A place for all Furries who use (or are interested in) Linux-based OS's to come, hang out, ask questions, and enjoy!
I’ve been using Linux for..not quite 30 years, but getting there, and I’ve been a Linux sysadmin for over 20. I started on Slackware, ran that for about 15 years, went to Fedora, ran that for 12 or so, and I’ve been on Arch since.
So yeah, I know some things ^^
Heh, you've been using Linux about as long as I've been alive... xD
Running OG Slackware is pretty cool though! That's one that you don't hear a lot nowadays, but definitely has some giants that built off of it. Given the length of time you've been using Linux for, ever try out Yggdrasill Linux from back in the day?
I vaguely remember Yggdrasil Linux, but I never ran it as it wasn't freely available and I was saving my money for Super Nintendo games, hehe. Slackware was free, though it took a long time to download over a 2400 (maybe 14.4) modem onto a stack of floppies, all while hoping that nothing got corrupted.
Then, the actual installation was quite a learning experience but I managed (somehow, far too long ago to remember exactly how) to get it running. Didn't have a graphics card for XFree86, but having multiple ttys/multitasking available after using DOS for so long felt extraordinary. ^^
Lol, nice! I forgot old DOS backs in those days didn't have multitasking available. Though, given DOS was always sub-par compared to *nix systems, that doesn't surprise me either.
Out of curiosity, why did you choose esrly-day Linux over one of the BSD's? I don't recall if FreeBSD (or the any if the other common derivatives) existed yet, but I know that BSD proper was already a thing by then.
FreeBSD and NetBSD were first released in 93, but I didn't hear about them until later. I don't think I would have been knowledgeable enough to install/use them back then, either.
I hadn't done any serious work with FreeBSD until earlier this year, when I set up my blog site on it. I wrote an article about that experience at https://jsilverfox.blog/post/freebsd/
The site is running well, I..just need to write more articles for it, eheh.
Nice, that's cool! Yeah, I've heard that, among those that know, the BSD's are actually quite well loved for server usage. Still a much, much smaller userbase than Linux servers, but it definitely has a small but loving group for it. Doas is interesting too, I've heard of that for Linux too, but haven't experimented with it. But I know some that do quite like it.
Course in an only slightly different timeline, BSD Unix would probably fulfill the role that Linux does today too!
That would be an interesting timeline where open source BSD variants have all the hardware support and mindshare while Linux is an obscure project in the vein of Plan 9 or GNU Hurd..no idea how that would have played out.
Heh, in theory on our end it wouldn't be... That different? I don't expect the licensing for the BSD variants would have changed the outcomes all that much, the BSD licenses are more libre than the GPL even. The bigger issue might be support fragmentation among the different flavours (distros?) of BSD, unless one BSD version came out on top.
It'd be a weird world without Linux, but still having the Unix wars happen. I guess it's possible System V would still play a bigger role in that timeline too.
Hi! I use Linux daily and am definitely interested, but am not really knowledgeable regarding it.
No worries! This is a place for all Linux Furs, of all skill and interest levels, to be. :)
mandatory "i use Arch, btw" comment
Ubuntu 22.04 User here!
Lol! You win the award for the first "IuA, btw" comment. xD
I too am an arch 'enjoyer'
Mandatory "I use Arch btw"
Though I'm currently using Windows as it works for my workflow atm. I have dabbled in Linux a lot and I really like it, so hopefully one day, I can make thew switch to it fully.
Interesting idea for a community. I don't currently use Linux but I would be for it again if I could figure out how to use it better. Last time I tried Pop OS.
Definitely start off with a more beginner distro like Pop, Zorin, or Mint. Then once you comfortable, you can decide where to move on from there, if at all. I've been on Pop for 4 years now, and still love it. :)
Hello, ArchLinux (btw:tm:) and Nix/NixOS user here :D !
Nice! NixOS is quite fascinating I must say. I don't have a huge use for it per se, but I can see huge potential if I ever wanted to make a custom distro to ship out. The Nix config file thing would be super handy!
Yeah the configuration is just really nice, and with flake you can bring litterally anythink into it. Truely an awesome piece of software.
I think the thing i like with nixos is the atomic upgrades, and the fact that you can rollback to an old system configuration if something is messed up. I tried using btrfs on arch before, but it was really confusing to me and i didn't like the readonly snapshots (i might have done thinks wrong too here lol). It's just better way of doing thinks imo.
(it took me while to wrap my head around the configuration syntax tho xD)
Hello fellow open-source fluffs. :3
I started on Mint several years ago, and have since settled on Debian for my daily driver, though I'm considering trying other distros like Manjaro or Void for fun. I still use Mint for games (Steam + Proton). Haven't booted Windows for home use in quite some time and I plan to keep it that way.
Nice, yeah I just installed Debian 12 on an older Macbook Pro, and it runs absolutely fantastic. And yeah, same here for WIndows. I did have a Windows partition for a while, but eventually I just deleted it to make more room for Steam games. xD
Heyo. Linux and furries, the iconic duo. I'm currently an arch user also, but lately have been considering switching to something a tiny bit more stable. Arch used to be great when we needed a lot of experimental software to run games, but I feel like I don't need bleeding edge for anything anymore, and there are enough small bugs coming and going that it's a bit annoying. Maybe considering opensuse tumbleweed or fedora? Anyone else feeling a similar way?
OTOH my arch install is so old I've forgotten everything I ever tweaked about it, so setting up on a new distro from scratch is not going to be fun.
Yeah, I have Arch on a laptop I play around with, and it's cool and all, but ultimately I'd never run it as my main OS on my system. I have played around with OpenSuse Tumbleweed too, and I did quite like that. If I was gonna go for a rolling-release, I'd definitely choose that.
Currently for me, I run Pop!_OS on my main system, have for over 4 years now, and also on my Thinkpad X1 Yoga. Also just installed Debian 12 on an old 2013 Macbook Pro, and Qubes OS on another older Lenovo Ideapad.
Hello Linux users!
Joined pretty much for this and one other community, sup 👋