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Time to thin the library of software engineering books that I no longer need or, in the case of the C++ ones, no longer (and never did) bring me joy. I doubt any charity shop will take these and I can’t just put them in recycling. If you would like any of these for the cost of postage (which for some will be sizeable), DM me. UK only, and I am in East Sussex if you wished to collect. Titles and weights in alt text. Please boost for reach and reuse! #computing #retrocomputing #books #Perl #Linux
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Books for disposal. Weights given for postage purposes.
“The C++ Programming Language,” 1.8 kg.
“The C++ Standard Library,” 1.5 kg.
“C++ Coding Standards,” 0.5 kg.
“Exceptional C++ Style,” 0.6 kg.
“The Design and Evolution of C++,” 0.6 kg.
“Design Patterns,” 1.0 kg.
“Programming Perl,” 1.1 kg.
“Perl Cookbook,” 1.2 kg.
“The Standard C Library,” 0.8 kg.
“Building Embedded Linux Systems,” 0.7 kg.
“Linux Security Cookbook,” 0.6 kg.
“SSH: The Secure Shell,” 1.2 kg.
“Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment,” 2.2 kg.
“TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1: The Protocols,” 1.3 kg.
“UNIX Network Programming,” 1.7 kg.
THE FINALS should be fixed again with the latest Proton Experimental updates https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/the-finals-should-be-fixed-again-with-the-latest-proton-experimental-updates/
Slackware is the first Linux distribution that I ever used. Before that it was hardcore hacking, where you needed to compile the kernel yourself in DOS, cross compile everything and all the other procedures that come into being
Slackware is the most mature distribution still being maintained
#Linux #Slackware #programming #distro #oldest #still #maintained
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware?wprov=sfla1
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The image shows a screenshot of a mobile device displaying the Wikipedia page for "Slackware," a Linux distribution. At the top of the screen, there is a search bar with the text "Search Wikipedia" and a magnifying glass icon. The time is 10:07, and the battery is at 87%. Below the search bar, there is a screenshot of a Slackware 15.0 system interface, showing a menu with options like "Users," "Accessibility," and "System Administration." The main content area of the Wikipedia page is black with white text, highlighting that Slackware is a Linux distribution created by Patrick Volkerding in 1993, originally based on Softland Linux System (SLS). It mentions that Slackware has been the basis for many other Linux distributions, including the first versions of SUSE Linux distributions, and is the oldest distribution that is still maintained. The bottom of the screen shows navigation options such as "Save," "Language," "Find in article," "Theme," and "Contents."
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TIL that Debian was spawned by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. Happy 32 years Debian
Note; my initial source of this information was not trustworthy so I double checked on Wikipedia to make sure that the information is valid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian?wprov=sfla1
#Linux #distribution #OpenSource #programming #POSIX #distro #Debian #birthday
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The image shows a screenshot of a Wikipedia page on Debian, a Linux distribution. At the top, there is a search bar with the text "Search Wikipedia" and a number "12" indicating unread notifications. The time is 09:35, and the battery is at 79%. The main content area displays the title "Debian" and a brief description: "Linux distribution based on free and open-source software." Below the title, there is a detailed paragraph about Debian, including its establishment by the Debian Project in August 1993. The page also features a blue background with images of a terminal window and a Debian website. At the bottom, there are navigation options such as "Save," "Language," "Find in article," "Theme," and "Contents."
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Kernel Recipes: https://kernel-recipes.org/en/2025/
GNU Tools Cauldron: https://gnu-tools-cauldron.org
All Systems Go!: https://all-systems-go.io
1x1 on "how to make readers take away a 'both sides are at fault' feeling, when in fact is primarily one side that is the problem here."
[not linking to the story shown in the shot on purpose]
#bcachefs #Linux #kernel #LinuxKernel
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Screenshot of a paragraph containing the text "as a result, Linux is not going to get a new next-gen copy-on-write filesystem. It's a significant technological loss, and it's all down to people not getting along" with "down to people not getting along" highlighted
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/08/18) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
#Linux 6.17-rc2 is out:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wiLHgdvJQkEW-pHcUuXOBJ9JOoKcZkzMaPSW60_-Mh90A@mail.gmail.com/
""So it's been a very calm week, and this is one of the smaller rc2 releases we've had lately. […]
[…] One day we're bound to hit that mythical merge window that doesn't introduce any bugs at all.
This merge window wasn't _that_ good, but maybe it was simply better than most?
Or maybe it's that much of Europe is still on vacation because it's August?
