A repost from r/linuxmemes - Because I saw the original comic

Meanwhile Pop_OS! is back in Brooklyn keeping the plumbing business going.

*plumbing ..... unless you were going for some sexual innuendo I don't understand
- Time to lay some pipe.
- Thank you. I first typed "pumping" and only fixed half the typo before I hit post.
Real talk, Pop_OS! is just nice. Besides Blackbox and like 3 Gnome Extensions I hadn't had to change or add anything. It's a great experience and I recommend it to everyone.
I too love laying pipe

Here comes Arch Linux with a steel chair!!

Here comes Arch Linux with the parts for a steel chair! Now they're pulling out the instructions for putting it together! Uh oh, the instructions say what kind of bolts they need, but not how many! Arch is trying to fit it all together anyway! Hmm, looks like some of the assembly steps are missing... ok, Arch has got something that looks like a chair constructed... now they're going to test it by sitting down... oh, and the chair frame has held together but the seat has fallen off. Arch forgot about not breaking user space again!
- And now here comes Gentoo with a... a coal forge? Oh my God he's forging a steel chair from a metal blank! But what's this? Hes pulling out a smaller forge to forge a hammer for the bigger forge! The humanity!

Mint Debian Edition FTW

Newb here: what's the diff?

I don't use arch BTW
- From my limited understanding it's based on Debian instead of Ubuntu (which is based on Debian). The purpose is to have a fallback in the event Canonical snaps Ubuntu out of existence.

Mint is my first distro! Love it as a nice simple intro to Linux.

You mean as a familiar looking?
- Sure, it's easy to get into and install for anyone used to Windows.
Why would anyone want to use off brand windows? 🤔😐
- Jesus christ, linux isn't even linux enough for some of you linux bros.
- Because it's an easy transition to Linux, which is beneficial in numerous ways. If you're gatekeeping Linux distros, you can kindly leave normal people alone.
- Because once one works out that it's as easy to I use and does everything they need, it's a lot more expandable and configurable and a lot less advertising intensive than actual windows

Just installed Mint on my Surface Pro 4 that's been sitting in a drawer for years and guess what, it's now useable again! Praise be Linux.

Good to hear! My main computer is my desktop, running Mint. (I'm using it right now.) But I also have a Surface Pro 4 that I use for work. It has no problems and works fine on Windows... but I have been wondering if I can move that away from Windows as well. So its encouraging to hear that it has worked for you.

Does Mint have good support for the stylus and touch-screen on the Surface 4? (I imagine the Surface tech might be specialised to Windows a bit, so I wouldn't be confident those would work immediately in Linux.)
- Nope, it does not. You can install a kernel made just for surface devices and you'll get mouse emulation via touch, but Mint doesn't have Wayland yet and it's my understanding that Wayland is where all the good things, like gestures, lives. So, I'm waiting for that but it honestly works fine without the touch. I'd use it if it was there, but it's fine honestly.
  
  That said, I've been using Linux/osx as my primary at work for a lot of years now so I'm super unfamiliar with even basic sysadmin stuff on Windows, so I'm happy that the surface is now on Linux. Need to move my desktop to it one day, but I honestly almost never use it.
- My surface pro 4 still works great with windows also and even though I ran mint on the laptop I used before it I have no intention of replacing windows on the SP4 at least until support for 10 is done.
  
  Even though I don't use the touchscreen often, it's not a feature I'd be willing to sacrifice either.
- I don't know about this specifically, but in my experience with Mint, it's very plug and play with this kind of stuff. I'm always really impressed by just how little setup Mint needs.

Green Ubuntu best Ubuntu!

But Mint is better <.<

I guess the thing is "Ubuntu is the friendly distro" but then also "Mint is the friendly distro?" Way back in like 2009 (okay, turns out it's been a little while) Mint was super comfy and Ubuntu already felt like it was in my way without actually being any easier.

from now on i am going to start calling Ubuntu "red arch"

Ubuntu: Orange Debian

Debian: Red Linux
- do i have to change the way i say almost all distros names to make fun of you?

Peach is Hanna Montana Linux

I’m Waluigi btw

Use linux mint debian edition because ubuntu sucks ass

https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

It's a bit extreme to say Ubuntu sucks ass. Ubuntu brought Linux to the masses.
- Windows helped to bring the concept of an operating system to the masses too. Does that mean it's impossible to ever ruin it's reputation?
- He mean it's the Ubunto brothers sexual preference
- That's true but...I have been in GNI/Linux for just a year and have been reading how Ubuntu nowdays is awful but it was a great distro a few years ago.
  
  Anyway, my opinion on Ubuntu has no weight since all I have used is Arch based distros
- Ubuntu was my very first distro and I used it for a year. Maybe it was harsh to say that it sucked ass. When they pushed snaps on me, I started using them and towards the end, my computer got very slow. I'm now on arch btw
- Ubuntu and Gnome Desktop singlehandedly made me hate Linux in my teens

I have used Linux since 1993 (Slackware, Suse and Debian) and Ubuntu since 2006. I consider switching back to Debian because I hate snap and other containers for Of-the-Line Software and while I can uninstall snap and install a De-Snapped Firefox directly from Mozilla I hate doing this Extra-Work.

