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Linux is fucking awesome (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I should've used it sooner rather than last year when they announced AI integration to Windows. Every peripheral I tried is just worked without needing to install drivers, and it works better and faster than on Windows, just like today when I tried to use my brother's 3D printer expecting disappointment, but no, it just connected and was ready to print right away (I use Ultimaker Cura), whereas on my brother's Windows computer I have to wait like 20 seconds; sometimes I have to disconnect and reconnect it again for it to see and ready to use. Lastly, for those who are wondering, I use Vanilla Arch (btw), and sorry for bad English.

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[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My personal experience has been frustrating each time. I've tried to switch over at least 3 times over the years, but I always gave up. This time, I installed Ubuntu and immediately had to spend 3 hours trying to get my Xbox controler dongle to work, but just couldn't do it. Found a driver online that people said would work, it didn't because it wasn't properly signed, tried to sign it but the signing app just didn't create the certificates needed. Gave up, I have Bluetooth so I'd live, though I'd rather use the dongle if I can.

I then immediately encounter another problem that couldn't be fixed (for the life of me I can't remember what it was exactly) and just gave up.

The previous time I tried it I remember that among other things, one of my main problems was the lack of clipboard history (which I use extremely often). I tried installing an app for it but all of them either didn't work or didn't work the way I want them to or I just didn't like their look and feel.

I also hate the font rendering on Linux, it always looks blurry compared to Windows, and the double titlebars most apps have (e.g. Discord, at least on Ubuntu), I like my screen real-estate.

[–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 230 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Every time I see someone write "sorry for my bad english" their writing is several times better than many of the native speakers I interact with on a daily basis.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 88 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my ukrainian coworker always apologizes for her bad english. meanwhile she can, and does, write poetry in all four languages she speaks

[–] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably a habit from when they really did have bad English, but they learned, and surpassed the average american at this point.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i think it has more to do with dialect than anything. i speak appalachian dialect so sometimes i'll use an archaic word. the irony is she usually figures it out faster than most other english speakers since our archaics are largely eastern european in origin, but to her in that moment it feels like "oh, i don't know what this native english speaker is saying, i guess english is still a skill i'm working on"

i always am like "oh no, i talk funny" but it's been happening more as she's become closer friends with me and my fiance and we all talk on metaphysics and shit

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[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I proffer my contrition for any infelicities in my English articulation, as my proclivity for linguistic precision may yet be inchoate."

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

what was that about felix and anchovies ?

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[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When I TA-ed, I swear 75% of the non-Americans students wrote almost perfect papers whereas less than 25% of Americans couldn’t even write and less than 5% had comparably good essays. Honestly depressing.

[–] shy_mia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

American culture is one of the few I've found to be actively "anti-knowledge". It's not just their educational system being bad, it's a genuine cultural tendency of not just dismissing experts, but straight out refusing to learn and snobbing those who do.

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[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haha thanks, My English is self thought, so maybe that's why I'm still afraid of making mistakes (also relied on keyboard auto correct)

[–] wax@feddit.nu 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

*taught :⁠-⁠) No worries, your intent is coming across clearly.

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[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 85 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You went straight from windows to vanilla arch ?

Quite impressive

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Vanilla arch is nothing like the manually installed arch of old. It's as easy to install and use as any other distro. I started with arch too, and my now permanent distro is arch based

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Haha thanks but it's not actually my first distro, I'm distro hopping on my first week of switching to Linux, my first ever distro is EndeavourOS>Nobara>Fedora>OpenSUSE>Vanilla Arch

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[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 15 points 1 week ago

I remember the USAF handing me an M16 at 18 years old where all I've ever handled before that was even close was the NES zapper.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I use Vanilla Arch (btw), and sorry for bad English.

Sure buddy.... Is the "bad English" in this thread with us right now?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I laughed when I saw this. Like, it was a guy excited that his computer is working better, including with his printer. Maybe a teensy bit of punctuation I'd do differently, but whatever. It's the Internet. Then suddenly "oh yeah sorry English isn't my first language and I'm sure you can all see that"

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 41 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Welcome!

For a while now Linux has been better at most personal computing things except gaming. And for server uses an even longer time.

There are some specific hardware/software situations where you'll need Windows but it's unlikely to happen at home. Unless you have very peculiar hobbies.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (12 children)

Unless you have very peculiar hobbies.

Or you take your photography a bit too seriously! Good noise reduction software is next to impossible to do on Linux. It's the only reason I have a windows box in my house

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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And if something doesn’t work, it’s all your fault somehow. Which is both a blessing and a curse.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's fine, I can look up the Arch Wiki for solutions, which is also a learning process for me and if it still doesn't work, I can just duct tape the workaround myself XD

[–] wax@feddit.nu 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tip from long-time arch user (btw). Avoid installing or making changes to system installation without going through pacman. I.e., don't use install scripts or make install invocations requiring sudo. More often than not that will cause headaches long-term. PKGBUILDs are actually reasonably simple to create if you need to install something not in the AUR, and it will keep you from overwriting files and leaving files behind after uninstalling.

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[–] vahirua@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

These kind of posts make me a little happy. I don't know exactly why but it does.

Having used Linux on for 25 years or so and now hearing about people who switch from Windows and really enjoying the experience warms my heart a little

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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux is awesome

& so are you ^🥁 1, 2, 3, 4… 🎸^

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

Aww, thank you

[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 1 week ago

Welcome to the brotherhood.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah. I've been trying to get the word out.

I've been screwing with Linux for decades, but somewhere along the line, Linux got easier and more reliable than Windows. I was as surprised as anyone. My last couple Linux installs were a cake walk.

I also like Linux more than Mac, but I'm a tinkerer at heart, and Mac's (relative) lack of fiddly bits (customization options) has kept me from staying on it long.

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Same here.

Daily driver is a mac but I always use a desktop Linux machine at home.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I've been using Linux for almost 9 years now. Shit is never so smooth for me but I still love it.

The only device it has been smooth on has been my Thinkpad T530. Every other install I have has some annoying issue, usually small

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You would be suprised how cool Linux can get when you go deep down the rabbit hole, if you really want to go deep into Arch I reccomend trying a tiling window manager like Sway or Hyprland :3

(Btw these are the dotfiles I use: https://github.com/koeqaife/hyprland-material-you)

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Hyprland dev is enough to make sure I never use Hyprland

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ive yet to find a tiling Window manager that looks as good

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it does look great.

But in terms of tiling WMs, I have high hopes for Cosmic! It's coming along really well (though not as pretty as Hyprland)

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

My primary issue with cosmic is the seeming lack of customizability. On Hyprland I was able to change all the keybindings to the i3 shortcuts (thats what I personally prefer). My full list of problems are:

High resource usage: I get its a full DE but as a WM user it would be nice to disable extra features I dont like
Documentation: I get its still in alpha but morr documentation would be nice
Extension support: Since its a full DE I thought it would have the advantage of supporting extensions, I guess apparently not
Themeing: Im not sure how themeable it is, granted on Hyprland I used a dotfiles from github but it seems limited (only color schemes).

Granted what System76 is doing with Cosmic is absolutely incredible and I think one day it can be as pretty (perhaps even more) than Hyprland, my problem is thats far ahead in the future when right now I can use Hyprland and right now it looks pretty.

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[–] meekah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awesome!

and your english is perfect, dude. no worries. the only suggestion I have for you in that regard is to watch out for run on sentences :)

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