petition to rename Arch to btwOS
agent_flounder 13 points 3 years ago
Butt twos
TeaEarlGrayHot 1 point 3 years ago
OSbtw
Kialdadial 19 points 3 years ago
My favorite part of Arch is reinstalling it over and over again. That first successful boot after the install gives too much dopamine.
cows_are_underrated 2 points 3 years ago
Just had to reinstall arch 3 times yesterday, since the installation script fucked up the partitioning.
Reinstall nr1(manually, since the script didn't work): I forgot to add users and couldn't log into my machine Reinstall nr2(manually): my mirror lists was so fucked up that I couldn't install or update packages(there also were some missing databases) Reinstall nr3(script) : finally everything worked.
aBundleOfFerrets 3 points 3 years ago
Don’t use the script. Ezpz problem solved
pete_the_cat 4 points 3 years ago
Agreed. I've been installing it manually since 2012, never had an issue I couldn't quickly fix. I attempted to use the installer about 6 months ago and couldn't get past the disk partitioning step because it wouldn't allow me to do the things I needed to do, then I think it crashed.
pewgar_seemsimandroid 1 point 3 years ago
use linux mint of you're coming from windows
pewgar_seemsimandroid 1 point 3 years ago
rocky linux supreme
shellsharks 111 points 3 years ago
I am a pretty heavy “Fediverse user” (Mastodon + Lemmy/Kbin) and my feeds have VERY little Linux talk. There is an incredibly diverse set of folks on the ‘verse but admittedly discoverability is hard. If the only people in your circle are Linux nerds then that’s all that might be boosted into your timeline. Put some effort into finding other folks and unfollow some of the Linux-only voices :-).
RandomStickman 73 points 3 years ago
Maybe people aren't used to curate their own feed anymore.
redcalcium 11 points 3 years ago
How do you curate your mastodon feed? How do you find interesting people to follow? I haven't created a mastodon account yet because I honestly not sure how to do this.
shellsharks 13 points 3 years ago
Here’s some tips for discoverability and building out a Mastodon follow feed - https://shellsharks.com/...
Here’s some tips for paring a feed gone mad down… https://shellsharks.com/...
Happy Fediversing!
EmergMemeHologram 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 5207418 5207812 5208390, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
TORFdot0 16 points 3 years ago
I think it's mostly people viewing the "All"/"Community" feeds. Which I feel like you have to do in general as the niche communities haven't really gotten to a self sustaining point where you can check your "Home" feed and not run out of stuff to doom scroll.
Not to mention that if you happened to mention certain things in communities that are tangentially related (Windows/Nintendo/Apple) then it usually starts another off topic discussion on linux/piracy/whatever.
Honestly the linux stuff doesn't bother me as much as every topic seemingly turning into a critique of capitalism.
pete_the_cat 2 points 3 years ago
I'm a huge Linux geek and I rarely see Linux on my feed.
pewgar_seemsimandroid 1 point 3 years ago
what is lemmy/kbin you meant lemmy and kbin
baseless_discourse 1 point 3 years ago
I think a good and easy way to discover new people is to follow hashtags.
I follow couple local pets work-related hobby and urbanism hastags, and I was able to discover new conversation and new people in these space quite quickly.
FilthyShrooms 73 points 3 years ago
And the other 25% is star trek memes
MashedTech 6 points 3 years ago
I wonder why?
HiddenLayer5 69 points 3 years ago
Getting really tired of this "the fediverse needs to cater to normie interests because we're here now and it's what we deserve" attitude. If you can't find a community to click with, you can always create one, join one you don't know much about with an open mind, or don't use the fediverse if it doesn't have the content you like. Sorry to say it but you're not special and no existing users on any social media platform is obligated to go out of their way to make you feel comfortable on the platform.
Same with the "your open source, community developed platform/client sucks! I demand you make the UX better because I the user deserve better! No I'm not going to donate to your development fund because you suck and need to be better before you deserve my money!" sentiments that I see on Lemmy more and more now. Seems like everyone just expects corporate level user experience and customer service from people developing open source software mostly for free as passion projects. Even after the numerous corporate boondoggles that drove people to the fediverse in the first place people aren't the slightest bit willing to change their paradigms regarding how social media should be run.
InstallGentoo 0 points 3 years ago
The small community here is what makes it good. I prefer to gatekeep even more to prevent "low quality" users who think they're entitled to everything.
