True and based.

The good thing about linux is a lot of the stuff can be done via bash in the CLI. If you need automation for browser tasks you can use python and selium. Which desktop environment are you using? There is a KDE kdotool and ydotool for general use.

Ddg gets its results from more than just bing as well as doing some curation on top.

If you’re using open source software for business you should pay the licence if you can $20 a month isnt a huge ask for enterprise software.

As for self hosting, just try it for a few weeks. Make sure you’re backing up important stuff to the cloud backblaze is dirt cheap. If its to much work you can switch to a saas solution.

I’m not changing my PFP to a Microsoft product in hopes Microsoft stops fucking people. Slackativism is cringe.

I just move away to freedom respecting tech and talk about it with the people around me.

After 4 years on linux I have no idea how to exit vim and just spam control zx until vim is killed.

In my first day of using linux I was trying to mount my 2nd hard drive and I mounted it to / which lead to me having to reinstall because i didnt know what i did or how to fix it and my computer was no longer turning on.

Do you guys just have flawless experiences or what?

When I was new to linux I had many issues but the longer I used it the less problems I had. I think its a combination of new users not understanding the different parts of linux and not understanding the linux way of doing things. That leads to a lot of tweaking which can cause more issues than it solves.

Now that i’ve been on linux for 4 years everything works as expected and this is after changing distros a few times. my systems are pretty much untouched in terms of root folder tweaks or anything. I would say to keep trying linux since its not ‘boat life’ constant maintenance over the long term.

Its very complex and overkill but its not a bad idea if you want to do it. I believe there is a youtuber SomeOrdinaryGamer who runs a linux base OS with hypervisor OSs on top with GPU passthrough. He has some videos explaining his setup and how it all works and how to configure it.

You could also take a look at this linux distro designed for exactly what you want to do https://www.qubes-os.org/.

Good luck and enjoy the journey.

Arch is nothing like SteamOS. If you want a SteamOS like experience you should pick Bazzite. However since you’re on arch you may as well stay until you break it. Backup the things you think are important. Use the archwiki as your first step for problem solving. Since you’re new to linux you probably shouldnt go to the arch forums.

Can you install system packages?

One of the cool things about linux is you can have a 1 of a kind desktop. I dont share my dotfiles because they look like shit and because i like knowing my desktop is uniquely scuffed.

I’m new to it as well, but the advice I was given was to find small sub 2gb content thats missing and upload that. It will give you easy ratio then you can watch what you want.

PS is much nicer to write scripts. It has QoL

Yes but thats not relevant. Its like me saying windows users dont use the AUR and then you saying um actually im on windows and I run arch in a VM and use the AUR. Like ok thats still the AUR being used on arch.

Like the topic is AUR malware and someone was like arch users and steamOS users. But steamOS users dont need to be worried or lumped in because they aren’t using the aur unless they’re also using arch through vm or distrobox or whatever.

Am I making sense?

Yeah but thats not really steamOS using the aur.

SteamOS using the aur would be unlocking the root folder, doing a pacman update and then using the AUR which I assume very very few users do.

I only mention this because everytime arch is mentioned steamOS gets dragged up as if its the same thing when they’re worlds apart.

Using the AUR via distrobox can be done on every distro.

Using the arch distro right?

SteamOS users dont use the AUR.

Resize your drive so you habe enough space for arch. Then boot into the live USB, partion the empty space into the typical boot/swap/root and then install arch as normal.