jjhanger 3 months ago • 100%
Debian with the Awesome WM. I'm biased because that's what I use.
jjhanger 3 months ago • 100%
Forgot to update...so I was able to get it install with the archinstall script with no issue. Installing it the Arch way, by using the docs, went super well until I went to install the boot loader. I saw no errors when going by all the steps prior to the boot loader install so I'm guessing I was installing grub incorrectly, or maybe something I'm not aware of. I'll try again soon and respond with the fix, when I get it installed that is, in case you run into the same issue.
jjhanger 3 months ago • 100%
I'll respond when I'm done doing it. I plan on firing up my 15+ year laptop and install it the Arch way for the hell of it.
jjhanger 3 months ago • 100%
Just ran out of my local brews, Troegs Field Study IPA, so going to be cracking open some Coors Banquet soon. But I don't think you will. I use Debian 12 with AwesomeWM and love it.
jjhanger 3 months ago • 100%
For me, the systems I've installed Mint on for people, haven't had any problems at this current time. While I have never had an issue using Fedora myself(never been interested enough in OpenSUSE to keep with it when I've tried it), I'll never recommend Fedora in similar cases where I've installed Mint. The machines were older and the users aren't Linux enthusiasts. They just want a working machine to do basic tasks without breaking their bank to get a new machine when their Windows OS reached EOL.
However I can't confirm or explain why the people you say that are doing this challenge are having problems. I don't know their hardware specs and I don't know them so I don't know what they know about Linux.
(Please note, to all Mint users, I'm not saying Mint is only for non-Linux enthusiasts. I love how Mint is good for the non-enthusiasts and enthusiasts alike).
jjhanger 4 months ago • 100%
Its in the same realm as everyone else who wants to be baptized...they have some 'awakening' and find some type of ritual to revel in it, pull things together to intensify the reveling and justification of their 'awakening' and those things are false comparisons(his comparision of religious violence and 'secular violence'), complaints about the modern world, past mistakes. Also since he is an addict he's switching to another addiction. Not sure what more I can say?
I also find it to be incredibly narcssicistic. It is a self-proclamation from a new convert to make a video about converting 24 hours after his conversion...it means nothing to me in any way shape or form, especially from someone who has a large platform.
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to have anything beyond that about some stranger who has no relevance in my life. I was once a Christian for over a decade so the over all topic I have strong opinions towards but that video was nothing different from what I experienced in the modern church decades ago now. The only difference is irrelevant details, character names and the timeline. Replace Russell Brand with John Doe and you can copy and paste my response.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 100%
Since I became an atheist, I have been really trying to sanitize my speech away from the religious speak because its not a matter of simply choosing different synonmyns because words like immoral and sin are words with completely different meanings.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 75%
Find another platform if you don't like it. I don't use Twitter anymore just because I found other platforms I prefer.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 100%
I would imagine it boils down to the ads don't bother them.
Anyone know if timeseal is automatically installed with Xboard on Linux(specifically Debian)? I'd like to use Xboard with FICS but I'm struggling to figure out the timeseal. I've looked on Xboard site and I may have overlooked it but didn't see anything about it. When I look into the repos I may have missed it. If this needs to be in the Linux community my apologies and I'll post the question there.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 100%
I've never used PopOS. I'm not into forks and it is based on Ubuntu. This isn't to say I think it's bad. I just don't recommend forks. If you want to try PopOS, go for it.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 100%
Generally speaking, I have nothing to really argue against that..but I can only recommend based on how I have learned Linux. I have found myself only enjoying the base distros and not forks because no matter all the time I wasted distro hopping, I felt like I was using the same thing over and over again beyond the package manager or installer.
One thing I would add is, when I used Arch, I avoided the Arch forums...specifically because of what you mentioned. In one way, one should expect that of the Arch forums. If you choose to use a distro that forces you to build the system yourself, you should expect to fix your problems yourself. So the forums I found useless and never posted there. The fact there is even an Arch forum that offers supports, beyond the wiki, I find funny. I would just use the wiki and search engines.
jjhanger 4 months ago • 92%
I'm at the point whe recommending distros fir new comers its Debian, Arch, Fedora and Linux Mint.
Debian is my go to. Stable, I love the apt package manager. Desktop environment is a bit irrelevant with recommendations because you can easily install any desktop environment or window manager. You will figure out what environment you like along the way. Installation is simple, you can do minimal installs as well and it's what many big name distros are based on.
