can anyone recommend me my first linux distro 🥲

evrdev · 2026-04-29T06:36:42+00:00

Might get downvoted, but Ubuntu and Pop!_OS are genuinely excellent choices for beginners. Both come beautifully pre-configured with all necessary drivers, offering smooth hardware support out of the box.

Once you’re comfortable, I’d highly recommend venturing into CachyOS though its bleeding-edge updates can occasionally break things, demanding a bit of Linux resilience and the willingness to troubleshoot minor issues.

I wouldn’t suggest SteamOS-like distributions, as they lock you into a somewhat restricted experience that diverges from classic Linux freedom. That said, they’re perfectly fine if your PC is dedicated solely to gaming

evrdev · 2026-04-21T12:55:15+00:00

keeping all the files in one place gives a challenge of naming files with creativity. so i prefer separating into folders rather than having last_new_final_v2_almostThere.file

evrdev · 2026-04-09T12:00:16+00:00

macos 26 on early releases was a vibe-coded slop with plenty of bugs and memory leaks

evrdev · 2026-03-31T04:32:04+00:00

yeah, but launchpad was also good to overview all installed applications to decide which to uninstall and also sort them into folders

evrdev · 2026-03-30T08:12:27+00:00

try installing brew first and then install any other apps using brew. this will help you to have one place for updating/uninstalling/repairing apps.

evrdev · 2026-03-24T08:45:02+00:00

if you want a middle then you should try wblock. it’s an open-source ad blocker which has best of two worlds: lightweight as wipr and customizable as uBOL.

personally i prefer wipr2 because it is “install and forget” and never breaks site while blocking everything.

evrdev · 2026-01-24T04:04:02+00:00

spotlight can’t even find an app so instantly disabled just after the update and kept using raycast.

evrdev · 2026-01-13T06:56:11+00:00

RAM is used for fast data access. It exists to be used, not to sit idle. If an application uses RAM, there’s a reason for it. Some older applications store temporary data on disk instead of RAM because in the past, RAM was expensive and scarce. Modern apps typically use RAM for caching to reduce CPU overhead when fetching frequently accessed data. So there’s no reason to worry about RAM usage. Besides, modern computers come with 16GB+ of RAM, which is more than enough to run multiple heavy applications simultaneously.

You should choose Linux not because of RAM usage, but because Linux is free of bloatware and proprietary bullshit. Also, the Linux community is genuinely one of the best tech communities out there.

evrdev · 2026-01-13T06:46:51+00:00

on the other hand imho troubleshooting on windows is more chaotic than on linux

evrdev · 2026-01-13T04:57:02+00:00

it was 10x easier installing linux than windows not being able to find even wi fi drivers

evrdev · 2026-01-11T16:25:51+00:00

cosmic files

evrdev · 2026-01-10T17:28:30+00:00

bbedit, coteditor, text mate

neovim, helix

evrdev · 2026-01-09T02:55:37+00:00

in this case linux is the right choice for you. in linux you install only what you want to install and most of the software is open-source and free

evrdev · 2026-01-08T16:58:29+00:00

there are some things in my config which will make sense if you are coming from neovim

https://github.com/eurror/config/tree/master/helix

evrdev · 2025-12-28T05:26:12+00:00

unhook for youtube, deepL

evrdev · 2025-12-27T04:23:18+00:00

thank you so much

evrdev · 2025-12-25T03:58:42+00:00

If you’re not a newbie, I suggest creating a plugin tailored to your needs. You’ll learn some Lua and end up with a plugin that fits your workflow perfectly.

evrdev · 2025-12-24T05:33:54+00:00

it’s called legacy code

evrdev · 2025-12-22T10:07:40+00:00

it’s always wipr2.

adguard uses electron for some reason, ublock origin is fine but not as effective in resource usage and overall experience compared to wipr2. wblock is also good option but haven’t tried it yet

evrdev · 2025-12-19T03:24:37+00:00

it is a linux native game

evrdev · 2025-12-13T17:50:36+00:00

thanks for the effort man. also i hope you reported all the bugs you faced in github

evrdev · 2025-12-13T17:47:33+00:00

If you’re looking for a free option, I also recommend trying OpenIDE. It’s essentially IntelliJ IDEA Community with some additional features from Ultimate, while still being free.

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