mint or PopOS.

    Mint is by a long way the most recommended Linux distro for beginners and for good reason - the install process is easy, the community is supportive, and it does pretty much everything straight out of the box.

    Cinnamon desktop environment is customisable, not as much as KDE. If you're really keen on sticking with KDE then either EndeavourOS (which is basically a bundling of Arch so it's easy to install) or KDE Plasma - which is Debian based but more up to date than Sid I believe.

    I don't recommend Arch for beginners unless you're highly technical and willing to RTFM.

    Most windows games will work in linux via proton/wine etc. ~You're~ Your only really blocked ones are the couple of companies that insist on kernel anti-cheat and are anti-Linux (EA I think ?) it's a handful of AAA games that are locked out.

    Generally you don't need any hardware changes nowadays, in fact it's often the other way around - stuff that W10 & 11 no longer support can often be made to work on linux. AMD & Intel GPUs are less troublesome than Nvidia, but it's generally not a big deal anymore.

    Reddit's /r/linuxgaming has fairly reasonable people (for reddit) and a fairly deep archive that will allow you to search for the specific games you most play, and ways to get them running.

  • I just found out my fiancee wants to switch to linux, lets start a distro war, what should be her first? + other questions

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  • KDE is not a Mint supported DE and the KDE files are not in the Mint repos.

    This can be made to work if you're experienced but is definitely not a good idea for beginners. It will eventually break, and dependency hell is a thing.

    For a KDE option suitable fir beginners, Fedora offers KDE as does Ubuntu, or there's KDE Neon

  • Cheap Linux tablet?

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  • Cant install app on android

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  • Caveat - I don't use skylight or bluesky

    A cursory search indicates the US should work. It also came up with a reddit thread suggesting it's basically just bluesky - dunno how true that is.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1jquvhe/creators_to_follow_on_skylight_social/

    "Your followers and follows on Bluesky and Skylight are the same unless you make separate accounts; something to keep in mind. "

    Which implies they're different front ends for the same thing.

  • /e/ OS does a little trolling and sends all your Text to Voice data to OpenAI for processing and Speech generation.

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  • Good find although not the article I was thinking OP was referring to. It was more recent, within the last 12 months I think.

    My best recollection was that the person had a hotmail or outlook account which was suddenly terminated following criticism of microsoft (possibly their failure to address a security issue). That account was their login/access path to a high profile foss tool. I don't think the tool itself got taken down in this case.

    Not sure how accurate the above is, it's my vague recollection.

  • /e/ OS does a little trolling and sends all your Text to Voice data to OpenAI for processing and Speech generation.

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  • Remember the Github dev who got blocked by Microsoft

    It's funny, I do remember the story, but I can't find it across multiple search engines (obviously Bing are going to block it so DDG can't find it, but I also tried startpage, searx, ecosia as well)

    Can you point me to any links or give me a few more search terms to help finding it ?

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  • God help me when I'm barracking for 4chan

  • Are there open hardware wrist watches around?

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  • AsteroidOS is a linux based replacement for wearOS (android for watches) which is FOSS and removes all the google privacy issues.

    https://asteroidos.org/

  • Should I eat it and jump to win11?

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  • Kick the can down the road and download the MASgrave Win10 script (I think that's it, I don't use windows) that puts you on the Long Term support - iirc that gives you until Jan 2027. That's enough time to get through the zero parental sleep phase and be able to think clearly...

    If that's of interest I'll dig the correct details out (ping me) or I'm sure someone else knows what I'm waffling about & will drop the link

  • Should I eat it and jump to win11?

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  • Yes but don't use it for anything valuable. USBs have a high failure rate when used for heavy read writes.

    You can get USB enclosures for M2 drives if you want to go that route a bit more reliably. Ensure you use USB3 (which will still be slow but not as boneachingly bad as USB2)

  • Looking for a Desktop Environment recommendation for my Mother's new 2-1 laptop.

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  • Seconded. I really dislike Gnome and use KDE or Cinnamon for myself and family, but for a user who has been on Macs and using it on a tablet...

    Use Gnome.

  • Looking for a Desktop Environment recommendation for my Mother's new 2-1 laptop.

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  • Yeah. Don't do that.

    It sounds great in theory but you'll run into issues. I put a lot of people on mint but use arch+kde for myself.

    I've done KDE on Mint in VMs 3 times now and every time something goes wrong.

    I'm no fan of ubuntu but just run up kubuntu or fedora kde. KDE neon might be a bit cutting edge. Endeavour is arch on easy mode and comes in KDE. First two for beginners, second two for those with some tech experience.

    Mint out of the box rocks for new linux users, never a problem. Once you start putting it in unsupported configs you're ditching the primary reason to recommend it (stability in the reliability sense)

  • Distro choice

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  • <shrug>

    I've put later kernels on Mint a half dozen times withno dramas, but whether you should depends on what your use case, preferences and skill are.

    I personally wouldn't do the arse-ache that is an immutable system, but plenty here love their Bazzite it seems. Different strokes for different folks. Nothing wrong with that.

    If you love Mint except for the kernel version then it's an easy fix. If you don't have deep feelings then either try & be ready to ditch, or pick an alternative.

    Just for the record there is no "doing all that" about it. It's a simple couple of clicks. It couldnt be easier. I'm not sure where you got the idea it was difficult.

  • Distro choice

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  • Distro choice

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  • So install the latest kernel into Mint ?

  • [Question] Is it possible or has it been done, can a Honeypot be created with bash aliases that would use a very common command someone would run if they were in your system but it aliases to some

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  • Damn. TIL. knew about the first of course but who am i as three seperate pieces is new to me

  • Please seed !! Public torrents need your help

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  • Only one of the two sides needs a port open so I'm sure your seeding is contributing

  • Please seed !! Public torrents need your help

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  • Given it looks like you're the only seed (and a quick check on lime torrents only has 1 seed for the new normal s01 ep 1-22 (I assume that's the above ?) then yeah, you're the only one fighting the good fight ! Don't stop :-D

    EDIT

    Bollocks to bad search techniques - it seems there's about 4000 seeders for multiple different copies of it (the above version does indeed only have one though). I just thought "sod it, if there's only 1 seeder I'll help out". Went and looked again

    <sigh>

    Help not needed.

  • Please seed !! Public torrents need your help

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  • There is not always demand, you need to leave the torrent app running in the background when ever you have the PC on - then when someone wants it you'll get a connection.

  • Please seed !! Public torrents need your help

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  • Transformers earthspark for one off the top of my head - my upload ratio is triple digits but there's never more than single digit seeders

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    thanksforallthefish @literature.cafe

    Please seed !! Public torrents need your help