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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

2024 will finally be the year of TempleOS on the desktop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's... incredible. If people who write code like that can get programming jobs, maybe I shouldn't be quite so worried about my own skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Ooh, what's the code?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

When I'm commenting on a post I tend to use very high-register vocabulary, to the point of sounding archaic or academic. I think it's primarily a hold-over from writing essays in school, but it doesn't hurt that the places on the Internet where I hang out tend to be extremely nerdy.

I also frequently leave my sentences unfinished when talking IRL. I'll just sort of trail off once I can see that I've gotten my point across instead of bothering with a complete sentence.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Computers are an endless source of these. Someone else already mentioned daemons and killing orphans; I submit "I only ever ssh into that box, so I keep it headless." ("I only ever access that computer via the terminal, so I don't install any software that uses graphics.")

Conlanging (constructing languages) inherits all the jargon of linguistics, and then adds a bunch of slang on top for good measure. "I was worried that glomming tense markers to subjects in my analytic clong was unnaturalistic, but it turns out ANADEW" is the kind of thing I might say in a casual conversation with another conlanger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

When I first heard Money Machine by 100 gecs I thought that the intro was funny, but the song was ultimately unlistenable. I'm now a die-hard hyperpop fan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, your guide may have just made my decision for me. Thank you so much for all the info, it's incredibly helpful for a novice like myself!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I was under the impression that Nobara was more of a change. Good to know! Steam support is definitely a plus too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for all the info! My only experience so far has been with Ubuntu, so I'm cautiously branching out. Experimenting with WMs is definitely something I'm going to do later; I don't think I'm quite there yet :P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Note to self: avoid Wayland

I was considering trying out Hyprland as a first foray into tiling WMs, since it seemed relatively GUI-friendly, but I guess I'll just go with i3

 

I'm planning on putting linux on a gaming laptop (an Asus TUF f15 from 2021), and I'm having a hard time deciding which distro to go with. I'm particularly interested in Nobara and Garuda, but any recommendations or advice are welcome.

I'd consider myself a novice at *nix, so I'm looking for something that'll just work with a minimum of troubleshooting. From what I've read the biggest barrier to "just working" is probably going to be the GPU(s); for battery life reasons I need to be able to use the Nvidia card for games and the integrated GPU for less intensive tasks. If anyone could tell me about their experience with TUFs or getting Nvidia Optimus to work on linux I'd appreciate it.