[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

To be fair, there isn't really a such thing as "stock" Arch. You would just have the base and linux linux-firmware packages. EOS gives you a minimal, but entirely functional desktop experience with as few assumptions possible, which is nice for someone who wants to tailor their desktop to their liking. You are correct, cachy would probably be easier, but I don't think EOS is particularly hard. Either way, gaming is just a matter of installing steam.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    That's because it could be done in a way that doesn't cause those harms to people or the environment. The software itself doesn't dictate that.

    It's NOT being done in that manner, but that's a capitalism problem, not inherent to the software. This is just a computer program we're talking about here.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago*

    bars

    I'm so bored of radlibs screaming about the AI burning the trees. Like why are you yelling at me. The freaks who made this shit are building the death star. We're going to need to use this stuff too if we're ever going to actually win.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (7 children)

    IMO Fedora can do everything that Ubuntu does, without snap or the opinionated Cannonical stuff, it's an easy GUI installer, has better defaults (except you need to manually add non-fre repos, trivial), and wide software compatibility. You can't go wrong with Fedora unless you specifically hate having up to date software or major updates every 6-12 months.

    Cachy is a fine distro too I guess. I'd probably use EndeavorOS instead. Any distro with a relatively recent graphics stack is going to game the same. The QoL stuff around the margins is going to be more important than the 2% optimization you get from Cachy's kernel, and cachyos-proton can be run on steam in any distro.

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  • [–] 45 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Not to shill for Apple or Google, but it's definitely important to draw a distinction between first party telemetry and straight up distributing malware. If we can't we honest in our framing then there is really no reason to take what we have to say seriously.

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    I want to start feeling out future distros for me once the age attestation makes its way into systemd. I am currently using Fedora on two computers, one I use for gaming (all AMD) and one I use for getting work done (thinkpad x13). I am pretty bummed about this because I feel quite settled in with Fedora, but with all the talk of age attestation happening I will be withdrawing my consent from using distros that intend to comply with these laws.

    I have targeted three distros, Artix, Void Linux, and endeavorOS. The first two do not use systemd at all and the third has stated they will not implement age attestation methods.

    I am thinking endeavorOS might be a good move, I appreciate an out of the box solution. I can and have installed Arch manually several times, but I prefer to spend my time using my computer, not necessarily going into the "rice" rabbit hole. I will probably use a desktop environment like KDE, GNOME, or XFCE.

    I guess the point of this post is: anyone who has experience with systemd-free distros like Void or Artix, what are your thoughts using as a general purpose operating system? how is the learning curve coming from systemd? Can someone who is technologically competent but not particularly interested in deep customization (I am a sysadmin, but I just like my shit to work) thrive in this type of environment? I use Fedora because it's a good mix of being generally unassuming but having sensible defaults and being extraordinarily well supported.

    Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. Feel free to give me any thoughts you may have on the subject of age attestation or even suggest distros I might not be aware of.

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