Comment on Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce

• endeavor@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  1. Disable secureboot so you don’t have to run a few commands and restart in order to sign keys
  2. Ensure your drives are formatted to a linux format to reduce headaches with steam libraries
  3. if the command starts with “sudo(superuser Do)” it’s time to read up on what each part of the command does exactly.
  4. Linux wants you to mount and unmount your drives(filesystems) manually. Plugging them in won’t instantly allow data transfer.
  5. Don’t be surprised that linux is a perfectly functional OS with fantastic UX and less day to day hassle and management compared to windows.

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  • SuperUserDO@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Also…

    1. everything is changeable. But not everything should be changed.
    2. There will come a time when you need to interact with the command line. This is expected, and no you did not do something wrong.
    3. Have fun.

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Disable secureboot so you don’t have to run a few commands and restart in order to sign keys

    Stay away from HP. Secureboot will re-enable itself whenever it wants, and the kernel panic is scary if you don’t realize that’s what’s happening.

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• vga@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I cannot recommend Bazzite. It’s an atomic distribution, which is pioneer tech that tries to make some things better but in effect makes a lot of things more difficult.

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  • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I see that Fedora uses Btrfs, so it should be able to take file system snapshots, which are sort of an alternative to the immutable thing, isn’t it?

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yes, but not really. It can be convenient. Just remember it takes more space so provision accordingly for /.

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• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Pop!_OS is my top recommendation for Windows expats, followed by Mint (Cinnamon Edition), and then Bazzite (KDE Plasma desktop). Bazzite is so, so, so good, but it has some unique features that make it a little more frustrating for Windows power users who are new to Linux. But honestly they are all good. Pick one, and if you aren’t vibing with it, try something else.

  Also, keep in mind that “distro” and “desktop environment (DTE)” are two different things. Sometimes a distro has a default DTE and sometimes it gives you a choice. The DTE makes the biggest difference to your experience. There are many different DTEs, but the two biggest are GNOME (MacOS-like and moderately customizable) and KDE Plasma (Windows-like by default, but very customizable).

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• Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I recommend Mint. It’s super easy to install and maintain. And very easy to use.

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• shininghero@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s not on the list, but I’ve been rocking the same KDE fedora installation through about ten version upgrades. Once you dial in your settings and software choices, it’s fairly solid.

  The only issue I can recall was some weirdness with steam’s dependencies blocking my last version upgrade, but it was easily bypassed.

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• damdy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I started with pop os 5 years ago and haven’t found a reason to change. I’m not hugely techy and just wanted something to play games on. Had very few issues overall.

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  • PeterisBacon@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sorry to sound absolutely dumb, but does it work well with things like steam?

    I primarily only use Adobe (learning Affinity) and Steam. I’m a pretty basic bitch ngl lmao! Pop_OS looks CLEAN on their website

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    • damdy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Works great with steam. I went back on my ethics and played wow classic for a while though and battle.net was a little tricky for me to get going. But yeah steam works perfectly.

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    • damdy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Every issue I’ve had has been easily fixable with searching and following instructions. There’s not been many issues, and I can do it anyone can.

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