>You will be able to land your Linux distro by the end of this thread.• Google what a `desktop environment` is, this is like the core layer that will make your Linux look AND function like Windows XP if you choose the wrong one, or will make your Linux look like MacOS and function like Windows 10 if you choose correctly.•• Most Linux distributions will be packaged around what desktop environment they come with, e.g. Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu are the same Ubuntu OS packaged by Ubuntu themselves, but they come with Gnome/KDE/Xfce (respectively) desktop environments.••• Google different desktop environments and choose the right look and feel of the system for yourself next steps will depend on it.• Now that you decided what kind of look you want, you have 2 choices: 1. Choose distribution that comes prepackaged with it, benefits are they are unit tested to hell and more stable.2. You get naked arch and assemble it from binaries, and install any desktop environment you want, it will be buggy, crashy, your life will revolve around fixing your computer after it updates. No you do not need bleeding edge libraries. If this is you, fuck off here >>109529010• Congrats you picked option 1, so what are the distro options out there. Study this image:>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions#/media/File:Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svgAs you have just learned there few main branches of linux:1. Debian2. Fedora/RedHat3. Arch4. nobody cares, shut upEach distro spread out to subdistros, sometimes a subdistro becomes so popular for its stability and good packaging and ease of use that it becomes a launching pad for others like Ubuntu which is under Debian.• Ubuntu on top of having several versions of itself like I mentioned earlier (Kubuntu, Xubuntu and like 4 others), is forked into:• • Mint• • PopOS• • Original SteamOS (New SteamOS is forked from Archlinux)
>BBUH MUH ADOBESpin up a VM retard, use it like the toilet that it is, and pause the VM after you are done, benefits are you can pirate everything and not worry about it being corrupted, activate windows for free, torrent adobe etc.>gayms?Solved with Proton, steam is actively improving it, the massive move to linux means developers will start to respect the platform and the more people switch the more deliberate developers will be, and will maybe even ensure that translation layers like proton are compatible.>just dualbootno retard, that is not a solution, that is a pain in the ass, and its a total cancer having 2 EFI drives, one of your systems will get corrupted eventually, just use a VM>IDK man still hard to chooseokay •narrow it down to 5 options, •download their ISO's, •go to Oracle and download VMWare Workstation Pro it's fully free•Install each ISO as a VM and try them out>but muh distrosea.comNo, those are live images you cannot do anything on them, they lack internet connection, in a VM you can live with it, you can test it, you wont game on it obviously but you can try things out, simulate your future migration so once you pull the trigger the process is smooth.••••So how do you pick a distro? You need a use case. If you are above 28 you might value your time, and might have more business uses where WSL2 and unsolicited updates in the middle of your workflow are not appreciated.Look I can go on and on, the answer is Ubuntu if you are ok with Gnome, answer is Kubuntu if you want it to look good and be stable.If you are concerned with Ubuntu having some packages older since its long term stable LTS, research Flatpacks>Flatpack - includes all packages the latest version of an application requires, its isolated from the system.••••So if someone cries muh outdated packages - this was solved years ago with flatpacks, this is not even a workaround, this ensures the game crashes and not your system
>>109829063>one of your EFI partitions will get corrupted explaindoes this have anything to do with hibernation? or windows fast boot? because I use neither
>>109829086windows fucks you sideways and if it decides to put EFI partition on your linux disk, it might fuck your linux, and whole boot sequence altogetherlike for example imagine your PC has 2 SSDs, you have winslop installed, but you want to freshly install another winslop on another disk, well, unless you take out disk 1 out, and completely hardware disconnect it, your new installation is going to hook up to EFI on drive 1. once you wipe drive1 after migration, you end up with a fucked system that wont boot.
>>109829100wouldn't you just install windows first to avoid that? I have 10 IoT LTSC installed first and I shrunk my C: drive to give the rest of that space to Arch Linux, with its own EFI partition, swap, and /
>>109829056>make your Linux look AND function like Windows XP if you choose the wrong one, or will make your Linux look like MacOS and function like Windows 10 if you choose correctly.You've got it backwards.
The archwiki recommends a single EFI partition for dual booting
>>109829100Thankfully I'm still a MBR/BIOS guy and it's trivial to rebuild the MBR and point it to grub2 and point grub2 to your Linux install and Windows install and then never ever update Windows ever again.
>>109829147problem is Windows updates without consent, at the time of its choosing
>>109829056>>109829063>ai generated trash good morning saarhow is the weather in india
>>109829386it is clearly morning in India, you are too brown to tell the difference between a high IQ post with sloppy grammar and an AI
>>109829056i just made my own tiny custom linux operating system watching this guy>https://youtu.be/u2Juz5sQyYQ?si=L2Rz3qbKueb8gepIno distro needed.
>>109829171I've been on my install for well over 5 years now, and the only time it updated, was the time I explicitly told it to because my GPU stopped working for a bit and my cpu was a special snowflake with the igpu drivers only being distributed through windows update for some fucking reason, and even then I only installed the driver updates and nothing elsr, so honestly a skill issue.
>>109829171>Windows updates without consentFalse? I'm still on Windows 11 v24. I'm not sure if it's because it's a non-Home edition, or if it's because I'm on an EU version, but I never received automatic updates.
Go fuck yourselves you unfriendly fat cunt faggots
>>109829588come on now, stop trolling
>>109829993it is not a skill issue, and you didn't tell it jack shitthere is no way to stop Windows 11 from updating unless you physically block ALL Microsoft IP addresses and domains using host file.No, admin settings will not work I tried. I do ML and I wake up to my computer updated overnight, with literally all updates disabled, in fact, I saw a pending update, was surprised, went through all settings again, checked registry modifications, DELETED the actual update, and i still woke up to a restarted computer, it gave no fucks that docker was doing work, it asked no permission, it didn't ask for a password to be entered to authorize the update, it just updated.
>>109830039honestly if you are not bullshitting, my guess would be you are on EU edition, my experience has been absolutely abhorrent see:>>109831577
Is there something bad about running a bunch of shit at starup in .xinitrc? It feels... Too easy
>>109831577>not a skill issueIt is.That happens because your admx files are neutered. Get proper .admx files for your group policy editor from an enterprise build where the proper registry entries are present (or just use an enterprise version of windows) (I use 10 btw, obviously), or just make those registry entries yourself. For additional safety if you're paranoid, get simplewall to block Windows update from accessing the internet.Your ignorance is your own skill issue. Don't try to tell me that things that I have already done for extended periods of time aren't possible you fucktard.
Is this the schizo thread? I thought mikee already made one, two even.
>>109829129Yes because the bootloader is what determines the destination, dumbass.
>>109831563just werksvery barebonesmuch izzat>a good watch for noobs, btw
>>109829129yes, the bootloader installs on that partitionand when you install windows, that partition is the one that's used.that's why the EFI partition needs to be placed in the beginning of the disk space.
>>109831776i dont know what that is bro
>>109833575blocking updates on windows 10 was never a problem, on windows 11 its like a malware
>>109829063>answer is Kubuntu if you want it to look good and be stable>kde>be stable>look goodyou can only choose one anon.
>>109829056>make your Linux look like MacOS>if you choose correctly.get a toilet currynigger
>>109836108then what do you choose, because gnome full screen windows 8.1/android start menu looks like garbage
>>109836242im normal
>>109837202NTA but last time I used gnome I never even used that, I just pressed the windows button and started typing what I wanted to open and hit enter. Then I installed Zorin os which out of the box looks and acts like windows (I think it's gnome + extensions) and now I use niri
Linux desktops is garbage.
