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Dec 29 at 3:09pmBuffer
Show threadThoriumDec 29
@itsfoss Saddened by the impending addition of "AI" to Fedora though ๐Ÿ˜ข. Guess I'll be a tumbling tumbleweed going forward.
Show threadKing_DuckZDec 29
@Thorium @itsfoss oh no, what is it another "very smart" chatbot?
Show threadThoriumDec 29
@duckz @itsfoss Not very clear at present: https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2025/02/03/looking-ahead-at-2025-and-fedora-workstation-and-jobs-on-offer/
Looking ahead at 2025 and Fedora Workstation and jobs on offer!

So a we are a little bit into the new year I hope everybody had a great break and a good start of 2025. Personally I had a blast having gotten the kids an air hockey table as a Yuletide present :). Anyway, wanted to put this blog post together talking about what we are...

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Show threadFabiano CelentanoDec 29
@Thorium @duckz @itsfoss Oh, what a shame. I guess you just can't trust any software that's made by a company these days.
Show threadFynnNDDec 29
@Thorium @itsfoss if you switch to opensuse I recommend looking at https://software.opensuse.org/
Might find some programs that have issues to run otherwise
personally, switched to Slowroll, because fedora had some issues with things I used. It works well and even has newer mesa than Fedora (which I like)
openSUSE Software

Show threadDesert CamelDec 29
@Thorium It was bound to happen. All three major OS are controlled by corporations. Apple Microsoft and IBM/RedHat.
Show threadTobias ๐ŸŒ’๐ŸŒ•๐ŸŒ˜Dec 29

@Thorium @itsfoss May I suggest Manjaro for your consideration? Rolling release, easy to install and use, and is as complex as only you desire.

Oh, it's based on Arch, by the way 

Show threadJohnDec 29
@catdad @Thorium @itsfoss I have it on a 2013 iMac and it is fantastic!
Show threadTobias ๐ŸŒ’๐ŸŒ•๐ŸŒ˜Dec 29
@johnlorimer @Thorium @itsfoss 
Show threadKettโ€ฎJan 1
I wouldn't put high hopes on openSUSE regarding this. During the time I was still using it, I was subscribed to their feeds and there would frequently be posts about using oS for AI and monthly reports using awful AI-generated pictures as banners.
Show threadResolviendo la incรณgnita ๐ŸŒDec 29
@itsfoss
Show threadBuฤŸraDec 29
@itsfoss cachy on gaming, fedora on work laptop. Might switch my gaming one to fedora too
Show threadplorb Dec 29
@itsfoss mint my beloved
Show threadStevezDec 29
@itsfoss Still loving Ubuntu... ๐Ÿ˜‡
Show threadvepล™ jako pepล™Dec 29
@itsfoss alot of engineering goes into farming, their main critique is that he isnt serving their nation
Show threadStarkRGDec 29
@itsfoss Oh look, here's Red Hat, back from the dead. Shoot her.
Show threadIt's FOSSDec 30
@StarkRG why so mean ๐Ÿ˜ข
Show threadWillow :bhjflag_bisexual::anarchy_punk_demiboy:Dec 29
@itsfoss Pains me to see Debian among the "easy" distros when literally Torvalds himself couldn't install it
Show threadKettโ€ฎJan 1
That was a quarter of a century ago. Even a jurassic and sluggish distro such as Debian can get better over time.
Show threadMeko #nowarJan 11
@witix @itsfoss I use Debian and consider it easy... but with some technical nuances.

May switch to Mint somewhere in the future. But I got too used to KDE in the last years.
Show threadMeko #nowarJan 11
@witix @itsfoss but on the other hand, I'm the person who patched xorg to fix tearing so I'm also far from being the regular user (and I can't say that I won't need to apply the same patches for mint lol)
Show threadErenayDec 29
@itsfoss Until I finished high school, I decided to switch from Arch/CachyOS to Fedora. Because I didn't want to have to fiddle with my OS while studying.
Show threadLenswalkerDec 29
@itsfoss exactly my approach ๐Ÿ’ช
Show threadheartcode.dev ๐Ÿ’šDec 29
@itsfoss Still on Debian. Was about to switch to Fedora, but I don't like their AI move. So I will stay with Debian and enjoy my freedom.
Show threadLightning Bjornsson*  Dec 29
@itsfoss Too real #lang_en
Show threadMrGrumpyMonkeyDec 29
@itsfoss I never get tired of this meme template.
Show threadStadler BLร…HAJ Evo  @ Revision26Dec 30
@itsfoss "i use what works btw" yea thats why im on alpine
Show threadIt's FOSSDec 30
@memdmp ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Show threadSandy CorzetaDec 30
@itsfoss me next stop
Alma Linux ๐Ÿ˜‚
Show threadIt's FOSSDec 30
@sandycorzeta nice, it is a good one
Show threadSandy CorzetaDec 30
@itsfoss Long Live Enterprise (LTS) Release โ€‹โ€‹
Show threadENIGMATICO  Dec 30
@itsfoss I use Manjaro btw
Show threadmiggiDec 30
@drbilip ๐Ÿ‘€
Show threadvilipDec 30
@miggi 'I use arch btw' and 'I use what works btw' is synonymously for me
Show threadArturo Serrano ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿฆ„Dec 30
@itsfoss I'm back with my first love, MX.
Show threadAlexDec 30
@carturo222 @itsfoss when we got my son a new computer I took his old laptop and initially installed MXLinux on it. Weird things happened. To be fair weird things happened with several distros I tired. Pretty sure the processor or GPU is the culprit. Though since Debian 13 came out (well in my case right now LMDE) everything has just been workingโ€ฆ so farโ€ฆ knock on wood and all that. At some point Iโ€™ll have to give MX another shot.
Show threadmarcoDec 30
I use EndeavourOS btw and I love that it just works for me even though it's arch based
Show threadNube Jan 1
@itsfoss I use Alpine btw โ€‹โ€‹
Show threadinamruzuiJan 2
@itsfoss arch is what is easy here as long as you use something like reborn os
Apt tends to be very picky on the repos you use
Show threadNishant Neeraj AgnihotriJan 2
@itsfoss True.
Less hustle to troubleshoot but more focus to be productive.
Show threadJessie Nabein Jan 19
@itsfoss people love dumping on arch as the "complicated non functional distro", but for me it:s been working fine for the last... 8 years?