Jezebelley 41 points 3 years ago path: 0 5218082 5221805, hotness: undefined, score: 41, children: 7
Amends1782 15 points 3 years ago
Mint- great decision. Especially for a laptop. You'll enjoy it.
gnuplusmatt -6 points 3 years ago
except if the hardware is newish, or they want to get off xorg
frippa 13 points 3 years ago
A newcomer probably doesn't even know what X11 and Wayland are, let alone the differences between the two.
Linux Mint has planned experimental wayland support for Christmas 2023.
ShitOnABrick 6 points 3 years ago
Nice enjoy amego. Mint was my second choice. Great choice of distro BTW very easy to use make sure to install flatpaks and neofetch sadly I went back to windows my pc hardware has poor driver support on Linux maybe eventually once I've upgraded my gpu then I'll return to my sacred Linux mint
Draconic_NEO 1 point 3 years ago
Wouldn't be a good idea since it'll conflict if you install wine.
Omniraptor 15 points 3 years ago
ok this comment finally got me to download ubuntu i hope you're happy
sorrybookbroke 16 points 3 years ago
One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us
Amends1782 1 point 3 years ago
Fantastic. Now just delete the Ubuntu iso and download mint cinnamon, so so much better and "just works"
ShitOnABrick 8 points 3 years ago
Is this satire?
c0mbatbag3l -1 points 3 years ago
Unfortunately not, that's why lemmy never took off. All the people that came here from reddit slowly left once they realized you have to be a FOSS/Socialist/anti-car/vegan. Only the ones that matched at least one of those really stuck around.
ShitOnABrick 0 points 3 years ago
I mean I would prefer the "brain dead shit" in my opinionmost of the shit I see here is just bitching and moaning or copious amounts of nfsw. No cute puppy pictures. No wholesome memes. No actually funny shitposts. Mostly bitching and moaning,"demanding a violent revolution" lots of tankies here nfsw and heavily opionated extremely unfunny in my opinion comedy is subjective i dont find these funny but you may domemes. All this hostility is almost certainly affecting lemmys growth heck only reason I'm here is because of lemmy shitposts and the many other nicher communities I like
c0mbatbag3l 0 points 3 years ago
I mean kinda? There's still some brain dead shit and I honestly think the reading comprehension of the average commenter is lower than reddit.
ShitOnABrick 1 point 3 years ago
Hey mate just wondering still is this satire
Vespair 2 points 3 years ago
Also older. The average Lemmy user is much older than the average reddit user. Which I would love if it stuck just to averages, but I don't think we've got a very wide range here; we need some new blood/youthful energy if we want this to thrive and grow. But as it is now, I think Lemmy is a kind of a haven for FOSS old heads for a bit but doesn't have a lot of fuel in the tank for the future, unless we see a bit of a cultural shift here.
ShitOnABrick -3 points 3 years ago
Lemmy almost certainly needs a "cultural shift" it's way to toxic. It's probably more toxic than heroshima. one thing I've noticed myself is there's way way to many tankies. And some members of the linux community aren't so welcoming to people whom use other operating systems
antik 4 points 3 years ago
@Jezebelley@lemmy.zip You want to tell them? 😂
clemdemort 7 points 3 years ago
cat is actually used to concatenate files so if you have two files that you want to merge into a third one you can do
cat file1 file2 > file3
Especially useful for cracking old games
creation7758 6 points 3 years ago
Always remove the French language pack
cows_are_underrated 1 point 3 years ago
This shouldnt do anything since you didn't gave it a directory to start with.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 41 points 3 years ago
Let's do it right here!
Sway is a Wayland i3 implementation and you really should be using Wayland instead of X.
ObviouslyNotBanana 5 points 3 years ago
Is Sway nice?
Gentoo1337 5 points 3 years ago
Yes
ObviouslyNotBanana 2 points 3 years ago
I might be swayed to try it out
thedeadwalking4242 6 points 3 years ago
X is abandonware and full of security issues probably time to switch to maintained aoftware
ExLisper -3 points 3 years ago
This is FUD. Here's a security fix from a month ago: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/...
Abandonware my ass...
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 1 point 3 years ago
X' architecture is insecure. There's no isolation between windows, and each process can spy on your input. That's just one example.
Wayland is necessary.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 1 point 3 years ago
I'd hardly call that an exploit. There's no protection.
Ooops 2 points 3 years ago
The Sway implementation (not Wayland as some DEs seem to run really smoothly) sadly is still completely hit or miss depending on your exact hardware setup. I have two device (both even with nvidia grphics *sigh*) and one of them is just a buggy and flickering mess.
BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 2 points 3 years ago
I disagree. Sway is extremely high quality software. Nvidia is a known terrible player with FLOSS software. I hope they will continue their path of recent improvements.
