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Oh boy, now’s the last chance to stop before it’s too late.
Don’t, under any circumstances, ever install something called “EndeavourOS”!
It’s the gateway to Å̸̧͉͝R̴̫̮̅͠C̷̪̘̬̓̿H̴̡̏, and once you set foot on that path, you won’t come out the other side without Unix socks and a Blåhaj.

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My first distro was arch btw. It’s not hard if you approach it with a mindset to learn. That’s the whole point of Linux anyway, it’s a tool and the better you know your tool the more capable that tool becomes.

It’s like a lathe with interchangeable parts and gears. You don’t know what your doing it might throw some metal at you but it’s also capable of crafting a precise and finely finished part in a short amount of time.

I also throw fedora on my laptop because laptops are an ergonomic nightmare. Plug and play is nice for when you don’t have time to really learn your tools or do setup and just need any hammer to get the job done. You can still smack your thumb though, it’s not a cordless drill with proprietary batteries like Macos or windows.

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Don’t forget a apple fan boi level of false superiority.

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false superiority

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Is hackintish still a thing? I haven’t looked at that in like 15 years.

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With the new Apple silicon going on it’s killing Hackintosh by literally having non-Apple silicon going to be no longer supported.

So basically the EoL date for a Hackintosh is when Apple goes EoL on non-Apple silicon with their OS.

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The socks were in my cart, my mouse pointer right io the order button but before I could click the mouse, I changed my mind. It was almost too late but I installed Fedora just one moment short of being unable to turn back for good…

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Me but opensuse tumbleweed, have it on my PC and Thinkpad now.

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28 points

Which way do I gotta go for the Unix beard?

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Slackware

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Big truth right there.

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Linux from Scratch and Gentoo are also pathways to abilities some would call… unnatural

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If gaming is a priority, Garuda is a nice one to avoid as well

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“Gaming” distros are such a noob trap

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Well, it’s made for Linux newbies…

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Everything works, so keep gatekeeping if it makes you feel better

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MX Linux is stable and friendly too.

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“… now, how do I reverse scrolling…”

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Green Ubuntu

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Green Ubuntu best Ubuntu

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I’ve been on Linux Mint for two weeks now AND I LOVE IT. It feels like computing from back in 2010, just the way I like it.

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Since Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu, are you being asked to pay for security updates? Using Ubuntu right now and looking to switch soonish

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Hi there.

And no. I haven’t been aske dto pay for any updates.

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Is this happening on Ubuntu, or are people just saying it might happen cos they don’t trust canonical?

Also, Mint Debian edition exists and works just fine. I have it on a brand new Intel laptop

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I remembered reading about it happening soon (?) for certain kinds of security updates (?) somewhere but it’s almost 2am here and I’m having difficulty googling a reliable and thorough source but it sounds like users will have to subscribe to Ubuntu Pro to get certain kinds of update, although it might be free under certain circumstances.

I don’t know, Ubuntu has treated me well the last decade but I’m willing to explore other distros if it seems like it’ll be unnecessarily commericalized. Will read up more in the morning.

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Ubuntu Pro is free for personal use

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Good to know, thanks. I would have googled it eventually.

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Mint doesn’t ask for you to pay

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Straight up it reminds of of being back on Windows 7 and it’s so goddamn cozy to be back there

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It’s glorious, and as more people are driven off Windows by MS’s shady practices, Linux is only going to get better and better.

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(re: learning curve) I’m actually enjoying the process of learning a whole new OS that isn’t constantly getting in my way. I like having software that’s logically designed, like a Word Processor (Libre Writer) that actually has the “Print” button right on the main screen and hasn’t buried it at the bottom of a sub-menu that’s not even on the menu bar.

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Heh logically designed Linux software might not be as abundant as you think but you’ll get used it.

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