I feel like I’ve been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god
I don’t understand this topic. What are you trying to say?
I think OP is trying to say:
- There was the Reddit API catastrophe
- That led him to lemmy/ActivityPub
- Which gave him exposure to Linux
- Which he used to give Linux a shot
And he seems to be having a great time with LInux
Okay, thanks for clarification. really didn’t get it. :D
The reddit api blocking 3rd party apps pushed a whole bunch of people onto lemmy, and lemmy is very big on FOSS and Linux so it’s been a gateway of sorts
Try to browse Lemmy without finding anything about Linux 😅
Not to mention, Reddit’s assault was followed by seemingly every tech company looking on and saying “hold my beer”
I’ve always been wary of the ability of tech companies to pull the plug of services on a whim, but holy shit did 2023 bring that way up the priority list
Day 1: “What is this place?”
Day 3: “Do you have a moment to hear the wonders of Fdroid?”
Lemmy pushed me towards f droid
I’ve been a linux user since 2006. But I’m not a computer guy, it was just my OS really. I haven’t done serious computer work it what feels like decades. Two days on Lemmy and I’m thinking selfhosting a smarthome could be for me. Things are so wonderful now.
PS: Auch mag ich Kühe. Sie sehen wie Landcarten aus.
Ok, that’s about the most complex sentence I can make. I wish I stuck with learning German.
It’s called “Landkarten” :) but for the rest this sentence is completely correct.
I am a Linux user for about 1.5-2 years and I really like doing technical stuff. The next thing I really have to do is figure out how to install Stable diffusion on Arch Linux. That stuff isn’t that straight forward. All guides I found didn’t work.
German Ks make so much damn sense. Why do I keep screwing them up?
In this case, it was that “cartographer” is a cognate.
Penguin party :)
Penguin and GNU party, don’t forget
Agreed. Happy GNU year ! btw.
Just wait till you start the estradiol…
Oh friend-… I’m on the other side. 8 years on T 💪💉. But yes. We’re all queer.
I was told that linux doesn’t work on the Spectrum oO
On Lemmy it exclusively works on the spectrum.
I was referring to the spectrum computer, which can’t run Linux. It wasn’t about people on the Spectrum, which are probably all of us, in some fashion?
Google EOL’d my beloved Asus C302 Chromebook, and now it runs Fedora with KDE. I’m super happy with it ❤️
Now tentatively working on turning my 2009 Mac Mini into a Fedora server/homelab.
So far it’s running Fedora desktop/KDE, and I’m slowly trying to figure out how to get Docker to work so I can run stuff like Audiobookshelf. If I manage to get it working, I’ll try going full Fedora Server instead of the desktop version.
There’s so much waste everywhere, let alone in tech. Being able to both “recycle” old hardware, and find legitimate use for it, should be celebrated.
Now if only I knew what to do about my old phones … I’m pretty good at making them last, so my older ones are very old, and I can’t think of anything useful for them to do that whatever phone I currently have doesn’t do much better 🤔
Join us brother
Nice! Congratulations!
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
I think I see NixOS in your future. ;)
Isn’t nix mostly for multi-system install? I did the nix thing a few years ago, spent a month on the config, and then never needed it again. Personally, I don’t see a use-case for single desktop installation ;)
I’m running nix on my PC turned server, and there’s definitely a lot of advantages…I highly recommend it for people who can pick up languages easily and prefer fixing a problem once by brute force trial and error.
Doing easy things is much harder, but doing hard things can be laughably easy
I probably wouldn’t pick it as-is for my primary PC, but for a server? Amazing.
I use multiple systems and even I feel NixOS is overkill, especially with their confusing and sometimes incomplete documentation.
On the other hand, Nix the package manager has been fantastic - especially if you’re on an immutable OS, or running some ancient “stable” distro - you can get all the packages you want, without breaking your system - and no need to learn the Nix language and write convoluted config files.
I guess you like to waste a whole day getting your machine back to the exact old configuration then.
In 2018 I went to research why all the sites wanted my cookies so much, today I’m a free software adovocate and a Marxist
This is the way…?
That sounds kinda like my journey, although without the Marxist part.
- Clueless about tech, bought an iMac
- These ads are annoying. [Installs adblock Plus]. There. Except for fricking Taboola, they can DIAF. And the cookie popup banners. Why do they love cookies if they’re not playing cookie clicker?
- It’s the MacOS Catalina Update!! It Thanos snapped my iPod music library. This taught me to avoid MacOS and realize that updates often just make things worse. Set up a dual boot with Windows.
- I start browsing r/asshole_design too much. Teaches me to never trust a corporation. I also realize how phones keep dropping useful features. I finally realize uBlock origin blocks much more than ads.
- Oh boy, this is where the rabbit hole starts. I’m sick of how slow my Mac is, addicted to discovering new cool apps on my phone, and discover FOSS. I install Linux for the first time, and it runs quite well on a laptop from 2009. Also YouTube goes full greed mode.
