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AMA

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Op isn't answering shit
Just like Linux
- sh.itjust.works was having issues.
  
  The irony
  
  I actually left that instance just because it was always having issues...
  
  Shit.just.wont.works.most.of.the.time.but.not.every.time
- Return code 0 is good.

Why is it that ever since upgrading Fedora I need to restart the pipewire daemon every time I plug/unplug headphones or else media freezes?
- Because the sound goes through pipes and you need to let them rest, otherwise they might burst from the sound pressure.
  
  Hmm.. well that makes actually a lot of sense. Thanks!
- Because you also need to install Trenchcoat for it to work
  
  You forgot the Katana plugin.
- Something similar is happening to me on Manjaro. Semms the newest pipewire update made it so it doesn't auto-route devices to the main sound output anymore...
- Have you checked the logs?
- One thing that works for me on Pop OS is to switch audio device in the settings, it's like the buffer gets filled up and switching device flushes it.

Should I dual boot?
- Of course... what sane person doesn't wear both boots 🤨.
  
  People missing a leg
  
  The ones that wear one boot inside another. Only a single boot on each foot suffices.
- I don't recommend it, the more boots you use the heavier your computer will be. I've got mine down to half a boot and I'm working on getting it down to a quarter.
  
  some clearly hasnt heard of a bootless system
  
  lol 🤣🤣🤣, this one is better than my answer 🤣.

The community told me that using Arch would turn me into a cute femboy. It's been a decade and I'm still as large and hairy as I was back then.
My question is who should I sue for this false advertisement?
- Linus. He is responsible for making Linux, in general, so Arch had to use that kernel. If Linux never existed, you might've naturally become a femboy.
  
  Linus, as in tech tips right?
- I installed arch last night and woke up with nail polish on.
- Oh fk now thinking about it, me starting to use an Arch based distro and starting going to laser epilation pretty much happened at the same time period. Save me..
  
  Can I interest you in showing you the ways of our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ?
- Sorry, this is a kerning issue. Cute FERNboy.

Was linux created by linus tech tips?
- Yes... most probably.
  
  Linux sex tips
- No it was created by his good twin Linux tech tips
  
  this weeks episode is why you should compile everything from source
  
  Who waits for family reunion?

What does the GNU stands for in Linux?
- Going to Nut in Unix
  
  Correct
- Chaos

What's the cp command?
- It does creepy pedo things on your files.
  
  Except for PDF files, they're kindred spirits.
- it sends your files directly to the communist party of china

Can Linux be used as a sex toy?
- well... it sure is a possibility
  
  Good thing it's written in rust. Memory leaks and race conditions are my two biggest fears while buttplug shopping.
  
  Jfc!
- Yes.

Which one is it?
“Ask me anything about it and I’ll try to answer”
OR
“Ask me anything about IT and I’ll try to answer”
- Take your pick, I'm feeling generous today.
  
  What does IT stands for?
- The clown
  
  Touché! I was thinking Information Technology, but you win with Pennywise twist.

What is ":(){ :|:& };:"
- That is what happens when none of your alphabet keys on your keyboard are working, but you still wanna communicate online.
- An alias for "sudo shutdown now"
- A funny command that gives you free chocolate
- An emoticon with a weird hat
  
  which part is the face and which part is the hat?
- A text based Rorschach test. That one is clearly a mouse chasing a cat.
- Try it in your terminal and come back here to tell us the results
- Shut up, we don't need no Cthulhu here.
- Emergency breaks

Why do Linux users hate Nvidia?
- Because Nvidia hates Linux users. They're just returning the favor.
  
  That is surprisingly accurate
  
  That's literally just correct. Are you sure you don't know your Linux lore?

Can you explain network sockets to me?
- They're just regular sockets that do most of the work... the net thing is just added to complicate things.
  
  As a network engineer I can confirm
  
  Now what about network socks?

What are programmer socks?
- They're socks that programmers usually wear when they're out, not programming, because everyone needs socks when they go out. But, programmers felt underappreciated if their socks are called just like everyone elses socks, so they changed their name by adding programmer in front.
- They are soft material artifacts that protect and warm up the programmer’s feet.
- Programming-improving device

What's the penguins name?

