I work in logistics. I’ve always had a fascination with tech, and was leery of all these neato things on offer from big tech, from social media to the cloud.

Found out I could self-host, and got to learning.

Yeah, it was ready for my old AMD machine. My new Nvidia box…nah.

But since I’ve switched to XFCE, I don’t need to worry so much about new-fangled things like Wayland…for now.

The one and only objectively best answer, imo.

Who needs therapy when you have pacman?

So anyways, I run Arch on my main gaming computer, and Debian on my servers and laptops.

I usually say, “You’re welcome, creepy disembodied voice.” Sometimes the people around me chuckle. Other times they look at me like I’m crazy. Both are valid.

I read this as “coroner” the first time, and it worked.

Nah. That’s what gives it that delicious weight.

I’m sorry. :( lol

You son of a…

I’m gonna snipe that auction you’re gonna be so mad

Well even a bare bones install of Debian has USB plug and play, networking, printing…they include a bit more than Arch, even if you do have to install your own programs.

Some functionality is missing, like USB plug and play, certain network file sharing capabilities, printing…so in addition to learning pacman, having to learn all the package names, you have to look up how to give the OS certain functionalities…it’s a lot as a newbie. If you don’t love working on computers, you may not make it through that phase.

And I say this with all due respect, as an Arch user myself.

Yos thot’s haw os spolled.

I’ve “refreshed” a couple coworker’s old PCs with Linux Mint XFCE. It’s actually gone pretty well.

“All I do is browse the net.”

Okay, I’ll put the browser right on the desktop, so you don’t have to search for it. Be patient, it’s an older computer. But at least this works, unlike Windows.

And I haven’t really heard too much from them. Internet works. Basic needs fulfilled.

I feel like someone who knows a bit more could be more of a pain. But for very basic computing needs like paying your bills and surfing IG, it can go well.

This is how I run all my services. I have a nice docker compose file, I always set my server computers up the same way so no editing will be necessary…

I was using podman, but like all Red Hat products, I found it to be unnecessarily complicated. Yes of course it has better security, but… Docker just works.

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The main one that has served me most well is over on reddit. /r/buyitforlife

Mine has analog dials. I consulted several “buy it for life” communities before I purchased. Anything to cut down on unnecessary complications.

I bought an “analog” washing machine (I can’t believe I just wrote that) because of simplicity. The more complicated something is, the more difficult it is to repair, and the more potential points of failure there are.