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    My impression of github since switching to Linux (lemmy.world)
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    I've been transitioning to Linux recently and have been forced to use github a lot when I hadn't much before. Here is my assessment.

    Every github project is named something like dbutils, Jason's cool photo picker, or jibbly, and was forked from an abandoned project called EHT-sh (acronym meaning unknown) originally made by frederick lumberg, forked and owned by boops_snoops and actively maintained by Xxweeb-lord69xX.

    There are either 3 lines of documentation and no releases page, or a 15 page long readme with weekly releases for the last 15 years and nothing in between. It is either for linux, windows, or both. If it's for windows, they will not specify what platforms it runs on. If it's for Linux, there's a 50% chance there are no releases and 2 lines of commands showing how to build it (which doesn't work on your distro), but don't worry because your distro has it prepackaged 1 version out of date and it magically appears on flatpak only after you've installed it by other means. Everything is written in python2. It is illegal to release anything for Mac OS on github.

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    [–] superkret@feddit.org 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Be the change you want to see in the world.

    I'm currently in the process of updating Slackware's documentation, some of which hasn't been touched in 12 years.
    It's completely out of date, so no one uses it anymore.
    And because no one uses it, no one updates it.

    [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    You're doing "Bob's" work son, thank you for your service!

    As a devout SubGenius myself it is my destiny to use Slackware one day but alas I fear it is currently above my skill level, more documentation will help people like me greatly! PRABOB!

    1000003261

    [–] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    It's easier to install and administer than Arch, and won't break on updates.
    But yeah, the current state of the documentation is discouraging.

    [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

    I'm more worried about package management I guess. Though I suppose now with flatpak that may be less of an issue. Still I use some weird shit, some of it is only packaged as a .deb or .rpm on their site, like the Brother printer drivers.

    And yeah the documentation lol. I rely heavily on that or places like lemmy for linux help, which is why to start I picked a really popular distro with good documentation (fedora). It's definitely something I'll try one day though!

    [–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

    You can have a look at slackbuilds.org to see if what you need is available. It's Slackware's AUR equivalent.
    You can install packages from there using sbopkg, which does handle dependencies.

    It does have the Brother drivers: https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/brlaser/

    Up-to-date documentation comes in the form of easy to understand text files written by Pat himself, that are installed with the distro. For questions, linuxquestions.org is the place to go. The main devs of the distro read and post there regularly.
    That's also what I love about Slackware. I wrote one of the main devs an e-mail and got a helpful, friendly reply half an hour later. That's what Linux used to be like.

    [–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

    Thanks! This inspires confidence! Seems like it won't be so bad!

    [–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

    Look at the brightside: there's no risk of an update resetting your progress