Post B21fPV2jFEeHPOhd0S by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
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(DIR) Post #B21DfnLc9upS61WBbE by kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com
2026-01-06T20:05:08.986277Z
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50% of linuxquestion threads are "what distro should I use" and when people recommend Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora and whatnot OP comes back with "yeah, thanks for all the recommendations! I decided for SchnopsOS because of its twittlewig package manager". and the next week that very same person will ask why their SchnopsOS stopped booting after they changed the /etc/schopsos/default.yml or some shit
(DIR) Post #B21DwLOxJb8ILUyLFg by kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com
2026-01-06T20:08:05.300139Z
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@silhouette i don't criticize that at all. that's a great learning experience. it's more the "oh yeah thanks for the 200 replies, I merely farmed this thread for karma and will not follow any advice lol"
(DIR) Post #B21E1AtRoOBTCeXPn6 by monkee@other.li
2026-01-06T20:08:39.748Z
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@kaia@pleroma.soykaf.com Ha. Seen that a lot!Tipp: If you are new: Choose one of the boring and stable ones!
(DIR) Post #B21E3wlEoPogF01HsG by hfaust@shitposter.world
2026-01-06T20:09:31.001778Z
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@kaia Nothing beats recommending Slackware to newbies
(DIR) Post #B21EDFu30mhsDPZyDI by lain@lain.com
2026-01-06T20:11:10.891882Z
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@hfaust @kaia > implying anyone still knows slackware
(DIR) Post #B21EihtmyR9i1ISIXQ by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
2026-01-06T20:16:53.668769Z
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@kaia Pretty much.
(DIR) Post #B21KyfkxJ4YVjXJtIm by xian@ak.kazuma.family
2026-01-06T20:57:47.629878Z
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@kaia the stable linux distro microsoft windows 11 :itjustworks:
(DIR) Post #B21fPV2jFEeHPOhd0S by hakui@tuusin.misono-ya.info
2026-01-07T01:15:47.986845Z
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@lain @hfaust @kaia yeah it's hannah montana linux
(DIR) Post #B22HuEu36DdyaQjAyO by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-07T08:27:11.510005Z
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@kura @silhouette @kaia You mean Copindows, operating system formerly known as Windows? :marseysmug3:
(DIR) Post #B22JhJ1EgWvvUn39Bw by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-07T08:47:17.961665Z
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@kura @silhouette @kaia There is commercial software I paid for that I still enjoy using, and to run it I have Windows 10 in addition to Void Linux and old Mac OS X on my Mac Pro.I might switch to Windows 8 though — I liked it more and now that both no longer receive updates, there is no reason to prefer Windows 10 over it.
(DIR) Post #B22MCzubSYGtPZBeWe by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-07T09:15:28.051708Z
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@kura @silhouette @kaia I could, but using Wine for software like Ableton Live would have no benefit and would only make it slower. Why do it when I can run it in Windows or Mac OS X, where it would run natively and where I have proper drivers for my hardware?I could use Mac OS X for that, but I like that even less than Windows 8 — I actually switched to Windows when they released OS X 10.10 :marseyemojismilemouthcoldsweat: It's not that I switched to Linux systems recently, for me it was more like Linux → Mac OS X → Windows → back to Linux over a lengthy period of time. I was never a big Windows user, so I don't hate it to the point of wanting to get rid of it at all cost, I can live with it when it's appropriate.Besides, this machine houses 4 full-size hard disks and a PCIe SSD, I don't have to compromise to the point that I use two hard disks for ZFS mirror and another pair for Windows Storage Spaces mirror, having several operating system isn't a problem.I only make fun of Microsoft because the whole Copilot thing is funny as hell.
