this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
84 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

37386 readers
625 users here now

Rumors, happenings, and innovations in the technology sphere. If it's technological news or discussion of technology, it probably belongs here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
(page 3) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Acetanilide@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What is the best resource for learning other OS? I'm thinking Linux but am pretty open since I am not knowledgeable.

[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Just install yourself a Linux and search the web when in need 🙂

[–] Notamoosen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It depends on what you are trying to learn. If it's just using it as a desktop then it's more a matter of just using it for a while to change your muscle memory from Win or Mac.

If you're looking for more of a command line/server experience, most distros have excellent documentation. This may be a minority opinion, but I personally like Oracle Linux (a Red Hat clone) and their documentation; https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/index.html

I also like FreeBSD which isn't technically Linux but very similar in a lot of regards. They also have excellent documentation; https://docs.freebsd.org/en/

Ultimately, which distro you wind up liking is entirely subjective and one of the great aspects of the open source world. Oracle in particular you may see a lot of hate towards, but I've always had good success with their products and support. Best of luck!

[–] FergleFFergleson@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

Honestly, in my opinion/my experience the best way to learn linux is to (1) just jump in and start using it and (2) being patient with yourself while you adjust. Nothing makes you quite as comfortable with using an operating system like using it every day, even if all you do is boot it up, open a web browser and watch gifs of cats on the Internet. When I was making the switch, it was invaluable to just be in there, using regularly. Second was also to be patient with myself. I found, at first, that i was getting frustrated when I needed to troubleshoot something because I was so used to the Windows way of things. I had to give myself time to learn and adapt.

[–] Deemo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might be a hot take but I wonder how this would be priced.

It could be handy for cloud gaming (since gforce now publishers are trying to block it).

[–] Jinxyface@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

If it's anything aboce $0/mo it's too much

[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Excel and Word in the cloud really suck, so let's do the whole operating system. Sure, why not?

[–] Invalid@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Cool so not only do you need to power your local device you also need to power servers and eat up loads of internet bandwidth. Super efficient.

All so they can force you to pay a monthly subscription.... Thank Gaben Valve is investing so much in Linux gaming.

[–] bunnyfc@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

"You will own nothing and you will love it" jesus. All in on OpenAI and automation.

[–] TheTrueLinuxDev@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I KNEW IT! I FREAKING KNEW IT! People always kept going on and on how I'm paranoid and here it is!

[–] Nerdfest@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't Microsoft have the worst availability around for their cloud stuff? Or is IBM still giving them a run for their money?

[–] depictodds@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ugh, rent seeking. Typical

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The network is the computer

The Wheel of Time turns and what was old becomes new again.

[–] TwoGems@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you know Windows10 LTSC exists? It's mainly free of any telemetry and you can tweak it fully, and even remove Edge by force if you need to ( though I believe you can also force remove Edge in the normal versions). Been much happier with the version.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›