Notices by Internet Rando (mousey@mastodon.seattlematrix.org)

@murph I helped install Linux for a fellow gamer recently, and it worked out really well. I appreciated how much they appreciated it being not-windows, and having had a hand getting it installed well. I want to replicate this locally is all. *Using* Linux is so much easier than *installing* Linux.

Thinking globally, and acting locally.. I want to try throwing an #Installfest, at my local #library. I made a list of things i might need, but one of the items is "ask fedi". So,

Am I stupid? I read a lot about OSes mistreating their users. Would you come help switch people away from commercial dystopias to help them keep their computers going?

Would you bring your machines to have them reconditioned by nerds to live longer, go faster, and have up to date software?

What if there was pizza?

@itsfoss Echoing what some others have said,

- stick to the packages in your distro's package repository.
- if what you want to install has a 3rd party package repository, add it to your repos and install it with package manager tools
- if what you want to intall does *not* have a package repository for your distro, *then* consider installing it from Flatpak
- Don't install random zip files you download from the internet, that's bad windows behavior you should never do.
- Avoid "snaps", period.