Dirk

joined 1 year ago
[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

The distro is meant to run on a PC which is mainly used by non tech sawwy people. [...], so they become familiar with Linux more.

In this case I always suggest trying out Linux Mint. It is not "too heavy" and not "too specific/niche". It's a good all-purpose distribution for desktops/laptops where basic maintenance can be performed by the user.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 73 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You should donate to free software you like because you like it.
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Change my mind.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love how ChatGPT couldn't respond to that in the same way.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago

I stick with CS1 and mods.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

A bar, like waybar

Why not waybar? 😆

If you want to go all in, check out Eww - it's a lovely over-engineered and super customizable widgets framework that you can use to build a fully custom desktop bar, too. (and needs a lot of more work than waybar to initially set up)

Wallpaper switcher

Depending on your compositor there already might be something implemented that handles wallpaper switching. Maybe check out the super simple wbg application, or have a look at swww if you want ~~a bit~~ ~~a lot~~ tons of more features.

General usage tips for someone who only used full fletched DEs until now?

If you're on Hyprland or interested in using it, maybe check out My Linux For Work's Hyprland setup if you want something ready to use.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago (10 children)

I’d always get industrial or enterprise hardware. It’s just better.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I stopped having Linux discussions years ago. If people approach me and ask for my opinion I tell them to try Linux Mint and make backups before installation.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I have never seen anything valuable and/or good coming from that instance. Only trolling or hate. So I put it on my instance ignore list.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Yep, it's the easiest solution. You could also check if the provided hardware is necessary or if your ISP allows other devices to be connected. Then you could use the Fritzbox directly.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Get a somewhat recent Fritzbox and connect all your hardware to this device and then configure it to use your ISP-provided as uplink in the Fritzbox configuration. Since you already use an AVM repeater it should work well together with a Fritzbox.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 25 points 9 months ago

There is a difference between using software on a work computer for private purposes and installing another OS on a work computer, don't you think?

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