futurile12h ago
Olical

Just swinging by to say I appear to have evolved as a Linux user / software engineer recently. Something happened and now I care less about customisation and want stuff to Just Work with very little config. So I'm trying out Fedora + Gnome after years of arch and i3.

I think what changed is that I've been so busy and overloaded for so long that something switched and now I prioritise less fiddly things to worry about. I care more about getting shit done well and less about how?

Apr 3 at 4:04pmMoshidon
Show threadOlical6d ago
Fedora has instantly started auto updating my laptop firmware completely hands free and automatically. Yeahhh this is nice, I'm okay with less options if my computer just sort of does stuff for me.
Show threadBadly-read literary snob6d ago
@Olical be careful! This is how you end on macOS and iPhones! (I jumped from Arch too!)
Show threadOlical6d ago
@RosaCtrl my gf said the same, NEVER! I still want Linux, I just want it to delight me with stuff just working and doing things for me so I don't need to fiddle with config and tools to do things I really don't care about. I want the yaks to shave themselves, but I still want some control I guess?
Show threadBadly-read literary snob6d ago
@Olical fair! But you tell me if you end migrating! 😅 The thing is that I used to like having control until I realised most of what I wanna control is just Neovim. For the rest I wish politics took care of it and steered Apple in a less abusive direction
Show threadOlical6d ago

@RosaCtrl 🫡 I think I'll be Linux and Android until they put me in the ground (if we as a species make it that far :D) but will do. So far already liking Fedora and Gnome, it is very opinionated and... odd... but I think I'll grow to like it. If it updates and bricks itself I think I'd swing back towards arch rather than osx.

Although I do love the idea of an ARM laptop, that's attractive. But hopefully a Linux one!

Show threadPablo Martínez5d ago
@RosaCtrl @Olical I went to Apple ecosystem briefly, and although it works great, it is not Free Software, and I couldn't stand it that long. After the Mac (I do miss the M1), the iPhone went away easily. My reasons for going into Apple applied to me only for a very brief period (lots of portability, and seamless integration between systems didn't hurt).
Show threadEltrac 6d ago

@Olical I think customization is more like… entertainment in some way? When I’m overloaded with tasks, I rarely do anything to my configuration. But other time, I just tweak Neovim and other stuff for fun.

(Though it does make me code faster I think?)

Show threadOlical6d ago

@eltrac yep, I can see that. Code is becoming more of a thing I just do as my career and a bit of side projects these days and less "my main passion and all I think about" which probably contributes to the shift. Everything is becoming a tool I use to achieve a goal and the goal is what I care about more now, not so much the exact path I take to get there.

I'm still on Neovim though, I'm way too invested in that ecosystem and I have no need to tweak, I'm really happy with that setup.

Show threadPablo Martínez5d ago
@Olical I can relate. Did the same shift many moons ago and still zero complaints. I used to miss some tiling features, but there are some workarounds. Plus you can still tweak what you really want tweaked.
Show threadOlical5d ago
@pablo_martan I got into zellij recently for my terminal anyway, so I don't even lose much tiling 🎉