=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── what the heck is yocto and why do I need to learn how to use it to create a custom linux distribution for embedded devices?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1246 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 hehe if I don't understand how it works it's difficult for me to use things. My Linux friends get so exasperated with me because I'm like "cool script gimme like 2 days to figure it out" and they're like "bro just use these flags" and I'm like "no" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1616 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── they say learning Linux is hard, but it's the only free operating system so really it's a question of learning Linux now, when you have time, or later, when you're busy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3907 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── kinda wanna make a linux distro that has all the capabilities of a GUI distro and isn't so minimal (like screen recording, calculator, screenshot, wifi manager, etc etc) but with i3 instead of a desktop. they could literally just be symlinks (shortcuts) to scripts that are in your /usr/bin or whatever directory seriously it's not like there's THAT many ways to use ffmpeg, why not just write a script for them? that's what you're going to do when you use it for the first time, anyway, so... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3603 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 ooooo I see, yeah I picked one distro and I stuck with it. Void Linux. then my friend wanted me to learn Gentoo, so I did. I use DWM on my Void Linux computer but i3 on my Gentoo one, just to mess with myself and stay on my toes 🤓 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2622 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── what kind of linux user are you if you don't even like reading terminal output? it's USEFUL and INTERESTING information! WHY ELSE WOULD THE PROGRAMMER OUTPUT IT??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5832 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── Linux is so cool, I hate it so much. Linux is so cool, I love it to death. Linux is so cool, I want to scream~ Linux is so cool, nothing works but dreams. yearnyearnyearnyearnyearnyearn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3592 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1570 [meme of Mr Incredible from the Incredibles pointing at a table] LINUX IS LINUX. (anything that works on Linux can theoretically be made to work on your toaster, if it also runs Linux!) This is very cool, and if I understand correctly it means that any Godot games could theoretically be played on these NEAT as HECK little devices, yeah? So cool! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3423 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── every time I search the internet for a solution to a linux problem I have to do add -ubuntu to the end of the search query ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse_boost/5464 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Instead of using butter with your garlic bread, you should switch to Linux. You can set up a virtual machine to try out various distros to see which one works best for your needs. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────╝─▶ --- #10 fediverse/1610 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1040 that's by design so they don't hop over to Linux ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2750 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-570 or "what button do you want to use for "yes I want to configure my keybinds"? Push "start" to use the default" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3668 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── setting up an SSH server is like a rite of passage for Linux administrators (notice I didn't say users, you can't use linux, only administer it) ... I'm having trouble with my rites >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse_boost/6017 --- ◀─╔═══════════════════════════════[BOOST]════════════════════════════════────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Linux admins when they have to use Windows: :/ │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Windows admins when they have to use Linux: :\ │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────╝─▶ --- #14 fediverse/5069 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── if you have problems with games on linux, I can help you install it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3282 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I hate how fragile Linux is It deserves to be strong and durable ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/6278 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── @user-1429 do something fun and hard like walk to seattle or install linux on a toaster or write happy notes on post-its and leave them in public places or make art and leave it in a public place or~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2601 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-249 you can host anything you'd like on a raspberry pi. If the software requirements are within the hardware specs, of course. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4296 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1655 why don't we just weaponize email and send json to each other that ends up parsed, interpreted, and presented on the end-user's computer using whatever client we want? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5873 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── "the problem with linux is you have to spend part of the program just... interacting with the filesystem. like, where is their /usr/bin file? (oh it's called a directory over there, my bad) weird they put their config over here (what language is that written in?) uhhhh I don't know much about localization settings (-- two computers on a botnet --) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ |