"SO proof" distro
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Thinly-veiled bazzite shill thread
Explain how you can shill for a free product which makes no money?
I don't use Bazzite, but I'm glad to see immutable distros being mentioned as they're the only sensible option for OP's use-case
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Any of them. Just don't give the root password.
Might end up in dumb annoying situations like setting up wifi requiring root and such
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Here's the bazzite attempt at viral marketing, everyone.
Remember when we saw it for MX Linux?
Be careful about what you install on your computers.
You know the build scripts which turn Fedora Kinoite into Bazzite are all open on GitHub, right.....
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Might end up in dumb annoying situations like setting up wifi requiring root and such
That is not a thing in userspace. No idea what you're even alluding to here.
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Pop all the way
maybe not for a few months since they're gonna be launching COSMIC this year, which will likely be buggier than usual for a bit.
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Aurora or Bluefin would be great, general purpose distros. They're based on Fedora Kinoite and Silverblue, respectively, so you get that atomic unbreakability with the addition of some handy software and easy, optional scripts via
ujust.I have Bazzite on a laptop specifically for this reason, so if I ever kick the bucket early, they will have a reliable and portable computer.
Aurora gets a vote from me. I set it up for my technically repulsive father, and he gets on just fine with it.
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maybe not for a few months since they're gonna be launching COSMIC this year, which will likely be buggier than usual for a bit.
Sure but 22.04 is LTS without COSMIC and you'll have plenty time to upgrade to 24.04 with COSMIC
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That is not a thing in userspace. No idea what you're even alluding to here.
Surprising amount of stuff requires root (or used to). It reminds me of this glorious rant from Linus from his less domesticated times (that he made on Google Plus hah). https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/linus-to-opensuse-devs-kill-yourself-now.30414/
The highlight:
So here's a plea: if you have anything to do with security in a distro, and think that my kids (replace "my kids" with "sales people on the road" if you think your main customers are businesses) need to have the root password to access some wireless network, or to be able to print out a paper, or to change the date-and-time settings, please just kill yourself now. The world will be a better place.
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Any recommendations for a linux distro that i can set up and be reasonably sure my non techy SO won't break accidentally? The set up doesn't have to be easy it just has to not break once I leave her alone with it. My first thought was popOS.
My plan is to have 2 profiles and not give her access to sudo. I just don't want to have to go into it unless she needs a new program.
Aurora by Universal Blue. She will be unable to break it, and it's so freaking easy to use and install.
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Surprising amount of stuff requires root (or used to). It reminds me of this glorious rant from Linus from his less domesticated times (that he made on Google Plus hah). https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/linus-to-opensuse-devs-kill-yourself-now.30414/
The highlight:
So here's a plea: if you have anything to do with security in a distro, and think that my kids (replace "my kids" with "sales people on the road" if you think your main customers are businesses) need to have the root password to access some wireless network, or to be able to print out a paper, or to change the date-and-time settings, please just kill yourself now. The world will be a better place.
This is old as hell, and on a locked down account. You don't need restrictions like this for a personal use machine, and a base install of any distro wouldn't have this type of issue whatsoever. It is not a modern concern.
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This is old as hell, and on a locked down account. You don't need restrictions like this for a personal use machine, and a base install of any distro wouldn't have this type of issue whatsoever. It is not a modern concern.
Friend, this is from my own system I'm running right now lol.
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Friend, this is from my own system I'm running right now lol.
Oh wild, I thought "No way!", but apparently yes way as I (Tumbleweed/KDE/Standard User) get all of this which I imagine would be disorienting to non-Linux users. Just going to Wi-Fi & Networking, not attempting to make any changes even.
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Pop all the way
I've had my wife on Pop for 3-4 months now but she performed some update in the Pop Shop this week that totally borked the bootloader. I was not able to repair or even get it to see her hard drive.
I was able to mount the drive using the Pop live USB and backup her data. I moved her over to Bazzite, which is what I use.
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Oh wild, I thought "No way!", but apparently yes way as I (Tumbleweed/KDE/Standard User) get all of this which I imagine would be disorienting to non-Linux users. Just going to Wi-Fi & Networking, not attempting to make any changes even.
Don't have this issue on archlinux. I think there is a group, which if you are part of, you can change networking settings.
[moonpie@cachyos-x8664 ~]$ groups moonpie sys network wheel audio kvm lp storage video users rfkill libvirt docker moonpie -
Friend, this is from my own system I'm running right now lol.
Then your account is not part of the proper groups to control NetworkManager as integrated in Gnome. That's on you.
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Then your account is not part of the proper groups to control NetworkManager as integrated in Gnome. That's on you.
Friend, that's KDE lol.
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I've had my wife on Pop for 3-4 months now but she performed some update in the Pop Shop this week that totally borked the bootloader. I was not able to repair or even get it to see her hard drive.
I was able to mount the drive using the Pop live USB and backup her data. I moved her over to Bazzite, which is what I use.
I have PCs here running pop updated the same way, no issues. Are you sure it wasn't a hardware problem?
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Any recommendations for a linux distro that i can set up and be reasonably sure my non techy SO won't break accidentally? The set up doesn't have to be easy it just has to not break once I leave her alone with it. My first thought was popOS.
My plan is to have 2 profiles and not give her access to sudo. I just don't want to have to go into it unless she needs a new program.
OpenSUSE MicroOS
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Friend, that's KDE lol.
Doesn't matter what DE it is.
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Doesn't matter what DE it is.
NetworkManager as integrated in Gnome
Uhhuh.
