Topic: Thoughts on linux
+Anonymous A — 3 weeks ago #68,213
Anyone else here thinking aboit switching to it due to windows 11 being such an annoying piece of fucking spyware.
+Morbid !vbsvhaneDY — 3 weeks ago, 26 minutes later[T] [B] #675,954
I used Xubuntu for many years. OpenSUSE is also pretty good.
+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 3 weeks ago, 19 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #675,955
When I eventually get a new laptop, I'll definitely be putting linux on it.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 3 weeks ago, 54 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #675,956
I am seriously thinking about trying out debian 13. Now that its much easier to install than it once was. To be more exact am thinking of trying out spiral linux which is based directly on it but with slight adjustments.
https://spirallinux.github.io/
https://spirallinux.github.io/
+Anonymous D — 3 weeks ago, 11 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,971
I was fine with the mainline stuff, even if they cater to noobs with the app stores and all. If you only use a few programs it's not a bad way to go.
I did shy away from Debian for a while, had some wireless cards that didn't work out of the box and got tired of running network cables upstairs to finish the setup.
I did shy away from Debian for a while, had some wireless cards that didn't work out of the box and got tired of running network cables upstairs to finish the setup.
+Anonymous E — 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,975
@675,955 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
I have never used Linux. However for my work I use a LOT of UNIX. Just seems when I look at Linux it looks exactly the same. Guess I need to use Google to find out the differences. Even more shocking that this language was developed in 1969 for our land line telephone system.
I have never used Linux. However for my work I use a LOT of UNIX. Just seems when I look at Linux it looks exactly the same. Guess I need to use Google to find out the differences. Even more shocking that this language was developed in 1969 for our land line telephone system.
+Anonymous — 3 weeks ago, 29 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,976
@OP @675,955 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
I bought a brand new laptop that had Windows 11 preinstalled on it, I was forced to create a Microsoft account in order to continue, plus there were lots of intrusive pop-ups and notifications, and I immediately wiped its disk and replaced it with Linux Mint instead. I've never been happier.
No more forced automatic updates, no more “AI” Copilot bullshit, no more adware (like what's shown in the Start Menu). My laptop also cooled down a way lot more on Linux Mint, it was constantly heating up on Windows 11.
I bought a brand new laptop that had Windows 11 preinstalled on it, I was forced to create a Microsoft account in order to continue, plus there were lots of intrusive pop-ups and notifications, and I immediately wiped its disk and replaced it with Linux Mint instead. I've never been happier.
No more forced automatic updates, no more “AI” Copilot bullshit, no more adware (like what's shown in the Start Menu). My laptop also cooled down a way lot more on Linux Mint, it was constantly heating up on Windows 11.
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·Anonymous E — 3 weeks ago, 13 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,977
+Anonymous G — 3 weeks ago, 18 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,979
@675,976 (Anonymous)
> no more adware (like what's shown in the Start Menu).
Work uses Windows and there is clickbait MSN page garbage on the lock screen. How that's even acceptable in a corporate environment blows my mind. Also launching Edge goes to the same low IQ slop for startpage out of the box.
> no more adware (like what's shown in the Start Menu).
Work uses Windows and there is clickbait MSN page garbage on the lock screen. How that's even acceptable in a corporate environment blows my mind. Also launching Edge goes to the same low IQ slop for startpage out of the box.
·Anonymous E — 3 weeks ago, 34 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[T] [B] #675,983
@previous (G)
My client and former full time employer allows a choice of Windows or Apple for desktop as well as laptops. You can even have both.
No MSM page garbage so it must be easy to remove on Windows. I still get both with hardware updates yearly even though I do not use the Apple lap top.
The company is profitable as all fuck.
My client and former full time employer allows a choice of Windows or Apple for desktop as well as laptops. You can even have both.
No MSM page garbage so it must be easy to remove on Windows. I still get both with hardware updates yearly even though I do not use the Apple lap top.
The company is profitable as all fuck.
·Anonymous — 3 weeks ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #676,002
@675,977 (E)
For the time being, you might as well use Wine for most commercial Windows programs on Linux. I can't wait for fully-fledged open-source alternatives to be available instead of having to rely on pirated copies that may include malware. I also just want to learn how to write proper code in general, but it's also because the pervasive reliance on proprietary software will inevitably reach its end-of-life (EOL), prone to become obsolete (abandonware) and eventually discontinued.