Gabagoolzoo 2 points 3 years ago
Sway devs don't support NVIDIA graphics
Ooops 1 point 3 years ago
I know they officially don't. And I didn't try to say that Sway was bad in any way or that it is their fault. I was just stating facts about state of it with NVIDIA graphics (that kept me -as a long-term i3 user- from switching to Wayland).
ctr1 1 point 3 years ago
For a while I would have agreed, and I used sway for years. But recently I switched back to i3 (i3-rounded) due to display issues with my AMD GPU. I started doing most of my development in the TTY, and found that switching from TTY to Wayland takes half a second and can sometimes break my GPU (until I switch between TTY and display a few times). With X11 it's instant and without issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Hoping that gets fixed down the road, or that it's specific to my GPU.
wfh 13 points 3 years ago
Counter-counterpoint: Wayland is perfectly fine and production ready and has been for several years now, as long as you're on AMD or Intel GPUs. The nVidia drivers are still undercooked and not ready for proper daily use.
redcalcium 8 points 3 years ago
My desktop crashed three times so far after updating gnome, linux kernel and nvidia driver two days ago. Not sure who's the culprit, but I'll blame nvidia by default.
dustyData 4 points 3 years ago
Does multi-monitor sets work yet? Does it still randomly crashes when logging out? Does it have support for touch monitors already? Is Pipewire support ready? Is the Compose key still broken? Does it handle internationalization better now? Does accessibility software like on screen keyboards and screen readers already work on it?
I love Wayland, BTW, the more secure ecosystem is a net positive. But we can't pretend it isn't a lot of effort for something that has no tangible difference or immediate advantage for the end user, is extra work for developers and currently has a higher potential for errors, malfunctions and missing features that are taken for granted. Again, it's a worthy endeavor to improve something that already works, but that also means there's no rush. We can afford to wait.
spez 1 point 3 years ago
Does multi-monitor sets work yet?
Yes.
Does it still randomly crashes when logging out?
It hasn't done that for the 1.5 years that I have been using it for.
Is Pipewire support ready?
Yes. It's so ready that even ubuntu uses it with wayland by default.
Does it have support for touch monitors already
Yes. It, in fact, has better support than x org.
Does it handle internationalization better now?
I don't know about the problem with i18n but I don't think this will affect most users.
Onscreen keyboard is still a pain to run but maliit works on kde+gnome/wayland. When was the last time you used wayland dude? I am not trying to sound this argumentative. If I do, my apologies but I have been listening to these same points being regurgitated over and over again when they have been fixed long ago.
cygnus 3 points 3 years ago
Wayland is perfectly fine and production ready and has been for several years now
... for you.
I regularly do presentations for work and in Wayland I can't play a video in a slide deck if presenting on an external display.
wfh 4 points 3 years ago
Still, 100% nVidia's fault, not Wayland.
No offense, but your argument is exactly like "electric cars are still undercooked and not ready for proper daily use because I still have to put gasoline in mine and can't afford one".
rambaroo 0 points 3 years ago
Wayland integration with most DEs is absolutely incomplete regardless of Nvidia support. Wayland causes a ton of bugs every time I try to use it with KDE. There are still bugs even with GNOME like wine applications not working or screen sharing not working. So no I will not be using Wayland until it's ready for everyday usage, which it isn't right now.
He's a thought. Stop being a power nerd, stfu and let people use what they want.
spez 3 points 3 years ago
No, unless your use case is very specific (like being an artist needing color calibration/the software you use needs to position a multi-window setup etc. And color calibration is being actively worked on should have basic support in Plasma 6 according to Nate Graham) wayland is pretty much ready for daily use. It does have annoyances but they are getting actively fixed unlike X which is barely maintained and has glaring security issues. Fedora KDE has even decided to completely remove the X server on its 40th release.
dustyData 1 point 3 years ago
You do know that the people who make Wayland are the exact same people who made and maintained X, right? Like, they are intentionally abandoning X in order to make Wayland, and eventually X will just be actually XWayland as compatibility to transition to only Wayland.
dustyData 4 points 3 years ago
Most of those are perfectly ready for every day use without issues today. All are alternatives that bring new features and specific use cases, solving new problems, or solving old problems in innovative ways. Wayland is an active replacement to an existing technology, as the old X is expected to just not exist anymore at some point in the future. BTRFS isn't intended to replace Ext4 wholesale, Flatpaks doesn't intend to replace apt/pacman/etc., Pipewire does the same that Pulse and Jack but Pulse and Jack won't stop existing. Adwaita existing doesn't mean that you can't use QT or GTK in your projects. That's the difference.
