Skype is non-free crap possibly build on Electron (as otherwise MS wouldn't even think about porting Skype here), which is itself crappy.software like Skype that didn't work well after the flatpak installation, forcing me to uninstall it and reinstall it with Snaps
It's not Debian fault that Microsoft-made shitty locked-down client (which is Windows-oriented anyways) doesn't work well here
The question is, what kind of hardware is this? Like well, it can mean either pretty packed one or a budget-class terminal in tower case. Though I have such "terminal" (but in a laptop case, Lenovo Ideapad from 2015) and Debian ran acceptable on it when paired with MATE...the whole OS running too slow in a 2014 desktop computer, etc., just a nightmare.
Remember also that with Debian, unlike with pre-configured systems, it's up to you what it'll be like. Ya may live with minimal IceWM or run fully-blown heavyweight KDE. Or both. It can even have no desktop at all and run purely command-line. it's The Universal Operating System.
The problem is that people think it works OOTB (possibly because of installer offering desktops to install). Well nah, that way you still end with unconfigured DE + the bloat installed by installer. it's that kind of system where one installs barebones and then does the real setup (though easy one as packages here work just after install). It's not a system which is ready to use right after install. If want that ready-out-of-the-box experience, go with pre-configured Linux Mint. It's a pretty good system, especially for first-times coming from Windows (I was one, I know what I'm saying) and needs (note, not "requires") little setup to make it feel nice. I'd avoid Ubuntu as it's bloated and recently infested with snap
Was never forced to use it, and I run Debian(-derived) since 06/2022 (Linux Mint 20.3 -> LMDE 5 -> Debian 11 -> Debian 12 -> Devuan 5). Nano was always here, single-user or notI even had to deal with the vi text editor for the first time (I usually use nano, gedit or mousepad), it was almost a traumatic experience, a program where you press a normal key of the keyboard and if the program is in "command mode" you do something to the file you are editing instead of entering text, only a complicated mind could envision such software.
But indeed vi is hard editor, and said to be powerful if mastered. If it really is I don't know as I've barely messed with it
Won't agree. Low acceptance comes from the fact that Windows was (and is) pushed into every existing pre-built computer system and now people refuse to even be aware that other systems exist. It's not Windows so it must be masoneryIn the last two days I could more than any time before understand why gnu/linux has a so low acceptance. It lacks the daily feedback of regular non-tech users.
Statistics: Posted by Hetzer — 2024-04-01 22:36 — Replies 1 — Views 70