Dudes, even the "newer faster" Firefox-Snap is still taking three times as long to start and uses twice as much memory and on my work computer, a Core2 Q9550 with 8GByte of memory, this is VERY noticable. Yes, the system is old but for work more than enough. My i7 is only for games and I don't mix work and fun.

Oh, and then there is that old neighbour who is using a Pentium4 3Ghz 3GByte RAM, which is 32Bit only. He is like 80 years old and doesn't want to buy a new computer and his old rig does everything he wants. Ubuntu simply doesn't support it anymore. Supporting old computers is something Linux does outstanding (Windows 11 dropping two year old systems is fucking sick)

Hah. ‘95 ish here? I was like twelve the first time I fucked up a Red Hat distro.

I mean I was 12. Dad is a Unix admin…..

“Don’t do that.”
“Why not?”
“Okay. Do that…. Find out. Yiu have the install media, right?”
(Does “that”…)
“wait… you actually did that?! We just got done installing it…”

Edit to add: “newer and faster” in web browser terminology usually means “bloated and resource intensive”- like how they now all open up multiple processes to load and run faster. (iirc there’s a way to turn that off in Firefox.)
- I beat that. When I first installed a BSD in 1988 - I was 16 and stupid - I thought I would copy files like on Amiga or MSDOS by "copy filename c:" and did cp filename /dev/sda.
  
  You only do that ONCE.
Is there a good reason to dislike snaps? I think they are inefficient, but that hardly matters today. It's there a better reason?

I hate to say it to you guys but Linux Mint is really just about the desktop and their initial setup of Ubuntu.

I personally care about unique and usable distributions:

Ubuntu (Really excellent foundation for a stable Desktop)
Debian (Rock solid but can be dated for Desktop)

There are unique distributions but not usable for doing work like programming full time and other things:

Arch Linux (I personally not comfortable updating this distro)
Gentoo (I am not high to actually use this distro)

Well, Mint also corrects some of Ubuntu’s mistakes. It doesn’t force feed you Snap, for instance.
- Instead it hides snap and acts as if it didn't exist.
Mint is also a really stable foundation and comes with cinnamon mh preferred desktop and goes hard right outside the box for me

Hand has time shift installed by default so I just have to remember to set it up on install
sure but for a beginner, those two pros are essential

I like the joke from the '89 movie, Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, Mario is the last name.

1993
- My mistake, always think '89. Idk why.I love Jon Luigizamo though.

We need a yellow evil Ubuntu and a purple evil Green Ubuntu to complete the set

... and Chrome could be Bowser .... the terrible monster browser that plagues all of them but is linked to everyone
- funny how when i was younger i thought bowser's name was browser
- There's a webcomic based on anthromorphic (the word for making something human like from something else) web browsers
- Chrome is definitely the villain
Well, we have a Pink Ubuntu (Hannah Montana Linux), a Red/Black Ubuntu (Satanic Edition), a Salmon Pink Ubuntu (Uwuntu), a White/Gray Ubuntu (Elementary OS), a Blue Ubuntu (Zorin OS), a Yellow/Black Ubuntu (Linux Lite) and an Teal Ubuntu (POP! OS). And I think that KDE Neon could be Purple Ubuntu, but I'm not sure.

I have loved Mint Linux for over 10 years. Never found a reason to switch.

LMDE enters the chat

https://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php

linux mint is best distro

Damned I am about one hour late haha. I posted the original one on [email protected] ❤️

Same like manjaro & arch

Manjaro is…. I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with it. Arch? Yeah… you like… have to do stuff…

As a mint user.... we have a firewall already to go.

PEOPLE! start using entirely freedom distributions of gnu-linux like pureOS or trisquel trisquel is the version of ubuntu without proprietary blurbs.

100% freedom software https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

DragoraGNU/Linux-Libre, an independent GNU/Linux distribution based on concepts of simplicity.

Dyne:bolic a GNU/Linux distribution with special emphasis on audio and video editing. This is a “static” distro, normally run from a live CD. Since it will not receive security updates, it should be used offline.

guix Guix System, an advanced GNU/Linux distro built on top of GNU Guix (pronounced “geeks”), a purely functional package manager for the GNU system.

Hyperbola Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre, a long-term support simplicity-focused distribution based on Arch GNU/Linux.

Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, a distribution based on Arch that prioritizes simple package and system management.

PureOS, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian with a focus on privacy, security, and convenience.

Trisquel, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that's oriented toward small enterprises, domestic users and educational centers.

Ututo, a GNU/Linux 100% free distribution. It was the first fully free GNU/Linux system recognized by the GNU Project.

I agree with your message of freedom, but please space out your text so it isn't just a big wall. And don't recommend distros like Guix, Hyperbola or Parabola to beginners, please...

If you're a beginner and your hardware supports Linux-Libre, use Trisquel.
- And I agree with your message of spacing out text