I have used linux in a past job (I did not set it up), so im not a total noob with linux. But I am far from an expert. I bought a tablet that had a flavor of linux on it and found myself woefully unprepared trying to navigate the tablet. I was planning to use it for DnD for pdf reading, but it apparently wasn't capable of that bcz it was a rather custom OS. With windows 10 support being dropped by Microsoft in the next few months, I want to transition my desktop to Linux, and I thought I'd get a headstart on that. I have a windows 11 laptop (and I hate it), but im kinda stuck with it for now. So, in the spirit of I am a noob who isn't quite a noob, what do ya'll recommend? p.s. I used Ubuntu for a bit way way back in high school
I think the usual consensus is Linux Mint (and its a solid distro) but I think the best advice is not to be afraid of trying different ones and finding out what works best for you.
Adding to this, I’m a new Linux user, and I’m distro hopping a bit. I started with Mint, now I’m currently using Bazzite (basically Fedora Kinoite with some drivers and apps preinstalled for gaming to basically be plug and play), but I find rpm-ostree to be more confusing than whatever Ubuntu is based on so I might switch to another Ubuntu-based distro. It’s fun to discover what you like best though, so OP if you’re reading this, that’s my advice as someone in the same boat as you. Bounce around and see what works best.
There is not really one best distro out there - or else there would only be one distro. But for someone new you will find basically any mainstream/popular distro good enough for your usecase. The best one for you will come down to personal preference and will likely - at least at the start - be centered on which desktop environment you like the most. KDE will probably feel more like Windows. Though gnome I think tends to be the default on most distros. You will find popular distros have multiple flavors with various desktop environments as well. Your best bet is to download a few and put them on a usb and try them out before installing. That will give you a better idea of what you want.Or just pick one and go for it if you don't care that much - it will probably be good enough.
Also, spinning up VMs and practicing setting up your programs is a great way to get used to things and know what to expect.
If you want to do UI customization, be sure to look up some videos on how to do it for your chosen Desktop Environment (like Gnome, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, XFCE, etc.).
If you are familiar with Ubuntu still I recommend you fallback to that or if you hate canonical and telemetry then use mint. Honestly bro it depends on what you wanna use it for.
Generally:
Noobs -> popos, Ubuntu, mint, Devs -> fedora, Ubuntu (ease of access), debian Power users -> Arch, Nix, tails, (a bunch of other distros ig since any distro can be used in a powerful way tbh) Neckbeard -> Gentoo, LFS (not really a distro tho but amazing for learning)
But seriously speaking it's your choice bud. All Linux distros work amazing and are all the same to the kernel. You can always install multiple distros on an ext. SSD if you can't decide.
Desktop environment will be the most impactful for you. I recommend picking a distro with KDE Plasma, which will feel like the best version of Windows you’ve never seen before.
If you are almost exclusively gaming and don’t want to fiddle much, Bazzite.
If you like to fiddle: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or Fedora. If you want more Ubuntu compatibility, Kubuntu.
There are lots of options and it’s hard to go wrong. Bazzite is special in that the system is immutable, so everything needs to be run as a container.
In that case you are best off with Kubuntu, since UE for Linux is distributed as a .deb.
If you prefer to compile the engine yourself, then you can use anything you like, but OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is worth a look since it’s a rolling distro and stays up-to-date (especially handy for GPU drivers).
@darkrat It worked for me, I answered the questions ... and then the notification spawned right after a restart of the Discord client. I think that someone might just forgot to set a flag, that it has been submitted (or something like this)
Les médias français et la CIJ : quand l'absence devient un choix éditorial acrimed.org/Les-medias-francai… "Un témoignage de la journaliste Amina Kalache.
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Wo kauft man denn aktuell so 25er Packs Antigen-Schnelltests? Und was für welche? Ob nur für Covid oder 3in1 ist mir reeeelativ egal. Schneller Versand (nach Deutschland) wär cool.
Edit: Hab mir Longsee bei Altruan geklickt, danke für die Antworten!
