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iopq , in NixOS musings

I do overlays of software to patch it all the time. Eventually I'll package it, but it needs upstream fixes, so I'll try to package my own fork

simonced , in Neovim, LSP format issues all of a sudden

I can’t read your config because the screen shot is too small, you should post block of text with ``` before and after.

<pre style="background-color:#ffffff;">
<span style="color:#323232;">It'll loke like this.
</span>

Then, I don’t do C++, and I have never encountered this issue, but if you’re using Mason in your setup, you might want to try to update your language server, then use the command LspRestart maybe…

Anticorp , in Anyone else starting to favor Flatpak over native packages?

I like them for convenience, I don’t like them for customability, possibly just because I don’t know enough about them.

DidacticDumbass OP ,

That is a good point I have not encountered too often. I don’t tend to customize the programs I use. I tend to just learn the defaults for that program.

Anyways, people keep recommending FlatSeal, which is a graphical way to customize Flatpak permissions, so that may be helpful to you.

mvee , in why did you switch?

Foss software for everything that’s a one click install got me. I’m surprised msft doesn’t make Winget more visible

neytjs , in why did you switch?

Windows XP was the last Windows that I wanted to use. When it became totally obsolete, I upgraded to Linux Mint. I will never go back to Windows. I did not even start off using Windows. MS-DOS was my first operating system.

original_ish_name ,

I did not even start off using Windows. MS-DOS was my first operating system.

Windows wasn't around during the days of ms-dos, windows is just newer ms-dos

ScrimbloBimblo , in why did you switch?

For me, it just came down to how unintuitive and slow Windows’s desktop environment is. Setting up the most basic customizations requires going through like 15 sub-menus or dealing with the registry. Also, GNOME and KDE are just so much prettier than Windows’s desktop environment.

loopgru ,

This is it for me, too. Back before I got into Linux I was forever tinkering with third party stuff to try to make the UI more efficient with things like Enso and Docker, and make it prettier with other stuff, but it was always a ramshackle cludged together mess. GNOME just resolves all of those issues neatly for me, runs faster, and isn't crammed full of bloatware ad crap like modern versions of Windows. And it's more secure, free, and ethically satisfying as a cooperative, trans-national project.

Fubarberry , in why did you switch?
@Fubarberry@lemmy.fmhy.ml avatar

I had a 3-4 year old gaming laptop, and a mandatory windows update would corrupt the hard drive forcing a fresh install. I say mandatory because it installed no matter what I tried. Disabling updates in settings and registry never would prevent this update from wrecking my computer. I could get a few days to a week of use and then it would crash and require a fresh install.

I installed Ubuntu to see if it was a hardware issue, and it ran great. Years later when I finally got another computer I tried windows again, but quickly realized how many things I hated about windows. I deleted my windows partition and have never looked back since.

deaf_fish , in why did you switch?

Proprietary software just feels gross, low quality, and opaque. I want to feel like I’ve actually got some kind of control over the computers I own. Windows was feeling more out of touch with software developers. Installing a compiler in Linux is super easy compared to Windows.

Adderbox76 , in why did you switch?

For me it was hardware ethics.

Spending thousands every couple of years because a marketing department tells you your old device is suddenly shit just doesn’t sit well with me.

I’ve used the same $400 dollar phone for three years now, keeping it updated with lineageOS. And I’ve kept my trusty 6 year old editing desktop relatively capable with routine part upgrades and Linux.

Our entire economic system is based on making people buy new shit as often as possible, and that’s so ridiculously unsustainable it’s insane most people just put up with it so long as they can keep their nose down watching tiktok.

Tenniswaffles ,

While I agree that marketing trying to sell you upgrades you don’t need is dumb and annoying, it’s a pretty poor argument unless you have absolutely no willpower or something and can’t stop yourself from buying new things just because it been advertised to you.

rbos , in why did you switch?
@rbos@lemmy.ca avatar

I switched because Windows 2000 was total garbage, and because Linux gave me actual programming tools. I was like a kid in a candy store. Suddenly I had all these amazing professional software packages, and scripting languages that weren’t fucking garbage. I’m still WAY too good at DOS scripts. The number of years I wasted learning DOS. Fuck microsoft. I’m still a little mad.

the16bitgamer , in why did you switch?
@the16bitgamer@lemmy.world avatar

I actually like Windows. Not because its a good OS (it isn’t) but because my software works with it, and it works with my hardware.

Only problem Windows 11 has decided thaty hardware isn’t compatible anymore thanks to no security chip and because it requires a mandatory account to use.

The security chip is me being stubborn, but the mandatory account is an issue because I know people who live off the grid, and not entirely by choice.

So I wanted to find an alternative and Valve is showing that Linux is good enough that they can ship thei Steam Deck to mass market, without Windows.

I’ve jumped 4 distros since starting this. POP_OS, Manjaro, EndeavorOS and Fedora. What I’ve learned is 3 things

  1. Linux has become stable, no matter what OS I used the experience was the same software was the same. And most if not all of it just worked. Its not Windows with exe installs (unless you’re using Wine/lutris) but its similar to android/iOS that I was able to get into it easily enough
  2. which distro you want depends on the software you need and how up-to-date the packages need to be. Ubuntu (and any is based on it) has packages that are too out of date for me.
  3. find a desktop environment that you like, since it really narrows down which distro you use. I like KDE plasma and if the distro doesn’t game with it pre-installed or an installable option I won’t use it.

The end result was some productivity software shuffling fusion to freecad, Vegas to resolve etc. But almost everything I needed was installed out of the box, or installable without extra packages. With flatpak and community repos filling in the blanks.

Currently on Fedora, and it’s the closest distro to user friendly Linux I’ve used. Manjaro is a close second, but how the manage aur and their own packages caused me to destroy my install with no hope in recovery. Thankfully I was able to save my files.

eshep , in Date & Time Nobara 38 unwanted Japanese characters

@theViscusOne Take a look at LC_TIME in your /etc/locale.conf. If you don't have one, make one and set all the things you want to be a specific locale.

The manpage might be helpful, it also references the locale one which may also help.

theViscusOne OP ,

Thank you so much.

Edited the etc/locale.conf file and all is well.

pinkolik , in What's your opinion about Manjaro?

I use Manjaro ARM on my Orange PI because I couldn’t get Arch ARM to work on it, while Manjaro has support of my devices out of the box. Since I installed a minimal possible version (without any DE), it doesn’t feel bloated or something. It feels like I’m using Arch but with slower updates. Overall, it’s good and I don’t notice much difference from Arch. But anyway, I haven’t tried it for a desktop station.

LolaCat , in why did you switch?

I switched because I really hated windows 11. When it first launched it was such a broken, buggy, unusable mess I just decided it was easier to learn linux

It’s probably better now but I still haven’t had a need to go back

Scraft161 , in VM solution with "seamless" features
@Scraft161@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

Look into X11 forwarding if the guest uses X11 (xwayland will happily play along if you use waykand on the host) or try something like way pipe if you want a full Wayland solution. Both will display an app over network as if it was running locally, but they do require a bit of setup with ssh.

You may also be able to trick RDP into displaying one app remotely like winapps does if you don’t want to deal with ssh.

socphoenix ,

That won’t work for forwarding from a windows vm

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