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Idk where else to post this but I've finally kicked Windows for good and I'm SO EXCITED (lemmy.world)

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I've also got the Linux Basics for Hackers book but it's at home while I'm on vacation.

I'm just really happy rn yall :) this install took some work, SecureBoot kept getting in the way and I'm not the most savvy person so there was a lot of Googling and trial and error in the way of getting here.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Congrats for sticking it through!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Love that command line book. Got it on my shelf next to me. Have fun

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Different distros deal with securebot differently. If you try OpenSUSE, secureboot works: you will be asked to enroll your keys after the install reboot. And you will see the ooensuse-secureboot entry in the UEFI boot order list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Congrats! Made the switch finally early this year myself, after thinking about it for nearly twenty years. Hasn't been nearly as hard as I was worried it would be.

I will say that the "Linux Basics for Hackers" is a pretty disappointing book that really should just be called "Linux Basics", and spends too much time pandering with things like "cool" scripts that do nothing useful or wrap a simple command in a way that doesn't actually make it more useful or easier. It's also full of inaccuracies and just isn't very well written, and if you've gotten through much at all of How Linux Works, you're not likely to get anything out of it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

lucky for you, my laptop in its entirity is unsupported by the linux kernel (msi gf63 thin 9sc)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

entirity? how? doesn't it run at all?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

only as live system, with limited capabilities. i only run linux in virtual machine for now. don't buy msi gamer laptops

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

welcome to the pain

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

CLI is love. CLI is life.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I've used Linux for 20 years and never picked up a book on it. Not that there's anything wrong with the books, but let's not give the impression that it's necessary.