As a result Wayland has the burden to actually fulfill and comply with all the features and use cases that X11 already does, with all the new security improvements on top. That's a tall order, and until it can do so, it will be undercooked and under adopted, because they set themselves up to that bar, nobody but them is responsible for this. Is the ancient “let's rewrite from scratch” trap that all dev teams fall on at least once in their lives. It isn't impossible, but it always takes way longer than the optimist project managers anticipate.
wfh 1 point 3 years ago
Feature parity with X has never been the goal. Because most of X's features are a legacy of the 80' and dreadfully obsolete anyway.
I'm all for maintaining compatibility where it makes sense, but carrying over a 40 years old feature set just in case is the best way to prevent anything from moving forward.
Wayland can already do or is actively being developed for stuff that is relevant to modern systems: multi-monitor with different refresh rates and scaling, HDR etc. Stuff that X would never dream of.
cows_are_underrated 5 points 3 years ago
When I started with Linux I used Mint with cinnamon. It's great for people who switch from windows to Linux, but after trying kde and gnome I don't miss it in any way.
thethirdobject 6 points 3 years ago
*Admin
cows_are_underrated 2 points 3 years ago
*sudo
c0mbatbag3l 15 points 3 years ago
Yeah, or at least keep it to c/Linux
We don't need all communities to devolve into Linux conversations.
plague_sapiens 23 points 3 years ago
I run arch btw
c0mbatbag3l 1 point 3 years ago
I prefer Fedora but SteamOS is the closest I get to Arch.
plague_sapiens 6 points 3 years ago
That was a joke to the comment above. I prefer, like you, Fedora (Silverblue).
ichbinjasokreativ 3 points 3 years ago
OpenSuSe Tumbleweed does not get enough love
cupcakezealot 35 points 3 years ago
this is the future
join fediverse
get linux
post on unixsocks
overthrow capitalism er uh i mean .. uh.. gotta go
plague_sapiens 10 points 3 years ago
Hahaha, they gonna hate you much more then xD
AVincentInSpace 2 points 3 years ago
It was indeed a skill issue. I am pleased to report OOP has since acquired skills
mesamunefire 4 points 3 years ago
I subscribe to people that talk about their pets. It's a good life.
HubertManne 3 points 3 years ago
yeah, not sure if its a mastadon thing but im coming out of kbing and I don't see very much linux stuff and im subscribed to several magazines. Not that the linux stuff is not there but there are tons of other things to. If I was not subscribed I would likely not see it at all.
hmmmmTechieDamien 4 points 3 years ago
Who's next?
White theme flashbangcows_are_underrated 6 points 3 years ago
Now I'm blind. Thanks for that.
Just_Not_Funny 3 points 3 years ago
You're a monster
Nahodyashka 3 points 3 years ago
Worstdriver 19 points 3 years ago
Used Ubuntu Linux for a year back around '08-'09. Didn't have a great experience and went back to Windows. Since then I've never had a reason to try it again. That said, I've nothing but respect for those that use a flavour of Linux or Mac OS. At the end of the day doing the things you need done is what matters and if a different OS than mine gets you there, that's awesome.
nihilist_hippie 10 points 3 years ago
I've tried to switch to Linux multiple times since 2008. Usually Ubuntu. I've even tried Linux Mint. I can never commit to the switch, I always get buggy behavior, crashes, hardware incompatibility, lack of apps (FL Studio, Adobe, WeChat for PC, etc). There are also dozens of tiny issues, like the sensitivity of the mouse/scroll wheel that feels different from Windows, even after adjusting the relevant settings. Also, for volume adjusting, the volume slider doesn't make a sound when you change the volume level, unlike on Windows. How is it that not a single Linux distro includes this functionality? I am totally comfortable working in a Terminal if I have to, but every time I follow a terminal walkthrough I get errors; I search the error messages online and I get reading threads talking about bugs that are a decade old, there is never a solution. I am so jealous of people who can immerse themselves in Linux, I just can't do it. I need my stuff to work out of the box, and for 15 years and many attempts to switch, it has never been the case. I can't tell if I'm not smart enough, or I just rely too heavily on proprietary software, or I don't want to dedicate the time to manually fixing problems with terminal commands and scripts.
Fungah 8 points 3 years ago
My first 4 months or so with Linux sucked. I literally broke a keyboard once out of frustration. I often find myself wanting to scream "can you just fucking work for once?" More often than I'd care to admit.
I've been at it for about a year and a half and I've learned more about computing in that time than in the 30-odd years before. I'm starting to get the hang of bash, I've figured out the cause of, and fixed, problems without reading anything online (Google is fucking broken and it's not getting better so it's often not an option anymore anyway).
