The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[The Ugly One]

In which case there is absolutely no point in using vim or the other nonsense as I can use the text editor to copy and paste and manipulate test from command outputs to a file in nano

There is absolutely no point in using nano when I can edit the file in vim
:wq

 

[Aljam]

I broke and fixed my nixos install trying to get oracle virtual box running. With the help of my puppy friend I only had an hour of downtime. Feels good having a puppygirl on demand to fix my issues. Can't believe my grub got borked trying to use virtualbox. qemu worked like a charm

 

[The Ugly One]

Ah you see I have something called a “life” and when you have one you don’t have time to remember a bunch of commands who’s meanings and purposes have become obsolete even before Google launched

Why would I have a life when I can use vim instead?

 

[Dread First]

Feels good having a puppygirl on demand to fix my issues. Can't believe my grub got borked trying to use virtualbox. qemu worked like a charm

You're literally relying on a sexually deviant transvestite to provide you tech support. There's more dignity in using ChatGPT after the tokens run out.

Why would I have a life when I can use vim instead?

Vim users have more of a life relative to Emacs users.

 

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My little brother came to me today, asked "Should I try Arch?". He's never in his life even come close to even touching a command prompt. I told him, simply, "Fuck no".

It doesn't change the fact that some GUIs on certain Unix programs suck massive fucking balls and I won't defend shit like Gparted looking like it came from cavemen times.

Doesn't mean there isn't a Linux distribution for him.

ChromeOS Flex will work just fine for many users. Not a command line in sight, unless you're completely deranged.

There's also FydeOS, but while it allows local accounts, there are some very serious downgrades (if you use FydeOS instead of ChromeOS, you are signing over the butthole of your firstborn child to be raped by Lennart Poettring).

 

[Dread First]

It isn't 1998 anymore, where the only thing you have access to is a "Red Hat 7.3 for Dummies" at the local library, some sketchy forums where some dude is trying to tell you that your modem doesn't work because it is a "winmodem", mailing lists, and the best search engine is AltaVista.

For me, it was:

• The old Ubuntu community documentation to get my Ralink USB wireless card up and running on Ubuntu 10.04 and Debian 6.x
• Linux for Dummies that shipped with a KNOPPIX and Fedora Core 7 disc, courtesy of the public library.
• Various UNIX reference manuals, also courtesy of the public library. Probably from like 1992 because I vividly remember discussions involving BSDi and the lawsuit.
• The ArchWiki back when it actually had a full-on beginner's guide and not a bullshit "General Recommendations" page.

Oh, and the time period was mid-to-late 2011. God, I miss those days. Not because life was "better" but because there was still the spark of learning new shit after spending hours troubleshooting some self-inflicted issue. These days, I'm a lazy ass SOB who can barely be fucked to git gud anymore.

 

[Betonhaus]

Doesn't mean there isn't a Linux distribution for him.

ChromeOS Flex will work just fine for many users. Not a command line in sight, unless you're completely deranged.

There's also FydeOS, but while it allows local accounts, there are some very serious downgrades (if you use FydeOS instead of ChromeOS, you are signing over the butthole of your firstborn child to be raped by Lennart Poettring).

or, Linux Mint. it just works, and it doesn't abstract the fundamentals so it allows you to learn how Linux works without having to deal with distro-specific bullshit like immutable filesystems.

 

[acid_ra1n]

??? Wanna add some context? You mean that little inline warning you get when you haven't done guix pull in a week?

i thought that was it cause i hadnt pulled in like a week but my first pull was easy my second pull i put in nerdfont-symbols and some nerdfonts emacs package and that did a full system update

 

[SchizoDaemon]

I didn't know anyone in the space back then, but I imagine there has got to be quite a few nerds who got big into Linux in the 90s and just never stopped fighting their own forever war.

A lot of super nerds (and I include myself in this) have this tendency to assume that basic things they take for granted are understood by the non-technical. I mean really basic. I realised my mental model was very broken when a lot of people I knew didn't even understand Google Search and Chrome were separate (but related) things on their phones.

I don't understand why people can't accept their computer use is not the norm and just get on with doing what they want to do.

This idea that we have to cater for users that honestly have no interest in the platform is holding the platform hostage.
That is why things like Omarchy, Hyprland, Suckless and the like got a lot of attention because they embraced what the platform is.

It was over as soon as Jobs revealed the iPhone at Macworld, though imo it really was appstore integration that sealed the deal. Not that anything I've said hasn't been common wisdom for ages now.

Yep. You would think people would get it after what, 16 years?

 

[Ferryman]

i thought that was it cause i hadnt pulled in like a week but my first pull was easy my second pull i put in nerdfont-symbols and some nerdfonts emacs package and that did a full system update

So I see you're running GNOME. You know, I'm actually on KDE myself. I know this desktop environment is supposed to be better but, you know what they say. Old habits, they die hard.

 

[analrapist]

It isn't 1998 anymore, where the only thing you have access to is a "Red Hat 7.3 for Dummies" at the local library, some sketchy forums where some dude is trying to tell you that your modem doesn't work because it is a "winmodem", mailing lists, and the best search engine is AltaVista.

This narrative really sells short the amount of effort the GNU project put into its online documentation. Most GNU (and GNU-like) software on Linux--especially in the old times--had not only man pages for quick reference but also extensive manuals via the info command.