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IDK Media<p>Hey friends! Am i going to find pain if i go with Debian vs Ubuntu based Linux or vice versa? I'm about to maybe try Mint 22, but before I do I wanted a distro with a green energy, coop kinda team behind it. Nothing is leaping at me so far. I dunno who the least corpo &amp; most Eco people would be. 🤔<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxDistros</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LinuxDistroReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistroReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux4hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux4hope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cooperative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperative</span></a></p>
ysaeldev<p>Thoughts? From <a href="https://youtu.be/RigIpsYaT-o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/RigIpsYaT-o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxdistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistros</span></a></p>
SleepyCatten<p>Okay. We're gonna poke the bear.</p><p>We're currently on Windows 10 on all our machines. All our family members use it too. We're not going to upgrade to Windows 11.</p><p>We're sure there will be a Windows 12 at some point, with built-in stuff that we don't want and can't easily remove until someone hacks it out.</p><p>So, if we were to attempt to make a move to a Linux distro where:</p><ul><li>we'd get a Windows-like experience (minus the shitty bits)</li><li>we didn't have to ever use a command line console except for very advanced tasks</li><li>all our PC games would run</li><li>we could find Linux compatible versions (or compatibility layers) for decades of WIndows-only software</li></ul><p>... where the heck would we even start?</p><p><a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://cultofshiv.wtf/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> Thank you so far for all the helpful suggestions and replies! We seriously do appreciate this, as it gives us somewhere to start gradually researching over time!</p>
FediFollows<p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a> / <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/LinuxDistributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistributions</span></a> / <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distros</span></a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxmint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxmint</span></a></span> - Ubuntu-based distro emphasising ease of use</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kubuntu</span></a></span> - Version of Ubuntu running KDE Plasma desktop</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@LubuntuOfficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LubuntuOfficial</span></a></span> - Lightweight version of Ubuntu using LXQt desktop</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@edubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edubuntu</span></a></span> - Ubuntu-based distro for educational settings, schools &amp; students of all ages</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@ubuntustudio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntustudio</span></a></span> - Ubuntu-based distro for creative people who like FOSS tools</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ubuntubudgie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntubudgie</span></a></span> - Ubuntu-based distro using Budgie environment</p><p>🧵 1/5</p>
Fedi.Video<p>Linux User Space posts in-depth videos about the history of Linux distributions and Linux tools. You can follow them at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilvids.com/accounts/linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace</span></a></span> </p><p>If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GNULinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNULinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distros</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distributions</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Scripter :verified_flashing:<p>Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros<br><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2024/02/critical-bootloader-vulnerability-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehackernews.com/2024/02/crit</span><span class="invisible">ical-bootloader-vulnerability-in.html</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Bootloader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bootloader</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/BootloaderVulnerability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BootloaderVulnerability</span></a></p>
LeftyLabourTechToronto<p>For those of you who have been <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gnulinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnulinux</span></a> users for a long time, you might remember <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DamnSmallLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamnSmallLinux</span></a> . The last official release of DSL was 18 years ago.</p><p>There's an attempt to revive the project with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DamnSmallLinux2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamnSmallLinux2024</span></a>. Right now, it's in the "alpha" stage of development and is largely based on the 32 bit version of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/antix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antix</span></a>. It's not as small as it used to be, but the ISO image will fit on a CD disk.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linuxdistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxdistros</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">damnsmalllinux.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Brad Linder<p>Bodhi Linux 7.0 released two years after version 6.0. It's an Ubuntu-based operating system with the Moksha desktop environment (formed from Enlightenment). There's a new s76 release with cutting-edge kernel and many other updates. <a href="https://www.bodhilinux.com/2023/08/21/introducing-bodhi-linux-7-0-a-landmark-release/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bodhilinux.com/2023/08/21/intr</span><span class="invisible">oducing-bodhi-linux-7-0-a-landmark-release/</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxDistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxDistros</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BodhiLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodhiLinux</span></a></p>
Mierin Sedai :verified420:<p>Well, finally taking the high nerd step and seeing other Linux Distros. Ive had a long relationship with Ubuntu but I think it would be best for the both of us to see what else is out there. Manjarp looking pretty cute anyways. </p><p><a href="https://stoners.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/linuxdistros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistros</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/linuxdistro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxdistro</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/Linuxdistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linuxdistribution</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/manjarolinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manjarolinux</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/manjaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manjaro</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://stoners.social/tags/UbuntuLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuLinux</span></a></p>