Longsee 2019-nCoV Ag Rapid Detection Kit - Schnelltest 25 Stück Antigen Schnelltests Longsee - AT731/21 ist die Nummer 1 der Corona Schnelltest mit Profizulassung Alle Details zu Ihrem Antigen Test auf einen Blick: Kennzahlen des Corona-Test Longsee …
ich kaufe weiterhin bei Altruan Longsee. Obwohl sich dort zuletzt die Pufferlösung bei einer Charge verfärbt hat. Altruan hat problemlos Ersatz geschickt, aber ich weiß nicht ob das für den QA-Prozess bei Longsee spricht Citest sollen auch gut sein, aber die sind mit fast 2,50€/Stück deutlich teurer als Longsee mit ~18€/25 Stück (dafür haben die aber auch Influenza mit dabei)
(Und naja, welche Tests mit den aktuellen Varianten noch richtig gut sind, ist eh ne andere Frage)
Longsee 2019-nCoV Ag Rapid Detection Kit - Schnelltest 25 Stück Antigen Schnelltests Longsee - AT731/21 ist die Nummer 1 der Corona Schnelltest mit Profizulassung Alle Details zu Ihrem Antigen Test auf einen Blick: Kennzahlen des Corona-Test Longsee …
Longsee 2019-nCoV Ag Rapid Detection Kit - Schnelltest 25 Stück Antigen Schnelltests Longsee - AT731/21 ist die Nummer 1 der Corona Schnelltest mit Profizulassung Alle Details zu Ihrem Antigen Test auf einen Blick: Kennzahlen des Corona-Test Longsee …
Nazis? Proud Boys? ISIS soldiers? Sure, anybody can get in on the action! Because anybody can now dress up as an ICE agent & go kidnapping & bombing in the US. RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zvbrj…
A imagem é um meme em três partes, com personagens de uma série de televisão. Na primeira parte, um personagem com óculos e uma expressão séria tem uma bandeira americana no rosto. Ele diz: "Vamos atacar o Irã porque eles têm armas nucleares." Na segunda parte, outro personagem com cabelo escuro e uma expressão pensativa responde: "E por que não atacar a Rússia?" Na terceira parte, o primeiro personagem, com uma expressão de choque, responde: "Você está louco? Eles têm armas nucleares." O meme critica a hipocrisia em relação à política de armas nucleares, sugerindo que ações militares são tomadas com base em diferentes padrões de comportamento para diferentes países.
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Okay, but Bill Clinton endorsing Andrew Cuomo is something you would write into a bad political satire film, it's so funny. "Okay, yes, he's been credibly accused of being a sexual predator. But it's not all bad, in fact he's just picked up a key endorsement!" "Really!? From who?" #politics
23 de junho (véspera do ataque alemão à URSS). "Estamos diante de uma marcha triunfal sem precedentes. Considero a força militar dos russos muito baixa, ainda mais baixa que o Führer a considera."
2 de julho. "Em geral, se combate muito dura e obstinadamente. O regime vermelho mobilizou o povo."
24 de julho. "Não podemos nutrir nenhuma dúvida sobre o fato que o regime bolchevique, que existe há quase um quarto de século, deixou profundos traços nos povos da União Soviética. Seria, portanto, justo pôr em evidência com grande clareza, diante do povo alemão, a dureza da luta que se trava no leste. É preciso dizer à nação que esta operação é muito difícil, mas que podemos supera-la e que a superaremos. (...) 1/2
A imagem mostra um tweet de um usuário chamado Breno Altman, com o endereço de usuário [@]brenoaltman.bsky.social. O tweet é datado de 23 de junho de 2025 às 09:56. O conteúdo do tweet é uma reflexão sobre a data histórica de 22 de junho, mencionando que os Estados Unidos atacaram o Irã nesse dia, pelo fuso horário local, e faz uma comparação com o ataque da Alemanha nazista à União Soviética em 1941. O tweet destaca que, nas primeiras semanas do ataque nazista, Hitler e seus seguidores celebravam a vitória. A mensagem é apresentada em um formato de texto simples, com o nome do usuário e a data e hora do tweet visíveis na parte inferior.
