• Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    1·
    9 days ago

    Let’s be honest here

    I like Linux as much as the next guy

    … But a violent kick to the 'nards is still more pleasant than Windows 11, so this is a “Luigi Wins By Doing Absolutely Nothing” scenario.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    8 days ago

    Off only the top of my head.

    -Potentially faster installation

    -Free

    -More control

    -Many distributions from LinuxFromScratch to Mint, making it meet the interests of nearly every demographic

    -Wonderful sense of community

    -No spying

    -No bloatware depending on distro

    -No ads

    -Many window managers supporting different workflows

    -Incredible command line power

    -Easy installation of software with package managers

    -Less malware

    -Fully customizeable ux/ui

    -Can uninstall anything you don’t want

    -Will help you learn how a computer works at a deeper level if you want to

    • rhabarba@feddit.org
      0·
      8 days ago

      -No spying

      depending on the distro

      -No ads

      depending on the distro

      -Can uninstall anything you don’t want

      How can you uninstall systemd?

      • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        8 days ago

        It will differ by distro, but generally for debian, you begin uninstalling systemd by installing something else like SysV init:

        apt install sysvinit-core sysvinit-utils
cp /usr/share/sysvinit/inittab /etc/inittab

        Then you will need to configure grub by editing /etc/default/grub changing:

        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/bin/systemd console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"

        to

        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=/lib/sysvinit/init console=hvc0 console=ttyS0"

        and then executing update-grub as root.

        Then you can reboot so that the system boots off of sysvinit instead and then purge systemd with apt-get remove --purge --auto-remove systemd. This also removes packages that depend on systemd.

        Then you pin systemd packages to prevent apt from installing systemd or systemd-like packages in the future.

        echo -e 'Package: systemd\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' > /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
echo -e '\n\nPackage: *systemd*\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd

        Depending on if the distro is multiarch, you might also need:

        echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:amd64\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd
echo -e '\nPackage: systemd:i386\nPin: release *\nPin-Priority: -1' >> /etc/apt/preferences.d/systemd

        This information was sourced from this wiki dedicated specifically to removing systemd on multiple distributions and replacing it with something else:

        https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Main_Page/

      • aliteral@lemmy.world
        0·
        8 days ago

        Far right nutjob? Crypto bro? That is what I have been hearing… Can’t say for sure, though.

        • TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world
          1·
          6 days ago

          Those are just insults people, who cannot gasp that someone could have a slightly different opinion about something, use against him.

          Some political things about him include: He …

          • is an anarchist (or somewhere on that political spectrum)
          • wants to have the right to own a gun
          • is pro free speech
          • thinks using money should not have to earn mega corporations that much money
          • thinks “brother should not kill brother” in the war in Ukraine
          • is not a fan of Elon Musk, Teslas or self driving cars
          • is pro Free Software and for privacy

          Obviously depends on what is meant with “far right nutjob”. If it implies that anarchy (no government) is the opposite of socialism (far left - maximum government) then yeah but usually it just means “massive bigot”, which I don’t think he is, otherwise give source.

          Similar with crypto bro. For me it means the pump and dump scheme scammer or at least someone who is pro crypto because he sees it as a mean to get rich quick. But if “Crypto bro” just means anyone who likes the advantages of crypto, then he indeed is one.

          But regardless of how we name things, he doesn’t have any evil values (as far as I know). He just has different opinions than the average lemmy user. It should not be hard to tolerate him, considering this platform is a mass murderer fanclub (actual evil values, not just “quirky” politics).

          • aliteral@lemmy.world
            1·
            6 days ago

            Sorry, maybe i’m a little ignorant but, why do you say this is a “mass murderer fanclub”?

            • TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world
              01·
              4 days ago

              Well lemmy is a platform developed by communists for communists. This is the first example I could find https://lemmy.ml/post/25431378

              Sure most of these people probably have schizophrenia and believe they are being controlled by 5G towers, so I’m not really blaming them. My point is that if we can deal with this, dealing with Kenny’s sometimes goofy ideas should be a piece of cake.