How would you set up a fallback kernel in Arch?

Exactly. archinstall is pretty nice, and if you want the frustration of dealing with random errors, it’s still there. But it’s straightforward (but keep the docs handy since you’ll likely need them).

I’m just surprised people still use it.

Yeah. My sister uses Linux, and I’ve taught her basic commands to just make things easier (apt install, cd, ls, that sorta thing). And she knows how to find a decent website for support and copy the commands, which are usually fine.

Oh no. That fits the bill perfectly lol.

Yup, that’s been my experience with getting people to at least consider Linux as well. The first thing they ask when I tell them it’s a different OS like Mac is, “so can it run XYZ?” Most people don’t actually care and just want something that runs the apps they use.

Interestingly, my mom (a Windows user her whole life) seemed just as alienated by macOS as by Linux. Her work gave her a Mac and she couldn’t understand anything after about a week so she just asked for a Windows system instead.

Linux Mint with Cinnamon. Easiest transition. If you want customization, use KDE. If you want your desktop environment to make choices for you, GNOME.

Borked your bootloader already? You’re a true Linux user lol. You’ll eventually learn to not do that (and back up regularly).

Good choice with Fedora! I love dnf and the choices Fedora makes overall.

Yeah, on its own this is a good feature and I don’t have to write my own version based on the GDPR data request.

Curiosity, followed by realizing how good it is for development.

Interesting. Sounds like DevOps folks would love it. Maybe I’ll look into it more. Thanks!

Can someone tell me the recent hype about immutable distros? What exactly is the immutable part, and why is it attractive?

Terminal fan here (though I’m on Mac). GUIs, in an attempt to contain all the features of a CLI program while being user friendly, make compromises on simplicity. It’s difficult to remember the combination of buttons to click to get what you want. For CLI programs, you have man and —help to figure it out. Of course there’s the pipes and automation aspects of it too.

True, but when done in jest I think distro wars are fine. The charm is that each distro has stuff you’ll like and dislike.

TIL I have little bugs on my skin :(

And it’s very valid. We want to hear your progress, but also want to hear your pain points. A lot of us are sympathetic to you being a very small team that manages a now popular instance. We appreciate you moderating and communicating.

I miss r/Coffee and r/TaylorSwift. Maybe I’ll start them and moderate.

I feel like a lot of us Redditors are sympathetic to the smaller-scale management (if you can call it that) on Lemmy instances. The admins have surely had a rough week having to deal with the influx. It really just needs to work, which it does very well. Just know that you’re doing great–and getting a bunch of requests just means we’re enthusiastic :)