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Affaire Moudenc : Après nos révélations, le maire de Toulouse et son porte-parole attaquent Mediacités sans nier le fond mediacites.fr/pouvoirs/politiq… ""Accusations complotistes", "journalisme poubelle"... Pendant le dernier conseil municipal, Jean-Luc Moudenc et Pierre Esplugas-Labatut se sont exprimés avec virulence sur les révélations de
Jusqu'ici, Jean-Luc Moudenc s'était muré dans le silence, refusant opiniâtrement de répondre à nos questions sur la mobilisation de ses collaborateurs de cabinet lors de sa campagne 2020.
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ZOOM! Festival. The Ruysdael Quartet, Katharine Dain, soprano, and Siebe Henstra, harpsichord, perform:
RAMEAU: Concert and Sextuor no 5.
CPE BACH: Sonata for violin/ harpsichord in G minor, H.542.
Claude BALBASTRE: Quatuor op.3 no. 3 in C.
MOZA...
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L'aumento dei prezzi del petrolio arriva velocemente anche alle pompe di benzina. I rialzi registrati venerdì sui listini si riversano sulle medie dei prezzi praticati alla pompa di benzina e gasolio, che balzano ai massimi da inizio aprile. (ANSA)
A Republican supporter and "hardcore MAGA guy" told C-SPAN that he was "so disappointed" in President Donald Trump after he escalated the conflict with Iran by ordering a military strike.
Since nobody's going to get serious about saving the world from the guaranteed destruction by climate change, I only hope we can come up with the technology to get the asteroid here sooner.
That’s nothing! The Higg’s boson could undergo spontaneous decay to a lower energy level which would be incompatible with the existence of the collective of other subatomic particles. If that happens, the universe would decay to pure vacuum.
A majority of Utah voters back legalizing marijuana, another new polls shows. But despite that support, the state’s top Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate are reiterating their opposition.
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Paracetamol (acetaminophen) production could be revolutionized by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller.
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Billonairs and stupid MAGA workers are the minority and always vote right wings, but they turn to a mayority if the left working class don't vote. Simple Math.
I know that the US voting system is a crap and that there don't exist a real keft party, Democrats there are a conservative neoliberal party and Republicans are direct a Fascist one. But even so between the bad and the worse, voting the worse don't make sensem less if it is done for the second time. Anyway for me as an European it's impossible to understand why this criminal asshole is in the WhiteHouse and not in Jail since tears ago. In the last US election you could hear out of the US worldwide the sound of a violent facepalm.
leftists aren't really voting for trump though. most leftists i know vote for the lesser evil, but with the consciousness it ain't doing much.
it’s impossible to understand why this criminal asshole is in the WhiteHouse and not in Jail since tears ago
the way fascism coopts the masses and capitalism lets it, thats literally fascism running its course. its been documented throughout history.
it comes up when capitalism is in crisis and the people aren't aware of the class war being fought against them. part of that comes from thinking politics is just voting for the lesser evil.
You just fucking said you can’t vote away fascism. So if fascism is already here, which it is, you’re saying it can’t be voted away, which HEAVILY implies that one shouldn’t vote cuz it’s pointless; fascism can’t be voted away, so why vote?
Do you need any other explanations, you obtuse jackass pretending not to know how language works?
It's time to read theory, comrades! As Lenin says, "Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." Reading theory helps us identify the core contradictions within modern society, analyze their trajectories, and gives us the tools to break free. Marxism-Leninism is broken into 3 major components, as noted by Lenin in his pamphlet The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism: | Audiobook
Dialectical and Historical Materialism
Critique of Capitalism along the lines of Marx's Law of Value
Advocacy for Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
As such, I created the following list to take you from no knowledge whatsoever of Leftist theory, and leave you with a strong understanding of the critical fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism in an order that builds up as you read. Let's get started!
Section I: Getting Started
What the heck is Communism, anyways? For that matter, what is fascism?
