GnuLinuxDude

joined 2 years ago
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago
[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I use Fedora as my primary desktop distro. It's a sturdy base with relatively up-to-date packages from the repos. It doesn't really push technology I consider undesirable, like Snaps. Even though I have to rely on RPMFusion for a number of proprietary parts, due to Fedora's free software stance, I don't have any particular qualms about that. I also increasingly use Flatpaks anyway.

When I used to use Reddit the /r/fedora community was helpful and welcoming.

One downside is because the kernel changes frequently, and I (sadly) own a Nvidia GPU, akmods runs very often. Another downside is sometimes that frequently changing kernel can cause issues. I think in the past year or two I've had two distinct occasions where a kernel upgrade caused my mounted shares to not mount correctly. Reporting an issue to upstream also takes quite some involvement, as I discovered when I had to create some Red Hat account to report an issue about the packaging of some software in a beta release of Fedora.

So all-in-all I would say Fedora is a strong distro. It is probably not the most beginner-friendly one, though, given how you have to dip your toes into RPMFusion and related challenges. It used to be worse, since DejaVu used to be the default font system-wide and you had to install a fonts package from COPR to make the system actually look pleasant. Since then they switched to Noto, which makes the font situation MUCH better.

On servers and VMs I use Debian because I do not have the patience to maintain a faster moving Fedora multiple times over. This is exacerbated by the awful defaults of Gnome, which I have to bend into shape with extensions. When Fedora 40 releases later this year I fully intend to reinstall from scratch since KDE Plasma 6 will be available.

edit: i misread the prompt and just talked about my favorite distro that i actively use. whoops.

My least favorite distro could be Manjaro if I actually used it, but it is Ubuntu because of how close it is to being a great distro. Snaps really soured me to that deal. Snapd and Snaps make it difficult to use in VMs, too, because now you have to over-commit resources for something that could and should be smaller and simpler. Debian stays winning, as usual.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

The only thing that can stop a good cop: the raison d'être of the entire system in which he is working.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Hope you feel better soon. I additionally suffered through muscle/joint aches and chills. I am a bit more on my feet now but I still feel tired and crappy, with a persistent cough and a still sore throat. I'm still mostly taking it easy to recover as best as I can.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Just saw this Ars article. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/anti-vaccine-nonsense-will-likely-kill-thousands-this-season-fda-officials-say/

The US may be heading to a "dangerous vaccination tipping point," with immunization rates falling so low that population-level immunity is now at risk, and we will likely see thousands of needless deaths this respiratory virus season, two top officials for the Food and Drug Administration warned in a recent JAMA commentary.

Incredible. We've gone from practically eliminating polio to regressing into vaccine-denialism that's so powerful that we are just risking resurgent communicable diseases. And the people responsible for this get to continue promoting and influencing the world. Hilarious!

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I have the vaccine and every booster available. My partner picked up covid from work and now I have it. I’ve been bed-ridden for the past several days. It hurts when I swallow. Partner got over the worst of it relatively quickly but still has a gentle persistent cough.

Thanks to all the bosses with their RTO policies and anti-vaxxers and all the politicians who let this thing rage on. I hope they all find themselves pushed off the edge of a cliff someday.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It must be because Canada is part of the commonwealth 😏. If we had King Charles on our money who knows what great things might start happening.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Since this isn't Reddit I find the likelihood of some dumbass coming in trying to claim that America is somehow uniquely exceptional is pretty low. Though I would grant that America's exceptionally awful...

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago

Can't help but think about how Facebook inc rebranded itself to Meta to chase/promote the metaverse fad.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In public would it just look like you're caressing your own ass?

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

oh good, there are single-use e-cigs? what will they think up next? single-use, disposable, electronic pregnancy tests?

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