Linux Mint for people who have better things to do with their time.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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EndeavorOS, arch based, gui installer up and running just as fast as a linux mint, but simply better
simply better
for you yes, I reallly don't like the linux community's mentality of hurr durr mine betterrr. To each their own.
Arch, Arch based, GUI installer, installs even faster than EndeavorOS
it's not
It's not what
Arch based? GUI installer? installs even faster than EndeavorOS?
Tried it, and it didnt work properly. Manjaro works like a charm tho
manjaro works, until it doesn't
Wich would still be better
It's funny, but memes like this affect the opinion of people who haven't tried it.
They mistake some extreme minimal arch rice for the general Arch experience or the general Linux experience as well. If so many Lemmy users, who are statistically tech nerds, don't see through the meme, then the average person will definitely stay away from Linux.
What kind of weak anon compiles his kernel without supporting the clearly required and already integrated hardware?
It's fine and dandy if you remove coax or something, but video output? Really?
That's why I use dual boot lmao.
That's why I use Fedora lmao
I was once a minimal arch user and it's awful because nothing ever just works. You've got to build everything yourself and it's a ton of work, and often breaks. Modern, user friendly distros like Fedora work great. Never have to fix anything
Are you sure you're not confusing arch with Gentoo? I use arch since 2011 and never had to compile anything by myself unless I wanted to use a program that's not in the repositories.
And since 7/8 years it works for me out of the box almost all the time.
I use Mint, BTW.
Unironically me as an IT professional who uses Windows. It just works. I have to fuck around with all that shit all day, I don't want to go home and do it too.
As a windows user in corporate IT. It just doesn't work. I spend most of my time hacking my way through useless unix pseudo toys, wsl2, cygwin, mingw... Each one for every tool because... Reasons. And because wsl2 is just painful. So we spend time creating fake unix virtual machines via docker on kubernetes using vs code remotely on expensive linux clusters... Frustrating.
Go home and turn on a linux laptop just to see a real functional terminal. Deep breath, zen, cathartic.
Windows makes my otherwise fine daily work miserable.
I hate enterprise IT. Built for sending around emails and working with excel sheets.
I am seriously thinking about starting an AI start up just to avoid risking another windows laptop switching job (they always promise cool stuff, at the end they always deliver overpriced windows garbage, my 8 years old laptop is more functional than their $ 3k notebook)
True, before i started to work with Windows i already disliked Microsoft, but what they are able to break constantly is astonishing.
As an IT professional i got rid of anything Microsoft related at home years ago just to not get bothered, can't imagine anything i'm missing and shit just works.
Driver for VGA/HDMI?
How much minimal that kernel is?
only enuff to boot 💪
This is fake, as plugging it into a projector would imply he'd installed some kind of graphics driver.
I had to laugh at "minimal kernel".