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lemmyreader , to linux in Follow-up to installing Arch

From past forums reading I remember that a boot loader in Linux can have trouble booting properly when you use two different physical drives (Rather than one drive and different partitions), I think it needs to specifically get to know about both drives. Does this help ?

lemmyreader , to linux in [QUESTION] I installed Apache OpenOffice

Go for LibreOffice or OnlyOffice. Both can be installed natively or with Flatpak or Snap (or maybe AppImage) is a safer bet.

lemmyreader , to linux in Linux Newbie - Curiosity

Where my curiosity lies is this, from my understanding Linux Mint is based on underlying Ubuntu as is Pop_OS, so how come both Pop_OS and Ubuntu recognise the wi-fi card out of the box so to speak but Mint doesn’t.

Different releases of Linux distributions come with different kernel versions (e.g. 4.x vs 5.x vs 6.x). And in the past sometimes for some devices (Like Android smart phones for mtp file transfer, or security keys) additional udev rules had to be added to make the Linux system recognize the device properly. Then there is firmware (closed source binary blobs) as well.

I remember a friend having issues with the WiFi card, with an old LTS version of Ubuntu, whereas a brand new Ubuntu version worked fine with the WiFi card. Glad to hear it all works for you, and welcome on board @ Planet Linux.

lemmyreader , to linux in What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

😁

lemmyreader , to linux in What's (are) the funniest/stupidest way(s) you've broken your linux setup?

Years ago a friend mistakenly typed in killall5 as root on a remote server. Didn’t break things but resulted in extra work and effort.

lemmyreader , to linux in My First Month of Linux

Cool! Welcome on board of Planet Linux. 🐧

lemmyreader , to asklemmy in What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis?

Termux (web link) for more information.

lemmyreader , to asklemmy in What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis?

Keepass is the oldest one and only for Microsoft Windows. KeePassX is a discontinued project. KeePassXC is a community fork and my choice. Not sure about KeePassXD, maybe an Android version.

lemmyreader , to linux in Is it only me, or do you find all those "I deleted Windows"-posts annoying too?

Well said, and a nice read. 👍

Thinking about this I think that a lot of consumers who buy their new laptops will have ChromeOS, Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac OS pre-installed, and when they have problems with it, most of them might go back to the shop to get help, or even buy just another new computer. Another good feature of Linux is that it does not necessarily force you into hardware upgrades every few years, and it can even run on all kind of devices., making Linux flexible and sustainable.

lemmyreader , to linux in Is it only me, or do you find all those "I deleted Windows"-posts annoying too?

I often do like these posts, because it usually shows their past suffering, and the new freedom they enjoy. It is also an opportunity to share the common community feeling with them.

After all, to me many years ago when I saw Linux booting for the very first time (no GUI, just lots of text from the kernel) that was one thing about Linux that I liked : names of human beings visible. If you look at software by Microsoft or Apple on computer installations you will normally see zero names, it is all very formal.

Social interaction between Linux users, starting with solving Linux questions, has been there for years in forums. I like seeing people help other people and move forward together.

Same with newcomer posts. I think if the posters get redirected to the correct sub

And what sub would you suggest ?

lemmyreader , to linux in What if I paid for all my free software?

Good article 👍

lemmyreader , to linux in 2024 Is the year I will commit to ditching windows

I believe that both VirtualBox and KVM (QEMU) can do USB passthrough. With either one you can have the full Windows OS running on your Linux desktop, which could be more comfortable than going for WINE. Here’s an example with KVM and Arch Linux.

lemmyreader , to linux in Share your Linux-related Blogs/Websites

planet.gnome.org

lemmyreader , to asklemmy in Which email provider?

How about Fastmail then ?

lemmyreader , to linux in Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux?

Agreed. Happy GNU year ! btw.

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