Is it stealing if that’s why it’s there?

Especially if you put a link in a comment for attribution.

Linux’s problem is that it’s not an OS, and so suggesting people use Linux doesn’t give them much advice.

The next problem is that linux based OSs are generally open source, which means it can be forked any number of times at any point in time.

There’s this super awesome and super confusing think in open software where you don’t have to use the thing you are given. Want to use facebook? Must use their app. Want to use reddit? Pretty much must use their app, etc.

But if you want to use Lemmy or Piefed, there are a dozen good choices, none are the wrong answer. Want to use Jellyfin? Well I connect with Kodi on my TV, Swiftfin on my mother’s, the Android Jellyfin app on my in-laws’ TV, Findroid (movies/TV) or Finamp (music) on my phone, etc. You don’t like an app you can still use the service just try another app or make your own. This is awesome, but super confusing to non-technical people.

Linux distros are the same. There are dozens of popular ones, many of which are based on others, the variety of choices is awesome but for non-technical people they have no idea where to start.

I have a completely unrelated question but is the US the only developed country where without health insurance you get no medical care at all?

I don’t know the answer but does tab to autocomplete work in other contexts? E.g. you type ‘cd ca’ and it fills it to ‘cd catpics’?

I’m not at a PC right now but from memory you’d have to be in bash or similar, it won’t work in sh.

So testing on animals?

I think Bazzite is a good distro for a beginner wanting specifically something to game on, but going for something common works too. I probably wouldn’t suggested Ubuntu to anyone these days but you can’t deny the long history of forum posts that come up whenever you search your problem.

Also, if op managed to get the Bluetooth mouse going there is no reason why his Bluetooth keyboard is not working.

It’s a nice thought, but his mouse is working and his keyboard is not, that’s why he’s asking.

So a good place to start for anything is the arch wiki. It is very extensive and often helpful for people on any distro.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/

What keyboard do you have?

Edit: Also, just checking you’ve switched on your keyboard? Like your mouse, a wireless keyboard will have a small on/off switch somewhere.

Bazzite is a fine pick for someone who just wants to game. It is immutable so much lower chance of screwing up the system, and is based on Fedora Silverblue.

As I understand it, Endeavour is explicitly not for new users and instead is recommended as a new step for someone already familiar with a more beginner friendly distro?

Ooh I think I know how to pronounce that one!

Grandma, can you tell me that story you used to tell me as a kid?

Sure, once upon a time, Goldilocks was walking through a Rayonier™ sustainable forest, when she came across a Turner Construction™ subdivision with a Toll Brothers® cottage.

She went inside and found three delicious bowls of Quaker™ porridge on the table. The first was delicious but too hot, the second was delicious but too cold, and being her favourite brand of porridge she tried the third bowl and it was perfect. She washed it down with a cold glass of Alta Dena™ 2% milk, a perfect combination.

…

I could keep going but it’s scaring me.

Well surely vi could be improved, otherwise we wouldn’t have vim?

Woah woah woah, 5 years? I can’t pretend to be a good worker for that long

Where I work they use the microsoft phishing simulation, for which they publish a list of domains they send from.

I don’t think it’s anything you can’t change. By default, Ubuntu has some side bar dock thing. Vanilla Gnome has nothing except the minimal top bar. You open the application overview (press super) to access everything, the dock, all your windows, other desktops, search, etc. I have this as a hot (move mouse to top left) but use super a lot as well.

Other than that, it’s just fonts and icons and things. Some difference in default applications. But that side bar dock thing is the most obvious difference. Apparently Ubuntu has a bunch of Gnome extensions installed by default too.

Edit: There’s a comparison here: https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/gnome-on-ubuntu.html.en

Ah I’m not that big of a fan of Ubuntu’s gnome, I prefer the vanilla one, though based on your preferences I don’t think it would change your preferences.

Just to clarify, are you using the Ubuntu Gnome desktop or the normal, vanilla Gnome?

I don’t like how GNOME has a permanent top bar

I don’t like how KDE (by default) has a permanent bottom bar twice as tall 😅

KDE Plasma has this emoji selector that’s kinda like Windows, you hit Super+. (Windows key and period) to open it, you can search for emojis and it copies them to your clipboard. Not as convenient as Windows, but I don’t think GNOME has anything similar to this so it’s a winner.

Gnomes search includes emojis, so just hit super and type ‘cat’ then it’s there in the search results 🐈

In KDE you can hit Super+v (Windows key and v) and it’ll open your clipboard history like in Windows. I don’t think GNOME has something like this.

Gnome has extensions, I highly recommend having a look through the options!

Interviews are two way. Prioritise finding a good boss, it really helps when it turns out the wider work environment is shit

I have a domain I keep because it’s short, but my main one is more memorable. I just don’t want to lose the short one, I’m sure I’ll find a use for it one day.

I will admit GNOME is more opinionated and trying to customize it too much gets pretty hard, but I like the default workflow with just a few tweaks. I definitely understand people who prefer KDE because they can make it how they like it, but I never could get KDE to act how I wanted it but GNOME is pretty much already what I want.

That looks awesome! Thanks for the rabbit hole 😅