I think immutability actually takes away from the confusion and kind of makes the overall experience much more similar to windows where editing system files is something rarely done even among most power users.
James R Kirk
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I would suggest installing Fedora Kinoite, poke around it for 20-30min and if you find it too confusing then just putting windows back.
My point is that it’s not a big decision/commitment. And it’s trivial to undo!
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Looking for a Desktop Environment recommendation for my Mother's new 2-1 laptop.English31·14 days ago+1 for this recommendation. Gnome is going to feel more familiar to a MacOS user and Silverblue is very resilient.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Take a deep breath and think about itEnglish42·1 month agoSure, but not by definition. Posting slop and spam is different than shitposting. This post is just slop.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Take a deep breath and think about itEnglish52·1 month ago“Shitposting” describes the act, not the content. Posting content “that took little to no effort” to produce is just spam. It doesn’t matter if a human made it or not.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After ClashEnglish0·1 month agoThis is literally literally a drama article
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After ClashEnglish0·1 month agoIt’s annoying to be treated that way isn’t it?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After ClashEnglish0·1 month agoPlease don’t sealion me.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After ClashEnglish1·1 month agoThat’s a good point, I have no doubt Linux would not be in the position it is if he were more sensitive to it.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•New Linux Kernel Drama: Torvalds Drops Bcachefs Support After ClashEnglish2·1 month agoAnyone else here actively put off by Linux drama and headlines like “Torvalds Drops support After Clash!”
EDIT: New rule?
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Finally making the move to Linux, and I have questions before I get started.English23·2 months agoJust to be safe you may want to copy important files to a cloud storage AND usb drive before formatting the drive.
Also don’t overthink this and there is nothing wrong with Kubuntu, but Kinoite is going to be very similar and a little more resistant to n00b tinkering mistakes.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Linux Mint a PITA to install on Win 11English1·2 months agoTrue, I edited my comment. I personally recommend the USB method (or if you have easy access to the internals- just swapping out an SSD).
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Linux Mint a PITA to install on Win 11English3·2 months agoIt takes some doing, but you can live boot windows from a USB drive for those rare instances you need it. You can also just install it to a VM inside Linux (also not easy). But honestly these days the times where you’ll NEED Windows are few and far between (and getting fewer and farther).
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•latest stats for fedora atomic spinsEnglish1·2 months agoBazzite is a custom image of Kinoite, but I’m not surprised it’s taking off, it’s great.
Edit: Source
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Looking for a theme that looks like thisEnglish7·3 months ago
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Looking for a theme that looks like thisEnglish161·3 months agoAre you a bot lmao it looks nothing like lcars
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•This Week in Plasma: time-of-day wallpapersEnglish6·3 months agoThis is cool but why can’t we change the whole theme😖
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Is it safe to upgrade to paid version of a distro if I'm dual booting?English2·3 months agoI agree re: Fedora, especially the atomic varieties. I do think Zorin is good at what it is but it has a pretty specific use case.
Also, had no idea you were also in this community. Pleasant surprise.
Had the same thought, it’s always nice to encounter a civilized person of distinguished taste and culture out here in the wilds.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Is it safe to upgrade to paid version of a distro if I'm dual booting?English32·3 months agoEven without costs you will always have some faction of FOSS users who view UIs and user-friendliness to be something that can be optimized away (and will always, always, let you know their feelings on the topic).
Go with Bazzite, it tries to mimic SteamOS out of the box. Very easy install/setup process (easier than windows).
Bazzite is Fedora Kinoite with some extra stuff, Kinoite might be better for a desktop setup but either one is totally useable for gaming and desktop so don’t overthink it.