Beautiful kitty. And such nice fur. Deserves the chair.

She went to the HD remaster salon to make more foot money.

Sure, Mr. Penguin, come right in. Can I offer you a… fish?

Sounds like a storage medium issue. Bit rot.

I’ve been keeping an eye on Linux since the late 90s. It took me not having to use any non-Linux software or hardware on the computer in question. Currently I have two laptops running Linux, one has Windows in case I need it (which so far has turned out to be never), and I have a workstation that has Linux as a secondary OS but I’m always in Windows on that one because of software and hardware.

When I studied at the uni 5 years ago we only collaborated over Google Docs. I’d strongly recommend online collaboration over sending files back and forth. For most things I ran Linux, and booted into Windows when there was a particular need for it, which wasn’t often. But it all depends on what software you’re expected to run during your studies. If you have room on your drive maybe having a minimal Windows install along side Linux could be a good thing?

Also, I’d recommend a distro that comes out of the box with working BTRFS snapshots. The last thing you want is have the machine you rely on for school shit the bed due to a bad update or something you do, and you have to learn how to repair Linux in the middle of an assignment that’s due tomorrow. With snapshots you can just roll back to before it shat the bed.

When the day comes that I’m forced to buy a car I’ll be flummoxed.

Ah yes I’d sure like to own a snitchmobile.

so let people value the features they value.

I didn’t know I was preventing anyone from valuing anything. I was just saying I’ve never heard anyone (except maybe Linus Sebastian) say they want one, but I’ve heard many people say they’re not interested in them. And I’ve heard several people want modern equivalents of the flip phone, which also was a very popular format back in the day.

Who wants these foldable phones? I’ve pretty much never heard anyone say they want or desire a phone like this that folds out to become a stupidly small tablet. Phones that fold to get smaller on the other hand, like flip phones. Even i could imagine having one of those if it has a serviceable outer screen.

It’s huge. I’ve been using ~10 distros sporadically over the past 25 years, and I never ever felt like I could depend on my systems running Linux. Because one simple mistake by either me or an update could render the computer unusable because I didn’t (and still don’t) know how to fix it. And that was always something that finally happened that made me revert to Windows full time. Tumbleweed is the first distro ever where I feel like I’m standing on solid ground instead of on a house of cards that I can’t put back together, because of the snapshots. It gives me confidence and I feel like I finally can use Linux while slowly learning it at my own pace. Absolutely love it.

Also, I see that I have a typo to fix in my previous comment lol.

Totally agree with that. I’m just wondering how many people read things like welcome screens etc where such info usually is presented.

They should have all necessary software installed and configured for people to easily get to things like those you mentioned. And have a clear help section in the OS, preferably with sections for different large topics and what not, that links to forum sections or similar. Steer them right before they even hit the web sort of.

I was just about to reference the waving of a sandal from Life of Brian lol. These people in the picture are a few gourds short.

I think immutable distros could be great for newbies, but I’m just thinking they’re still so new that if you go online to look for Linux advice or help, most things you’ll find are very much not for immutables and I doubt a true newbie understands what’s what.

That’s also a reason I’d recommend something like Debian (although I’ve actually never even used it myself) because there’s so much compatible info out there. I would recommend OpenSUSE, even Tumbleweed, but there’s just not as much help or there to find as there is for Debian. But even with that said, OpenSUSEs snapshots and the way they’re configured out of the box is an absolute godsend and game changer for newcomers.

Because it is either an AI image or it has been processed to look like one.

What? You need no app to see porn on Reddit. Use a web browser with the RES addon on a regular computer and visit old.reddit like a normal person.

Since the user can select to show unverified software I’m very much in favor of this. As long as it’s still very visible that a package is unverified after you changed the setting. With security being one of the main selling points of Flatpaks, there should be a clear distinction between verified and unverified packages, and the goal should be that all packages should be verified.

I hate when it even says OC in the title still…

I still visit Reddit every time I want to cum.

I think you missed their point. You don’t have to give them anything related to or connected to your real name or identity.