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  • , but with a little attitude solving

    pot name kettle.

    When was the last time you used a Linux distro? 2005? Some desktops have had one-click updates since about that year, there are pretty good GUIs (that you don’t like them because they are in a terminal is a terminalWindowsism) and the “terminal matrix speak” is just knowing what you are talking about. You do know at least something about the parts of the car you drive, do you not?

    The one big thing I grant is the double-click idioms, because at least in my experience it’s where lots of systems tend to clash against each other. A given app registers double click actions for certain files, then the browser does the same for those files, then Wine / Flatpak steals that association too… in the end you almost never know who is going to open your files in modern Linux unless you context-click specifically. It’s the one aspect on the list I’d say Linux has regressed since 2015.


  • It’s quite a bit old and maybe superseded by something more modern in 2025 already, but have you tried setting up your boot with the acpi_osi=linux parameter? It should enable some corrections and capabilities from the BIOS that are not available if the system “lies” to the BIOS by telling it it’s Windows (“for compatibility, they said”). Dunno, maybe it juuuust happens to include the fix you need.



  • Considering the security implications of suspend and how much enabling zram has improved my workflow for hibernate, I can’t really say I miss suspend any much. It was fast (near-instant in good days) but it’s always been a bet whether you can restore state or have to clean boot.

    Also at least in my experience there were always a number of things that just borked suspend if you left them unattended. Back when I was still maining Debian Stable on 2022, having a remote mounted via SSHFS or having Redshift active always would lead to a near-eternal freeze before suspending, or worst case scenario a suspend-into-crash (ie.: suspends right, but panics during resume).










  • Why do I feel like narrowing down the options would not be that bad?

    Perhaps because you miss Microsoft or Apple? In a rather misdirected way?

    Half the point is there are multiple ways to do things - and mind, Windows is like that too (you can get to some settings though the new Control Panel, the old Control Panel, the Regedit, the Powershell…). Just about the only thing in Windows you are forced only one vision of is the desktop itself, but as soon as you double-click an icon, all bets are off.

    Also if what you want is getting behind “tried and tested, universally accepted technologies”… that’s what sysvinit, ALSA, X11 and automake / build-essentials; no need for systemd, Pulseaudio, Wayland and Snaps. Pulseaudio was basically a stillborn deformed baby whereas I’ve never seen ALSA fail since 2002 (to the point even today I have to “fix” Flatpak not having audio on Pipewire unless Pulseaudio sits behind it by just seating both of them behind ALSA). I don’t even have to begin on Wayland, it started as just vaporware; Systemd is largely an attempt to microsoft-ize Linux system management; and Snaps make me want to snap.

    As for newbies… others have addressed the point but honestly, if someone gets scared and whiny at the “choose your starter” screen of the game, they’re not gonna last any in a Pokémon game nor would I want them around whining about things they couldn’t even be bothered to be here for.