tl;dw: Linux user discovers the magical wonders of customizing your system from the ground-up and make it usable.
I love it at how most online communities goes like this:
Day one, no exploits: "Linux is the most perfect OS there is!"
To suddenly,
Day two, two exploits found: "ERMERGEHD LINUX IS A PILE OF SHIT HAHA OMG COMPLETELY UNUSABLE HOW ON EARTH SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO USE SUCH PIECE OF CRAP AHHAAH OMG WOW! DID I SAID IT'S SHIT?"
Folks really love to extrapolate things for the sake of drama, sadly.
It's completely fine to use a beginner-friendly distro and stick with it. Just be aware you are missing a lot by not going deeper into linux.
t. Started with ZorinOS. Ended up using (pretty much) anything that is in front of me, minimal install, sway, no DE. On a orange pi 5 MAX.
Simply put -- you've got to realize a couple things:
1- Linux is not Windows.
2- Use Linux like a brand new type of software you never heard about -- do not make any pre-assumptions.
3- Use Google to search for the most simple things, including "How do I install something on (Linux distro name you've chosen)"?
4- Have some patience -- you won't learn (everything) on day one. There will be mistakes, there will be problems you will not solve em today. But you will solve em tomorrow.
And here's a little "cheat sheet" of mine on how to use (and get used with) linux:
1- Get used how to use the package manager. (Where you will search and install stuff.)
2- Learn what are your audio and graphic packages (The "drivers") are. (See 3- above.)
3- Learn how to run the stuff you installed.
4- Learn how you configure the distro to your liking.
Learn all these four steps, and you can consider yourself a linux "pro" user.
Guess I must be an alien then. (That's 'pure' sway -- no toolbars, icons... nothing. I use my own dmenu-esque app to run binaries.)
Forgot to mention it also has a "poor man's htop" at the top center of the screen, that fetches memory and cpu usage at each keystroke (only). Definitely not for the "powerhouse PC gamer" out there, but for the potatoes (raspberry pi zero, a very old router, etc).
The code can be found by clicking here. Then save it as ttymenu.c and compile this with "gcc ttymenu.c -o ttymenu -O3 -Wall -static (-Bstatic if you are on macos)".
That is a bunch of unnecessary noise just because an AI managed to code a working python code for you. Like that'd make your command "cursed" or some sort.
You will go back to your "usual" linux setup when you realize that most packages you set up with LFS are now broken and you'll need to redo the whole process again.
t. arch linux minimal installation only master race
Absolutely yes. You'd be better buying a dedicated PC for Linux tho.
t. Got a Orange pi 5 MAX with Linux installed. It's tricky to set up, but worths a lot in the end (low power usage while providing a decent performance -- can be used as a "mini server" to host your own personal file server or anything else you'd like while providing a smooth experience for anything your job may require from it.)
I don't mind a little "change" every now and then, but still -- "Sway" on my "potatoes" (Orange pi zero 3 and Orange pi 5 max) and "Hyprland" on my x86_64 PC.
How to become a hacker
Average Linux user: Hack the white house
Your mom: Install pi-hole
Makes you pretend you are working for NASA or for the FBI.
Instructions on how to compile the code and everything else can be found inside the code right here.
inb4 someone does this to end up saying minecraft is the perfect sandboxing program there is.