• MTK@lemmy.world
    8·
    10 months ago

    Me being an arch using vegan with a man-bun makes this feel like a personal attack.

    But once I get my new arch setup working I’ll install gimp on it and create a meme making fun of you!

    • kautau@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 months ago

      And you’ll finally get your sound working on your new laptop after weeks of messing with pulse audio and realizing you just needed to install sof-firmware but didn’t scroll far enough in the wiki to see that, but now your pulse audio config is so messed up it’s just easier to reinstall Arch again

      Source: my life

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m vegan for health reasons and I have yet to meat one of the infamous vegans the stereotype portrays. I ask questions, look for recipes, etc, and everyone has been super nice. I think “those vegans” live primarily on Twitter and Reddit.

      PS: I’ve had a working Linux system in daily use since I started back with Red Hat Halloween and I prefer Debían based installs like Pop!_OS and Mint D. Nothing against Arch but I ain’t got time to fight the OS as well as my work.

      EDIT: The typo stays.

    • Just_Pizza_Crust@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      Part of being vegan is understanding you’ll be mocked and criticized for completely unrelated things. Like Bubly sparkling water or blue denim, for example.

  • jordanlund@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    Needs a Steam Deck owner in the corner playing games, wearing headphones, and ignoring all questions.

    • _cnt0@sh.itjust.worksOP
      1·
      10 months ago

      I might have created this long before Steam Deck was a thing and just reposted it for fake internet points.

  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    man I knew this was going to be rough when I saw him wearing a vegan shirt but god DAMN

    “All Arch users are stupid vegan crossfitters who never shut up and contribute nothing to society and the only thing they ever care about is making their desktop look l33t and Arch is a horrible distro and did I mention all Arch users are stupid?”

    Oh. My. Sides.

    I switched from Ubuntu to Arch because I was sick of packages not compiling due to a complete lack of dependency management. I use stock KDE with zero frills and I spend most of my time hacking on open source projects. I never tell anyone what OS I use (unless they ask for recommendations for their new machine, and I’m prepared to also tell them why I personally prefer it) because they don’t care. I’m a normal guy who keeps myself to myself and hates the people who think a pretty desktop is more important than a usable system just as much as everyone else.

    However, I use Arch, and Arch bad, which means I must be the most annoying person on the planet.

    • Meseta@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      10 months ago

      You gotta take this less personally.

      As an open source maintainer I notice the trend that Arch uses are simultaneously the most likely to have caused the issue themselves and are always the first to blame my software.

      I think these memes stem from the fact that a lot of Arch users are less experienced and spend a lot of time trying to create the “perfect” customized experience. Using Arch is a great way to get the experience, but it can be at the detriment of others sometimes.

      Basically, learn to take it on the chin and move on. There’s some truth to the memes.

    • _cnt0@sh.itjust.worksOP
      01·
      10 months ago

      “All Arch users are stupid vegan crossfitters who never shut up and contribute nothing to society and the only thing they ever care about is making their desktop look l33t and Arch is a horrible distro and did I mention all Arch users are stupid?”

      Spot on! You could have left out all the text after that.

      • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        You use Linux. All Linux users are elitist evangelical douchebags who make every conversation about Linux and how great it is even though it’s worse than Windows. Also you’re probably a criminal, since most Linux users are hackers, and I don’t associate with criminals.

        Stereotypes are great, aren’t they?

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    1·
    10 months ago
    archinstall
# btrfs
# user account in wheel
# install plasma-meta flatpak podman distrobox fish tmux konsole 
# I guess thats it?
su $USERNAME && systemctl enable --now sddm
sudo sddm
# login
# Open Discover, install apps from Flathub
# install stuff from Arch repos
# install Ubuntu, Debian or Fedora packages with a fitting Distrobox, maybe root, to avoid weird AUR stuff breaking your system

    I literally never used Arch and install took not very long after finding out what a chroot is and how to reboot from that.

