And the ones who install Arch on a MacBook need extra special therapy.
Therapy is expensive, I'd have to make appointments, leave my home during my free time, talk about myself to someone, and probably won't help because my problems are external. No thanks.
Buying a new laptop and installing an OS is a relatively simple and inexpensive process that is actually rewarding.
You should try gentoo as a therapy replacement next. It's basically the adult version of maintaining a long running Animal Crossing save.
Every morning I wake up, grab a coffee and update my system @world. Almost every day it goes without a hitch and I watch the system evaluate and resolve any incongruities that might emerge from updates by itself. Other times I might need to make a intervention in the dependencies to guide it to a resolution; but it's a small nudge in the right direction, like tweaking a miniature ship inside a bottle.
This is partially tongue in cheek but I unironically get a lot of joy out of administrating my PC: Having it completely customized and working exactly like I need it to.
Arch users
LinuxFromScratch usersMy right index finger still has an indent from using the clit-mouse to play Starcraft on a Thinkpad 25 years ago.
the aliens watching me for entertainment: oh no, he has installed gentoo and qubes, he is too far gone
It's hard to find a therapist who meshes well with you and can help you make progress, but a busted Lenovo takes to Arch better than Saint Louis.
I feel like I need to get back into Gentoo just to add a lil spice to the horde of Arch users around here :P
Still gonna use Arch on my laptop, bytheway 😅
woman would take care for a literal horse instead of going to therapy. i don't see anything wrong there either.
just a horse is way more expensive, cannot be put aside for a week on vacations (could a notebook be put aside?) and one cannot make backups of horses or carry them with you when visiting friends. Horses are way more cute, though.
Unlike therapy, installing Arch on a Thinkpad works more often than not
But I need therapy after installed Arch
And I'll do it again.
Yes, because not many other things can be considered both a symptom and a cure.
Upgrading the ram of my x240 is my therapy
i own four xx20 series thinkpads. One of which has debian with i3wm, the other three dont have anything installed atm. Sue me ik.
xx20 series is the best tbh. The only thing maybe arguably better is x80 series, due to the more modern processors and actual features over the xx20 series. xx40
my w520 with an i7 2720qm or whatever the fuck is it is is genuinely better than any intel mobile cpu that isn't quad core. AND it's socketed.
looking for a cheap xx40s (or p it's whichever one is better i cant remember) just for the completion, as well as an xx80 just to have one with more modern hardware, but my xx20 is everything i'll need in a laptop tbh. I would also like to get an x220 at some point.
naming legend for anybody wondering.
- x - model type, w, t, x, etc
- x - the device type, 4, 5, 2, etc usually screen size related
- n - device model? Release related.
- n - 0, just the number zero, anything that isn't a zero is e waste im pretty sure.
The voices in my head says "daily drive ParrotOS"
I mean can thearopy give me a neofetch?
postin' from my 4th gen X1 Carbon running arch converted from antergos.
So what the ram is soldered, its 4lbs and still gets 7+ hours of battery life after 8 years of use.
$ grep ^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="init=emacs -- -e doctor" $Btw, i use Artix.
So you're just going to call me out like that, huh?
I've installed Antix on a R51. I'm kinda quirky like that.
Damn I've done this stuff. Even installed Gentoo on Raspberry Pi 400 for no reason. Maybe I'm not taking the right meds?
... ooohh, that's not a terrible idea actually.
I've been buying old rigs and installing Proxmox, but this would work too I guess.
