• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
    71·
    5 months ago

    I mean, I could just patch and do some housecleaning, and maybe adjust partitions.

    OR I could reinstall fucking everything from scratch because it feels good.

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      20·
      5 months ago

      I recognize this behavior in myself… please send help.

    • comador @lemmy.world
      8·
      5 months ago

      Good rule of thumb I’ve decided upon over the years for this:

      “If the # of kernels present is greater than 3, reinstall for thee”.

      Figure 3 full kernel versions, excluding patches averages 12-18 months (based on kernel.org history). It’s been a good metric to follow.

      • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        Because automation, containers, and VMs are fucking cool. I can run computers inside other computers. I can run tiny little computers that only do one thing. How fucking cool is that?

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          I’m really excited about bootable containers. There is so much potential and I would love to see distros outside of Fedora and Red Hat running it.

          Imagine running Arch but instead of battling your single system you instead created a Dockerfile and then built and tested new containers once and a while. You could even define tests so that a bad update would be flagged.

    • finkrat@lemmy.world
      20·
      5 months ago

      Thank you for helping host a less awful internet :)

      • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        I was looking into it, but the more I learn about it the more I’m leaning towards something else - misskey, akkoma, etc. Same function, but, supposedly, fewer headaches hosting.

  • pmk@lemmy.sdf.org
    40·
    5 months ago

    I have a cycle that goes like this:

    1. I just want a system that works. (Fedora)
    2. The UNIX philosophy is cool. (OpenBSD)

    Repeat every 6 months or so. I’m never happy with my current system.

    • thomask@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      141·
      5 months ago

      I feel this in my soul. With a side of “modern memory-safe languages are great” vs “the consistency and efficiency of shared libraries is what makes distributions great even if they’re written in C”.

  • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
    32·
    5 months ago

    I spend hours writing a bash script to automate something I know I’m only going to do once.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Flatpak apps should implement portals which allow a user to grant permission to a file or folder.

      Some don’t which sucks

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I never really used Flatpaks until I got a Steam Deck and started doing a little game dev on it.

      I now have an init script that I run after every SteamOS update to install paru and other libraries via pacman instead, lmao.

  • make -j8@lemmy.world
    23·
    5 months ago

    I customised my keyboard layout so now when using Corporate Laptop i always type with errors

    • ECB@feddit.org
      5·
      5 months ago

      I can’t live without the EurKey layout! Even had to get approval to add it to our systems at one megacorp I worked for.

        • ECB@feddit.org
          3·
          5 months ago

          I do a lot of programming, which is generally easiest with the US layout (since most languages were designed using this) but I also type frequently in a couple other languages which have extra characters. For me it’s easier to use than switching layouts.

    • excral@feddit.org
      3·
      5 months ago

      The only rebind I use is tap <caps lock> to <esc> and hold <caps lock> to <ctrl> and that is already enough to confuse me when using setups not configured that way

      • make -j8@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        The most annoying thing is “;” vs “.”. I switched them because the dot is much more useful. So now i always type twice to find out which comes first 🙄

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    5 months ago

    I ran out of fucks almost a decade ago, so I use basic-bitch Kubuntu and barely bother to customize it at all. (I turned on dark mode and picked a wallpaper, but that’s about it.)

    My self-induced pain point is that I get mildly annoyed about snaps once in a while, but not enough to be worth switching distros.

    • Rooty@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      Same, except I just use vanilla Ubuntu. It’s no longer the early '00s, you don’t have to tinker with configs on off the shelf hardware.

    • davidgro@lemmy.world
      7·
      5 months ago

      So do I, but it’s close* to 20 years old and has never had driver issues. Back then HP was one of the more supported OEMs for Linux printing.

      *Edit: I pulled up the cover and it turns out it will be exactly 20 years old in 3 days.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    Trying to get a clean home directory by trying to get apps to follow xdg and put config files in .config.

    • tau@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      It’s like herding cats, it’s just awful.

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    5 months ago

    My first Gentoo install took 3 weeks with all the reading required to do a secure boot UEFI install with a USB based key and boot configuration to ensure W10 could dual boot without problems WAY before that was easy and reliable with Anaconda on Fedora.

    Now… Fedora is only writing the USB iso and like 2 clicks. It is easier and more reliable than Windows has ever been or even floppy disk DOS ever was. GNOME is a stupid simple desktop environment too.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nz
    12·
    5 months ago

    I don’t have a million “fancy” cloud features and the latest software support but I don’t care. I’m happy and my computer does everything i want.

    The only pain point i have is that KDE plasma 6.3 removed the option to toggle off the audio icon from programs that are playing audio. So stupid, why would i need to see constantly whats playing audio. I know what’s playing audio because I told it to play audio

    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I have a similar Plasma 6.3 issue. I use a software KVM to control my work laptop. Now I get a pop-up notification when my controls are being captured and sent to the other computer. Yeah, I know I’m doing that, it’s deliberate. I’ve been using a software KVM for 8 years. No way to turn it off that I can find that doesn’t also turn off all pop-up notifications.

  • finkrat@lemmy.world
    9·
    5 months ago

    I hit the point where I just throw on Fedora and call it a day

    I also have a LFS VM I look at every few months and wonder if I want to do something with it