seriously annoyed fresh linux, all of my peripherals, wireless devices, bluetooth devices, wi-fi, headset, mic, sound, all the games I enjoy, my whole dev setup all worked first time zero config zero setup zero installers where's the fight gone man

Sep 24, 2024 · 12:33 AM UTC

Replying to @alia0209
Might soon switch to Arch just to feel something
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only thing i feel right now is the future miss the days where you needed to get a degree in rtfm just to install arch
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Replying to @alia0209
try nix for that visceral feeling of confusion and configuration
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whole homelab cluster running on nixos, wouldn't run it on main but i do have the package manager, big fan
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Replying to @alia0209
how are new users going to learn more about the inner workings of their operating system when they don't have to fix something not working out of the box? 😩
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yeah, one of the major downsides imo it was incredibly constructive to grow up doing that, probably the reason i'm so deep in tech these days is debugging the weirdest issues back in the day
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Replying to @alia0209
The year of the linux desktop?
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long time coming eh, has been my desktop for years already but every year seems there are less pain points, great direction we're heading in
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Replying to @alia0209
which distro ? would work so well that this happens and maybe a link for me too just so i know what to avoid and not install immediately
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have always used raw arch, this time went with endeavour
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Replying to @alia0209
damn now you actually have to do real work
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the main downside to things constantly getting better and faster, xkcd comic 303 less relevant by the day
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Replying to @alia0209
Cool, another normal day then
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basically, didn't even get the chance to suffer at the hands of drivers gonna have to make a kernel now
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Replying to @alia0209
did nixos fix this
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i only use that guy on servers, do use nix as a package manager for my main box though
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Replying to @alia0209
Is it Linux if you didn't earn it?
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that's how it feels right! less to earn by the year, and i'm glad for it
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Replying to @alia0209
lmaoooo time for arch innit
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arch main for 4 years 🫡
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Replying to @alia0209
Wait until you are comfy… then it comes
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been comfy for years and counting, might have just pre-solved all of my issues and know which plants i should and shouldn't eat
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Replying to @alia0209
Linux Linux Linux Linux
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what you’re referring to as linux, is in fact, gnu/linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, gnu plus linux
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