It can be hard. And frustrating. But it's freeing to realize just how fucking stupid Microsoft made me. And the privacy issues always bothered me (in the process of degoogling ATM) but they bother me more now than they ever did. It's fucking gross. And it's appalling that companies collect what they do.
Point being your criticisms are all valid but if windows is a Honda Civic then Linux is a rusted out Porsche in the backyard. It's going to take some effort to get it where you want it but when you do baby it'll purr.
bufalo1973 2 points 3 years ago
Try Qwant
bulwark 2 points 3 years ago
I think you brought up a good point in that Microsoft conditions people to expect a certain behavior from their PC. Some of that is ease of use at there expense of privacy, forced unavoidable updates, and individual software solutions that handles their respective updates.
nihilist_hippie 1 point 2 years ago
Windows = Honda Civic Linux = Fixer-Upper Porsche
I really like this analogy! Makes me want to try again. I think I need a dedicated machine that will ONLY be for Linux, so I can build some troubleshooting ability and learn how to set up all the things I need. I really want that Linux Porsche lifestyle!!
avapa 3 points 3 years ago
The KDE desktop environment definitely plays a sound when you change the volume. I use my Logitech G Pro X wireless headset on Linux and Windows and just change the volume using the dial on the unit and it behaves the same way in both OS.
Though, to be fair, I do share some of the frustrations you mention. I'm mostly on Apple products apart from my two desktop PCs (one is Linux/Windows dual-boot, one is Linux only) which I own solely for gaming purposes and some hobbyist programming. I usually try to get non-Linux native applications running but if it proves to be too much of a hassle I simply boot into Windows or use my MacBook. I like to treat Linux as somewhat of a hobby and I totally understand that most people would rather have something that "just works", especially when it comes to proprietary creative applications like the Adobe suite or DAWs. That being said, it's extremely exciting to see the massive strides Linux on the desktop has made in the last couple of years. It has come a looooong way, honestly; especially for gaming. And I always support open-source projects/foundations - I'm donating to KDE/Arch/Wikipedia on a monthly basis - because I believe in the core values and advantages of FOSS and other community-driven foundations even though I'm far from a Richard Stallman.
nayminlwin 2 points 3 years ago
This is the reason I have a lot of respect for people who are not in IT or Tech field, career wise, but still managed to deep dive into linux.
Even will all the ease of access that the current linux ecosystem offer, linux still is a tinkerer's OS. You have to deep dive into the basics for some problem. That's hard, even for someone with tech background.
dansity 5 points 3 years ago
I'm in and out with linux for the last few years. It really boils down what do you want to do on your PC. If you are into online gaming or you need some specialized software for your work you are pretty much better stay on windows. However for general use its awsome. I have replaced many of my software even on windows to foss tools. There is a small learning curve and you will certainly need the terminal in the beginning but overall not terrible. For me it was a pleasant experience seeing mostly everything works without effort. The two most popular desktops (KDE and Gnome) are fairly polished and you question a lot of things in windows after using them. In general using linux a bit gives you a new perspective on how to use a PC.
cosmicboi 2 points 3 years ago
Depends which games. I play Metal Gear Solid V, and it works almost flawlessly, aside from minor audio issues when objects in the game world move very fast (using a balloon to forcibly yank a downed enemy out of the combat zone creates a quieter than expected noise)
Other than that, it works very well :)
Fungah 1 point 3 years ago
I've tried Manjaro kde and mint kde and it's been a dumpster fire both times. Then again gnome was also a dumpster fire on Manjaro. It honk I'm seeing the common thread there.
I want to love kde.. why won't it let me?Fuck gnome though.
ZMonster 19 points 3 years ago
Self hosting, at least for lemmy, is absolute trash. I have been told a few times when asking questions that, "it is expected that you are thoroughly experienced with Linux" to be able to follow the mediocre guides. And they are trash if you are a newbie.
So people like me, who would love to use Lemmy for non Linux things, am posting almost entirely about Linux problems.
Bakkoda 9 points 3 years ago
Yeah I've got a proxmox cluster and I've been using Linux for decades but I wouldn't dare host something that a LOT of users are going to access. I don't know nearly enough about netsec and I can guarantee my vlan practices probably aren't perfect, etc.
Nobsi 4 points 3 years ago
I have a solution for you. Just don't have your Internet facing things on the same /24 as your home stuff. Why vlan if you can just separate them by network and switch.
Or: just do it anyways. I learned most shit after everything broke. Not before.
xantoxis 3 points 3 years ago
And how do you learn, then, from this project, if people are shitty about your questions?
