Microslop is nervous now that Linux is popular enough to attack.

The command pacman -Qm will display every package from the AUR on your system. You can then search the list of compromised packages.

I’ve used SAMBA shares for years, and it’s dead simple to map a network drive in Explorer. And mounting that drive on boot is a matter of a checkbox in a dialog.

The problem is that knowing how to do something in Windows teaches you Windows and learning it in Linux teaches you computers. For example if you know how to connect to a remote host through the command line, you already know how to connect to one in Nautilus, and vise versa. (via the command ssh://user@host)

I think this cross-pollination approach is going to be a learning curve for Windows users. It is for me. But taking the time has not only helped me understand Linux, I understand how to use Windows better, despite barely logging in for over a year.

I don’t understand. Why does Brave not exist? Is it because the developer is a chud? Fair enough. Is it because it’s Chrome? If so, does that apply to Vivaldi?

The “Dunning-Kruger” effect directly contradicts this. It states that experts will overestimate the lay-person’s knowledge. (it’s the second, and often forgotten result)

I’m not saying either is correct, there are plenty of reasons to doubt Dunning-Kruger including that it’s results are among the “reproduceability crisis” in Psychological research.

edit: yea I misunderstood that.

I’m the same way. My Debian server is two versions out of date, but it’s still getting security updates and works, so why in the world would I upgrade?

I started with Debian and am driving Catchy now. Catchy will pull you into the terminal more than Debian will, but you don’t sound like someone put off by that.

The good news is that pacman is easy to learn and Catchy’s default terminal app is superior.

Tech in general has a huge boomer-humor problem in that all those old fucks that wrote the original code stuffed it full of puns, in-jokes, and idioms that are only relevant today in retirement homes in Ohio.

And I don’t mean this is annoying or funny, but as a legitimate problem. It’s bad enough that you have to learn English to code, you also are disadvantaged for not sharing the culture with retirement age white dudes from America.

It wouldn’t be so bad if it was good boomer humor, but remember, these are the guys who think “Linux Is Not uniX” is funny.

My first distro was Debian and I loved Gnome so much that I’ve never gotten around to trying anything else despite being on my 3rd distro hop.

I’m an old head and a firm believer in keyboard first computing. And I think an OS’s job is to be invisible until I need it. Gnome get’s out of my way until I summon whatever I need from it with the keyboard. For someone who’s labored under Windows for so long, Gnome is like escaping Plato’s cave.

Their are already Linux phone options. I’m talking about full-fat installations and even distro-hopping.

Pihole has similar functionality, and it’s FOSS.

TempleOS should be obscure, but everyone knows about it because it’s such a joke.

I read that as “new-age” verification. LOL

We gotta inspect your Chakra dude.

You must have been of Microslop for a while if you think frustrating issues on update is a Linux thing. Just last a couple weeks ago, Microsoft released a security update that locked people out of their “C” drive. (In Windows, this is bad)

Does anybody use a screensaver in 2026?

I don’t understand all the friction Gnome gets. Yes, I’m satisfied with everything default on the Debian/ Fedora Workstation. That’s because the DE get’s the hell out of my way and most everything can be easily managed without touching the mouse.

Those two things alone are so important to me, and such an improvement over Windows, that I’ve just never gotten around to trying other DE seriously.

fuck that, I’ma dual boot and bounce.

I love this. The Luddites were an early labor movement and their reputation is pure capital propaganda.