375.5 – One Is the Loneliest Number

mintcast — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:51:33 +0000

1:46 Linux Innards
42:07 Vibrations from the Ether
51:07 Check This Out
54:28 Announcements & Outro

In our Innards section, fragmentation

And finally, the feedback and a couple of suggestions

Twitter. Discord. Telegram. Matrix. Reddit. Youtube.

Linux Innards

Joe
- Inevitable
- Innovative
- Provides an outlet for many
- Yes it is somewhat daunting for a new linux user to pick that first distro
Tony
- One of the benefits and one of the drawbacks of a free and open culture in Linux. Some loved Distributions over the years have started because someone wanted things in ‘Their’ Linux system to be a certain way and initially released an ISO to share with others, some of these even live on after the original creator moves on.
- Gives a wide variety of choices to the user. DE wise for me if Gnome was the only option I would probably have gone back to Windows even windows 10 is more to my liking as a DE
- As for Distroes the issue again is choice, some like a lightweight minimal system and only install the apps they use, while some prefer all the bells and whistles to be installed. This is also helpful if offline for long periods or on a Data capped ISP
Norbert
- Choice of defaults
- Not all may work
Josh
- Freedom of choice lies at the heart of free open source software and is preferable to less choice
- Good for devs as they get to work on the projects they are passionate about
- Good for users who get to experience the vision of the devs
- Differentiates Linux from proprietary OS’s
- Choice paralysis is a thing but not in this case
- Arguments for this being the reason that proprietary software companies don’t cater to Linux has been nullified by universal package formats
- Drawback is that applications utilizing non-native toolkit can appear out of place

Vibrations from the Ether

Joshua M
- TLLTS

Check This Out

Announcements

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Wrap-up

Joe – Tllts.org, linuxlugcast.com, MeWe, jb@mintcast.org, Buy Joe a coffee
Tony Hughes – HPR – http://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents.php?hostid=338, Twitter @TonyH1212, th@mintcast.org, distrohoppersdigest@gmail.com
Norbert – norbert@mintcast.org
The Other Other Josh – jt@mintcast.org, Josh Thacker on Discord, and @Metal_FOSS on Twitter
Nishant – nishant@mintcast.org,riconghost on instagram, riconghost@Github, Ghost.Ricon on DIscord, maverick00783 @ Steam

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