@jhx Mostly same path for me. I had a lot of fun in my distrohopping stage, I have learned stuff and what's more important, now I know what works and what doesn't for me. Ubuntu for dev; Arch, Void and Debian Sid for tinkering, non-dev stuff, and test drive the latest software. None is absolutely perfect (nothing is!), but I get the job done and I'm quite happy with them. :)
@jhx Makes sense to me 😉 I guess I couldn't really fall for that because I started exploring "alternative" x86-PC operating systems in a time before internet at home was a common thing, let alone with a speed suitable for downloading larger software distributions 😁 (plus getting some "Linux distribution" to work correctly on your machine was a lot more work, e.g. no way to do this without manually editing a monolithic config file for #XFree86 if you wanted a GUI). So you were thinking twice before "starting over" 😅
I started with some old #SUSE, because that came bundled on a 💿(!) with some magazine. Soon I wasn't happy how its "yast" tool fought over changing all sorts of config files etc ...
Also found #Debian first on some magazine disc (2.1 "slink") and managed to install this as a server offering a few services. For the desktop, I tried #Mandrake for a while, back then it was one of the few with largely working and sane auto-configurations... but as #Debian just felt better (simple and powerful management tools you could understand, so they didn't interfer with your manual configurations), I finally got that on the desktop as well. Stayed with that for a long time until it grew in complexity and I had hard to solve issues (also related to #systemd when it was first introduced in Debian), so looking for alternative, I figured it was time to say goodbye to Linux. Tried #FreeBSD and this worked awesome for me! For some software, you need Linux, and when I do, Debian is still my choice...
In general, I developed a habit of never changing stuff "just for the sake of it", only when I can name things I'm unhappy with. So for example, I use neomutt instead of mutt now (lots of added features I like that were only available as unofficial patches for mutt), but when people tell my I should try neovim, I just ask myself, why? After all, I'm perfectly happy with vim.
So I also never tried #wayland so far, because I see no need for my usecase, as #Xorg works perfectly fine for me. Currently even experimenting with programming #X11 "directly" (using #xcb) instead of using some UI toolkit. 🙈 Of course, in C only -- there's little you can't do in that veteran language 😎
@jhx Thanks. I have some older stuff here also which I use for #freebsd also. Jails to the rescue. Only Bhyve bites me every time booting so a separate debian box would be better.
The efficiency boost is honestly mind blowing. And that is with so many keystrokes to wrap my head around. Absolutely worth the money and lets me work at least four times as fast as with the previous setups.
Would I have liked to keep on using Linux? Yes but at this point if one is doing more than just browsing the web and reading E-Mails it is very hard to recommend.
@WestphalDenn Hast Du das auf englisch aufgesetzt, damit Leasey richtig funktioniert. Brian Hartgen sagte mir, dass er davon ausgeht, dass Leasey nur mit englischem JAWS funktioniert.
@WestphalDenn I just bought a #Lenovo#Legion9 and had the opposite experience.
I keep hearing people say things about #Linux v #Windows which aren't true, and in a recent discussion they turned out to be out of date opinions from someone not using it.
Obviously you were, but I take issue that it's only good for basic tasks. I do all sorts and it just gets better while Windows degrades and spys.
W11 cursor was jerky, sending all cicks home. Noticeably faster when I switched to #Ubuntu 24.
#alacritty in the #debian#sid package has been sat at V0.12.2-2 for almost a year now. The latest version is stuck in the #experimental packages. I build alacritty myself using cargo crates and have had no issues with V0.13. I'm guessing it's the switch from YAML to TOML for the config that's the issue. But surely you can create a script to convert this? Poor stable is still at V0.11 :loading: .
@kura I like laying the separate windows over each other when working in multiple terminals. It's just different ways of achieving the same result. I purposefully make sure I can only work in one at a time. I'm very easily distracted. Even when working in an IDE I sometimes have multiple terminals overlapping the sides of the window.
Right, I've managed to compile UnrealEngine for #Debian Stable, which feels like an achievement. If only I could do the same for a reasonably modern version of Shotwell!
How can I hide a service behind a proxy with #Apache ?
Like I have @navidrome running on standard port 4533 but I would like to Proxy it behind apache. So when I go to my website(dot)com/music I can reach it (as well with the apps so prolly websockets needs to be configured?).
Cool idea - #Xebian - a distribution based on unstable #Debian, polished XFCE with nice minimalist wallpapers + Calamares installer. Just why don't we have it on #distrowatch? Strange...