I'm a sw engineer. I've been doing every kind of application management, development, and systems design for 25 years, nearly all of that in Linux, and I still need things answered about running apps in proxmox. I'm not coming to a Lemmy community for those answers, I'll tell you that.
zeppo 0 points 3 years ago
I haven't tried to get community tech support on Lemmy, so I wouldn't know what it's like firsthand. If people are really that difficult, sure, that sucks. But it sounds like the person asking needs to work on more fundamental linux skills than something specific to running a Lemmy instance, and the internet is full of information about that.
ZMonster 1 point 3 years ago
I get that, but here we are. It's something I want to do. I've been at it for 6 months and I've managed to get the site working twice, but am still struggling with SMTP. Digital ocean blocks smtp and send grid breaks the site.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
zeppo 1 point 3 years ago
SMTP in general is a pain to configure. I ran my own mail servers for a while and finally gave up and used a 3rd party service. Too many problems with antispam restrictions, and things like I’d finally get it configured, upgrade postfix or whatever and then it would all be screwed again.
Nobsi 3 points 3 years ago
What does google and bing making search worse have to do with stackoverflow and serverfaults linux users being snobs?
Or 70% of lemmy circle jerking over how much superior linux is.
Gabagoolzoo 5 points 3 years ago
Would recommend using Docker (container) and Caddy (reverse proxy) to self-host as a newbie, streamlines everything and only basic Linux knowledge required (although you do have to learn Docker commands).
guskikalola 2 points 3 years ago
@Gabagoolzoo @ElCanut @ZMonster You could even use Portainer and forget about commands ( I rather use the cli as compose files are better imo )
Rodeo 3 points 3 years ago
Congratulations, you've discovered the struggles of learning an esoteric hobby. Often the learning curve is steep like that. And often you will encounter elitist twits trying to push you back down the curve. But they cannot keep you from knowledge. It sounds like you're already discovering some of the rewards.
ZMonster 1 point 3 years ago
Oh yes, I've been using the ansible method of deploying and I have it very close, I just can't get SMTP working. I've set up an account with send grid but letsencrypt keeps telling me I've passed the limit for certs and every time I try to deploy it says I have to wait another week to try. I would remove certs but since I've already wiped those out, I don't know what they are or how to find them.
pete_the_cat 1 point 3 years ago
I haven't looked into it, but I'd imagine that it's your basic LAMP/LNMP stack.
droans 11 points 3 years ago
I had a problem with some software I was using a few weeks back. I googled the error and the one result was a closed GitHub issue matching it exactly.
The sole reply just said that the poster should stop being lazy because the problem has been discussed in other issue reports.
Except that was the very first issue created for that repository.
plague_sapiens 1 point 3 years ago
Happens when using Ubuntu :P
plague_sapiens 2 points 3 years ago
That was a joke. Every community can be salty ime.
DudeDudenson 2 points 3 years ago
How do you go about discovering new communities? I've been scrolling All but the amount of communities that shows up is very limited (at least considering I blocked all the foreign language and political ones)
covert_czar 3 points 3 years ago
https://lemmyverse.net find from these
DudeDudenson 1 point 3 years ago
I ment naturally from within boost
EmperorHenry 1 point 3 years ago path: 0 5227611 5232423 5254648, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 2
DudeDudenson 2 points 3 years ago
I don't know how I forgot about the sorting options, that stills limits me to the communities that have been connected to my instance right? I saw somewhere that each instance only syncs the communities the users from that instance have followed or something of the style
EmperorHenry 1 point 3 years ago path: 0 5227611 5232423 5254648 5256495 5267605, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Rentlar 12 points 3 years ago
Active is kind of a lackluster sorting method imo, Hot is awesome bc you get fresh posts (like Trending on that other site) aside from a couple 3M old posts that show up, Top 6h, 12h, Day are good too. New comments is cool if you want well engaged posts.
Dudewitbow 4 points 3 years ago
It why i default sort to hot, and longterm browse by top 12H
plague_sapiens 3 points 3 years ago
I recently joined lemmy, because fuck reddit. And that's the first thing I saw. Lots of posted articles without comments. What do I do to combat that? Posting comments xD
autumn64 13 points 3 years ago
I mean, do the people at the fediverse really talk mainly about Linux? I see in both Lemmy and Mastodon more people talking about US politics, LGBTQ+ stuff and furrys (lmao) than anything related to technology in general. I guess the kind of content someone sees would depend a lot on the instance someone creates their account in?
