Honestly, it’s pretty left wing and there can be duplicates of communities. There’s far less content than on Reddit but I find that better because I lost weeks of my life doom scrolling on Reddit. I hit a point on here where I just have to wait for more stuff to appear. One good thing about that is you can comment on something and actually be heard. Not like on Reddit where all but the most niche communities have 200+ comments on each post.
Also, and this is a big one, you have to be running Linux.
Acceptable excuse. I am all in with Linux except that one program that uses .net and I can not get wine to work.
So the laptop with win11 comes out every month or so. After the 3-4 hours of updates and 2-3 reboots, it’s up and running for the 30minute task I have.
It’s windows 11 - it overwrites settings and installs whatever the fuck it wants. It’s not as bad where you are because of the EU laws. I then spend some time removing all the shit etc it forced onto the machine this time.
I mean, I didn’t when I joined Lemmy, but I do now.
I don’t think Lemmy was the deciding factor, Microsoft almost forced me by checking how much they can enshitificate win11 before users start exploding.
It “just worked” for me as well… Until I got annoyed, wiped it tf out, installed linux, and learned about tiling wms/compositors (hyprland my goat) in the process.
Trust me, you’re one bad day away from becoming one of us in full capacity:)
That’s perfectly valid. If Windows suits your needs and priorities, use it. I use Windows on my work laptop because Linux would be a nightmare with all the tools and apps we use. But personal laptop? Linux all the way.
In case you’re serious, Lemmy is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of reddit and Linux is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of using your computer. The motivation for using either are quite similar.
In fact, I’m using the both systems. (I used more or less ALL LINUX EVER lol). But I’m here just because Reddit is now a full porn / horny place, without any soul. Too many ads too.
It’s okay if you’re not linux, but there are a lot of those users here. You’ll hear a lot about it, lol.
It is not an anger factory here either for the most part. You’re coming around election time, so there is a bit of it. You might go through a bit of withdrawal.
Today I finished setting up local searxng on NixOS. I made it so that when the searxng module is enabled the searxng will get added to firefox as custom and default search engine which is pretty neat.
E: Otherwise if the module is disabled then ddg is used as a fallback.
Honestly, it’s pretty left wing and there can be duplicates of communities. There’s far less content than on Reddit but I find that better because I lost weeks of my life doom scrolling on Reddit. I hit a point on here where I just have to wait for more stuff to appear. One good thing about that is you can comment on something and actually be heard. Not like on Reddit where all but the most niche communities have 200+ comments on each post.
Also, and this is a big one, you have to be running Linux.
I thought Reddit was massively left leaning anyway?
Whhhhhyyyy Linux ? It works with Edge on Windows 11. But I think you’re right. It seems a far less anxious than Reddit, too.
Lmao, I also use Linux, but for my personal server. I’ve pro softwares who only works with Win. Wine don’t support them.
Acceptable excuse. I am all in with Linux except that one program that uses .net and I can not get wine to work.
So the laptop with win11 comes out every month or so. After the 3-4 hours of updates and 2-3 reboots, it’s up and running for the 30minute task I have.
Have you tried to disable optional Updates ?
It’s windows 11 - it overwrites settings and installs whatever the fuck it wants. It’s not as bad where you are because of the EU laws. I then spend some time removing all the shit etc it forced onto the machine this time.
It’s a never ending game of whack-a-mole.
You don’t have to use Linux… But, the side effects of using Lemmy might include switching to Linux and self hosting.
😎 I use Linux bro. Not on this computer, but I use Linux lol.
#ME2
I mean, I didn’t when I joined Lemmy, but I do now.
I don’t think Lemmy was the deciding factor, Microsoft almost forced me by checking how much they can enshitificate win11 before users start exploding.
For me, Win11 just works （⊙ｏ⊙） I assume it depends for your softwares, reinstalls, etc.
It “just worked” for me as well… Until I got annoyed, wiped it tf out, installed linux, and learned about tiling wms/compositors (hyprland my goat) in the process.
Trust me, you’re one bad day away from becoming one of us in full capacity:)
<3
That’s perfectly valid. If Windows suits your needs and priorities, use it. I use Windows on my work laptop because Linux would be a nightmare with all the tools and apps we use. But personal laptop? Linux all the way.
You’ll fit in just fine
In case you’re serious, Lemmy is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of reddit and Linux is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of using your computer. The motivation for using either are quite similar.
In fact, I’m using the both systems. (I used more or less ALL LINUX EVER lol). But I’m here just because Reddit is now a full porn / horny place, without any soul. Too many ads too.
Tbh, there are some horny people here too, Miisha for example, but they have soul. Soulful horniness.
It’s okay if you’re not linux, but there are a lot of those users here. You’ll hear a lot about it, lol.
It is not an anger factory here either for the most part. You’re coming around election time, so there is a bit of it. You might go through a bit of withdrawal.
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It’s not strictly necessary to run Linux, there’s also the BSDs, PonyOS, 9front, etc.
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Ah yes, the Safari operating system
I run Linux on a another computer. I think Windows AND Linux are cools
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Also, the more difficult your Linux distribution is to use, the more respect you’ll receive.
E.g. Ubuntu < NixOS < LFS
where does hannah montana linux rank?
or gilbert gottfried?
Right after TempleOS.
Today I finished setting up local searxng on NixOS. I made it so that when the searxng module is enabled the searxng will get added to firefox as custom and default search engine which is pretty neat.
E: Otherwise if the module is disabled then ddg is used as a fallback.