I really like Arch. Minimal, great package manager, AUR extends application availability even when you have flatpaks, snaps and app images and the repo. You can use the archinstall script these days so you don't have to worry about installing the old-fashioned Arch way. It will also teach you what to do when updates fail because it's a rolling release.
If none of those are appealing then I would advise Fedora. Great package manager, get newer packages if package versions are important for you and a solid distribution that is the upstream for Red Hat. It's the best of both worlds of Debian and Arch in my opinion.
The last one is Linux Mint. I've found myself avoid recommening forks. This is my exception. I can't say a lot because I haven't used it much. But I've installed it 2x to different family members who never used Linux before and use it and love it. I did it because they are forks and I can give support because I'm familiar with what it's based on and the high recommendation from the online community. It's great for beginners and veterans alike from what I can tell from the online community. Great team of developers.
jjhanger 8 months ago • 100%
Debian and Arch, for me, tie as my favorite and honestly can't say I would want to change anything as I need to use the technology more before I can critique it like that.
jjhanger 8 months ago • 66%
With the options you gave, Fedora. Not really into the AUR. I don't think it is bad, just not for me.
jjhanger 8 months ago • 100%
Mint is what I have used to introduce people to Linux and so far only good responses. I also recommend Debian and Debian derivatives.
jjhanger 8 months ago • 100%
4-5 years ago. Started because my one machine won't get security updates from Microsoft and my main machine isn't eligible for the Windows 11 update.
Started on Ubuntu and then did some heavy distro hopping. I've ended up preferring only 2 distros; Debian and Arch. There's plenty of others that I like but those are my top 2.
jjhanger 8 months ago • 100%
CrunchBang++, BunsenLabs, Bodhi, Antix and Peppermint.
jjhanger 9 months ago • 100%
Thanks everyone! Will be checking these out.
jjhanger 9 months ago • 100%
I use awesome. Right now I use pretty standard key bindings. I have it looking more like i3, due to the awful wibar placement and font size. I've thought about making special key bindings for constantly used programs however I'm pretty content with Super-P and type the program I want. The most customized I have the awesome config file is, the only available layout is set to spiral and dwindle.
Soon I'd like to implement glyphs and once I figure that out I'll be more apt to make keyboard shortcuts. I also would like to see if I can round up the awful wibar.
Is there a way to get a report for historic network activity? Right now, I've installed sysstat and learning to use that. My search engine searching has got some results, but when I read about some programs that monitor activity, I'm not sure if I am overlooking something or if they don't offer it or if I have combed the doc files enough so figured I'd ask here. I'm teaching myself how to run my own server. Starting with storage needs and then seeing how it goes from there. I'm hoping to find a way to get a report of past traffic/activity specifically. Running Debian 12.
jjhanger 9 months ago • 100%
So some people switched to phone only after Windows 8 security stopped...
Jokes aside, it's cool to see it move up no matter how small the move is.
jjhanger 9 months ago • 100%
Depends on the context.
Me - Yes. I use Debian 12. No intention any time to go back because of how much I love using Debian. May fire up a VM of Arch so I can run some specific AUR packages I am curious to try out, but we'll see. I am cautious to go on another distor hopping bender between Debian and Arch as they are my 2 favorite distros and I am easily led to do that.
Work - No and that is fine me. I have no control over that and I'm still productive with Windows/Microsoft products.
Family - I am the tech support person of the household. I prefer for people to use what they are comfortable with because that's less on me to maintain.
jjhanger 10 months ago • 100%
I was installing Arch several years ago now and somehow deleted all of the partitions and then all of a sudden I didn't see any drives or anything on it so I closed it and powered down and assumed it was a paperweight. Years later i decided to see if I could get it running again and I was able to get it running again. I found out that hard shutdowns would have got everything up and going again to them point I could put an OS back on it. So I don't know which one was dumber, the installation mistake or me thinking the laptop became a paperweight. I lean towards the latter because I've had no problems with Arch since.
jjhanger 10 months ago • 100%
I've become very impressed with LM. I got 2 family members' laptop going again with that. Nice choice.
Hello. Trying to figure out how to make something similar on my on config file. Image is from AwesomeWM's homepage. What I have tried so far is to go to the documentation and look at the "Personalize Your Tags" and "Add Widget" sections. Are these considered to be more widget tags?