[…]
Let's hope next week ends up as quiet. Wouldn't that be nice?
Linus""
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This is a vid I bookmarked to watch when bandwidth is left at the end of this session of a few days
FreeBSD: The Really Alternative Desktop OS
#freeBSD #OpenSource #Desktop #Desktop2025 #POSIX #BSD #Licence #distro #noLinux #Linux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xm52v1D8qo
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The image shows a SBC computer screen with a web browser open to a YouTube page. The main focus is a video titled "FreeBSD - The Really Alternative Desktop OS," featuring a 3D model of a computer board, likely a Raspberry Pi, with various components like USB ports and a cooling fan. The video has 1K views and was uploaded 5 months ago. The browser's address bar shows the URL "www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9m5d1DIrE." On the right side, there are related video suggestions, including titles like "Linux Survival Guide 2: Running Windows Applications" and "The Making of BSD." The background of the browser window shows a sunset over water. The desktop environment appears to be a BSD-based system, with various application icons visible in the taskbar.
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Fedora Linux 43 branched and is on a pretty good path to release this October 
- LLVM 21, Perl 5.42, Go 1.25
- Zstd initrd
- Intel TDX confidential VM host support
- Kernel > 6.15, GNOME 49 (possibly Wayland-only)
Fedora 43 promises to be a substantial upgrade, with rich improvements across developer tooling, performance, security, virtualization, and graphical experience.
#Linux Weekly Roundup for August 17th, 2025: #NVIDIA 580 improves #Wayland support, #KDE Gear 25.08 adds new features and improvements to your favorite KDE apps, #VirtualBox 7.2 adds initial support for Linux kernel 6.17, #GNOME 48.4 improves GNOME Software update notifications, SparkyLinux 8.0 rebased on #Debian 13, Grml 2025.08 enhances #SysAdmin tools, GNOME 49 desktop enters public beta testing, Debian's 32nd birthday, GNOME's 28th birthday, and mroe https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-august-17th-2025
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup - August 17th, 2025
Artwork for Ubuntu 25.10 has been revealed, with the new mascot motif bearing playful cues to the 'questing' codename.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-25-10-wallpaper-mascot-artwork
Two #blog posts in less than one week!
It was considered known that there is no support within GNAT (Ada) for illumos. We cross-build a complete native binutils+gcc toolchain for illumos to test out this claim.
...only to discover that illumos has full support within GNAT. Not a single test fails.
https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250817.html
#Ada #illumos #GNAT #GCC #GNU #freesoftware #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #compiler #compilers
#Shotcut 25.08 is out now to fix a handful of bugs found in the 25.07 release and also add BT.2020 color space support to the preview, as well as an Embed Markers as Chapters option to the export job context menu https://github.com/mltframework/shotcut/releases/tag/v25.08.16
SoundThread is a new GUI tool, a front-end to CDP8 (a sound design library of tools, used by many big artists, like #AphexTwin). If you're into sound design (which is different than using synth plugins), definitely give this a try: https://github.com/j-p-higgins/SoundThread
#audio #daw #linux #foss #opensource #music
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SoundThread
I have *sincere* doubts whether SELinux truly improves security on a Linux desktop, or whether it is just a royal PITA.
Because clearly, an openvpn script wanting to drop in a dnsmasq config files & reload a systemd service should be this fun.
Just how many people do y'all think don't just swat this with "selinux=0" and move on with our lives?
(Outside the group of people developing SELinux or distribution maintainers.)
Dear friends of the BSD Cafe,
This idea has been in my mind since the very beginning of this adventure, almost two years ago. Over time, several people have suggested it. But until recently, I felt the timing just wasn’t right - for many reasons. Today, I believe it finally is.
So I’m happy to announce a new service:
The BSD Cafe Journal - https://journal.bsd.cafe
At first, I thought I’d use BSSG for it (I even added multi-author support with this in mind), but in the end, it didn’t feel like the right tool for the job.
The idea is to create a multi-author space, with content published on a fairly regular basis. A reference point for news, updates, tutorials, technical articles - a place to inform and connect.
Just like people in Italy used to stop by cafes to read the newspaper and chat about the day’s news, the BSD Cafe Journal aims to be a space for reading, sharing, and staying informed - all in the spirit of the BSD Cafe.
What it’s not:
It’s not here to replace personal blogs, or excellent newsletters like @vermaden ’s. And it’s not an aggregator.
What it is:
A place where authors can write original content, share links to posts on their own blogs or elsewhere, publish guides, offer insights, or dive into technical explanations.
