I’ve been using Arch in 1 desktop and 1 laptop for like 7 years now as a daily driver. I use pacman and AUR to install stuff. I haven’t had a breakage yet. In fact, I’ve had hardware get better supported over time due to access to the latest kernel updates.

Most impressively, I had my desktop shutoff for like 8 months one time. When I turned it on and updated the system packages… Everything just worked and I was immediately up to date.

His eyes look like he’s been crying. Lol!

I bought a Framework once. The build quality was better than System76, but not great. However, Framework is not a Linux laptop. They designed it for Windows and only afterwards they were surprised to find that people wanted it for Linux.

A lot of Linux laptops don’t have HiDPI displays because they’re not really compatible.

Example Framework: https://community.frame.work/t/tracking-state-of-hidpi-on-linux/8301

For years people have been trying to work around Framework’s poor display choice. And they’re still trying.

If you have a regular DPI display, you get to avoid a whole class of bugs and issues.

If you wanna have a good time with Linux, you need some mechanical sympathy.

Btw, tbh, brb, I’ve had good success with the Dell XPS 13 and the Lenovo X1 Carbon. System76 build quality was meh.

Arch, btw. With GNOME.

Just yesterday, my manager asked me how often I was coming to office. I said 3 days.

Then he said (paraphrasing):

Well, okay. 3 days is the minimum, okay? Now, you know it’s up to you whether or not you want to just do the bare minimum. If you feel that the bare minimum is enough, then okay. But some people choose to come in more and we encourage that, okay?

I’ve always assumed this was a variation of the pro police brutality flag that Republicans like. I don’t think I’ve met any non-Republicans with these flag designs.

I was born in the US and have switched by myself. My brother thought I was weird until one day we went to the hardware store.

I needed to buy a 15/64 in drill bit, but they didn’t have it. So then we thought, fine, maybe we can use the next closest size…

…

Except WTF is the next size up or down from 15/64??!!! Neither of us could figure it out. Internet wasn’t great. Sales people didn’t know. We left because we weren’t sure what to buy.

In metric, it’s trivial. 5mm drill bit, 4mm is smaller, 6mm is bigger.

After this, he stopped thinking I was a weirdo for using metric measurements. But he still uses imperial because murica.

Also, interesting, I learned that he thinks imperial units were invented by the US. I told him they were British units and I stopped caring about British units in 1776, but he didn’t seem to believe me.

Most people should use ext4. Only use something else if you want to tinker and don’t need long term data storage.

The right answer is use a password manager to generate and store a long password. Then it doesn’t matter.

If you want access to some underlying knobs and buttons, but without running your own email server, then Migadu might be interesting.

I only pay for 2 subscriptions: 1Password for families (and Spotify)

I have 236 logins… No way I’m gonna create secure and memorable passwords for that many sites.

I use 1Password on Linux and Android.

✅ Implementing a feature because you want to use some new shiny tool.

Big glass of regular cow milk.🥛

And not taste like bleach Oh, yeah! I tend to order water in restaurants and I’ve definitely had some bleachy gross tasting water before… probably from the tap?

I’m in the US. I don’t know too many people that drink directly from the tap. Almost everyone I know passes the water through a filter first.

Although, technically, I think the water is safe to drink. My city sends little informational cards saying how they’ve tested the water and it should be good to drink straight from the tap.

I think we in the US scare easy, so I’m guessing Big Water Bottle and Big Filter have brainwashed us into being scared to drink straight from the tap.

Linux is the correct (and only) choice for programmers. 99.9% of the internet runs on Linux. When you get a job, you’ll most likely deploy to Linux servers. Other people (MacOS/Winblows) will spend a significant amount of time trying to emulate a Linux environment.

My daily driver is a Dell XPS 13 9310. The build and finish is pretty good. All the hardware works out of the box.

I also used a Lenovo X1 Carbon for a few years. Also very good. I think the speakers sounded better on the X1 compared to the XPS. I think at this point all the hardware is supported by the latest kernel. When I had it, I think I had to wait for microphone support because the X1 had some fancy array of microphones. Eventually the software support caught up though.

Not recommend: I’ve also tried a System76 laptop. I quickly returned it because the build quality felt super cheap and I had a dead pixel. I also didn’t like that the power adapter was a barrel plug. (Although, yes, you can also charge with USB-C, but then you still have a useless barrel plug.)

Not recommend: Framework laptops. They seem cool, and they are, but the build quality is not as good as the XPS or the X1 Carbon. Also, the biggest reason to avoid Framework is due to the poorly supported HiDPI display. This goes for all laptops, by the way.

Finally, I’d also like to mention to be successful in Linux, you have to adopt a different mindset too. If you go into Linux expecting MacOS or expecting Winblows, you’re going to be disappointed. Linux is Linux. It’s great for computer science. It’s not great for video/image editing, music production, gaming. Sure, technically you can find a way to run those apps, but it’s not going to be the best experience. Similarly, it doesn’t make sense for me to go to MacOS and complain that I can’t use systemd or LUKS.

tl;dr

• Linux is the right choice, can’t avoid it.
• I’d recommend the Dell XPS 13 or the Lenovo X1 Carbon.
• Avoid HiDPI displays (unless you want to debug issues and still end up with slightly fuzzy apps)
• Avoid NVIDIA
• Different tools for different jobs

I personally don’t like it, but I respect their right to do whatever the fuck they want with their property. If they want a fugly house, then that’s their right.

Weird. I usually have to click “Subscribe” a few times to get the yellow “pending” status. Kinda sucks.

Oh god yes please. Thanks for asking! I had the same question! I’ve been trying to browse lemmy.world on Firefox, but the auto updating feed bug is still killing me…

Thanks! I thought it was just me!