• M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
      80·
      11 months ago

      Tutorials like this that are really simple might be a good way yo introduce the idea that Linux does not need to be difficult or complex.

      Chrome is so common and it demonstrates that you can use something familiar on Linux.

      • 0ddysseus@lemmy.world
        20·
        11 months ago

        Of course. The GUI package manager is the first thing I always show people. I was still just making a joke though

      • catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
        5·
        11 months ago

        Yup, that’s been my experience with getting people to at least consider Linux as well. The first thing they ask when I tell them it’s a different OS like Mac is, “so can it run XYZ?” Most people don’t actually care and just want something that runs the apps they use.

        Interestingly, my mom (a Windows user her whole life) seemed just as alienated by macOS as by Linux. Her work gave her a Mac and she couldn’t understand anything after about a week so she just asked for a Windows system instead.

      • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        11 months ago

        The problem would be that graphical UIs can look very different. Each distro with all their supported desktops would require documentation. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of a short introductory documentation for people who have no clue about linux. Debian claims to be the “universal operating system”, but new users are usually directed towards Mint/Ubuntu/PopOS, but why? There’s a possibility here.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1102·
    11 months ago

    it’s always important to install chrome so google can see the first website you visit before you uninstall is www.firefox com/download

  • LainOfTheWired@lemy.lolEnglish
    1107·
    11 months ago

    Was going to upvote then saw them install chrome. Just why? Use Firefox or Chromium

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      292·
      11 months ago

      I typically end up installing chrome for the odd website that does require it. Firefox is still my daily driver on all platforms though, not sure what Mozilla is thinking with their future plans.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          5·
          11 months ago

          No, Chrome. Specifically for the DRM stuff to access streaming services and casting, things that don’t quite work well with Firefox (by design). I use libre stuff when I can, but I make exceptions, I know not everyone uses Linux that way.

          • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            2·
            11 months ago

            have you tried switching useragent? The websites I’ve been to have either been solved by useragent or chromium (just one site didn’t work with firefox and useragent)

            • jonne@infosec.pub
              3·
              11 months ago

              Switching user agents isn’t going to get around DRM implementations. Anyway, that was for specific streaming services I’m not using any more, so I haven’t needed to use Chrome in months.

      • WheatleyInc@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        Use a user agent spoof extension on Firefox, should trick the website into thinking it’s running chrome.

      • Raccoonn@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 months ago

        If I can’t view a website in Firefox, then I probably don’t want to view it anyway. If I really must visit it then I’ll change the user agent…

  • TurboHarbinger@feddit.cl
    545·
    11 months ago

    Bro this is like pineapple on pizza, you know some people like it, but you also know that is objectively fucking WRONG. WTF

    These days I wouldn’t dare to even chrome my windows.

    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
      135·
      11 months ago

      Maybe it’s making fun of windows users who go through a 3-100 step install wizard?

      It’s not making fun of Macs, which IMO has the slickest installs of just dragging.

      • Victor@lemmy.world
        9·
        11 months ago

        I’d rather click a button that installed everything to the right place than relying on myself to drag a single thing to a specific folder. Opening a folder first and having to drag is… a drag. That’s my opinion.

        • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
          72·
          11 months ago

          Installing on a Mac looks like this.

          1. Click on the app package you downloaded
          2. Then verify that you do want to install it by dragging it

          Imo it’s very intuitive, clean and clever. No wrong way to do it.

          • DrRatso@lemmy.ml
            1·
            11 months ago

            Once you know, it is easy. But this random popup with 0 explanation, besides an arrow, is not intuitive at all. In general I like my MacBook Air but I hate MacOS and if it wasn’t apple silicon itd be running linux. Once Asahi or something similar deals with growing pains, it will 100% be doing so.

  • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    431·
    11 months ago

    no, no, no its too easy, Wheres the terminals? and the long compile time.

    (this post was written partially from and intel compute stick running gentoo, which started compiling 7hours ago and still is)

    mmmm tasty 2GB of ram

    • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website
      5·
      11 months ago
      1. Spend three days downloading and trying it distros
      2. Pick arch
      3. Sudo pacman install tmux, htop, {emacs, vim, nvim depending on your alignment}
      4. Get your tmux and editor configs just right
      5. Get into an argument on the “Discussion” section of Arch Wiki about your tmux hot keys
      6. Share your htop screenshots on social media (and by social media I mean old reddit Lemmy and your IRC group with the 1 other IRC user who hasn’t left yet)
      7. Pacman install Firefox
    • uis@lemmy.world
      4·
      11 months ago

      Set EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-a" in make.conf and never bother writing --ask again

    • mrchampion@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      Dear god, just yesterday I had to wait pretty much an entire day just for ungoogled-chromium to compile, and I have 8 cores with 16GB of ram. I can’t imagine having to do that with just 2GB of ram with 4 cores.