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
    1·
    10 months ago

    Downvote for vegan. Thats just unnecessary bullying without getting the point. But I also dont know many “influencer hipsters” which are always annoying, no matter what they do

  • somenonewho@feddit.de
    0·
    10 months ago

    I’ll have you know that I eat a vegetarian not vegan diet and I really don’t have a man bun (got no hair for that) … The stickers on the laptop however really felt like you took a photo of my machine.

    Also if it wasn’t obvious I run arch

  • Prunebutt@feddit.de
    0·
    10 months ago

    What the guy on the right is doing seems like cultural appropriation of trans catgirl culture.

  • Vespair@lemm.ee
    0·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been considering dipping my toes in and trying to learn Linux for the first time recently, having seen a couple screenshots from Mint that look approachable and not intimidating… Can somebody tell me how Mint would fair if it was included in this comic so I know what I’m getting myself into (or if I should try Fedora or something…)

    edit: typo

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
      0·
      10 months ago

      If you just want to get to using and enjoying an operating system without reveling in nerdery (which can be fun!), Mint is fantastic. Just make sure you understand partitioning basics if you want to install alongside Windows.

      You can’t go wrong using something like VirtualBox to try the install process without touching your actual system :).

      If it were depicted in this comic, it would be even easier than Debian because it doesn’t lean toward any particular extreme, it just goes for being usable.

      I’m pretty sure there’s a simple check box to include proprietary codecs and things that are commonly used, so you can still watch Netflix or open .mp4s and stuff.

      Wide variety of drivers. Should just work on most systems. Friendly community if it doesn’t!

      That said sometimes the applications feel a bit old, and you’re looking over at people playing with shiny new features in something like Blender or Krita…

      Well, Mint has flatpaks built into the software store! Flatpak is basically a self-contained app that can be the latest version so it doesn’t care about the rest of your system and “just works.”

      Hope you enjoy it! :)

      • Vespair@lemm.ee
        1·
        10 months ago

        What’s the process of switching distros? If I start with Mint but do decide later I’m enticed by those shiny new features, will switching over be akin to starting entirely over and learning a whole new system, or is it gonna more similar to just like reinstalling windows for a clean install (to use an analogy situation I’m familiar with)?

        edit: wrote dispo instead of distro, goddamn stoner brain

        • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
          1·
          10 months ago

          The other answers are spot on!

          The only thing I really have to add regarding “shiny new features”, is you can fire up something like VirtualBox and make “virtual” installs of other distros on your current machine.

          A virtual machine or “VM” is basically running an emulated computer on your currently running computer, just like it was a program or game. But everything is self-contained in that emulated system.

          So in Mint for example, you can still download other distro ISOs, get used to running the install process, trying out new things, basically just playing around and experimenting, because if you bork the whole thing it won’t affect your working “bare metal” system you’re using. You can just delete the file and start over as if it were a brand new computer! It’s strangely fun and has a lot of practical uses. (You know, like seeing what all this fuss is about with Temple OS for instance lol)

          You can find a ton of interesting distros to play with on Distrowatch.com for instance, from stuff that’s meant to run on embedded devices to stuff that’s straight up memes. Lol

          If you decide to actually switch your bare-metal system using the advice above, you’ll have a lot more experience then. :)

          As for other distros, distro-hopping can be a lot of fun, but just remember in the end, there’s not as much difference between distros as it seems.

          Mostly it’s about whether it’s rolling release or LTS, the desktop environment it starts with, and the packages / package-manager it ships with, aside from different specific customizations that team might have done.

          Essentially Linux is Linux, but different distros cater to a certain kind of use case, audience, community, and so on.

          The beauty and fun of Linux is choice and always having more you can learn!

          Also Mint is often touted as a “beginner distro” but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a main driver for pros! There’s nothing wrong if you find you enjoy sticking with it in the long run. :)

          Have a lot of fun!

        • dan@upvote.au
          1·
          10 months ago

          Create a separate partition for /home so you can change distro without having to backup and restore the files in your home directory. Just be sure to NOT format that partition in the installer for your new distro. Take a backup anyways.