this is awesome, thanks!
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Heck yeah! I hear a lot of people go to Mint as their first Linux distribution. I don’t know what the experience is like now, but it’s probably good for newcomers. I think EndeavourOS is another good one. Right now I’m fully invested in NixOS, but it’s not beginner-friendly at all. I think it’s the best OS out there right now, though, so feel free to check it out!
Sounds interesting, I’ll check it out.
Luckily, I have the ROM part covered, but thanks for the pointer 👌
Why is everyone so sure that W10 support ending will have its users stampede towards Linux? I think most users don’t care about support and will happily run an outdated OS. They’ll probably switch to Apple if they are concerned with that. Am I being too pessimistic?
Thanks! Didn’t know about this one.
I’ve been rocking a Pixel 8 pro with Graphene OS for a year and change and it was a great experience after being an iPhone user for 8 years aproximately.
The install process is great, automatic and foolproof, you just need the phone, usb cable (probably came with your phone) and a computer with a Chromium-based browser.
App support hasn’t been a problem for me, you can reach for Aurora Store (anonymous Play Store client) if you really need something from there. Otherwise you have F-droid and the usual suspects and also Accrescent, which Graphene offers through its own app store, but barely has anything as of today.
I setup Shelter to have some apps more isolated and being able to just not see them if I want, namely some Microsoft apps I need for work and some that depend o Google’s services. Shelter is recommended by privacyguides.org, so you should be fine using it.
I think Pixel/Graphene is probably your best option for security if you need it. Privacy I guess you can achieve many other ways.
fullovellas@lemm.eeOPto Nix / NixOS@programming.dev•Roast my system flake (please)English3·4 days agoI read your issue and you left some great advice. Thank you for taking the time to write something thoughtful! As you probably guessed I really had barely any idea of how the module system worked, but it’s nice seeing it’s a bit similar to Rust’s. I will look into the switch script, which will be convenient, and apply your suggestions, since I basically agree with all of them 🙌
fullovellas@lemm.eeOPto Nix / NixOS@programming.dev•Roast my system flake (please)English6·5 days agoYou’re missing out man, I’ve been daily driving NixOS for almost two years now and I can’t go back. It’s not that complex to set up and it’s great knowing most of what’s on your system at a glance by looking at a config file.
fullovellas@lemm.eeOPto Nix / NixOS@programming.dev•Roast my system flake (please)English3·5 days agoIt’s a bit LMAO-worthy, yes. I have it mostly out fear some sofware might break on Hyprland at a bad time, and because I’m too lazy to look for some basic utilities separately.
Yeah some people for sure will come to Linux, and that’s good. Maybe that PewDiePie video (as much as I don’t like it) will have some impact too.
The biggest hump is probably video games, even I do most of my gaming on Windows. I guess Valve is making really good progress there, but I don’t think we’ll see mainstream Linux native game development any time soon.
Also, sounds like there are some cool people at your university!