I feel like 75% of Mastodon are people talking about Linux. If you don’t care about Linux you feel alienated. I enjoy Mastodon and Lemmy, but the lack of more diverse subjects gets to me if I browse for too long.

Update: I took your advice and purchased a laptop for Linux, and now I care about it! Problem solved.

        • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          10 months ago

          I haven’t seen one. Everyone here seems like an expert already… I already have a PC set aside to do it, so it’s just a matter of taking the plunge one of these days.

          Probably start with something noob friendly, like Ubuntu?

            • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldEnglish
              6·
              10 months ago

              I had heard Debian was also very noob friendly, so I’ll probably go with that then. I don’t really have much of a tech background other than amateur hobby stuff, so I definitely need to pick one that’s going to have a lot of instructional content out there.

            • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              10 months ago

              Canonical’s pushing of snaps sucks, but in my experience Ubuntu “just works” on every piece of hardware I throw it at in a way that even Debian sometimes doesn’t. (IDK why, and – having gone through my Gentoo-tweak-everything phase 20 years ago – I can’t be bothered to care.)

              Point is, Ubuntu is fine. Just let the noobs use it; don’t put them off with quibbling . It’s fine.

              • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                10 months ago

                Pop_OS or Mint solves the issues with Snap by cutting it out, I’d recommend other people use those because Snaps introduce many minor frustrations that don’t make sense unless you know what you’re doing and that you’re using snaps.

                TL;DR for those who don’t know about snaps, Ubuntu has a thing that makes some apps not work quite right all the time, Pop_OS and Mint don’t have that thing or have a different thing that works better most of the time.