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  • I feel like Linux alternatives often falter by trying to offer as extensive of a feature set as the proprietary options. GIMP would be better if it simplified it’s menu’s and focused on offering a strong central feature set, then expand on that core over time to offer a powerful workflow of it’s own.

    I noticed this especially with FreeCAD, which is trying to do like 12 things for some reason? Just offer intuitive parametric cad and focus on it. We don’t need OpenSCAD inside FreeCAD because OpenSCAD is already it’s own thing for example.


  • Yeah that is wild. Back on windows I had a three monitor setup at one point and honestly rarely utilized the whole of it.

    Ever since moving to Linux and learning about virtual desktops I have never felt the need for more than one monitor. So I could hardly imagine the need for seven beyond novelty lol.





  • Any modern distro.

    There are GUI methods for adding repositories to every major software center to my knowledge, and it isn’t very hard.

    Kate, and other modern file editors are more than equipped to handle some config files, that’s probably the simplest thing ever.

    There are multiple GUI front ends for samba.

    Don’t comment on the usability of Linux GUI if you haven’t even tried in the last 20 years like seriously


  • It is for the sake of combatting the commonly held belief that you can’t do anything without the terminal in Linux.

    Progress on the accessiblility, and GUI centric applications and functionality in Linux has been huge in the last decade or two. It is now entirely possible to use a Linux system while rarely needing the terminal. And if you have someone techy helping set it up for you then it is possible to never have to.



  • TheMonkeyLord@sopuli.xyzOPtoLinuxCrapped my system
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    6 months ago

    This makes a lot of sense, though I can’t help but think about the fact that all these distros were once brand new projects that people had to go out on a limb and try out before they became what they are today.

    Though I also guess these projects had more official dedicated support.

    In any case, I won’t be the one going out on a limb for a while now lmao




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    6 months ago

    Yeah that’s why I put it in quotes, it just kept popping up when I searched for distros more inclined towards gaming lol.

    Yeah I didn’t know about bazzite before going about this whole thing, but I am not going to try gaming on my system until nvk becomes more capable. Even then only light work.

    I’m not necessarily a begginer as I have been using Linux for a few years now, but arch is definitely out of my wheelhouse