Bobson_Dugnutt

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What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think I need to know about that

What movie from your past are you completely nostalgia blind too? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good Burger

if you like doing your job and going home, how do you bear with coworkers who are lazier but more popular than you and get away with doing less? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

It's not a competition, you don't need to compare yourself to your coworkers or police their work ethic.

Now if they're ordering you around that's another issue.

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've heard them called "bicycle-shaped objects"

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'll add the caveat that any bicycle sold at Walmart is complete garbage and will probably break on you

What are some items that really aren't worth paying the expensive version for? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Snack foods. Store brand Cheetos taste the same for half the price

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I did a fresh install of Debian (64 bit) with KDE, and it seems to be working for me, except it's already frozen up and needed a reboot twice. I might go with a more lightweight DE if that keeps happening.

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's an intel core 2 duo t9300, which I'm pretty sure is 64 bit. I guess I was confused because it was previously running a 32 bit version of windows 7.

Edit: I'm not sure if it's amd64 or aarch64 or mips64. I think it's amd.

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I was under the impression that it's old enough to only work with the 32 bit OS. I'll double check that and try installing the 64 bit version if I can.

If the 32 bit version is all that will run, am I shit out of luck when it comes to running any modern software?

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I tried "flatpak remotes" and it listed flathub. I also tried "echo $?" after installation and it returns 0. So it should be working.

But when I try to install Shortwave in the terminal it says:

error: Nothing matches de.haeckerfelix.Shortwave in remote flathub

I also can't find Shortwave in the software center.

Edit: I wonder if this is because it's a 32 bit OS?

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes it's Gnome

Newbie with questions about Debian in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I think I've seen some frame skips, I'll double check and maybe go with a different DE. And having heard all that, I'll keep Ubuntu as a last resort.

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Newbie with questions about Debian (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I got an old Windows 7 laptop that was going to be thrown out and decided to put Linux on it (see previous thread here). Most people suggested I go with the latest stable version of Debian, so that's what I installed. I've mostly used Windows, but I do have some experience with Ubuntu.

The installation went smoothly, but I've had a few problems getting it set up to my liking:

  1. I can't figure out how to setup flatpak. Everything seems to be working fine until I enter the last line in the terminal:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

I hit enter and nothing happens. No error message or anything. I restarted the computer but flatpak doesn't work, either through the software center or the flatpak website. I found a few forum posts with the same problem, but no solutions.

  1. I somehow set it up so that my username is not the super user, so I have to type a password in the terminal every time I want to use sudo. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?

  2. I somehow set up the hard drive partitions so that the OS is on an encrypted partition, so I have to put in a password for the BIOS to boot up. Is there a way to fix this without a clean install?

  3. I'm used to a desktop interface with a toolbar/start menu that I can pin frequently-used programs to, but with Debian it seems like I need to click "Activities" to do anything. Is there a way to set up the interface so it's more like Windows in that regard?

  4. If I need to do a clean install, I'm thinking of switching to Ubuntu, since I'm more familiar with the interface. Is there any reason why I should stick with Debian? I've heard some people trashing Ubuntu but I'm not sure why. Is Debian better for older hardware?

Edit: Thanks for all the knowledgeable replies. I did a fresh install of Debian 12 (64 bit) with KDE and it seems to have resolved all my problems. Although it's a little slow and buggy, I've had to reboot it twice. I'll try a lightweight DE if that continues.

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