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  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•How to start as a not very tech savy person
    61·
    1 month ago

    Any one of the uBlue projects is perfect for this use case.

    KDE: https://getaurora.dev/
    Gnome: https://projectbluefin.io/
    Gaming: https://bazzite.gg/

    Install and setup once, run forever. Immutable so impossible to break for a non-tech user, no package upgrades fuck-ups because updates are atomic and don’t touch the currently running system, are done in the background and are completely invisible for the user, great hardware support, based on Fedora. Regular users can only install Flatpaks through the App Store.

    The only “maintenance” needed is a weekly reboot to move to the latest OS image.

    As a personal feedback, I moved my gadget enthusiast but tech illiterate father on Bluefin. He can ruin a Mac in less than a few months. He can generate undocumented bugs on iOS by his mere presence. He hasn’t touched the terminal in his life. But somehow, Bluefin is still running perfectly after a year and a half. That’s how robust it is.

    As a side note, passwords are extremely useful for basic security, and a password less life is extremely dangerous. The fact that you need to input a password tells you that you’re doing something that requires extra care and attention.

    If you’re lucky to have a fingerprint reader that supports Linux (extremely rare unfortunately), you can get away with typing your password once at login and using your fingerprint for everything else.

  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux security
    8·
    3 months ago

    Honestly, Microsoft is one of the most active participants in the shitty fascist dystopian surveillance shitshow in the us right now. It’s not that it “might not be better”, they are literally one of the worst.

    Open source doesn’t work on trust, it works on scrutiny. Which is much easier to do when everything is open and therefore auditable. The threat model is very different, and the mitigation process is much faster since thousands of companies, including the biggest ones, need a secure Linux to run all their servers.

    Open source software security issues comme mainly from :

    • plain old bugs like everything else
    • supply chain attacks (Example), which are actually very difficult to pull off since they tend to actually fail because of said scrutiny

    What open source software won’t do because doing so would immediately kill a project:

    • deliberate backdoors “for law enforcement” like most commercial platforms
    • invasive telemetry/spyware
    • Microsoft Recall that literally records and stores indefinitely absolutely every single interaction you have with your computer
    • basically everything that’s deliberately harmful to privacy and/or security
    • enshittification to maximize profit since there is basically no financial incentive and no venture capitalist behind distros
  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•Choosing a distro for a technophobe's computer
    271·
    3 months ago

    Any one of the uBlue projects is perfect for this use case.

    KDE: https://getaurora.dev/
    Gnome: https://projectbluefin.io/
    Gaming: https://bazzite.gg/

    Install and setup once, run forever. Immutable so impossible to break for a tech illiterate user, no package upgrades fuck-ups because updates are atomic and don’t touch the currently running system, are done in the background and are completely invisible for the user, great hardware support, based on Fedora. Users can only install Flatpaks through the App Store.

    The only “maintenance” needed is a weekly reboot to move to the latest OS image.

    As a personal feedback, I moved my gadget enthusiast but tech illiterate father on Bluefin. He can ruin a Mac in less than a few months. He can generate undocumented bugs on iOS by his mere presence. But somehow, Bluefin is still running perfectly after a year. That’s how robust it is.

  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•The impossibility of finding a Linux laptop that I like
    17·
    4 months ago

    I have a 16, not a 13, but:

    • it does have a supported fingerprint reader (at least on Fedora)
    • spec it without RAM and SSD and buy them elsewhere. You can save several hundred [currency unit]s.
    • the trackpad is glass and is quite good for a PC. Definitely not current-gen MacBook Pro-level.
    • The speakers are meh. I’d say ok-tier for a PC, nowhere near a MacBook Pro either.

    Framework laptops are expensive, but you buy repairability and upgradability. A lot of parts have already been improved in the 5(?) years the FW13 has been around.

  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•Do you guys just have flawless experiences or what?
    34·
    4 months ago

    Short answer: yes.

    Long answer: it starts with hardware.

    It’s sad to say but a flawless Linux experience out of the box often comes from picking the right hardware first. Chose vendors who actively support Linux. AMD/Intel CPUs, APUs and/or GPUs. Intel WiFi card. Everything else should work ootb except most fingerprint sensors. Avoid laptops with dGPUs. Avoid nVidia. Hardware support comes from hardware vendors, the days of janky community drivers have been over for almost 2 decades. When it’s time for you to replace your hardware, do your homework first and/or buy from companies who sell Linux machines (Framework, Tuxedo, Slimbook, Starlabs, System76, some Dells, some Lenovos, etc). You can still buy from random companies but there won’t be any guarantees.

    Then, the choice of distro in kinda important but not that much. In my 20+ years of actively using and working with Linux, both in the desktop and server space, I’ve always found Ubuntu and its derivatives kind of janky. I’m a lifelong Debian user, but my best experience on modern hardware have been Fedora on my main laptop and its atomic derivative Bazzite on my gaming rig. Bazzite also comes with a nVidia-specific image for those who can’t/wont replace their GPU.

    Nowadays to limit interactions between system and user-facing applications, I tend to install most things from Flathub. It might not help with hardware issues, but it helps with stability.

  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•choosing a version of Linux for my mom
    62·
    4 months ago

    You’ve never heard of atomic/immutable distros? You’re part of the lucky 10,000 ;)

    Bluefin, Aurora and their much more popular sister Bazzite are part of the universalBlue project: a delivery pipeline that lets anyone build their own, maintenance free atomic distro.

    All uBlue projects are 100% based on Fedora Silverblue, itself an atomic distro based on Fedora. Which means that uBlue projects get automatic weekly upgrades just like Silverblue.

    For people not familiar with Linux, and people who don’t want to spend any time maintaining their OS (HTPC, gaming rig etc), it’s amazing.

  • WFH@lemmy.ziptoLinux@lemmy.ml•Why does Arch seem to have a cult like following?
    7·
    6 months ago

    Funnily enough, I feel the opposite. Manjaro never worked reliably for me, but Fedora works great for my use case. Is it perfect? Fuck if I know. But it’s a good, no-nonsense, extremely low maintenance, super reliable distro that I use daily with zero issues.

    Also, they pioneered the atomic distro concept that has amazing use cases, and some fantastic projects are based on this technology. My gaming PC runs Bazzite for a zero-maintenance, immediate gaming experience. My dads laptop runs Bluefin and he hasn’t broken it yet, and he’s capable of breaking every single OS.