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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Helpful burglar leaves a note informing you that you're out of milk and where to buy it the cheapest nearby.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Fuck you Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I hope SteamOS is ready to be a desktop operating system by the time Windows 10 fully craps itself.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anyone who actually cares has already deleted Windows.

We do not control Steam too. Steam fails to include a libre software license text file, anti-libre software.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Bazzite is what you're looking for. Or Nobara.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why wait? Debian is out there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly? Because the last time I tried it, which was admittedly about a decade ago, it didn't work. People say RTFM, but TFM was just wrong/incomplete.

I would run into a show stopper problem, and the manual would say "follow these steps to make it work". Then, two steps in, the manual diverges from reality - doing what the manual says, would not lead to the machine state that the manual claims it would lead to.

Its not an issue that's unique to Debain. I tried a handful of distros and they all had the same kind of dealbreaker problems that could not be resolved by RTFM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

To be fair, it's during this decade when Linux became A LOT more friendly to non-technical people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Cachyos, its a graphical installer, its easy af, its automatic

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks for reminding me! I installed an arch chroot so I can learn and play with Arch btw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I use DOS but not MS-DOS because the MS actually stands for Microsoft. Plus it comes with Dark Mode built-in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm so glad I got my parents off windows. My mom recently switched to OnlyOffice (AGPL v3) and loves it because it feels like MS office 2003.