- Get my new Windows gaming laptop, try to balance privacy with convenience. But I’m irked at how slow it is for some basic tasks. Everything is stable, except when the laptop’s SSD borked.
- Uh oh. Discord, YouTube, and Reddit all make massively greedy decisions, and I don’t want to support those platforms anymore. I discover Lemmy. I try to focus extra hard on FOSS and donate $150 over the course of the year. I think this tells me I’ve became radicalized. Proprietary platforms keep getting worse and worse.
- Linux resurgence. Tired of Windows, and one of my classes needs a UNIX terminal. Sounds like it’s time to dual boot (on 2 SSDs), with Ubuntu being the default. Also I buy a year of Nebula to support creators and stick it to Google.
Maybe a bit random, but
Also I buy a year of Nebula to support creators and stick it to Google.
Would you recommend that? I also wanna quit/ reduce YouTube and enjoy learning new stuff while watching high quality content. Is it worth its money? I’m currently broke and have to watch my finances, but I wouldn’t mind spending a few bucks if it’s something I enjoy.
You can get a promo for $30/yr. If you’re broke, it’s hard to recommend it as money is better spent on needs, but if you have some disposable income I’d say it’s worth it. Many large creators upload their YT videos (sans sponsorship sections) to it and add bonus exclusive content, and it doesn’t come with any ads.
The answer seeker to leftist pipeline is real!!!1!11!
Welcome! Don’t be surprised if you feel the need to try out all the distros!
Also, don’t be surprised if that urge never goes away. :-D
Reddit death > installing mint on my second PC > realising I can run most of the games I play and installing mint on my main PC > start learning Rust as a first foray into programming in a long time > realise I want to go back to uni and study info tech to get out of my shitty marketing job > get a shitty second hand laptop off my parents that struggles to run windows and install endeavourOS to try something different.
It really is a slippery slope. When does it end???
It really is a slippery slope. When does it end???
It ends when you open vim. There’s no escape.
Having no escape is a very big problem if you want to use Vim…
Real heads ctrl-[
You still have yet to get through some pis, then a couple of OSX boxes, a Windows VM on proxmox or when you find something in particular you want that’s easier in that direction. Then move into kubernetes.
You’ll end up with a couple of everything living their best life.
My slippery slope started with buying an old laptop off my company and deciding to install Ubuntu on it. Now all of my devices run Linux, I switched to Android with a FOSS ROM, degoogled myself in almost every way, and I run Nextcloud on an old laptop. Feels great to really own my devices and data.
It ends when you write an AI better at configuring Linux than you are, but is also very good at soothing your pride… The latter is the infamous “alignment problem”
What else would we be making it for?
Next you want to rewrite everything in Rust.
Perhaps it ends when you’re a kernel maintainer?
It really is a slippery slope. When does it end???
Given that you’re learning Rust, probably getting programming socks and a Blahaj, and then…
Haha you picked the worst time to try to break into tech.
I’ve got a pretty good mixture of qualifications and am working in a tech adjacent role so I’m not starting from nothing. I have some decent connections and might be able to carve out something at my current org. So it could be worse.
Sounds like luck is on your side.
We’ll see in a year, lol
But probably the best time to switch to linux. So far.
Eh, it’s not bad. Everywhere there’s computers they’ll need a computer janitor to keep them running. It’s just not the insanity of 2021-2 where everyone needed techs and starting wages were rising rapidly
Why? No worse than any other job market right now. Sure Google layoffs get headlines but it’s not like tech skill are getting any less employable across sectors. If anything those skills are more critical now than ever.
Sure, the skills are critical. But the tech industry is dysfunctional right now, and there are no signs of reform on the horizon. Anyone attempting to break into the industry is going to find it extremely difficult to get started without experience, as companies don’t want to hire entry-level candidates anymore.
Even though there may be lots of high-pay, high-skill job openings, there is a dearth of true entry-level positions in IT that don’t require existing work experience and advanced skills.
Good point. I can see that.
Nah, just not the best time. That was 1996. 2021 was pretty good too.
Besides some high profile layoffs, there are still tons of tech jobs out there in less visible industries. Widget factories and insurance companies all have IT people, along with every one else in general.
Do it. Go back to school.
realise I want to go back to uni and study info tech
I highly recommend it! College as an adult who’s been in the workforce is way better than college as a kid fresh out of highschool. Great opportunity to make some more friends, do some cool college activities, plus there’s lots of good opportunities for student pricing on stuff if you have a .edu email and its a brilliant change of pace.
I’m afraid it’s terminal.
Weary traveler…
I’m afraid it’s Emacs…
My doctor gave me four months to live.
it’s a shell of a drug…
A terminal addiction
would you like to try some fish?
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🤣 ok pal. Think it’ll handle my DOSbox and email?
It’s a lot better than having that CPU on Windows.
Yikes.
Welcome to the community! If you need any help you have the Ubuntu forums and Lemmy because fuck Reddit