Default_Defect 13 points 3 years ago
Some days most of what goes through my feed is Linux stuff, c/FuckCars, and hardcore communism and it feels like I'm in the wrong place. Most of the time I enjoy myself though.
milicent_bystandr 3 points 3 years ago
Nah, Default_Defect only likes softcore communism, and you should respect his/her sensibilities.
milicent_bystandr 0 points 3 years ago
"I'll stop driving my car just as soon as Putin releases the open source drivers for my tank."
-- Lemmy, probably
"I've taken to calling it 'GNU/Communism', or 'GNU slash Communism', because..."
-- also Lemmy, probably
"Why are Linux mascots like a Russian commune? Because degenerate capitalists come to our land and freeze while we huddle together safe in our car-less utopia!"
-- Lemmy?
possiblylinux127 13 points 3 years ago
Sway is better because it uses wayland
SaltyIceteaMaker 12 points 3 years ago
I honestly am glad to see so much linux stuff
WashedOver 2 points 3 years ago
Yet another new one I've not heard about. I'm in the Linux gang barely as I mostly run Mint these days. So I'm Windozes adjacent but in Linux it seems...
Gabagoolzoo 2 points 3 years ago
It's a barebones window manager (WM). Emphasis on a "tiling" window philosophy (windows by default do not overlap and open side-by-side) and keyboard-centric workflow which is great for programming. Most of the "Unix porn" posts you see are on a WM because they are highly customizable.
NightAuthor 1 point 3 years ago
What’s i3?
NocturnalMorning 11 points 3 years ago
I don't see that much linux on my feed, you can always unfollow the Linux community.
NocturnalMorning 3 points 3 years ago
I had look up what RTFM meant, but I had a good laugh afterward.
redcalcium 3 points 3 years ago
"read the friendly manual"
plague_sapiens 5 points 3 years ago
He's good in doing so, compared to the old guy with a neckbeared using his fingers to count to one. Oh, do you know his name? It's Microsoft, named after his dick xD
RobotZap10000 2 points 3 years ago
Sex tips*
milicent_bystandr 3 points 3 years ago
It's Latin for "line"
Arthur_Leywin 10 points 3 years ago
That sounds like a skill issue.
JustARegularNerd 3 points 3 years ago
It's probably not necessarily aimed at you, but for some seen as the straw that broke the camels back because they're overexposed to the subject and have had enough.
That being said, it's hard to see that if you're literally commenting on a Linux thread.
Smokeydope 9 points 3 years ago
Yet another post about Microsoft making windows even shittier, somehow:
Me: Its time to sing the songs of my people!
milicent_bystandr 3 points 3 years ago
Its time to sing the songs of my people!
"Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the songs of angry GNUs!..."
Immersive_Matthew 8 points 3 years ago
I don’t get it. I am on sh.itjust.works and yes I see the odd Linux post, but not so many that it stands out. I am even on many tech subscriptions. This seems overblown.
ramirezmike 6 points 3 years ago
I'm really lazy and use regolith, is that bad?
JDubbleu 3 points 3 years ago
The great thing about Linux DEs is that it doesn't matter if it's conventionally bad, it matters that it works for you. You could use the cubic alt tab animation and control your computer through seances for all anyone cares. As long as you can do what you want just send it and use what's best for you.
fl42v 3 points 3 years ago
Nope, it isn't bad, just a different kind of philosophy, IMHO. Some people would prefer to do everything themselves and tailor stuff to their needs, while others are OK with some stuff being preconfigured.
WashedOver 2 points 3 years ago
And German posts in German. Not even sure why they come in my feed as I've not subscribed to Linux Memes in Deutsch
TangledHyphae 4 points 3 years ago
I feel personally attacked, but also Linux is great, haters gonna hate.
c0mbatbag3l 6 points 3 years ago
See the thing is that most of us USE LINUX. We just don't need our content aggregation website to be 90% Linux when there's specific communities for it.
TangledHyphae 2 points 3 years ago
Dear god almighty, you are 100% correct. Content aggregation is rough for most of us.
MashedTech 4 points 3 years ago
Haha, I use a Mac :cry:
MashedTech 1 point 3 years ago
Come here
ichmagrum 1 point 3 years ago
Meh. I did that kind of thing for maybe a year 4 years ago and then I just stopped changig it.
Now, I'm not productive (mostly because of health reasons), but I'm certainly not busy with editing dotfiles.
h_a_r_u_k_i 1 point 3 years ago
What's so special about hyprland? Why is it getting so much hype?
LainOfTheWired 3 points 3 years ago
This is like moaning that a Metallica concert is full of metalheads. The fediverse is built off Linux type ideology. So of course we flock here.
