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5/5 stars, would upgrade again!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

expected arch setup and a skirt as a cherry on top XD but fedora is pretty kewl too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Even the boxes are smiling!

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

congratulations!

what's up with all the down votes?

'Nice wallpaper" - downvote

"Yay!" - 2 downvotes

"Here's a tangential fun community" - 3 downvotes!!

... come on people! let us all enjoy socks, wallpaper and Linux!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Have you met people? They're the worst.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Where did the Linux socks thing come from? I see it around and am curious about the lore.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

Lots of non-normative folk like Linux. Far as I know there was just a spree of posts showing btop and thigh highs and it went from there

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago

Not enough plaid skirt IMO

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reppin argyle socks instead of the classic striped, hell yeah.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Had to borrow from my wife :D lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You have been acquitted🤪

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't like it. But maybe that is just me.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

as a 43 year old balding man, yeah - I get that. I did it for the lolz

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The Linux socks thing was odd until you showed up, thanks bbg

It was a bold move cotton, and it paid off

Happy cake day homie, if I don't see your hairy ass legs and socks every week from now on, I'll cry

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Every week? Dang, I uh... I'm flattered! I'm just not sure that I can keep up with that type of commitment. 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Only time will tell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Revenue stream unlocked haha

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

bash: yay: inaccessible or not found

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I thought the toe and heel pads were holes at first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Same. Thought, "Finally, one of my people."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Let me know if you figure out how to get UO working on Wine. I have to use the online client.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ultima Outlands is the way to go! Here's how to get it going: https://wiki.uooutlands.com/Install_UO_on_Linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Came here for the wallpaper, saved this reply for the link. I had considered running my own server a while back to be able to play again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a blast from the past; it has to be 30 years since I played UO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's free to play with that link! Outlands is like you remember, plus end game

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Happy for you! Nice wallpaper btw!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ultima Online! I stared at that art for days!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

It's still one of my favorites!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is this a fresh install and sitting at 10gb ram? Seems like a lot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I had Discord, and AnvilToolkit running, along with update on a separate terminal :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That rams not gonna use itself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My truenas server agrees.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

2.4k packages as well, or is that normal on fedora?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

FC42 is on kernel 6.14.11 for stable, this rig is still on .0 for some reason.

Something is not right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Sick wallpaper and good distro taste.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What did you do to get the nice terminal output with the colour display and fedora ASCII art? Just a copy+paste in bashrc?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like neofetch, still gets a lot of use even if it's archived

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago