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   BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 01:41:48 JST BrianKrebs

   I said it with Windows 7 and it's a good thing to consider with Microsoft phasing out Windows 10 ~ a year from now (and currently pestering Win10 users nonstop to upgrade): Now's a great time to get friendly with some other operating systems if Windows is still your main thing. If you're new to Linux, e.g., Ubuntu is probably a good start. Install it in a virtual machine like Parallels or Virtualbox and just gradually start using it more for stuff.

   There will be a learning curve while you navigate the various stuff you need to know at the command line, but that's a great stepping stone to creating shell scripts and becoming a lot more proficient at using your computer, as opposed to the other way around.

   I will probably kick Windows to the curb entirely next year. It will help me waste less time killing random strangers on Halo.

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     Robert Link (phaedral@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 05:54:31 JST Robert Link

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     @briankrebs Imma be forced to say win at work.

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     CaveDave (engravecavedave@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 08:59:48 JST CaveDave

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     @briankrebs personally, I recommend Linux Mint over Ubuntu to new users. The "app store" they have is great and way more welcoming to those who've never used Linux and Cinnamon is way closer to the Windows UX design than GNOME is

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 17:17:27 JST 翠星石

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     • Matt Held :clippy:
     @grrrr_shark @mheld @briankrebs >Valve has invested a lot in Linux
     Valve hasn't invested anything into the kernel, Linux.
     
     They have paid codeweavers to improve WINE and other developers for DVXK and for a custom windowing system, but that's about it.
     
     Meanwhile, their proprietary "launcher" is still 23 bit.
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     Krista, Darth Moose Shark (grrrr_shark@supervolcano.angryshark.eu)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 17:17:28 JST Krista, Darth Moose Shark

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     • Matt Held :clippy:

     @mheld @briankrebs yeah, I was going to say... Valve has invested a lot in Linux support because of SteamDeck, and a lot of things run beautifully now as a result, so Linux won't save you from your addictions (though to be fair, those strangers are asking for it 🤣)

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     Matt Held :clippy: (mheld@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 17:17:31 JST Matt Held :clippy:

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     @briankrebs I mean, you could switch to ZorinOS (Ubuntu, GNOME) and can run Halo just fine ;)

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2024 17:17:37 JST 翠星石

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     • Krista, Darth Moose Shark
     • Matt Held :clippy:
     @grrrr_shark @mheld @briankrebs >Valve has invested a lot in Linux
     Valve hasn't invested anything into the kernel, Linux.
     
     They have paid codeweavers to improve WINE and other developers for DVXK and for a custom windowing system, but that's about it.
     
     Meanwhile, their proprietary "launcher" is still 32 bit.
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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 14:56:02 JST Ethan Black

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     @L0G1S @briankrebs I feel you. Windows is always getting in the way of people who know what they're doing. (And to a lesser degree, people who don't)

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     ░▒▓ Logis ▓▒░ (l0g1s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 14:56:05 JST ░▒▓ Logis ▓▒░

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     @briankrebs I was up until 2 last night fixing my laptop. I have a win11 partition just for occasional games that struggle on linux. Despite having the registry key set to pause updates (or so I thought) I come home am greeted with looping BSOD at boot. Earlier, I put the machine to sleep and it never prompted me or informed me that it was going to do anything. But jammed through an update and broke everything.

     After fixing it, I finally have have this fancy new copilot icon in the taskbar, just pathetic.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 21:00:08 JST 翠星石

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     • Krista, Darth Moose Shark
     @grrrr_shark >I didn't say they invested anything into the kernel
     Yes you did, you wrote "invested a lot in Linux" and Linux is only a kernel.
     
     It is a popular error to refer to software that is not Linux, as "Linux", doing so is totally incorrect.
     
     >if you would like to pretend that you know that some random stranger on the internet is too stupid to know the difference
     Due to the popularity of the error, most people on the internet do not actually know that Linux is only a kernel - this is simply because nobody ever points out that Linux is only a kernel, not because of stupidity.
     
     >folks like you are why so many people avoid FOSS discussions and the movement.
     GNU/JIHAD AGAINST "FOSS" AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
     FREE SOFTWARE FOR FREEDOM.
     
     >Think about your life choices, man. You aren't doing your movement any favours.
     Every time I point out that Linux is only a kernel, software freedom is actually a thing, GNU exists and "FOSS" is proprietary degeneracy, freedom wins.
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     Krista, Darth Moose Shark (grrrr_shark@supervolcano.angryshark.eu)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 21:00:10 JST Krista, Darth Moose Shark

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     @Suiseiseki @briankrebs @mheld I didn't say they invested anything into the kernel, and if you would like to pretend that you know that some random stranger on the internet is too stupid to know the difference because they aren't precise in a casual parasocial conversation, all I have to say to you is that folks like you are why so many people avoid FOSS discussions and the movement.

     Think about your life choices, man. You aren't doing your movement any favours.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 21:00:46 JST 翠星石

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     @grrrr_shark *, but doing so is totally incorrect.