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It's that time again (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Cross-posted from "It's that time again" by @Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com in !linux_memes@programming.dev


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[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 181 points 2 days ago
[-] FishFace@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

This is what I concluded in the end...

[-] Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago

I do at home, can't choose at work (but we keep pushing the people in charge)

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I heard of imposing operating systems (which I'm also against*), but never specific distros or DEs.

* at least for technical people who know what they're doing and wont spam the IT support

[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

My company started enforcing Macs this year but as a special exception they'll let us use Windows or Ubuntu. No other distro and the CTO must still authorize it.

The reason? Meet some vague security guidelines that the PR team wants us to be able to say we meet, by forcing us to run a spying agent to ensure our OS is up-to-date so I'm not vulnerable to leaking data I don't even have access to. But the tool doesn't support anything that updates frequently.

I had just built a brand new laptop for work and I refused to sully it with Ubuntu so I installed it on an old desktop and just been putting zero effort into fixing Ubuntu shit. Wifi often can't handle meetings, none of my cameras worked ootb - also can't go to the office anymore since I can't carry the desktop there.

Still a year away from being able to request the company buys me a machine again (last time there were no conditions for it) - but I don't intend to stay here until then.

[-] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

I'll bet you 20$ that when some information finally leaks it is 100% some fuck ass exec giving away company secrets to impress a potential side piece or some geriatric board member ass fuck clicking a "Hot Dingles near you" ad

[-] menemen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

If it is a larger company that defintly would make maintenance easier.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Tried it. You supposedly can customize it any way you want, but after struggling for like an hour trying to make it look clean, I wondered why I was trying to force that. The UI in KDE is not clean. It's messy and has exposed many options I would never use. People love to hate on GNOME but I think they're only doing that because they know it's so popular. And it's popular for a reason.

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't hate on gnome because people can use what they want but coming from windows the UX was so unintuitive i had to switch to a different session without a DE to get rid of gnome. I'm sure it's learnable and then depending on your preferences pretty great.

I also don't think plasma is messy though. To me there's nothing worse than a system hiding options out of the assumption that I don't need them (see also: windows over time, which is a big part of why I made the switch to linux in the first place).

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

There's a huge difference in hiding options and putting them into a menu that looks nice. KDE UI strikes me as busy and ugly. Crazy re: windows. It's the busiest UI of all.

[-] refreeze@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I have a seemingly yearly tradition where I manage to convince myself to try out KDE then am usually back on GNOME after a week. I genuinely don't get the hate for GNOME. It looks clean, has great defaults (especially the keybinds) and mostly stays out of the way. I don't hate KDE, it's just not for me and that is okay.

[-] Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

I don't like the defaults of any the common DEs, so I always end up customizing whatever I use. Last time I tried KDE Plasma I was still running into bugs too often. I've been using gnome which is generally more stable, but it has a lot less stuff on it so I end up Frankensteining everything.

It's probably time for me to try Plasma again though.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I've tried KDE a couple of times. If it was the only option I may be able to get used to it, but knowing there is a much cleaner option makes me dislike it actually. I also don't get the GNOME hate, I agree with what you said about it.

[-] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People love to hate on GNOME but I think they're only doing that because they know it's so popular

You sound like Honey Boo Boo.

My take is GNOME is Mac-inspired, and KDE is Windows-inspired. I never liked MacOS. Therefore, GNOME does not appeal to me. KDE feels familiar, so naturally I used it after switching from Windows.

[-] Emi@ani.social 10 points 2 days ago

What distro do you use with it? So far I liked mint with cinnamon but looking to switch my main PC to Linux and ditch windows on October 23rd.

[-] Tiempo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

With KDE, you can go with Fedora if you like something "closer" to mint experience. I use it with Endeavor OS and I'm very happy

[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago

EndeavourOS

☺️such a joy

[-] h3ll3rsh4nks@ani.social 6 points 2 days ago

I've been enjoying CachyOS myself lately.

[-] Ofiuco@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago

I'm tempted to try it since I'd like to move away from fedora (kde), would you recommend it?
Does it require too much tinkering?
Does it breaks often with updates?

[-] h3ll3rsh4nks@ani.social 2 points 2 days ago

A buddy of mine and I have been using it for a bit, he more than I. Haven't noticed any major issues with it. Proton works well for gaming. Overall pretty solid. I'd say spin it up and give it a test drive.

[-] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 5 points 2 days ago

Debian primarily, though I also have arch running on another box. But I basically only run Debian across the board. Almost all stable, with some Trixie and Sid for testing. I also won't touch Gnome unless I'm forced to, so keep in mind I'm opinionated and hold grudges when you see my recommendations.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I use Arch, but you can't go wrong with Plasma + Debian. Ubuntu has weird bugs which keeps me from recommending it. I wish Mint still had a Plasma edition. endeavouros is Arch with a user-friendly installer, so that's an option as well. CachyOS is great too. Mint is good but Cinnamon doesn't support HDR which keeps me from recommending it to anyone using an HDR display. Debian is probably best seeing as you are used to Mint.

[-] relativestranger@feddit.nl 3 points 2 days ago

cinnamint is great. i think you may have already found what to put on the 'main pc'.

if you're at all interested in 'atomic' variants, kinoite is what is running a couple of kde desktops here.

[-] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

I use SpiralLinux (basically Debian with some tweaks). I like it a lot! If you want to stay in the Debian/*buntu lineage, consider it.

[-] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

Kubuntu FTW!!!!

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 2 days ago

no :3

I love how Ubuntu looks and feels

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You mean GNOME? Ubuntu ships KDE too as Kubuntu.

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 1 day ago

I meant ubuntu's customization of GNOME

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You can customize it the same on any distro. Except Artix lol. Ubuntu has weird bugs that aren't present it other distros that ship GNOME. I don't really like GNOME's current direction. Their devs seem to be comfortable with breaking things for both their users and users of of other desktops without a care.

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