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  • Type: Video. Title: “I installed Linux (so should you)”. Author: “PewDiePie”. Publisher: “YouTube”. Published: 2025-04-26T21:29:28Z. Accessed: 2025-04-27T05:34Z. URI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0.
  • DollyDuller@programming.dev
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    5 hours ago

    Watching this video brought back memories of when I first started using Linux. I really connected with him. Linux makes you feel like you have a lot of control – like you can change things easily. Windows, on the other hand, often feels frustrating and doesn’t really help you much.

    What I noticed about the video is that he encourages you to try new things and be willing to make mistakes. He doesn’t seem to get upset when things go wrong, which I think is helpful for viewers. He also admits that Linux isn’t for everyone, which is a realistic acknowledgement. It’s a good video for introducing Linux, but it doesn’t overhype it either.

    • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
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      3 hours ago

      Exactly. It was same for me. I started with Ubuntu and switched to arch after the whole snaps thing. Arch with i3, didn’t understand a lot of things. Just copied other’s setup and learned through mistakes. Switched to hyprland cause Wayland is the future and wow the way he riced must be so relatable to so many here.

      I used to have a waybar but noticed too many technical limitations in it. Switched to ewww, way too complex and bad documentation. Switched to ags, was good till version 2 came out which is also complicated. Now I’m on ignos shell, which is still new but gtk4 based. I love it. Rofi has remained the constant but I might try replacing it with ignis too.

      Tbh i haven’t tinkered a lot recently, everything just works but of something fails after an update, i have so many options to fall back to xD. There’s also hyprpanel and other similar projects that you can copy in case of a problem.