The guiding principles are the same as always: positivity, constructive discussion, promoting BSDs and open source in general. No hype (sharing a cool new service is fine, posting non-stop about the latest trend is not), no drama, no politics. The goal is to bring people together, not divide them. To inform, not inflame.
Respect, tolerance, and inclusivity are key. Everyone should feel welcome reading the BSD Cafe Journal - never judged, offended, or excluded.
The platform I’ve chosen is WordPress, for several reasons: it’s portable (runs well on all BSDs), has great built-in role management (contributors, authors, etc.), and - last but not least - supports ActivityPub.
This means every author will have their own identity in the Fediverse (like: @stefano ) and can be followed directly, and it’ll also be possible to follow the whole Journal.
Original and educational content is encouraged, but it’s also perfectly fine to link to existing articles elsewhere. Personally, I’ll link my technical posts from ITNotes whenever I publish them there.
The goal is simple: a news-oriented site, rich in content, ad-free, respectful of privacy - all under the BSD Cafe umbrella.
Content coordination will happen in a dedicated Matrix room for authors. There’ll also be a public room for discussing ideas, giving feedback, and sharing suggestions.
Of course, I can’t do this alone. A journal with no content is just an empty shell.
So here’s my call for action:
Who’s ready to lend a hand? If you enjoy writing, explaining, sharing your knowledge - the Journal is waiting for you.
#BSDCafe #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeAnnouncements #RunBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos #Linux #OSS #OpenSource #BCJournal #BSDCafeJournal
Use Any PC as a Second Monitor on Linux (Hyprland Virtual Display Guide)
https://youtu.be/dPmZVlkOU9g
@lispi314 good question.
- Maybe because #dmraid as Software-#RAID was tasked with checking itself and the underlying filesystems like #ext3 were taked to check integrity on their level as well?
After all physical device <=> physical volume partution <=> logical volume groups (w/ RAID) <=> filesystems were used in classic #Linux-RAID transparently to each other.
- This also allows for weird shit like =RAID10 with an odd number of drives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID#Non-standard_levels) (just having data duplicated on different drives and striped in one go.
But yeah, you are correct in that an integrity checkibg module was overdue...
is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux? (tedu@) https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250817075800 #openbsd #performance #benchmarks #fork #development #freesoftware #linux #libresoftware
You know, I gave #emacs devs shit a few days back for not putting screenshots of their packages working on their git repos. But it's not an emacs problem. For some silly reason, a lot of FOSS devs refuse to put an image of their app on their repo. It is especially egregious when it's a GUI app or a color scheme. #linux #foss
Quelques alternatives :
- https://performous.org/
- https://usdx.eu/
- https://www.vocaluxe.org/ (à compiler)
À tester d'abord sur Win pour voir si cela convient...
Source : https://www.reddit.com/r/karaoke/comments/t3vlbl/recommendations_for_karaoke_on_linux/
#FFmpeg, l’utilitaire ultime pour le traitement de vos fichiers vidéo.
FFmpeg est un #LogicielLibre indispensable pour le traitement de l’audio et de la vidéo. Il s’utilise habituellement sous #Linux, le plus souvent en ligne de commande mais peut aussi être utilisé sous #Windows. Les commandes à utiliser seront les mêmes que sous Linux.
Je vous ai mijoté ce petit article qui précise comment l'installer puis comment l'utiliser dans quelques cas d'usage courant.
https://culture-et-outils-libres.forge.apps.education.fr/ffmpeg.html
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Logo du logiciel libre FFMpeg
Just upgraded my test laptop to #Debian #Trixie. Upgrade process couldn't have been any smoother...or any more boring!
Will be upgrading the daily driver this week.
This is one of the reasons why I love Debian. Rock solid stability, predictable, and boring aren't just for servers!
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A newly upgraded Debian Linux system running the hyfetch command line program. Hyfetch, a neofetch fork, prints the system's specs along with a Pride-colored Debian logo in a terminal.
A note that if you want to help people move to using Linux, one *option* is to build them an independently running USB SSD.
I've documented a good method for doing this, which has two distinctions:
- it allows them to not modify their existing computer at all;
- it will be their *long term* portable Linux, that can be used with (most) other computers.
The one big caveat:
- for each run-time host computer, they will need to find out how to have it boot from USB.
Started building my entire infrastructure monitoring solution from scratch!
- Powered by FreeBSD! 
- Using Jails and seperation of duty:
- One Jail running Grafana and Prometheus
- One Jail running Netbird Wireguard to connect my infra securely
- One Jail running Nginx and Certbot
All ZFS based for backup / snapshots and rollback options.
