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  • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Using Linux for the first time
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    11 months ago

    Since it’s your first time, my first suggestion is to try Xubuntu (Ubuntu with XFCE desktop) or Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE desktop and generally more popular than Xubuntu). Both distributions are lighter on resources and they have an Ubuntu base which means there’s a ton of documentation online so if you run into problems, you will have plenty of resources.

    Alpine is small for sure but it is more niche and it doesn’t use systemd which most major distributions use which means if you happen to run into weird issues, your pool of resources will be smaller. Don’t get me wrong, Alpine is great but I wouldn’t recommend it for new users. I don’t know anything about Puppy Linux; maybe it’s fine?

    If your machine can’t run Xubuntu or Kubuntu, then worry about trying more niche distros like Alpine or Puppy.

    If you run into issues, feel free to ask questions. The community is generally nice but you’ll want to try fixing it yourself first and then including what you tried in your post to get a better reception.

    Embrace the terminal. It’s daunting at first but it’s such a powerful tool. Don’t use sudo with every command. Don’t paste random command in the terminal without doing a little research to understand what they do. Again, ask if you need help, you won’t learn everything overnight.

    Good luck!

    Edit: Linux Mint is also probably a good choice. Never used it myself but I’ve heard good things.

  • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldtoAndroid@lemdro.id•Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problemEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Points 1 & 2 are true for all of Android as far as I’m aware. Point 3 is also probably true for all of Android past a certain version but I have no way of testing so I disclosed it affects pixels. I don’t know what you latched onto that made you so upset.

    If you can’t buy an Android device with those features, for all intents and purposes, Android isn’t capable of those features. If you think OP is building an Android device with the hardware for features 1 & 2 but stopped by Lemmy to figure out if the Android OS was capable of using the hardware, you are delusional. Context is important.

    Edit: I know you don’t actually think that, just making a point ^

    Send links to prove me wrong 🤷‍♂️

  • a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.worldtoAndroid@lemdro.id•Google's increasingly prickly Android perception problemEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So some iOS devices can do things that all Android devices can’t?

    Yes. Op didn’t stipulate that the differences needed to be true for all of iOS

    I mean I can cherry pick stuff some Android devices can do, too.

    That’s not what Op asked

    None of my four iOS devices can do any of what you’ve listed. (2 phones, 2 ipads)

    I stated some features were hardware specific and if your devices don’t support Wireguard (my third point) then they are really old and likely not supported anymore or maybe work devices that are locked down. Regardless, I didn’t say anything that wasn’t true and I stated caveats where necessary; I answered OP’s question.