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Cake day: February 20th, 2025
  • thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.orgtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Why do you use the distro you use?
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    4 days ago

    I use openSUSE because I want to see the license used with a package before installing it, and I can do that by using YaST. Also, it seems that version numbers are used consistently which enables elegant downgrading (I found that the pacman system is probably capable of supporting this too, but the operating system(s) that use it don’t seem to use version numbers consistently and I’ve had a bad experience with downgrading in the past). I reviewed packaging systems other than rpm but it seemed that rpm while used with openSUSE was the most robust.

    I also like having a bootable image with a streamlined installation process that is clearly supported by the operating system maintainers: I was tired of worrying about whether I set up LUKS correctly while setting up Arch Linux, and just having a checkbox for “encrypt the disk” makes me a lot calmer. Knowing that I can use a guided process if I want to reinstall the operating system also gives me some peace of mind.

    It’s also nice to get practice with an operating system that is more similar to “enterprise” Linux distributions: it’s probably useful to get practice managing my personal computer(s) and at the same time get knowledge that is probably re-usable while interacting with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise itself. However, this was not a primary consideration for choosing an operating system for myself.

    Luckily, my choice can currently also get some support from https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop/

    I also like NixOS, but it doesn’t seem to use secure boot by default, and I’d prefer to have that handled without needing input from me, so I only use it when that feature isn’t available at all.

  • thirtyfold8625@thebrainbin.orgto196@lemmy.blahaj.zone•art rules
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    20 days ago

    I think it’s worth pointing out that I don’t consider myself to be very dexterous, so I’d be able to produce a useful image by trying to use AI a lot more reliably and faster than by trying to use a pencil. However, I haven’t tried to use AI to do that, and I generally don’t find AI tools very useful.

    It might also be relevant that I also don’t consider myself to be very creative.