Routed and NAT'ed via a seperate deficated pf jail.
All working fine, I get first metrics and can start slowly improve from here.
Todo:
- Alerts via AlertManager
- Log-Ingestion via promtail
- Log analysis with Grafana Loki
- Adding remaining servers via WireGuard Mesh VPN
- Adding another Jail for Uptime-Kuma
#monitoring #freebsd #grafana #loki #linux #devops #jails #bastille #zfs
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Dear #BSD / #Anti_SystemD peeps,
Please make friends with #Linux-only, #Systemd fans.
#X114EVR peeps, please make friends with #Wayland fans.
The only way the community at large moves forward is to keep conflict within the domain of friendship. That way we can hold our differences, and learn to synthesize the disagreements.
And please, please don't assume that someone is your ally just because they agree with you on one technical point. I don't have a problem with X11 being maintained until the end of time, I just don't want it to be led by someone with really horrible/destructive politics.
It's not #CancelCulture, it's mercy. I would like to see a destructive ideology "canceled," people are never my enemy.
Edit: minor re-phrasing of last paragraph
#Debian Trixie-Based Grml 2025.08 Distro for #SysAdmin Is Out to Celebrate Debian’s 32nd Birthday https://9to5linux.com/debian-trixie-based-grml-2025-08-is-out-to-celebrate-debians-32nd-birthday
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Ok real talk for a second. I like #fedi, I do. But a subset of people on here have a serious case of the smug going on and it's frankly vile as fuck. I'm referring to people who go "This wouldn't have happened if you'd just switched to #linux" when someone has a computer issue. Or people deriding others for being on #blueSky which isn't properly proper centralized(tm) and har har dee har when that social network does something that allows folks on here to feel superior.
Gonna give it straight here: it's people like this that essentially make #fedi, as a whole, come across as a bunch of judgy, spiteful, angry nerds that want to be off in their own little corner hiding from the world and judging everyone who doesn't feel the same way. It's akin to that guy at parties who's seen the light and spends the entire time convincing others to buy a hybrid, or go on a keto diet, or try essential oils and yeerety sneer if you don't intend to smoke whatever they're smoking.
Windows, who? 😎
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Someone says, "You can't game on Linux".
To that, a man (Rick) replies with an angry expression, saying, "Every Windows game I play on Linux without your permission raises my self esteem".
You can also see a little boy (Morty) standing towards the left.
just a bunch of silly little mobile computers at the FOSS-Phone Groupphoto Session @FrOSCon, most running @postmarketOS #froscon #froscon20 #froscon2025 #postmarketos #sailfishos #mobian #foss #linux #linuxmobile #android
🔴 Now Live
🪐 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Wii) - 100%
#retrogaming #OriginalHardware #FOSS #Linux #Fediverse #videogames
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I wish I knew of the existence of `extrepo` sooner! How'd I miss this?!?
https://words.presgas.name/debianet-al-repo-management-hidden-gem.html
RAPPEL
Si vous êtes dans le coin de Montréal, il y a un 2 à 5 organisé au parc Lafontaine pour le #debianday .
Mais kossé que ça mange en hiver, le Debianday? Rien du tout, car c'est l'anniversaire de l'une des plus vieilles distributions de #Linux, #debian .
Malheureusement, je ne pourrais pas y être mais si vous pouvez faire un tour, saluez @magicfab de ma part! 😉
Recycler un ordinateur n'est PAS possible ! La déchetterie ne fera que les brûler ou les enterrer.
En France on récupère quelque bouts de plastique et de métal, tout les circuits (carte mère) ne sont pas recyclables et finissent au milieux des bidonvilles d'autres pays. Pour rappel la France n'arrive pas à recycler son carton.
En parlant d'une option de recyclage, #Microsoft tente de promouvoir qu'il y a une part d'écologie (qui repose sur vous) au milieu de son geste d'obsolescence voulu, lucratif et égoïste.
Rémunération du PDG en 2024: 8,1 millions de $ (+71 M$ d'actions).
Bon bah merci a la personne de mon boulot qui m'a fait découvrir robocopy sur #windows puis expliqué rsync sur #linux pour pouvoir synchroniser mes données entre mon disque dur de mon PC fixe vers mes disques externes pour les copies "au cas où "
Pour rsync, il faut encore que je trouve l'option pour, a la fois afficher la trace dans le terminal et remplir le fichier de logs + lui dire de synchroniser les dossiers sur lesquels j'ai mis des liens symboliques
(Oui avant je formattais les disques externes avant de les reremplir, ce qui prenait un temps fou, quand on commence a en avoir beaucoup)
#GNOME 49 Beta Desktop Environment Released for Public Testing on GNOME’s 28th Anniversary https://9to5linux.com/gnome-49-beta-released-for-public-testing-on-gnomes-28th-anniversary
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Screenshot of the GNOME 49 beta desktop environment showing the Activiries Overview and new Donate pop-up.
