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Why is there no Linux distro which works out of the box, is not buggy and rarely requires use of the terminal? Even highly praised distros like Ubuntu and Mint start doing weird janky shit within seconds of trying the distros.
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>>92822890 (OP)
You need to be more specific about "janky shit", Mint has not given me any problems so far. I've even done some gaming with Mint.
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>>92822890 (OP)
there is one but it's called Fedora Linux.
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>>92822949
I've had to use RPM Fusion and install multimedia codecs for Firefox's youtube so that's probably disqualified by OP's standards.
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>>92822890 (OP)
It's called U/k/x/buntu and that makes /g/ seethe. Arch just werks if you're not afraid of using the terminal to install a few packages.
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>>92822890 (OP)
>>92822941
>>92822949
>>92822966
>>92823217
macOS doesn't have these problems.
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>>92823320
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>>92822890 (OP)
that is my exact question
literally no distro supports simple tv overscan adjustments

xrandr fucking sucks

>>92823477 →
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>>92822941
plug your desktop/laptop into a old hdmi tv and try to adjust the overscan with xrandr
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>>92823520
I love using real desktop environments.
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>>92822890 (OP)
Literally Fedora Silverblue so long as you don't have a Novideo GPU
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>>92822966
Firefox flatpak doesn't have this issue.
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>>92822890 (OP)
Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and other derivatives work fine. I've never had a base install break unless I messed with things in configs.
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>rarely requires use of the terminal?
I don't know why don't you just get android?
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>>92823671
which distro I will put this on a usb asap
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>>92825323
this apears to be kde plasma big sir
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>>92825357
what distro has that option built in, most live environments I don't see that despite the right graphics drivers auto installed
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>>92822890 (OP)
ChromeOS, next!
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>>92825391
slackware do infact be havin the kde
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>Ubuntu-based
>graphical package manager that presents flatpak as the default option and does not delist any packages
>kernel option in installer that offers latest linux to latest hardware and LTS to older hardware
what am I forgetting for the ideal distro?
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>>92822890 (OP)
Artix
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>>92822890 (OP)
>comes with everything preinstalled
>easier than Windows 
>just works
>great platform for sticking your toes into Ubuntu
>"But LinusTechTips deleted muh install!!!"
>He deliberately did that, nobody who knows Mint is that tech illiterate
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>>92822890 (OP)
because GNU is a UNIX-like operating system, centered about the command line.
Winglows is centered around GUItoddler shitware and is unable to perform any basic task that isnt consooming DRM content in a web browser and running proprietary video games.
>not buggy
seems like a proprietary software and meme distro issue to me
>>92825304
this, stop using a keyboard
heck, stop using a computer all together
"The difference between a nigger and a white man is, do you like the command line? No? Youre a nigger, get the fuck out." - King Terry
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>>92822949
Fedora is great if you just want one main operating system, I've bricked dual boot installs tho because for some reason their installer thinks the Windows Boot Manager is a great place to install Grub
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>>92825550
>implying it isn't
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>>92825544
I love the King as much as anyone else but lets not pretend his project was a bastion of security. Any OS that lets you right programs that directly affect the kernel is just a bomb waiting to go off (it's fun tho)...
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>>92825564
Well yeah, if you need normie software it's unironically better just to run it through a VM with GPU passthrough...
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>>92825586
I like having control over my computer, mitigations=off, iomem=relaxed, run everything as root.
FUCK your gayland bullshit "security", having to run everything as root because "muh keyloggers" is NOT security.
wasting 30% of your CPU performance is NOT security, and if you don't run proprietary software or are operating a server, you have nothing to worry about.
If you run proprietary software, it will gain ring 0 access one way or another anyway.
>echo "malicious shit" > .bashrc
>wait
>profit
literally this easy, basically everything you run has full r/w access to your $HOME.
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>>92825536
I heard a lot of shit about Pop Shop
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>>92825544
Also Anon, you've forgotten the king of Gentoo is a Nigger who trolls /g/ all day looking for new content to steal.
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>>92822949
>>92825550
>btrfs by default
>no snapshots
why
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>>92825619
So basically you're ok with literally anyone stumbling across your Thinkpad having root access and being able to go straight into the kernel? Interesting...
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>>92823320
>gimpedOS doesn't have these
We know mr. gayface, it's always missing everything
>>92825323
I have that setting too, Tumbleweed KDE
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>>92825667
I was the retard who posted the complaint video today about Fedora being retarded with RAM recognition. It's still being retarded but I've basically figured out that it's not affecting actual program performance so I don't care...
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>>92825697
k
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>>92825649
>shills proprietary 'open sores' malware
i am still the king of /g/ because i beat my wife with my thinkpad.
>>92825684
yes, the only one who has access to my thinkpad is me.
if someone gained non-root access to my thinkpad somehow it would already be over anyways because he could just reflash my firmware with a backdoored coreboot image externally by taking off 8 screws, some shit in the grub config or whatever.
or if i didnt use coreboot, just take out my hard drive and replace my boot partition because i'd be needing that without grub in my firmware.
besides, theres something called a lock screen.
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>>92823320
Too bad McOS now scans your entire hard drive just like wangblows
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Even Windows tech support tells you to open a terminal and run sfc /scannow. Plus you need to do oobe /bypassnro to get a real account in Windows.
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>>92822890 (OP)
>what is mx linux?
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>>92825644
Pop shop is crap but it does the job, you can install/uninstall stuff without using a terminal, that's it
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>>92826013
the distro that purchased distrowatch's #1 popularity spot despite no one using it?
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>>92822890 (OP)
>build computer
>install Mint
>connected to projector in living room
>started Firefox
>computer set-up completely

