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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 4:54 PM

    linux in any form is NOWHERE near where it needs to be if you want people to adopt it and get away from windows

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 4:56 PM

    anyway, trying to install linux made me hate devs even more, if that was even possible.

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 4:58 PM

    like i am *not* your average computer user. i know more than the average person, and it is still likely too difficult for me.

    do better, thanks.

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 5:54 PM

    anyway, i have successfully verified and am now flashing Linux Mint Cinnamon to see if i can do it lmao

    so far so good

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 6:01 PM

    if i can’t maintain it/keep it updated i will try Bazzite

    but i Think i can do it and i know plenty of you are knowledgeable and kind lol

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 7:04 PM

    hm.

    /init: line 38: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found

    ???

    #Linux

    edit: rebooted, changed the reboot order, and it worked. who knows lmao

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 7:59 PM

    installed and now i am tinkering with aesthetic stuff, updates, drivers and things to make sure i got what i need/want

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  • aka gingergingerrroot@kitty.town
    May 29, 2026, 10:40 PM

    are there any programs i should install that would be useful???

    like an antivirus or whatever? i have the firewall on, so i don't suspect i will have issues but idk!

    i have steam, firefox, discord, and the stuff it comes with presently

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  • 🇵🇸 Mari :nb_crossbow:bouncinglime@spanner.works
    May 29, 2026, 8:03 PM

    @gingerrroot hooray! feel free to send questions directly to me if you don't wanna pose them to the wider community - I ran Linux Mint Cinnamon as my daily driver 2017 - 2019. deets may be a little old, but I'm still on an Ubuntu derivative ^_^

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