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    I've also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it's at home while I'm on vacation.

    I'm just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I'm not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.

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    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Nice!!! I'm trying to be like you

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    Welcome to the community.

    I do have a question: Do you like your current desktop environment (Cinnamon)? Some newcomers complain that it looks quite dated (which I agree). If so, you could try out KDE Plasma or GNOME instead.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    I have been using Kubuntu as a daily driver for almost 10 year now, and never regretted it. I had one Windows box for things like special cases (like dumb website forms that won't let me use Linux), Pearson Vue exams, and edge cases related to work, but it's on standby as a secondary system I RDP into. I am not a gamer, so I didn't need it for that. I saved so much money not having to buy hardware in the last decade or so.

    Sadly, Windows 11 won't work on anything I have (TPM issues, too old), so I recently got a cheap Windows 11 laptop before the tariffs hit and I pay more for dumb Windows-only reasons.

    Linux all the way, man. Gave me a career, a life, and my hardware back.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago
    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Great work! Glad you're with us

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    Way to go! Welcome to the club buddy! If you need help, don't be shy. You can DM me anytime and I'll do my best to help. :)

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Linux mint my beloved

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Welcome to the community!

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

    Congratulations Comrade! Good luck to you in your new world of free awesome software. I escaped Windows years ago and can only imagine how bad it's gotten.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    I've got the same laptop and running mint. How is your wifi when you resume sleep or open your lid?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Haven't had any trouble, connects right up. What are you experiencing?

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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    did the same thing and Did a raid0 btrfs config on my old windows drive.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

    I love how under most Linux threads there is war and anarchie and many know-it-all, but under this? A New Penguin? Lets Embrace him in the best Community there is.

    Nice Work Man

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Love that command line book. Got it on my shelf next to me. Have fun

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    You've got this! 🔥

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Different distros deal with securebot differently. If you try OpenSUSE, secureboot works: you will be asked to enroll your keys after the install reboot. And you will see the ooensuse-secureboot entry in the UEFI boot order list.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

    Congrats! Made the switch finally early this year myself, after thinking about it for nearly twenty years. Hasn't been nearly as hard as I was worried it would be.

    I will say that the "Linux Basics for Hackers" is a pretty disappointing book that really should just be called "Linux Basics", and spends too much time pandering with things like "cool" scripts that do nothing useful or wrap a simple command in a way that doesn't actually make it more useful or easier. It's also full of inaccuracies and just isn't very well written, and if you've gotten through much at all of How Linux Works, you're not likely to get anything out of it.

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