If you don't like us make your own community or leave.
Holzkohlen 3 points 3 years ago
I am slowly going insane with KDE Plasma freezing up every time there is even remotely something accessing my drive. Not sure if I should pin my hoped on Plasma 6 or if I should attempt to move my Arch install over to Cinnamon. Or heck just install Mint and call it a day.
0ddysseus 3 points 3 years ago
I have mint on my big rig, on a new Intel nuc laptop, on 2 VMS, on 2 proxmox VMS, on my home file server made of old parts, on another laptop from like 2005, and now on a wyse 5060 terminal.
All of them run perfectly, connect to file shares, automatically find my printer, etc. Not one crash ever, and it all works like clockwork day in and day out. I'm halfway through baldurs gate 3 on the big rig now and can play it remotely via xrdp from the laptop.
If you want a system that works and let's you get on with life I'd reccomend it
abbotsbury 1 point 3 years ago
Can vouch for Cinnamon, very snappy and easy to configure, even has an integrated theme downloader like KDE
paddirn 3 points 3 years ago
I mainly only use Linux with my SteamDeck now, but I’ve made use of it at various other times in the past, so I’m semi-familiar with it. Kind of the same boat though, I’ll see memes about it and I’m just like “Heh hehe heh…” ¯_(ツ)_/¯ “I don’t get it.”
chemicalwonka 2 points 3 years ago
Hardened Void Linux with i3 :3
Macropolis 2 points 3 years ago
I can't quit i3. I know there are better window managers out there, but I know I'm going to want to change all the key bindings to feel like i3. I really want to try a dynamic tiler though.
Zoidberg 2 points 3 years ago
I'm in the same boat. The thing that I miss with i3 is a way to layouts. I like my windows mostly fixed but if you close one, everything needs to be redone. Oh and there's no way to work without stacking and tabbing...
janAkali 2 points 3 years ago
I have pretty minimalistic setup.
Three dropdown terminals, managed by a bash script: top for quick commands, left and right for nvim.
Bar is i3bar, with a custom status program written in Nim language (can display any command output with conditional colors).
AceFuzzLord 1 point 3 years ago
Totally depends on the instance. There are definitely furry communities here in Lemmy and they definitely feel lonely. But I have heard of some furry mastodon instances that actually are lively and active. No idea if they actually are since I don't have a clue why I can't access my mastodon account, let alone what instance I signed up on.
But active non-Linux, non-Star Trek meme groups definitely are a thing, despite how small they are.
ctr1 0 points 3 years ago
This is always the first thing I get set up:
# focus next available workspace on this output
bindsym $mod+q exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && i3-msg workspace $(($ws-$ofs))
bindsym $mod+w exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && i3-msg workspace $(($ws+$ofs))
# move window to next available workspace on this output
bindsym $mod+Shift+q exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && dest=$(($ws-$ofs)) && i3-msg move workspace $dest && i3-msg workspace $dest
bindsym $mod+Shift+w exec --no-startup-id ws=$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused) | .num') && ofs=$(i3-msg -t get_outputs | jq 'map(select(.active)) | length') && dest=$(($ws+$ofs)) && i3-msg move workspace $dest && i3-msg workspace $dest
Works with sway if you replace i3-msg with swaymsg (and remove --no-startup-id, since it's not needed for Wayland).
Edit: ampersand issues, trying quote instead of code block
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ctr1 1 point 3 years ago
My neovim config is a total mess :D. But yeah i3-msg+jq is great, I've written a number of solutions to this problem before using the API and external scripts, but it's nice having things inline in the config file
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ctr1 1 point 3 years ago
Nice, sounds pretty cool. FZF is great, I need to try out some new things with it. Never got into snippets but I'm sure that speeds things up considerably, will think about it.
Yeah separate config files is probably the best approach if you have a lot of things configured. I haven't done that yet, but might try soon. My config has generally been pretty simple, mostly bindings and plugin settings. But I started developing in the TTY and had to shoehorn-in a conditional theme and such to get it to work properly, leaving it pretty unorganized.
| I can never leave vim. It has taken over the pathways in my brain.
Haha, yeah
Kecessa -4 points 3 years ago
It's ok because Linux content really is Windows content because in the end Linux users can't talk about anything but Windows and how they hate it. Just like someone that got divorced and 20 years later still talks about their ex.
dewritoninja 10 points 3 years ago
Projecting much
Kecessa 1 point 3 years ago
I've got zero issues with it, I run 11 on four computers, if anything it's more trouble every time I have to use my RPi, as if the amount of time you spend using a tool affects how comfortable you are with it.
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