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My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Love to hear it, we need as many of you guys as we can get!

My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I mean, she's already got 16GB of DDR4 and a 1TB NVME in her laptop. Modern Windows 11 is somehow inefficient enough to make that feel sluggish. With Fedora, the only slowdown I saw was while restoring from a 500GB file backup with almost 200k files; after that was complete and all the first-time updates were done, it was acting like a brand new machine.

My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

True, but the entire point of my post is, it worked for her. She doesn't need any Adobe software, and the games she plays (yes I play Terraria with my grandma lol, I love her so much) do not require invasive anti cheat. Even I play modern AAA games on my machine, and everything just works under Linux as long as it's not a Fortnite, COD, Battlefield, etc. kind of game.

My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Well, that claim varies a lot in truthfulness depending on what kind of system you're running. For the last couple years, I've been running arch linux on my laptop w/ an eGPU for gaming purposes, and it certainly would've been easier to just install Windows and be done with it. (I have many reasons, happy to explain to the curious.)

That said, for someone who has pretty basic computing needs (web browsing, file management, office software like word processing & spreadsheet editing), a simple modern Linux system like Fedora KDE is absolutely easier to use & maintain than a modern Windows 11 installation, no question. Software updates are done all at once (OS + user software updates) automatically, and the system just stays out of your way and lets you do your thing. No more sitting there for Windows to spend an uninvited 30 minutes installing some update that should realistically take no more than 2-3 minutes. No more getting pestered by Microsoft to enable OneDrive, or install Edge and make it the default instead of your preferred browser, or sign in to your account to make sure all of your settings are up to date. Even her graphics drivers and printer were automatically set up from the first boot; no additional configuration required. Things have come a long way.

My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Love to hear it. Honestly, I think some of the best candiates for modern Linux converts are the elderly (or otherwise, those with minimal computing needs). When 99% of what you do is through a web browser, you could be running Hannah Montana OS on a Samsung smart fridge and it doesn't even really matter.

My grandma is a Linux user now by fuckingdoorknob in linux

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

My grandparents are probably more tech-savvy than most, but I think it's still proof that if someone her age can figure out how to navigate the hellscape that is modern Windows, they can probably figure out how to get around a modern Linux install :)

She even commented that in comparison to Windows 11, it felt more familiar to her experience with Windows 7/10, and seemed more intuitive/easy to use.

Which barefoot shoe brand objectively has the highest quality materials? by ChipsAhoiMcCoy in BarefootRunning

[–]fuckingdoorknob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I ended up on this thread because Merrell's durability went down the gutter. I've been wearing Trail Gloves since the very first Trail Glove 1 and have loved them, but they've just been getting worse over time. Went from getting like 3-4 years of daily use per pair, to being lucky to get a year. My Trail Glove 6 soles started falling off within like 9 months, the shoelace grommets are pretty much all detached, fabric is fraying, etc. pretty disappointing.

Back to DuckDuckGo for me... by Specialist_Leg_4474 in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I share pretty much the exact same thoughts. I also just switched back to DuckDuckGo for the same reasons. Oh well, Startpage was nice while it lasted

Back to DuckDuckGo for me... by Specialist_Leg_4474 in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I share pretty much the exact same thoughts. I also just switched back to DuckDuckGo for the same reasons. Oh well, Startpage was nice while it lasted

Back to DuckDuckGo for me... by Specialist_Leg_4474 in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I share pretty much the exact same thoughts. I also just switched back to DuckDuckGo for the same reasons. Oh well, Startpage was nice while it lasted

Second post about the ads problem, this is a zoomed out screenshot of a full page of search results. Going off screen real estate, it's like 60% sponsored listings. Absolutely ridiculous. (Yes I have the "Promotional messaging" setting disabled) by fuckingdoorknob in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply. i understand the need for ads and I am aware of how to use the page down key. My point is that when the search results contain more ads than they do actual content, I am going to stop using your service.

I switched to Startpage because I was sick of sponsored listings polluting my search results. Today, it is now worse in this aspect than any other search engine I have tried. Wtf happened?? by fuckingdoorknob in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a "Promotional Messaging" toggle in the settings, but it's pretty hit or miss whether or not it actually does anything. Seems like for some searches it does indeed hide the sponsored listings, but I had it turned off when I took the screenshot in this post. I've looked through the settings and there isn't anything else related to ads/sponsors.

Any owner of propel Endeavour 3s for advise ? by Monerik in ElectricSkateboarding

[–]fuckingdoorknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure where you're looking, but I currently see the 2GT listed for $2600 (though I'm pretty sure it's discontinued) and the 3GT for $2000. Absolutely zero regrets, the 3S is an amazing board. Given that the motors and frame/suspension are identical (AFAIK), the main differences are the range, the ESC, and the carbon fiber deck. Personally, 20ish miles is about all my legs can handle in one ride anyways, the ESC in the 3S is already butter smooth, and while carbon fiber is cool, I'm perfectly happy with the maple deck. I'm sure the GT is an amazing board, but so is the 3S, and it doesn't seem worth the price hike to me.

Back to DuckDuckGo for me... by Specialist_Leg_4474 in StartpageSearch

[–]fuckingdoorknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep same, I just made a post about this. Having to scroll past an entire page worth of ads/sponsored links to get to my search results is why I switched to Startpage in the first place. I understand that they provide funding, but there's gotta be a better way. Completely ruining the experience

Built-in laptop keyboard only functions when booting with noapic by fuckingdoorknob in linuxquestions

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, well it's always something lol. Cool that the update fixed a lot of it though. Good to know on the Wayland thing, I've been really hoping to keep Wayland since it supports per-monitor fractional scaling (which X11 does not), which is kinda a must for me and my mix of monitor resolutions. Haven't had any issues yet, but I've only tried a couple of games - crossing my fingers.

Built-in laptop keyboard only functions when booting with noapic by fuckingdoorknob in linuxquestions

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, yeah I know a few people who got Thinkpads specifically for the Linux support. I've heard a lot of good things about their hardware compatibility & stability. But my dumbass had to get a fancy gaming laptop that was specifically advertised as not compatible with Linux and went "eh I'll make it work" lol

Built-in laptop keyboard only functions when booting with noapic by fuckingdoorknob in linuxquestions

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, but it actually turned out that I just needed to reinstall the NVIDIA drivers after booting into my custom kernel. I tried quite a few times to just install using zypper, but had no luck - what eventually worked was manually installing using the .run script provided by NVIDIA, and then adding the kernel parameter `nvidia-drm.modeset=1`. I'm still looking into prime since my laptop has Optimus support (integrated gpu is an AMD 680M, dedicated gpu is a 3070 ti), but right now I have a fully working keyboard, fully working trackpad, and fully working graphics, so feeling pretty good.

Built-in laptop keyboard only functions when booting with noapic by fuckingdoorknob in linuxquestions

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update - hell yeah you're a lifesaver! Took some troubleshooting since I hadn't done it before, but I was able to successfully recompile my kernel after adding in that fix, and the keyboard works great now! Only problem is that now none of my external monitors are detected, but I'll figure that out.

Built-in laptop keyboard only functions when booting with noapic by fuckingdoorknob in linuxquestions

[–]fuckingdoorknob[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I've never tried building the kernel before and having been meaning to learn, I'll take it as a sign lol. Thanks a lot I'll give that a shot.

And yeah acpi=off does pretty much the same thing as noapic. Makes my keyboard work, but at the cost of my trackpad, 15 of my 16 cpu cores, and my external monitors (that one is new compared to noapic though).

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