Idk. There’s already plenty of right wingers (libertarians) in FLOSS spaces. I’d hate to see any more.

It’s been too long, but seems like I had some problems with formatting getting wrecked between Word and LibreOffice. It probably works a lot better now, not to mention that you can just access Word in the browser if really necessary.

This is a great story, and you should be really proud of yourself! Good job :). I used Linux through college and had very few issues (that I can remember!)

Can you use dd to create multiboot USB drives? Even the link you shared lists Ventoy as an option.

In terms of games and programs, it’s best to look for/ask about the specific ones. Things have improved a ton with Steam/Proton, but just make sure there isn’t a deal breaker in there somewhere. Otherwise, there’s great distros out there that are EZPZ for normal everyday computer tasks (web surfing, file browsing, office shit).

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.

Just want to chime in that there is a Linux Mint Debian Edition. Nice stability, sidesteps criticisms of Ubuntu, and has the polish of Mint

I don’t want anyone to get discouraged because of this post. Bottom line is that it is very easy to make a “live USB” of a Linux distro and play around with it. There is zero risk or commitment in doing so. Another great option is to install it on an old computer you have or can easily get. It may or may not “be for you”, but it is very easy to try out.

I don’t use docker, so I just set the interface to the tun0 or whatever in the qbittorrent config.

qbittorrent.

I like how they take a moral stance against Apple and Google, but then proudly display Boeing and the US Air Force as customers.

Hey thanks for following up. I did see that, and I have it installed :)

Interesting. This particular script I’m just double clicking to run, but I did name it script.sh. If I were to run it in the terminal, I would just do ./script.sh

I have studiously avoided learning any bash scripting for the 17 years I’ve used Linux, so all I can say is good job! Actually just today I found a command that I needed to get a certain appimage to run without crashing, and I remembered enough that I was able to make it into a script (I struggle with whether it’s !# or #!). Having just done it today, I can confirm you don’t need to include ‘/bin/bash’, just FYI. I believe that is assumed.

I use Ninja at work, and all I know is there is no remote desktop support for Linux. You can install the Linux agent, and you can run remote terminal commands. I set up RustDesk to remote control one of the few Linux machines here.

My brother recently texted me asking for advice about installing Mint on an old laptop. He is the one that got me into computers as a kid, and he has worked at Microsoft for maybe 25 years. It made me so happy lol.

The replies illustrate the problem nicely.

Dope! Can’t wait til there’s packages for it :)

Keep a “cheat sheet” of common commands printed out nearby-- either something from the internet and/or a custom one for your own commands.

Also, nobody can remember all the commands. We mostly just remember the ones we use most often. Otherwise, we have to look things up! It’s not too bad since you know that the command exists and you just need to know the exact way to type it.

Find mnemonics to help remember certain things. For example if you want to decompress a .tar file, you remember “xtract zee file” or: tar -xzf

Start running servers if you haven’t already. Use an old computer, or an SBC or VPS and setup some Linux servers. There’s lots of different ways to do it, so mess around and break shit over and over. You can’t help but learn that way, though I would highly suggest you take notes/documentation. This is a habit I’m trying to develop after too long :)