Breaks down fascism and its mortal enemy, Communism, as well as their antagonistic relationship. Understanding what fascism is, where and when it rises, why it does so, and how to banish it forever is critical. Parenti also helps debunk common anti-Communist myths, from both the "left" and the right, in a quick-witted writing style. This is also an excellent time to watch the famous speech.
Section II: Historical and Dialectical Materialism
By far my favorite primer on Marxist philosophy. By understanding Dialectical and Historical Materialism first, you make it easier to understand the rest of Marxism-Leninism. Don't be intimidated!
Further reading on Dialectical and Historical Materialism, but crucially introduces the why of Scientific Socialism, explaining how Capitalism itself prepares the conditions for public ownership and planning by centralizing itself into monopolist syndicates. This is also where Engels talks about the failures of previous "Utopian" Socialists.
Section III: Political Economy
That's right, it's time for the Law of Value and a deep-dive into Imperialism. If we are to defeat Capitalism, we must learn it's mechanisms, tendencies, contradictions, and laws.
Best taken as a pair, these essays simplify the most important parts of the Law of Value. Marx is targetting those not trained in economics here, but you might want to keep a pen and some paper to follow along if you are a visual person.
Absolutely crucial and the most important work for understanding the modern era and its primary contradictions. Marxist-Leninists understand that Imperialism is the greatest contradiction in the modern era, which cascades downward into all manner of related contradictions. Knowing what dying Capitalism looks like, and how it behaves, means we can kill it.
Section IV: Revolutionary and Scientific Socialism
Can we defeat Capitalism at the ballot box? What about just defeating fascism? What about the role of the state?
If Marxists believed reforming Capitalist society was possible, we would be the first in line for it. Sadly, it isn't possible, which Luxemburg proves in this monumental writing.
Excellent refutation of revisionists and Social Democrats who think the State can be reformed, without needing to be replaced with one that is run by the workers, in their own interests.
Section V: Intersectionality and Solidarity
The revolution will not be fought by atomized individuals, but by an intersectional, international working class movement. Intersectionality is critical, because it allows different marginalized groups to work together in collective interest, unifying into a broad movement.
Critical reading on understanding misogyny, transphobia, enbyphobia, pluralphobia, and homophobia, as well as how to move beyond the base subject of "gender." Uses the foundations built up in the previous works to analyze gender theory from a Historical Materialist perspective.
De-colonialism is essential to Marxism. Without having a strong, de-colonial, internationalist stance, we have no path to victory nor a path to justice. Fanon analyzes Colonialism's dehumanizing effects, and lays out how to form a de-colonial movement, as well as its necessity.
Solidarity and intersectionality are the key to any social movement. When different social groups fight for liberation together along intersectional lines, the movements are emboldened and empowered ever-further.
Section VI: Putting it into Practice!
It's not enough to endlessly read, you must put theory to practice. That is how you can improve yourself and the movements you support. Touch grass!
Mao wrote simply and directly, targeting peasant soldiers during the Revolutionary War in China. This pair of essays equip the reader with the ability to apply the analytical tools of Dialectical Materialism to their every day practice, and better understand problems.
Congratulations, you completed your introductory reading course!
With your new understanding and knowledge of Marxism-Leninism, here is a mini What is to be Done? of your own to follow, and take with you as practical advice.
Get organized. Join a Leftist org, find solidarity with fellow comrades, and protect each other. The Dems will not save you, it is up to us to protect ourselves. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and Freedom Road Socialist Organization both organize year round, every year, because the battle for progress is a constant struggle, not a single election. See if there is a chapter near you, or start one! Or, see if there's an org you like more near you and join it.
Read theory. Don't think that you are done now! Just because you have the basics, doesn't mean you know more than you do. If you have not investigated a subject, don't speak on it! Don't speak nonsense, but listen!
Aggressively combat white supremacy, misogyny, queerphobia, and other attacks on marginalized communities. Cede no ground, let nobody be forgotten or left behind. There is strength in numbers, when one marginalized group is targeted, many more are sure to follow.