This planned obsolescence is part of why we often long for the “good old days.”
For the time being, you might as well use Wine for most commercial Windows programs on Linux. I can't wait for fully-fledged open-source alternatives to be available instead of having to rely on pirated copies that may include malware. I also just want to learn how to write proper code in general, but it's also because the pervasive reliance on proprietary software will inevitably reach its end-of-life (EOL), prone to become obsolete (abandonware) and eventually discontinued.
This planned obsolescence is part of why we often long for the “good old days.”
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·Anonymous E — 3 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #676,010
@previous (Anonymous)
>>>68189
Letting AI do it for you seems to be the current RAGE.
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>>>68189
Letting AI do it for you seems to be the current RAGE.
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+ducky !MwWb.dJjRc — 3 weeks ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #676,045
i have 0 thoughts about it
·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 3 weeks ago, 3 hours later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #676,051
@676,002 (Anonymous)
the only problem with Wine is you may need to supply your own dlls in order to get some things to work since they can't be distributed officially. (or at least that was my experience 15 years ago when I was using Ubuntu)
the only problem with Wine is you may need to supply your own dlls in order to get some things to work since they can't be distributed officially. (or at least that was my experience 15 years ago when I was using Ubuntu)
+vocalon — 3 weeks ago, 13 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #676,053
unfortunately, i need a lot of windows software for visual work, but for code work, there's nothing better than a linux distro. even the baby mode bullshit of an ubuntu or a linux mint is better than windows.
·Anonymous — 3 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #676,054
@676,010 (E)But LLMs aren't flawless; there's often a high chance where they're prone to hallucinations, screw up math, or they're stubbornly overconfident and refuse to admit mistakes, and generate buggy code that looks legit at first until you run it. The Internet's being mass-polluted with low-effort AI slop that's shoddy, unpolished and unreliable. Actual knowledge gets lost and buried under tons of plagiarized, half-baked, ad-ridden websites that SEO farms crank out just to get clicks. This vicious cycle feeds on itself since future models get trained on more and more inaccurate AI-generated info. Meanwhile, older websites with valuable info lose traffic and quietly die off without anyone really noticing. On top of all this, Reddit has recently been limiting the Wayback Machine from indexing most of its site over concerns of unapproved AI-scraping, which in return only strengthens their censorship which further limits access to view deleted posts and past discussions (as if the third-party API incident wasn't enough). Other websites might start doing the same thing (because of course they do), similar in nature to how intrusive age verifications, which require you to submit your selfie and/or credit card, are currently becoming normalized on popular social media platforms for example to completely kill anonymity, and this can be exploited to control the narrative using IP bans as a quick way to protect themselves from critics or whistleblowers. Big Tech loves AI for this very reason and abuses it as much as they can to fabricate a crisis so governors start putting more dystopian laws into effect, enforcing authoritarian regulations that make every CEO's wet power fantasy a reality.
I wonder how much sensitive information has been collected from prompts by now, people seem more afraid to open up to humans more honestly on taboo subjects than simply talking to a bot. Still, I don't find strangers on the Internet that trustworthy if they can't help themselves but to backstab, and those who you thought were your friends to suddenly throw you under a bus in the future.
·Anonymous E — 3 weeks ago, 11 hours later, 3 days after the original post[T] [B] #676,068
@previous (Anonymous)
The 2nd Gen AI has just been released by the original creators and there is an open version available. I was a doubter at first but now with medical advances on the horizon I see a HUGE future for AI.
Best of all is my early investment in a small company that beat the shit out of Intel and now Nvidia graphic chips as the ONLY go to for AI computer/servers - Just amazed me to see the stock become supercharged.
The 2nd Gen AI has just been released by the original creators and there is an open version available. I was a doubter at first but now with medical advances on the horizon I see a HUGE future for AI.
Best of all is my early investment in a small company that beat the shit out of Intel and now Nvidia graphic chips as the ONLY go to for AI computer/servers - Just amazed me to see the stock become supercharged.