/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021
Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website
Balena Etcher is what you want, though AFAIK if you’re making a Windows installer no Linux programs have the convenient options to disable TPM and online account etc that make Rufus so nice.
I’ve come to realize the Linux basics are actually a lot easier to learn compared to Windows and MacOS, the hard part is un-learning the old ways and habits of doing things. Like if one day everyone on earth forgot how to use operating systems, I’d bet Linux would probably be the one that catches on. It’s only because we’re so used to the idiosyncrasies of stuff like Windows that it feels more natural.
If it’s not the OS drive it’s prooobably fine.
I welcome competition in the space even if it is imperfect.
The major advantage of a subscription model is that they don’t need most users, just enough to be financially sustainable.
FWIW I really like Zorin, it’s not dramatically different but it is prettier out of the box.
Well said. Also, “tweakability” is ultimately going to be the same for any distro. Like you said the more beginner-friendly ones like Mint just start with some common tweaks already in place.
OP, do you know about GNOME extensions? It’s not something the Jedi will usually tell you about. But it’s a great start to the rabbit hole for newbies.
Confusing Linux with Lenovo is pretty funny.
I have a very similar setup to you, and I use SyncThing without issue for the important files (which I keep in my Documents directory to make it easy to remember).
Oh no I didn’t realize it had ended! Maybe someone else will pick it back up.
Or Nativefier (which uses electron) but with a nice GUI.
Mint or Zorin for those with windows experience, Ubuntu for those used to Macintosh, are all great “just works” distros. Don’t overthink it, OP!
This is really cool, it would be nice to have some quick options like start minimized or minimize to tray.
I have trouble believing that last bit. My Mastodon feed is always extremely full of scientists and Mastodon has almost 3x the active users that BlueSky does.
dead project
alive
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Good point, perhaps “beginner’s distro” is not the best term because not everyone wants to put a ton of attention into their operating system!
Sometimes FOSS communities are so very uptight, we should relax a bit.
Now THIS is funny
I really like Zorin as a beginner’s distro. It’s based on Ubuntu so most everything is designed to work with it without learning a whole new command line tool, but it doesn’t try to hide the Linuxey stuff and mimic windows. On top of that it’s just very polished.
This is cool. The CEO of ghost was on dot social (fediverse podcast) recently and I thought their approach to ActivityPub integration was interesting.