What the fuck are you doing that it doesn't just work?
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>>92826471
seethe
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I haven't experienced any janky shit with Ubuntu LTS, so... the distro you want is Ubuntu LTS and you should stop complaining.
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>>92825697
tried fedora kde live
didnt have that option

tumbleweed doesn't have live
dont want to install it just for it to not have the option
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>>92822890 (OP)
This will probably never happen unless some segregated/semi-segregated working environment is the main workspace (like the Android/Chrome shell or macOS). Just a desktop UNIX gui on it's own won't cut it.
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>>92827384
Installing any distro takes like 3 minutes, what are you complaining about? How about you do your own legwork and try them out instead of asking others to provide the answer.
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>>92822890 (OP)
CLI is a cult
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>>92822890 (OP)
Pop OS
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>>92825544
Schizoid retard, GUI has been around since '73, stop coping.
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>>92822890 (OP)
Linux Mint is the answer.
Works out of the box
Makes Windows users seethe
Makes other distro users seethe
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>>92827881
you will never have a real os
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I understand if my grandmother would be afraid if the terminal, but we are on a technology board right now. At one could imagine it as such.
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>>92828278
Also, if he is afraid of terminals, he he mostly going to use GUI apps. And they can be installed via flat and appimage. No terminal involved.
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There no operating system that's not buggy as hell.
I have to use a macbook for work and that shit is seriously depressing. I was under the impression that Apple has a tradeoff, it's really expensive and you don't have hardware choices but it's otherwise well built, and the software is well integrated but no it's fucking garbage as well.
External screens are broken, and have to be reconnected regularly otherwise mission control is fucked.
Audio is fucked if you are doing too many things at once, also why no per application audio?
Sleep is quite unreliable, I used to see a kernel panic in the morning every day (this is better on M1 but not perfect, still happens occasionally)
Having to fuck with software update and appstore updates and xcode to compile anything is bullshit.
I'm also running a fucking Linux VM because "unix" is the most useless meme today and XNU is somehow worse.
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>>92828278
>>92828301
Being afraid of the terminal makes no sense to me.
How is following a list of instructions through confusing and meaningless dialog boxes better than typing in a command or editing a text file?
>but you need the terminal for shit that's really easy in other OSes
That's just a fucking lie in 2023, Microsoft has spent the last decade hiding everything behind more and more popups and sidebar links and layers of layers of legacy dialogs.
I haven't used GNOME but I wouldn't be surprised if footfags have it better.
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>>92823320
fpbp
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>>92822890 (OP)
>arely requires use of the terminal?
I don't know why people who want to use linux hate the terminal
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>>92826357
>it does the job
remember linus uninstalled the desktop when installing steam using it?
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>>92830134
I want to use Linux because Windows is just garbage.
Don't want to use the terminal for what should just be a simple button.
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>>92828439
If someone is using terminal on a regular basis, knows the commands, and is confident in what they're doing, great. More power to them (literally).

But if some is using it only once or twice a month, that too by copying commands off internet forums, which may or may not be there next time he needs it, then they are better off not using it.

Just as not every Windows user knows how to edit registries or every MacOS user knows how to enable kernel extensions in recovery, not every Linux user should be expected to be a command line and shell expert.
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what issues did you have with mint OP?
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>>92823320
>needs to use the terminal to disable mouse acceleration
>janky settings with options that do absolutely nothing
>weird ass keyboard input behavior
Thanks, but I'm sticking with openSUSE Tumbleweed.