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Reddit API blew up and now I run Linux? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 59 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why stop at Ubuntu if you can try a new distro each month?

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 77 points 9 months ago (3 children)

This is the way, quit your real job and focus on nothing but switching distros

[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Then find sysadmin/devops/sre/younameit job 😅

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Newbie here but wouldn't it be

 chown -f $USER /sys/admin/dev/ops/sre/younameit.job

?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago

fuck I can't believe I've done this

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah seems to be the correct path, you just end up learning so much!

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm in this comment and I don't know how to feel about it.

[–] WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I am so happy that my parents didn't buy me a better laptop a decade ago, so I was forced to use a shitty thinkpad laptop. After reading online, I figured out that Linux makes it faster...

What's your story? :)

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Has anyone made c/distroHopping yet?

[–] Perhyte@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

!distrohopping@lemmy.world - no posts yet though.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is pretty cool. We really have moved over from Reddit, since we already have some of the niche communities. There are plenty of Linux users already, so it shouldn’t take long for people to start posting there.

[–] greywolf0x1@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago

I just made a post there

[–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I guess there’s that beginner period when that should be allowed. I kind of wished it happened to me again, instead of daily driving boring Arch systems with no incentive to ever change.

[–] alice_mac@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah when you're a beginner or when you get back into Linux you have like a grace period to reproduce a productive environment, then you're worried about changing too much in case it all breaks and goes wrong

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Did this for a bit until i learned how to install arch and never looked back

~~I use arch btw~~

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Wait until you try NixOS.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

Nix stops you from hopping because it takes literal months to set everything up for a mortal.

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 9 months ago

I did try it on a second drive and was to stupid to understand the like config file where you specify your packages

[–] Libretto@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a lot to explore after arch. We have Gentoo, NixOS, image-based distros like Silverblue. Swappable immutable core through ublue, leading you to bluefin or bazzite. Your journey is far from over

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 9 months ago

Nah i think it's pretty over... I have tried gentoo, nixos image based distros and all that. Even lfs. I'm quite comfortable with arch