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2023-10-12 05:51:40

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@npub1kc8…j65c
Linux is a complete different operating system from Windows. You don't perform an in-place upgrade from Windows to Linux, you perform a fresh install, replacing Windows.
So you want to back up your documents, photos, videos, and anything important if you're going to make the switch.
The ISO can boot from USB and you can try it from the USB without installing or touching Windows. The actual install, is point and click easy, just like Windows.

2023-10-12 05:33:27

Ubuntu 23.10 had been released via most of the repos.
There is no ISO, yet. But a command line update worked.
The repos are likely still being populated at this time. If you are told there is no release yet, try later.
#Ubuntu #Linux
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2023-10-09 05:20:15

Microsoft, quietly, has published a guide on how to download and install Linux.
No... Seriously... It is not a joke...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/install
The article was published September 29, 2023 (9 days ago).
The guide provides every option available, too. Starting with using their Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), to using a Virtual Machine, and even on "Bare Metal" alongside Windows.
That's right, Microsoft now tells you how to dual-boot Linux. 🤯
#Microsoft #Windows #Linux #Ubuntu #Debian
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2023-09-08 20:07:09

"Microsoft Edge is a great browser"
Oh really?
It cannot even install extensions recommended by Microsoft on their own website.
I'll stick to using Mozilla Firefox, thank you, very much.
#Microsoft #Edge #Mozilla #Firefox
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2023-08-31 05:31:49

If you enable all the ad-blockers in Vivaldi Browser and visit YouTube...
... YouTube will now claim you are offline.
This is the future of all Chromium-based web browsers.
If you are using Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, or Vivaldi, you're using a Chromium-type browser.
Google develops and owns the source code to Chromium. It is what they use to build Google Chrome. Google also own YouTube. -- The fix is in.
The solution? Firefox.
#YouTube #Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Firefox
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2023-08-17 20:30:20

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 I have a web server using Arch Linux. It has been going on for a little over 5 years now.
When you think about it, there aren't many points of failure for a simple web server (Apache, Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, and the few minimal barebones OS files).
I set one up at the request of a client. At the time, I thought they were nuts. Turns out, not so much.

2023-08-17 08:18:23

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@npub17td…apfk another unpopular opinion concerning Linux?
Package names should have the same name across distros. They can still be uniquely configured differently, but the package names shouldn't be widely different from one another across distributions.

2023-08-17 08:07:11

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@npub17td…apfk Unpopular opinion of Linux?
Linux needs to be more unified. - At least with the basics.
I lmean, I ike that you have choices among distros, but the locations, for example, of config files or apps should be the same. The contents don't have to be the same but at least the locations of where things are would go a long way.

2023-08-17 00:30:08

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@npub1gfd…7gg6
Mozilla Firefox is the answer.
* No ads
* No ad notices telling me to disable ad blocking
* No notice telling you to turn on your history.
I disable the YouTube app on Android, before I even activate my phone (I also disable Chrome).

2023-08-17 00:09:23

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@npub1gfd…7gg6 I know better not to do that line of code, but I can imagine some poor newbie right now wondering why things have done so wrong for them. 🤣

2023-08-08 19:02:27

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@npub1su4…a0dw Is it useful? Beneficial to the public general well-being? Can it possibly save lives?
If yes, of course, conservatives are going to want to defund it.

2023-08-05 17:33:57

"I use Brave Browser, it has almost no ads."
Oh, ya?
I use Mozilla Firefox with uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger, and I have NO ads. -- Anywhere.
You cannot use a chromium based browser and expect no ads. Chromium is designed to defeat ad-blockers. It's why if you install uBlock, not all the options are available. -- It is also why you sometimes still see ads on YouTube or run into the anti-ad message.
Only 1 browser is ad free - Mozilla Firefox.
#Mozilla #Firefox #Brave #BraveBrowser

2023-08-04 20:10:51

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@npub17td…apfk Good.
I don't support Red Hat and have not done so for a long time.
Red Hat screwed me over, and now they've decided to close their source code.
Alma Linux can go in another direction, and I'll be happy to keep using them. And if they somehow become unusable for whatever reason, I'll just further double-down with both Debian and Ubuntu.
#Debian #Ubuntu #AlmaLinux #RedHat