I’m not a fan of Fedora either, but it’s still linux. Always better than Windows, unless you have some very serious reason for disliking it that much.
I’m not a fan of Fedora either, but it’s still linux. Always better than Windows, unless you have some very serious reason for disliking it that much.
Linux Mint has already been suggested. I recommend the XFCE edition and adding the Chicago95 theme for a pretty close Windows95/98 look. That should be a reasonable starting point.
That’s good to have. As long as this doesn’t become r/linux where every second post gets deleted for not being some kind of linux news.
Point people to the relevant community for next time, but keep the posts here. It always seemed really elitist and aggressive the way they handled it on reddit.
Pi-hole was really simple to set up. It was absolutely worth it and I’ve got it running on an old netbook. Very easy on resources.
Syncthing is also nice if you have files that you want easily shared between devices. I use it for sharing work files that I want synced between multiple devices. When I edit something it gets shared to all of my devices and it’s always up to date everywhere.
Maybe ClamAV?
That’s the only one I remember hearing about when I started playing with Linux a few years ago.
I remember reading that it was good for scanning for Windows viruses before sharing files with Windowr users, so it might be perfect for this kind of situation. Combine that with VirusTotal and you should be covered.
Thanks for the solid explanation.
As a noob that doesn’t change my distro too often, I never would have thought of something like this.
They had a KDE version for a while. Ended up dropping it since all of their in-house tools and stuff were GTK.
Now they only have 3 GTK DE options.
Just curious, why a script instead of just a bash alias or something like it?
Mint used to be based on the newest versions of Ubuntu.
They only use the LTS as a base now to make development easier. That’s why everything is older.
This probably doesn’t add anything to the conversation, but your comment reminded me of this change a few years ago.
This was my first thought as well.
Be happy you can boot from a USB. Do NOT fuck with the machine unless you want to look for another job.
I think you’re looking for a pomodoro timer of some kind. Search for one on F-droid and see if that works for you.
This is old news that happened a few years ago from what I remember.
Bug has since been fixed.
Personally, as a noob myself, I enjoy reading about others’ experiece when they switch. No idea why. Just fun to read usually.
Why do you say that? Everyone always talks about how old-school it is and how it doesn’t really change.
Gonna agree with the others here.
Stick to Debian. Especially for the stated use. A slow-moving distro with very few surprises is perfect.
I use Mull as well. I think it’s a bit more heavy-handed than Fennec as far as I understand, so I think it comes down to how much convenience you’re willing to give up for privacy/security. Both are a step in the right direction, though.
They’ve been easier to find from what I’ve read recently.
Try rpilocator.
Then I’ll conseder it when I’m feeling productive. I am using an old netbook. Thanks for the answers.
Would it be worth switching if I’m already set up on Debian?
Mostly my reasons for avoiding Fedora as well. But if someone else ends up on Linux due to Fedora then it’s still better than Windows.
I might not like it but it might, sadly, be perfect for someone else.