unix like operating system lovers

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This is a community that is only for nerds jk. everyone who doesn't scare when seeing UNIX terminal welcome! rules:

  1. don't make comments that branch out from the main topic too much, at least please somehow relate to it.
  2. retro operating systems, e.g. discussion about them, is strictly forbidden, please make a retro community instead.
  3. please be nice for others.

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First 9front release of the year is called DO NOT INSTALL (www.theregister.com)
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OpenBSD 7.5 locks down with improved disk encryption support and syscall limitations (www.theregister.com)
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linux on apple hardware can be used as an accessibility tool (rblind.com)
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yes, I'm using ubuntu asahi. if someone knows of other asahi based distros, let's chat about them

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X.Org Server Clears Out Remnants For Supporting Old Compilers (www.phoronix.com)
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GNU Hurd Has Been Making Progress On Its x86_64 Support (www.phoronix.com)
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Anyone know how to dual-boot OpenBSD on a 32-bit MacBook from 2007? (sopuli.xyz)
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I have no idea what I'm doing, help! (sh.itjust.works)
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Every other forum has rules about these posts because there's such a glut of them, and yes, I could go read a stickied thread elsewhere, but here I am not doing that.

How would someone with no computer skills get acquainted with the OS? What version would you recommend to the hopeless novice? Can I keep windows on my PC and run the new OS or a practice version of it in a partitioned space while I learn? Can someone with minimal skills/time/patience be happy with a unix-like OS?

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Is BSD "unix-like" or is it "true Unix"? Is it welcome here? (feddit.de)
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What's the general opinion on the BSDs? Are they just Unix-Like (like Linux), or are they really Unix?

Some call them "heritage Unix", because, although they no longer contain a single line of AT&T code (and haven't for over 40 years), they were ultimately derived from the original Unix.

This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, because I wonder, if you consider BSD to be "true Unix", what other "Unix-like" operating system besides Linux kernel-based systems there are. Or are "real" Unices also considered "unix-like"?

As an aside, what about macOS, if you use the command line a lot?

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Have some neofetches! Excited to be here on Lemmy! (i.imgur.com)
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There might be a pattern to the hostnames 🤔

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Track point settings on Fedora (sh.itjust.works)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/71937

I was just wondering how people go about changing the sensitivity of the track-point. In settings there is only an option for touchpad and mouse settings, and the sensitivity of the trackpoint is modified by the mouse settings which is less than ideal. This is exasperated when I ideally want mouse acceleration on, but 'trackpoint' [mouse] acceleration off.

Any ideas on how to do this better?

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debian is muting after a reboot (sh.itjust.works)
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hi. I installed debian linux for arm on utm vm, but there's a problem, it's muting itself after a reboot.

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What do you usually do if the compile time is something like 15 minutes? (feddit.de)
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What is your favorite package manager? (feddit.de)
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My favorite is pacman because it is fast af but it has really weird syntax's

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New Vanilla OS roadmap updates (vanillaos.org)
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The team behind Vanilla OS just released an update to their progress, explaining the new features that Orchid will bring.

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Happy Debian release day! (sh.itjust.works)
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Bookworm becomes stable today!

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Send help (cdn.linuxfordevices.com)
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I tried everything, from Esc, Ctrl-C, REISUB, even ctrl-alt-delete.

I gave up and held down the power button

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which OS do you like the most? (sh.itjust.works)
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Hi. I am using macOS. so, what UNIX like OS are you using?