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Scarlet the Foxscarlet@plush.city
Jul 7, 2026, 10:38 PM
Welp, it has been a little over one year since my partner first tried linux after a lifetime of windows use (and once telling me that she would definitely never be a linux person).
I'm pleased to say that not only is she still using linux, but she has also developed such things as "distro preferences" and "knowledge of terminal commands".
Originally she was going to dual boot, but recently eliminated windows entirely to save drive space for more linux stuff, lol.
I'm very proud of her. :'3
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shroomie/joan (of the agaric system)shroomie@seafoam.space
Jul 7, 2026, 11:13 PM
@scarlet is there anywhere she’s specifically learning from? i don’t really “use” “linux” so to speak, even after years of use. i would love to become more familiar with the terminal than what’s necessary to build a program or do the simplest of navigation, copying, deleting, and linking
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ChelChel@plush.city
Jul 8, 2026, 1:50 AM
@shroomie @scarlet not really tbh, just lots of googling whenever I run into something I'm not sure about
honestly it sounds like you do more in the terminal than I do, I prefer to avoid it unless necessary, at which point I just do a lot of reading on whatever it is that I need to do
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Superball ☀️superball@norcal.social
Jul 7, 2026, 11:18 PM
@scarlet
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Mycotropicmycotropic@beige.party
Jul 7, 2026, 11:49 PM
@scarlet
I just shifted from windows to Linux as well, bazzite because I game and work and I built the box a year ago but never turned it on. Almost no problems yet, good luck and congrats to your wife!
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's LibraryOctaviaConAmore@cutie.city
Jul 8, 2026, 1:23 AM
@mycotropic @scarlet same for me, and the only complaint so far is that the X11 replacement they use can't do remote desktop of any kind yet :shiba_angry:
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huntingdonhuntingdon
Jul 8, 2026, 12:43 AM
@scarlet
Actually, it takes a fraction of that time to get familiar with and to enjoy the ease of use of many Linux distributions.
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's LibraryOctaviaConAmore@cutie.city
Jul 8, 2026, 1:23 AM
@scarlet :eevee_joy: :bugcat_work:
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ChelChel@plush.city
Jul 8, 2026, 1:50 AM
@OctaviaConAmore @scarlet I like to think that this is an accurate representation of me at my pc :blobcatgiggle:
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's LibraryOctaviaConAmore@cutie.city
Jul 8, 2026, 3:05 AM
@Chel @scarlet is there a "fop" sound every time you faceplant the keyboard? :cat_giggle:
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ChelChel@plush.city
Jul 8, 2026, 5:49 PM
@OctaviaConAmore @scarlet probably, yes :blobcat_headache:
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's LibraryOctaviaConAmore@cutie.city
Jul 8, 2026, 9:06 PM
@Chel @scarlet fop fop fop fop :bugcat_work: :mew_giggle:
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