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  • I appreciate their philosophy. I’ve been a Linux user since the early 2000s and have cycled through 30-40 distros at least. I’m not a highly technical user. I would consider myself a solid intermediate. For a daily use system I prefer arch, but my servers run Debian. Most of the people writing install guides for the software I deploy seem to use Debian so I run into less issues this way. It can be hard to follow a guide for Gentoo when you’re using Hanna Montana Linux, know what I’m saying? Same thing with Debian. It’s just a solid choice with the bonus of having a better, more ethical philosophy, and the benefit of being widely adopted and supported by people who can help when you get stuck. I don’t even mind gnome on my servers since it works well with a single screen and it’s super rare that I actually need the server GUI anyway.






  • We’ve been on similar journeys. I started with Ubuntu Warty Warthog and happily remember all the desktop effects lost to time (emerald window decorations anybody?). I went through a Windows phase and settled back into Linux. My newest epoch is the age of self hosting and I’ve been learning a lot especially since the advent of Lemmy. I also play games, but I’ve been using a fully segregated Windows PC for that, though I’ve used Linux in the past.

    The last time someone asked this question a lot of people said Mint packages are too out of date. I love Mint, I used Mint for several years, but the graphic driver stuff seems to depend on being very up to date. Someone else could probably explain it better than me. Perhaps it’s not relevant anymore, but I would look into it.

    As for KDE, it’s really good now. I used to cling HARD to Gnome back in the old days and really disliked KDE, but things really got shaken up and KDE has been absurdly good for a few releases now. The steam deck even uses it. Also, a lot more distros seem to have releases for more than one desktop environment now. I guess what I’m trying to say is stuff you used to like may suck now and stuff that used to suck could be S-tier. Good luck getting back into Linux. Don’t get discouraged. It’s gotten a lot easier since old timers like us were hacking around on Ubuntu in the early 2000s.





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    I have an XPS 13 9370 that has been great for my particular preferences. Having said that, I won’t buy another one. When it finally dies (on my third battery and still going strong) I will go for something more open, repairable, and Linux focused, maybe Framework or System76.

    Get what you can afford. In many cases, Linux running on a potato will outperform and outlast a more expensive machine running windows for basic use tasks.




    1. I’ve been looking at the Flint. If it works with our Fiber, that’s probably the one I should go with. Pardon me if I sound like a networking noob for this question, but since this isn’t one of those mesh systems like the eeros, how can I cover far away or otherwise low-signal rooms? Can I just use another router as long as it has an access point mode, or will I run into bottlenecks doing something like that.

    I appreciate you sharing your experience as I like the interface on the Slate but it doesn’t have wifi and I don’t think it has enough throughput to handle all the traffic. Review sites, with a few exceptions, don’t help me with anything except wasting my time doom scrolling without learning anything.

    I’ll take a look at some of your other recommendations. I appreciate the response.



  • I agree with you the vast majority of the time, though I suppose my situation is uncommon. My neighbors and I talk and regularly shovel each others sidewalks if we’re the first outside in the morning. Having said that, some people are unwilling to live in a society. I regularly have a visitor I don’t like or trust. This person should not be left alone with a potted plant. Having said that, this person has a reason to be at my house and I can’t do anything about it except make it clear that they are being watched and better be on their best behavior.

    Random side-note: I used to think my grandmother’s Euro doorbell with the speakerphone and the door buzzer was the pinnacle of future technology!

    Anyway, thanks for an outside of the box suggestion, hopefully it will be feasible for me sooner rather than later.



  • I’ll give it a shot. I don’t run groups anymore since they stick with the elected leader of our group and that is no longer me! :-)

    I’ve been playing with this loosely affiliated group for close to a decade if not more. We started on mumble and reddit, and it actually changed the group when we switched to discord. It really disincentivises long quality posts in favor of shitposting. Also the reason I’m on Lemmy. Gotta get my long format, threaded discussions somewhere!