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  • That’s the shits. Hardware can be finicky with Linux, especially laptops.

    I would try Nobara or Manjaro, both have some pretty good hardware detection and updated/non-free drivers. Fedora itself doesn’t have certain things in it that aren’t “free” by default.

    But you might not be destined to use Linux and no shame in that. Keep trying back if you change hardware.




  • That’s less about Fedora and Linux than it is about Gnome.

    Coming from Windows to Gnome is a shitshow, honestly I think it’s the main reason there isn’t more Linux users. If that’s your first introduction to Linux, no wonder people yell screaming for the exits. It’s not an easy transition.

    Using DEs like Plasma or Cinnamon is a way more welcoming way to change over. Maybe eventually you’ll want try Gnome and it’s opinionated workflow, but I think its a terrible way to start out an already jarring transition.

    Nobara is a good distro to use Fedora and have KDE by default, with the option to change later. And it has a pile of video tweaks and fixes for gaming and editing out of the box or via the welcome screen tasks.





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    5 days ago

    Hell, I disabled that shit. A year into Covid, I got an emergency blaring away on my phone at 2AM to let me know that there was a pandemic going on. Thanks, Sherlock. Now I laugh as people get warnings about things that happen 500km away and can’t possibly affect them.

    Government using it like their own private Twitter ensured I’ll disable it on every new phone I get going forward.



  • I’m a farmer that was an IT guy a decade or so ago, which I guess is a background in it, but that’s not why I do it. Self-hosting is a self-reliance thing. I like to fix my own equipment, metal and silicon.

    When it comes apart, I want to know the reason, and I like to invent new ways to do things, which means I have to be able to control my infrastructure.