(DIR) Post #B22PimMnehTiWyDp1U by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-07T09:54:07.506857Z
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@kura @silhouette @kaia Indeed! This isn't a proper performance benchmark by any means, but it made me consider downgrading: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/speed-test-pits-six-generations-of-windows-against-each-other-windows-11-placed-dead-last-across-most-benchmarks-8-1-emerges-as-unexpected-winner-in-this-unscientific-comparisonBesides, I never liked the Start button — it felt weird to me even in Windows 95, like what is that thing?! And in Windows 8 your software launcher just gives you huge squares 🤩 — I liked it a lot, it was the first Windows I wanted to have on my own computer in years. I liked the UI most in Consumer Preview of Windows 8 — it had no visible Start button at all, it only appeared when you moved the cursor to the bottom left corner.Most Windows users didn't enjoy it as much as I did, so in 10 they've backtracked on some of it, but I never liked it.So the whole Metro thing — I liked a lot! I also had Windows phones — and that is how I tried Windows 11 for the first time: Windows 11 on ARM running on my Lumia 950 XL.I have to admit that considering that it's, well… a phone and it only has 3 gigabytes, it wasn't that bad. It was hard for me to notice performance degradation on such hardware, but on "real" computers it could be noticeable.In any case, my experiment was before the Copilot thing and before them getting overly insistent on making you use OneDrive, right now it's probably much worse and I can totally see why even avid Windows users don't hate it.
(DIR) Post #B22PioAowD5I8OdHd2 by bajax@baj.ax
2026-01-07T09:54:50.176169Z
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@m0xEE @silhouette @kura @kaia i like the menu bar at the top of the screen like macos
(DIR) Post #B22U8kS5nQUnwFKtWK by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-07T10:44:20.933522Z
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@bajax @silhouette @kura @kaia It's a cool UI paradigm actually — having menu in a predictable location on screen, so you can move mouse cursor to the top to access it and you don't have to aim.And I think they even tried that in Windows — having "hot" corners/edges: the bottom left was giving you the new Start menu, a way to launch software, right edge of screen was giving you a context menu, from which you could for example "share" the currently open document — send it to someone, the top right had a close button that wasn't visible until you placed the cursor there, top edge of screen was giving you the opportunity to "grab" currently open app window and place it side-by-side with some other app.Buy most Windows users seemingly hated it: "OMG, what is this — it looks like a touchscreen interface! But this is a desktop computer, I have a MOUSE, I have to *aim* for buttons"I don't get what's wrong with having an interface on a desktop computer or a laptop that is also touch-friendly, but Microsoft played along with their most loyal user base and rejected these ideas.So Apple always wants to make the UI uglier — have you tried working with all that translucency and blurs when you have two 30" displays. I usually have experience no issues like motion sickness, but when they added all that shit in 10.10 and made the fonts thinner, it started giving me headaches — massive eyestrain!And Microsoft always tries to fuck you over otherwise. With free software I at least have the option to undo some of the damage if the developer goes insane, including the UI. On my Linux machines I prefer minimal to no UI, I don't even want DEs. Tiling windows managers are perfect for me — I don't windows to float around, I want the window to occupy all the real estate or have several things side-by-side if the display is sufficiently big. I don't need start menu to launch software if I can have predictable keyboard shortcuts — and if I don't have something bound to a shortcut, I can open a terminal, type its name, append an ampersand and close the terminal.The only thing I want on the screen consistently is some sort of bar that would allow me to switch workspaces using mouse, and would have clock and battery indicator if it's a laptop, and even that bar should be optional.Something like this: https://breloma.m0xee.net/notice/Ae7xv5mnBlPcVQm8NE — perfect!
(DIR) Post #B232WedeSXb3IdJVRY by amerika@annihilation.social
2026-01-07T17:09:40.236762Z
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@m0xEE @silhouette @kura @kaia Windows is not bad for the desktop, but I wince when people run it on serversXP forever
(DIR) Post #B23DdFo6HOO7oDYBVI by guizzy@shitposter.world
2026-01-07T19:14:07.763702Z
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@hfaust @kaia I still would recommend it.
(DIR) Post #B23DqajllzJSUGsu4O by mangeurdenuage@shitposter.world
2026-01-07T19:16:32.091193Z
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@kura @silhouette @kaia >It just worksNO ANYMORE :mastorofl: !
(DIR) Post #B23Gm848jM8CGhyauG by ooignignoktoo@shitposter.world
2026-01-07T19:49:20.384411Z
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@kura @silhouette @amerika @m0xEE @kaia Yeah Windows 11 is pure slop. I have to use it on my work computer and I absolutely hate it. I got arch on a personal laptop and Win 10 Pro ESU on a gaming desktop for now. I'll probably go to CachyOS once ESU support ends. I got an Asus vivobook with a 13th gen intel i5 and a iris xe graphics igpu that I'm probably gonna throw Bazzite on for a relative so they can use it as a Kodi/SteamLink device with their gaming computer in the house.