Turtle

Turtle , 1 month ago to piracy in What drew you to the high seas?

I was sick of paying the “Australia tax” for new releases that took longer to reach us than most of the rest of the world.

Exactly this, except I actually stopped for a long time when Netflix first came out and wasn’t geo-restricted… then the enshittification started.

Turtle , 3 months ago to linux in What's your favorite terminal?

When I, rarely, need more advanced features like window splitting and session management I also use Zellij

Konsole does window splitting as well, doesn’t it?

Turtle , 4 months ago to linux in Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down?

To be specific…

Install something from the main repo:

$ paru -S package

Install something from the AUR:

$ paru -S package

To search for a package, in the main repo or the AUR:

$ paru -Ss search-term

With the search results, it clearly labels if something is from the AUR or extras or the main repo, and you can make it show AUR results first or last in the config.

github.com/Morganamilo/paru

I don’t actually use pacman directly at all, I use paru for everything and it’s seamless.

Turtle , 4 months ago to linux in Former distrohoppers, where did you settle down?

Not sure why noone has pointed this out but if you use paru or yay instead of pacman, installing/searching the AUR is the same as if they are in the main repo. It does all the building etc for you.

Turtle , 5 months ago to linux in Distro hoppers, what's always on your install list when you've finished setup and logged in for the first time?

btop is awesome. RIP htop

Turtle , 5 months ago to linux in KDE Goes and Does It (Double-Click By Default, That Is) - OMG! Linux

1. click it
2. as it instantly opens you realise you didn’t change that setting yet and go change it

Turtle , 5 months ago to linux in When Windows 10 dies, I am going to jump ship over to Linux. Which version would you recommend for someone with zero prior experience with Linux? **Edit: Linux Mint it shall be.**

Mint 💯

Turtle , 6 months ago to linux in Dual Boot Best Practices?

Zram is really neat.

Turtle , 9 months ago to gaming in Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

How’s the A770 treating you in general?

Turtle , 9 months ago to linux in Post your favorite icon pack / cursor / theme for your DE

I really like the Mint Y icons, they’re kinda round with soft colours.

Turtle , 9 months ago to linux in What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?

I’m not suggesting it’s bad, I just don’t use it much and it’s always preinstalled.

Turtle , 9 months ago to linux in What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?

When I need an office suite, Libreoffice is the one I use, but it’s so infrequent that I reinstall writer or whatever part I need at the time and then uninstall again.

The main reason it bothers me is I will see it being updated frequently (and they’re not small updates) - and I’ve probably never ran the thing since the last OS install most of the time.

Turtle , 9 months ago to linux in What feature/utility/app are you surprised is not installed by default in Linux distributions?

The first couple commands I run after install:

<span style="color:#323232;">$ sudo apt install vim
</span><span style="color:#323232;">$ sudo apt autopurge libreoffice*
</span>

Turtle , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to linux in Wayland or X11? Why?

X11 because Discord is unusable for me on Wayland, and I use it every day.

Edit: I recently switched to a 7800 XT (was using a 3080), and the discord problem was either solved since the last time I tried it, or not being on nvidia helps - no more weird input lag etc. in discord, so I’ve moved over to Wayland finally.

Turtle , 11 months ago to linux in Distro hoppers, how do you manage your config files?

I just don’t wipe out /home when I reinstall. Same /home partition, different distro on /