I think you mean this old one:
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That excitement is real π Switching can be refreshing, but I always tell people to try it on a spare drive first. The best OS is the one that actually fits your workflow.
No, its the one that doesn't Harvest you
Switched to linux this year and I would NEVER go back to windows.
Cool, does anyone know how to hack it so my HDMI connector can actually hit 240hz? Apparently HDMI is a closed standard and only Windows/Mac has the license to go that high using HDMI.
I started using Linux last week. And now I'm looking at your memes!
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Itβs gonna be so much fun! We can do each others hair and talk about our favourite distros!
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Internally: "YESYESYESYESYESYESYES"
Externally: "Cool, let me know if you need any help"
"my friend recommended I use Ubuntu"
me (screaming internally, about canonical, about snaps, about bloat): "That... that's good. Good choice."
I say better for them to make the jump now to Ubuntu and figure out a distro better suited for their needs later on than to remain on Windows while having choice paralysis about what distro to chose.
I still think it's a decent entry choice. I won't touch it myself anymore, personally, but Canonical is still better than Microslop. That bar is set so low that even snap can clear it.
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Me when my friend started talking about how he wanted to buy a steam machine as his first entry into pc gaming, and considered installing linux on his laptop cause windows ran like ass on it.
I mentioned to my dad how much windows 11 sucks to use and he agreed that he can't stand it
So naturally, I told him about Linux, which he literally had never heard of before. I told him I'll show him how to restore one of his old laptops with it, and he can go from there. Knowing him, I can't wait to see "how cool" he thinks it is that he can just "fix" his own computer
And I've already converted my wife, instead of buying a new MacBook cause hers is showing it's age. She keeps her Mac for backup, but the main computer is Linux Mint. She's even started to understand the terminal a little, even though she doesn't really have to
Slowly converting family and friends, simply because computers are expensive and windows sucks so hard now
You're doing the Lord's work. And by "the Lord" I mean Tux the penguin.
Blessed be His webby feet and adorable flippers.
That picture is so unsettling and idk why
Because her face is lit from the top by a point light source
Because it is a perfect 50% cute and 50% scary af
That's an analog horror face without the filter
Because you never had someone look at you like that IRL.
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This is exactly what I'm going to do in about 14 days. Fuck Microsoft.
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that particular combination of face expression and the top-down yellow lighting being the first thing I see when I open lemmy, I got jumpscared.
I got something else. It seems that psychotic looking conventionally attractive women are my thing.
I can fix her.
Me after years in IT and decades of Linux:
If you need help, bother somebody else
I use Mac btw (more to the point, I use whatever you do not use).
Is there a program or way to check what parts are covered by Linux? I have an old laptop I want to try Linux on beforehand.
As another person had suggested, test with a live image first before installing it to an SSD/HDD, however Linux is very well maintained by the community and even if there arenβt native drivers from your hardwares manufacturer, for example Corsair Keyboard Drivers, there usually is Open Sourced alternatives for these things like CKB-Next.
I say this to everyone, once you get a grasp on BASH (Bourne Again Shell) and package managers & repositories (edit: and the filesystem structure) youβll essentially be able to use any Linux distro, it just comes down to the nitty gritty of things.
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Just have a friend who finally decided switching yesterday. She picked my distro recommendation too which makes me feel all validated.
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