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I finally bought a thinkpad (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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And of course I'm installing Linux on it. Install went well, even the fingerprint sensor built in to the laptop works.

Mostly this will be a school and DND machine but always nice to have a functional laptop for whatever else I may need it for.

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[–] [S] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not a fan of immutable distros tbh. I know they are the most "ease of use" you can get but at the same time, if I really want to change something, I can.

And IMO, I like Ubuntu. Wide compatibility and is stable. Thats what I like. I could take or leave Canonical though.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Fair cop, use what you like, it's not a religion.

    I wouldn't go with 'ease of use' personally, it's more can't break the main OS. I tend to do dev work in distroboxes, different workflow, but you never end up rebooting to a broken system and you can install wild dependencies without guilt. Works for me. YMMV.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I love the discourse here, it's so nice to see. Not only because I, too, am a Mint user for practical purposes (MATE flavour, even, in spite of running on pretty modern hardware).

    By the way, I am obligated to commend you on your username, cap'n. It's not much, but it's enough, right?

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