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Fin de Windows 10
Plutôt que d'acheter du nouveau matériel ou d'accepter les conditions de Microsoft, pourquoi ne pas redonner vie aux PC existants en passant à Linux 🐧 ?
Des millions de PC sont confrontés à l'obsolescence programmé par Microsoft 😡 🤢 🤮
Sachez qu'avec #Linux, il n'y a pas de déchets ☢️ ☣️ 🚯 électronique, pas d'obligation de vous séparer de votre tout nouvel ordinateur et vous faites un geste pour l'environnement 🌍 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋
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End of 10
Rather than buying new equipment or accepting Microsoft's conditions, why not revive existing PCs by passing to Linux 🐧?
Millions of PCs face obsolescence planned by Microsoft 😡 🤢 🤮
Know that with Linux, there is no electronic waste ☢️ ☣️ 🚯 , no obligation to separate from your brand new computer and you make a gesture for the environment
🌍 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋
#EndOf10 #Windows #BanMicrosoft #NoGAFAM #Privacy #NoSpy #RegainPrivacy #Linux #Debian #Fedora #LinuxMint #Solus #Ubuntu #Gnome #KDE #Xfce #openSUSE #LibreOffice #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #Environnement
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Plutôt que d'acheter du nouveau matériel ou d'accepter les conditions de Microsoft, pourquoi ne pas redonner vie aux PC existants en passant à Linux ?
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Rather than buying new equipment or accepting Microsoft's conditions, why not revive existing PCs by passing to Linux?
Wine 10.13 released with improvements for WoW64, BCrypt and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/wine-10-13-released-with-improvements-for-wow64-bcrypt-and-more/
"This Week in Plasma" brings fixed bugs, improved UIs.
Coming up: much more soothing sounds, better accessibility for notifications (sans annoyances), and Konsole and Kate passing Wayland activation tokens back and forth, opening up interesting possibilities for inter-app synchronization.
Find out more at
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/16/this-week-in-plasma-a-lot-of-polishing/
#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #desktop #Plasma6
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L'ALDIL est désormais inscrite comme marraine sur https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr/map#/fiche/ALDIL/95/@45.7546,4.8468,17z?cat=all
Prochaines install parties au Rize de #villeurbanne et à la MJC Monplaisir de #lyon8e
Pour une prise de contact plus informelle, il y a toujours un #PiqueNiqueDuLibre prévu ce 28 août à #lyon https://www.aldil.org/events/pique-nique-du-libre-2025/
#endof10 #install_party #gnu_linux #linux #endof10installationsparty #logicielslibres #reemploi #numérique #entraide
When Windows breaks, and you fix it, your resent it bc the problem was put there on purpose so that you *can't* fix your own computer.
When #Linux breaks, and you fix it, you feel happy bc you learned something about how Linux works, and it turns out it made perfect sense the whole time. :)
(Mac is just as bad as Windows in terms of keeping you from fixing your own computer, but they break down far less often. Don't @ me. It's true.)
I'm reading that Microsoft has announced support for Windows 10 is already ending in only a couple more months, which is making people understandably angry and some may be interested to try out #Linux. This is great! Linux thrives with more users and a diversity of experiences! Unfortunately, fedi has a bad reputation for being... unhelpful when it comes to folks asking "basic" tech questions, especially about Linux.
I'm certainly not the most knowledgeable or experienced, so I can't promise to be able to help directly with many questions, but I *do* promise to be patient and understanding to anyone experiencing some difficulty migrating away from Windows. Linux has been my main driver for regular computing for several years now and I ever switched over for gaming a couple years ago, so feel free to reach out!
Hoping folks can reach people actually willing to help with some hastags:
#LinuxMigration #DigitalMigrant #EndOf10 #EndOf10Ambassador
Saw a comment on The Register praising FreeBSD because "no systemd", that isn't something to be proud of lol. I really do not get the whole contempt towards systemd. Just seems like people unwilling to accept change to me.
It works for me so why should I bother changing what works? Hell, systemd has been more reliable for me than Wayland (though that's apples to oranges - you get the idea, tho.)