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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah it seems to work very well on my server. I've always just wondered why I don't see more people recommending it when they're switching from Ubuntu/Kubuntu. From what I've seen on the server (which I mostly access remotely), it seems decent.

[–] gayhitler420@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s not cool. It means you have gray hairs. The packages are old by default.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well I do have some gray hairs, so no issue there...

[–] gayhitler420@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

May I recommend lxqt and a trackball?

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

lol Listen here, sonny...

[–] Hapbt@mastodon.social 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

@limelight79 @gayhitler420 my only real nitpick with debian is that the package updates are too slow for my personal taste. for other people, maybe its perfect, but i think ubuntu has just a bit more bleeding edge without being unstable.
my 2 cents
ymmv

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Hmm interesting point, thanks. That's the sort of thing I might not have noticed since I don't use it on an interactive system like my desktop.