Be industrious, and self-sufficient. Take up gardening, home repair, tinkering. It is through practice that you elevate your problem-solving capabilities. Not only will you improve your skill at one subject, but your general problem-solving muscles get strengthened as well.
Learn self-defense. Get armed, if practical. Be ready to protect yourself and others. Liberals will not save us, we must save each other.
Be persistent. If you feel like a single water droplet against a mountain, think of canyons and valleys. Oh, how our efforts pile up! With consistency, every rock, boulder, even mountain, can be drilled through with nothing but steady and persistent water droplets.
"Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent."
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. Our home is in the working class.
The alt-left is STILL pulling the “both sides are the same” shit. We will NEVER escape fascism. Like buckle in because the left is not fucking comprehending the massive scale of the difference between corrupt MAGA and corrupt Dems. Yalls are just not fucking getting it. Yalls are still just mad and punishing Dems for their awful, unconscionable Gaza policy (not defending it), but yalls literally put the final nail in American democracy cuz of a single foreign policy issue. Fucked over all LGBTQ people, all disabled folks, women’s rights, immigrant’s right, DEIA programs. As I watch my trans family continue to get targeted and killed, I will NEVER forget the “both sides” leftists who hung us out to dry. Fuck yalls.
Nowhere in this meme does it say that “both sides are the same”. It’s (correctly) showing how both parties don’t give a shit about the working class.
Republicans are horrible but you can’t expect the Democrats to save or help you from them after we have tons of evidence showing they will also break strikes, pass right wing immigration laws, attack protesters, support genocide, and do almost nothing to stop rising fascism.
Also trying to diminish supplying and funding a genocide to just “a single foreign policy issue” is pretty fucked up and not even accurate. Leftists were willing to overlook hundreds of issues we had with Kamala as a candidate if she could just do the bare fucking minimum of not actively funding and supplying a genocide and she couldn’t even do that.
Fascism and liberalism are not distinct ideologies, but the same ideology in different circumstances. Liberalism is the nice mask, fascism is the brutal one, and Capitalism will use whichever the bourgoeisie feels is necessary to maintain control and profits.
Critiquing liberalism is a "left" thing, not an "alt-left" thing, and I don't even know what that means.
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •with a usb drive (live usb) you can boot most distros without making changes to your actual system, try that and see which you like the most.
you'll probably break your install a bunch of times anyway so don't feel like your choice now is permanent
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •Also, spinning up VMs and practicing setting up your programs is a great way to get used to things and know what to expect.
If you want to do UI customization, be sure to look up some videos on how to do it for your chosen Desktop Environment (like Gnome, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, XFCE, etc.).
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •If you are familiar with Ubuntu still I recommend you fallback to that or if you hate canonical and telemetry then use mint. Honestly bro it depends on what you wanna use it for.
Generally:
Noobs -> popos, Ubuntu, mint,
Devs -> fedora, Ubuntu (ease of access), debian
Power users -> Arch, Nix, tails, (a bunch of other distros ig since any distro can be used in a powerful way tbh)
Neckbeard -> Gentoo, LFS (not really a distro tho but amazing for learning)
But seriously speaking it's your choice bud. All Linux distros work amazing and are all the same to the kernel. You can always install multiple distros on an ext. SSD if you can't decide.
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lemmy.world/post/31875892
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •Desktop environment will be the most impactful for you. I recommend picking a distro with KDE Plasma, which will feel like the best version of Windows you’ve never seen before.
If you are almost exclusively gaming and don’t want to fiddle much, Bazzite.
If you like to fiddle: OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or Fedora. If you want more Ubuntu compatibility, Kubuntu.
There are lots of options and it’s hard to go wrong. Bazzite is special in that the system is immutable, so everything needs to be run as a container.
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in reply to NocturnalMorning • • •In that case you are best off with Kubuntu, since UE for Linux is distributed as a .deb.
If you prefer to compile the engine yourself, then you can use anything you like, but OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is worth a look since it’s a rolling distro and stays up-to-date (especially handy for GPU drivers).