Do i need to live another life to make linux work?

No, but do bear in mind that switching to Linux will have a learning curve, and it sounds a bit like you’re expecting to be able to do everything you did on windows on linux without having to change your behaviour.

My advice is to start off with all the defaults of whatever distro you are using, and only installing packaged software for it, and just getting to a point where it is comfortable.

Most problems on linux (that I’ve found) either come from hardware being faulty ir unsupported, or that the user doesn’t understand how it works, but is trying to force it to work how they want it to. Both can be fixed with becoming more familiar with how Linux works.

This would also help you to understand why there are so many different distros (I do recommend distrowatch.com to quickly look up details about distros), as most differ in ways that require a bit of Linux knowledge to understand.

so tldr just stick with it and try and learn how it works meow :3

no spaces in a string is a dead giveaway that theres Cobol in there somewhere meow

i suppose if ur a language perscriptivist it does, but like… idm free OSes coming with nonfree drivers. theyr doing the best they can in a hostile environment

GNU does not dictate what is counted as free meow :/

in my opinion it can still be counted as free if it plays nicely with nonfree stuff. the whole Free thibg shouldnt dictate that free software is wholly hostile to nonfree softwarez

void boots fast on rather old or very low powered copmuters :3

someone being a dickhead givs me the right to say im no t sure about their product, bc theyre a dickhead mrow. this is good journalism, as it shows not only where the product is, but where it may be going (and a link so u can see for urselfs). OP dids a very good job if u want me dead i havethe right to tell u to go fuck urself :3

u just need kde, as hitting ‘get new widgets’ in da widgets sidebar uses the same backend, meow

so u just need to search for catwalk in there :3

hmm ill take a look, though idk it sounds a bit like a facebook clone and thats not what im looking for, but thanks for ur help !! :3

i do know cohost, but id prefer fediversed and foss stuff ideally cuz like walled gardens n stuff >w<

!!! thank youuu :3 this looks interesting im gonna check this out!

is there a real fediverse alternative to tumblr yet? i did hear that tumblr was working on activitypub support… but this shows the opposite intentions :<

hehe X3 (u can just look in my bio lmao )

oh sorry i use cat sounds in my replies X3 mrrp is a cat trill

i always think a snapshot system is a good idea and tbh i always thought stable just meant only little bugs got thru. stable stuff isnt immune to pebkac and config breakages >w<

yeh i think is a more advanced linux distro cuz of the no hand holding defaults it has mrrp >w< but honestly while u are right, that stability≠reliability, it does tend to correlate in my experience (tho my current arch install has been going the longest out of all my installs XP).

debian to me is one of the endgame linuxes, as in its what more experienced users will end up with mrow. imo it really isnt a good intro to linux aand tbh i would almost put it next to arch in terms of beginners probably shouldnt start with it mrrp

ubuntu just kinda sucks as a linux now imo, esp for new users

great list !! meowz theres nothing i can think of that u missed so well done :3

the gentoo wiki is also a great resource !!

wayland seems to be the way desktop linux is going, personally i like it and am migrating over w plasma 6, but ymmv mrowz

for global search i would recommend rofi-wayland !

overall, my best advice is to steal, mix n match others configs (make sure to keep track and source them tho !) and find what u like best, if ur only starting dont try and do everything from scratch !!

if u want a notification system, i use dunst :3

meow id love to see activities turn into whats described at the end of the blogpost atm is a bit half finished feature ime

if youre opening ur laptop from suspend or hibernate id look there first, i dont think itd be a nix specific issue, though there may be an option in kde to pause media when thd lock screen is visible idk >w<

you could also check if ur webbrowser has an option like that too (if ur on jellyfin via a browser)

yay a flower :3