kasran, fourier transfemme @typhlosion@awoo.space

im trying to graduate away from being the kind of computer user who just accepts what is put in front of them. but it feels like it's really not a gentle slope, with linux, between "pick ubuntu or debian and don't worry too much about it" and the expectation of mastery over your preferences. it's a lot to take in

im attempting to select a linux distribution to put on a computer

and im getting kind of overwhelmed with all the differences that i don't know the implications of. like, foobar linux uses x desktop environment and y package manager and z init system, but bazqux linux uses a whole different set of stuff

and it's not really clear to me how much committing to one locks me out of other stuff. like, iirc there's a bunch of stuff that depends on systemd? so what if i get a distro with runit instead

@doricdream i am proud of this build but it will never even approach your majesty, soph

@hax my shameful admission is that i have never actually named any of my devices before

so now that my pc is almost done, i have two crucial questions

what should i name it, and

should i put stickers on the case

@spadetale gonna beep that nose 👉

@nano@yiff.life as an extremely casual linux user: gnome is good, kde plasma is fine, xfce is fine and has a cute little mouse mascot. theyre all fine. i dont understand what the big deal is

ftmpeg. is this anything

@flesh @gardevoir really gards all ovoir them

sometimes linux makes you want to say some shit like "though this is victory, in my heart i feel nothing"

@soup oh hey im a girlthingkisser
i am also a girlthing