It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?
- Fonzie! ( @lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ) 64•1 month ago
Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren’t true.
Examples:
These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system’s pre-installed French language pack by running
sudo rm -fr /
” (disclaimer don’t do this!)Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don’t have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux’s nature viruses aren’t possible” (you absolutely can)
“Arch is stable”
- Norah - She/They ( @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English13•1 month ago
I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add
--no-preserve-root
for this command to run.- darklamer ( @darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 5•1 month ago
but never with the options switch around
Life pro tip: always put the force flag first on any command line you write (that has such a flag), to ensure that it’s the first thing seen by everyone (including your future self) reading that command line.
- everett ( @everett@lemmy.ml ) 3•1 month ago
I don’t think these things are universal across software, but you can often put
-f
on its own, separate from other flags, or get in the habit of using the long--force
flag.- Fonzie! ( @lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ) 6•1 month ago
As far as I’ve seen, single letter flags like
-f
can always be used by themselves, like-f -r
It’s actually not universal that they can be put together like
-fr
- darklamer ( @darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•1 month ago
I don’t think these things are universal across software,
They are not.
- JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) English2•1 month ago
In scripts or documents I try to use the long form of commands.
- jlsalvador ( @jlsalvador@lemmy.ml ) English35•1 month ago
For example, when someone ask for a command to list files, and another one reply with a command that removes everything.
- Lucy :3 ( @30p87@feddit.org ) 17•1 month ago
Or
curl -O https://software.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/Win11_23H2_English_x64v2.iso?t=20e395a3-e609-4696-99fe-f6edcc14f54a&P1=1723809112&P2=601&P3=2&P4=YoihsrepRARlh%2faBo1mABEe7A0aL0yWPYOcR3dNAmlaFPDavFokSpv0oFQybmpuDhG%2f677UBlN%2fRIxY9B3EFVC5TFca%2bXI%2bA%2bQAxqraW1SGCgmpteLlZYntp2E21cpv4RIJ8aifL9z0ecBwNtgwBAY526haPg2RgKhb225RwnAER0EDGWMrDLookFFCm8th8akKETDwKQYQnVKZ%2bJUCTvlt06D42oCJ10fXcVv2D6du6Kuudtc8NgV3DSXPuB4ADK1l951o37bvijDkqAKn70aHyidA5HgdpO5O8K3PPvsre%2bNSVWLbgh7UkEeU1BNMO0INPFiGVqEIaeGorhYxS0w%3d%3d
- ReallyZen ( @reallyzen@lemmy.ml ) 32•1 month ago
That you can “do everything that windows does”. You can’t. You can do similar things, you can do different things, you can do basic things, yes, but Linux can’t do everything that windows does.
disclaimer: on linux since 2006
For instance, Linux hasn’t started putting ads+AI in everything. It is 2024 people get with the program!
- ulkesh ( @ulkesh@beehaw.org ) English9•1 month ago
This is correct. Linux doesn’t suck and Windows most definitely does that very well. I’d also add you can do quite advanced things on Linux, as well.
Also disclaiming: Using Linux since 1999
- tuhriel ( @tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•1 month ago
For me, it’s hardware support, i.e my laptops fingerprint sensor just isn’t supported, for the speakers to work I had to find a script that remapped the speakers, multiple desktops (especially with different resolutions) are a pain.
But the killer at the moment is a good solution to manage and post process my raw photos. Went from Lightroom to On1 Photo RAW…unfortunately DarkTable is still not there yet. Also still missing the affinity suite on Linux :-(
Also, sadly these tools also don’t run well in a VM
- CrabAndBroom ( @CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml ) English22•1 month ago
One example I encountered was with someone I know who mentioned Linux, and I said I use it and he suddenly got fascinated and started asking me how I get anything done when all I have is just a command prompt and how does that work. Somewhere along the way he’d gotten the idea that Linux has no GUI at all and you just do everything in the terminal. Not sure where that idea came from but I was like no dude, it works pretty much like any other OS, it has Firefox and Chrome and stuff. I think he was a bit disappointed lol.
A friend of mine believes similar except it’s that everything in Linux doesn’t actually work and you have to fix it constantly. It’s rather frustrating to deal with.
- cerement ( @cerement@slrpnk.net ) 6•1 month ago
doesn’t help when you have “Arch BTW” types that like the mystique that myth gives them
- CapillaryUpgrade ( @CapillaryUpgrade@lemmy.sdf.org ) 1•1 month ago
TBH i used to alt-tab away from what ever non-work-related thing i was doing, to a terminal emulator when ever my boss walked in.
It was usually showing my latest package upgrade.
- embed_me ( @embed_me@programming.dev ) 1•1 month ago
I spent the better part of my day debugging an
python librarynoIDE issueno flathub issue causing certain shell commands to not run in the IDE’s integrated terminal and confusing the living heck out of me. And I use Arch BTW so don’t you go around spreading linux misinformation
- ExtremeDullard ( @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org ) 13•1 month ago
Linux killed my dog.
- embed_me ( @embed_me@programming.dev ) 3•1 month ago
Linus bit my penguin
- QuazarOmega ( @QuazarOmega@lemy.lol ) English2•1 month ago
Origin story of the manguin
- pbjamm ( @pbjamm@beehaw.org ) English1•28 days ago
A penguin once bit my sister. its true!
- JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) English1•1 month ago
Better to die in freedom!
- GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 6•1 month ago
You don’t know what misinformation is? Basically it’s all kinds of lies, intentional or not.
is a lie a lie if it’s unintentional?
- JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) English1•1 month ago
Depends on context. All lies are misinformation. I wouldn’t describe unintentional lies as lying though.
- GolfNovemberUniform ( @GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml ) 0•1 month ago
Not really but it’s still misinformation.
- Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼 ( @Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•1 month ago
Misinformation is the stuff you spread in c/privacy about GrapheneOS and Android in general