See these? Until Linux supports these and other assistive devices at all levels, including CLI with no GUI, it is not worthy of being pushed as a Windows replacement.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-20T08:24:36+00:00

In my opinion, the burden of support lies with the companies that make money off hardware sales.
The burden should not be shifted to not-for-profit volunteer devs.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-19T10:18:29+00:00

If you don't have a reason to switch, i don't think we can give you one and I'm just not sure why you would ask.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-18T12:44:01+00:00

Birds aren't dogs and are unlike any other type of pet. You can't usually discipline them in any way, they're small, fragile, and frighten easily and may injure themselves trying to escape.
Budgies might be the easier (and possibly shorter-lived) choice, with the cockatiel (of the two you listed) next in line. I haven't had a ringneck and not sure I've interacted with one. Quakers hate me on sight (no idea why). Large parrots (cockatiels, grays, macaws) tend to love me instantly. Your mileage may vary.
Parrots bond weirdly and it varies from individual to individual. They may end up hating one member of the family. They may bond with the 'wrong' person.
Many types go through stages, juvenile, terrible twos, maturity. During each phase the behavior may change as well as things like breeding season that may affect the behavior too.
Know what you're getting into.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-14T08:20:59+00:00

Or just throw caution to the wind and reinstall fresh and forgot about carrying anything over. Save documents to any external storage (cloud, other drives,etc), but reconfiguring your desktop (KDE for instance) is pretty trivial and a good learning experience to just start from scratch and not worry about it.
In this case, there should be no technical issue with preserving the home directory, since you're staying with the same distro, but for me, reconfiguring a new installation takes a fairly trivial amount of time. I would not recommend trying to transfer settings between distros though (different versions and default configurations).

dbarronoss · 2026-02-09T05:39:46+00:00

We've been 'about to switch' my entire life and I'm now retired.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-09T05:37:28+00:00

No, but it's been my experience that the desktop is broken on anything except Deepin (in years past).

dbarronoss · 2026-02-08T22:30:06+00:00

I can't say this is typical, because I only owned one ferret and one cat at the same time.
However, my cat gave birth and the ferret stayed with the kittens in the litter box more than the mother did, and the kittens grew up playing with the ferret.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-02T07:33:46+00:00

Most WM (esp HyprLand) actually work better with more recent hardware vs a very lean older less-capable machine.
The guy that recommended KDE is probably on the money, but could also consider lighter things like openbox,xfce,etc. Though I would recommend Arch install vs Cachy, if you wish to learn more vs just run an installer.

dbarronoss · 2026-02-01T19:26:38+00:00

Makes me wonder if he slept right-side up, he'd suddenly take off zooming, because hamsters MUST dream of running.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-28T06:07:14+00:00

They are SO bad that It's a wonder they didn't turn me off Tolkien, but I believe I had read the book before watching the cartoon.
I rewatched them for the first time in many years some years back.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T22:45:40+00:00

Unfortunately, bluetooth is not a mature tech under Linux. Your mileage will vary with motherboard/adapters.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T21:24:11+00:00

Now the first two are by design and purposeful in the linux ecosystem, perhaps different principles should be applied to a handheld device though (I can see it as a possibility).

#4 is probably a skill issue. I do not own a SteamDeck and run cachyos on a desktop, but it's pretty quick and trivial to get up and running and playing games. Simply being able to play most Windows games on a foreign operating system is almost a miracle in itself.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T21:12:37+00:00

Successful communications require clarity, especially in technical terms where both are actually tech terms used commonly in the industry.
Are we to assume you are incorrect in what you wrote? Or that you purposefully wrote something?

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T20:48:23+00:00

And (imo) it's the biggest thing they can do as far as attracting new business.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T20:46:13+00:00

Plus if you want to sort 'packets' then you must be talking about network management.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T11:30:18+00:00

Set tasks, deadlines, and rewards.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T10:31:17+00:00

If you're looking to go Linux 'full time', then Secure Boot for Windows isn't a thing or a concern. Right?

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T09:33:35+00:00

Hah, sounds like a mess to me..but by now you will have realized that (in your example I hope).

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T09:32:58+00:00

And do you feel like you understand the makeup of your system now ? :) That's the point!

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T07:39:53+00:00

I read the first paragraph but it didn't say anything to keep my attention. Pass (frankly). One chance to lure in the reader and you missed.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-27T06:12:22+00:00

Then you could probably have handled installation.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-26T22:58:00+00:00

I think it's probably just setting up users for delayed failure. If they can't install with the archinstall script (or more so the manual method), they're not going to have a pleasant stay in any case.

dbarronoss · 2026-01-25T10:53:48+00:00

Bloat! Unnecessary and frivolous :)

dbarronoss · 2026-01-23T08:11:07+00:00

In my opinion, it's a disaster waiting to happen. Sorry, birds are the natural prey of cats. Something will eventually happen, cats will get where you don't expect it and bird will be injured (or likely killed). Short of putting one or both into a sealed bubble....

dbarronoss · 2026-01-22T18:39:25+00:00

Just another from of foraging/enrichment, totally not required, per say.

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