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These neighbors really want me to learn how to use linux I'm too much of a brainlet for that
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Can some techcel give me a rundown on how to switch to the most basic r-slur-proof version of GNU/Linux? Must require no programming experience and take no more than a day to switch over
10k dc for the first full rundown
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pretty sure that happens automatically
in my experience most people coming from windows prefer KDE
ubuntu has a GUI updater for that nowadays.
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Tbf I almost never do graphic installs. I figured some steps weren't necessary but I'm not gonna check lol
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Like 1/3 of these steps are unnecessary. You recommended Debian/Ubuntu, not Slackware.
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All those steps and you didn't even install Swift support.
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Idk about Debian but sudo is installed by default on Ubuntu. Your initial account is privileged.
Follower of Christ Tech lover, IT Admin, heckin pupper lover and occasionally troll. I hold back feelings or opinions, right or wrong because I dislike conflict.
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On debian sudo isn't there, at least on server installs, you need to do su and shit as root
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Yeah I never used Debian
Always felt like worse Ubuntu to me.
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I used it for servers and it just werked, until I realized shit like vichan use old php dependencies only maintained and kept on some random dudes repo which he didn't update the specific version of to be compatible with it.
death called me that day
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Rundown:
Dont
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1. Obtain Chromebook
2. Run debian container
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BACK UP ALL DATA, YOU WILL LOSE ANY DATA ON THE DRIVE
Go to rufus, its a windows utility to make a bootable USB https://rufus.ie/en . Download the latest
Go to ubuntu desktop site https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop and download Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS . This means Long Term support, ie security updates until 2027.
plug in a USB stick to your computer and start rufus. Select the USB stick as the one to be used and the .iso you got from the ubuntu site.
Once its finished this is a bootable USB stick. Take it and put it into the PC you want to install linux onto. It may boot into the existing operating system, to solve this go to the biot (usually spamming f11 or delete as it starts up) and select "Use a device" or the name of your flashdrive / boot from flashdrive. It depends on manufacturer of your motherboard but generally you can figure it out.
Confirm any changes and it should restart and boot into linux. Just keep everything default, do it as a normal installation. Also click download third party software for graphics, this is for GPU.
The next box click erase disk and install ubuntu. This will clear all data and install it.
on the who are you just give whatever username you want, when choosing your password make sure you can remember it. Click continue and it'll begin installing and everything will be completed soon.
It will then restart and you will just enter the credentials you entered earlier and can now do whatever.
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At no point in your rambling, incoherent post were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone on this site is now dumber for having read it. May God have mercy on your soul.
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https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
https://linuxmint.com
babies first distro
https://manjaro.org/download
babies first "real distro"
https://www.debian.org/download
your real first distro
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The fact that there are tiers of "distro" mean that it's far too much trouble for 99.5% of people.
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They're basically just different themes for your os. No different than changing the look on Windows. I don't think anyone would argue there's a functional difference between Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, etc
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arch/manjaro is pretty different from debian/ubuntu even for end users.
people coming from windows should just stick to ubuntu.
if they want to learn a bit how things work under the hood they should make a second partition where they can install (and re-install) arch and test stuff out. (or instead of arch they can do the same with gentoo. both have great documentation.)
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Wrong r-slur
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Windows XP > Windows 7 > Windows 10 > Windows 11 > Windows 8
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Just stick with ubuntu (I actually recommend the kubuntu version, because KDE looks better to most people and runs perfectly fine nowadays).
Manjaro is cool, but updating a rolling distribution after a couple months of non-use can turn into heck. e.g. arch recently renamed ~50 packages from [name] to [name]5 (e.g. kio to kio5), and my old, rarely used laptop got completely stuck updating that. AUR has more packages to offer, but a lot of it is difficult to build, and there's lots of interesting WIP stuff (on github etc) that isn't in the AUR and that's built on ubuntu and tested to build on ubuntu.
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Manjaro is decent if your a beginner but I'd say its more of a "learning experience" to install arch normally. It's good enough if you just need something decent for a weak desktop you plan to use for gaming. The little tower I used was from like 2017, had 12 gigs ram, no GPU and some intel with inbuilt graphics but it seemed to still run light minecraft shaders decently. Probably cause of less bloat idk I still have the board. I like the XFCE version, looks very nice and good performance.
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Unironically keep yourself safe
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okay bud, sorry it's not peppermint linux or some other one feature writeoff
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Ubuntu? What is this 2010
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still the best for 99% of users
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https://www.kali.org
The REAL distro
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x3
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You can use linux on chromebook bro
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stg when the full rdrama dossier is leaked it'll turn out that google actually pays you for chromebook product placement
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I wish
Notice me google
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Eh, once it's setup it's just clickity-clik as usual. And setup is easy now, it's "next next next" all the way.
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Yeah most normie distros literally hold your hand through the install process
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Linux is for people who don't value their time. It'll be a lot less effort to get whatever MS shits out and neuter it through regedit than it would be to learn to use a completely new operating system day-to-day.
Remember: you are under no obligation to leave whatever you buy unaltered as-is. It's yours, take it apart, break it, fix it, alter it, hack it, until it does what you want, whether it's a toaster, a car, or a computer.
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