What is a bootloader and why would anyone want to load boots?
- Cuz... where else are you gonna put your load 🤨...
  
  Ayo? 🤨
- You load your boots after installing Java in the the morning

how is the x org x server related to x formerly known as twitter?
- It's his second cousin from his aunt's sister in law side.
- wayland.social
- They're distant cousins, but they avoid each other at family reunions

How do I change the language to EN-US on redstar os?
- You don't. It's designed to be unchagable. Only the supreme leader can change that.
  
  🫡
  
  sudo = supreme leader do
- In the locale picker it's called YEE-HAW not EN-US 👍
- Follow up: how to change to french on templeOS?
  
  You have to recode the kernel in french.

So someone suggested to me that Linux is amazing for gaming.
I decided to split boot and installed Mint and attempted to play Forza Horizon 5. It literally runs like a potato. Also my Logitech steering wheel doesn't work and has major input lag.
Since you know so little about Linux, my question is what are you having for dinner?
- Have no idea, still haven't had breakfast...
- I don’t use a wheel but FH5 does work well here.
  
  I think my Nvidia mobile 3070ti card is being funky. I think I got it to run better after trying some ideas online, but there are lag spikes and the steering wheel still didn't work. Just deleted Mint and decided against Linux gaming for now

I'd like you to guess which one of these is fake:
How do I install Hyprland on NixOS using Flakes?
How do I install systemd-dispatcher on Void Linux RC?
Edit:
- Whichever one is fake could be real tomorrow.
  
  do you have any idea the shitstorm that would go down in the Void Linux forums
  
  There is always an alternate reality
- They are both fake. Neither of them show up any results on google searches.
- You’re good. I know one of these is definitely real, but the other one is plausible enough to make me think both are real
- If you didn't tell me one of these were fake I would never have questioned it.
  
  Honestly, just because one is nonsense, it wouldn't mean it's fake. I've read help forums.
- Not OP but I know which one is fake because I remember actually doing the other one haha
- ...Neither?

Who is Linus and why does he Torvalds

What is the best init system?
- The system that lets you in it.
  
  Are you sure you don't know anything? 🤨
  
  Ngl this is a good one for real
  
  Absolutely true!
  
  Truly. My favorite is OpenRC though.
- It's the title of my personal book of pick up lines.

When it comes to quirks mode, what are the do's and don'ts?
- Don't install it if you want to keep your sanity. The opposite if you don't.
- DONT waste your time with quirks mode
  DO find a new job
  Speaking from personal experience

Is red hat a good or a bad influence on the ecosystem?
- Well, red is darker than white, so if everyone wears red hats, then global warming will most definitely rise.

What is the best distro and why is it Debian?
- Because Debbie is a woman, and we all know why Ian made it the best distro, happy wife happy life.
  
  My favorite Metallica song is Seek an Destro.
  
  That is true! I assume Debra had Debbie as a nickname sometimes, full points.

What kernel parameters should I use?
- All of them, just to be sure
- The parameters that suite your needs.

No questions on how to exit vim 🤔 🤨?
- Because the people are stuck in VIM
- From another terminal:
  ps ax | grep vim | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -- kill -9
- the only way to exit vim is to unplug your pc
  
  Correct!
- I haven't used vim since collage (I'm currently a aarp member) isn't it "cntrl-x" ?
  
  that is nano

Wanna fsck?

Why do some specific Nvidia grafic cards require that you use legacy BIOS to start up your linux, while it works flawlessly on macOS using EFI??
- Because Apple has money and revenue, and Linux doesn't.
  
  😮 I did not expect such accurate answers, lol
- It's easiest if I just link you to the Wikipedia article on money. Here
- Which cards?

Which Linux distribution should I run on my Arduino Uno for maximum performance?

If you cat a log, what would tail report?

What is flatpak?

What's openSUSE? Is closedSUSE its cousin?

What does L.I.N.U.X stand for
- Linux Is Not Uni X
  
  I like that
- Linus Is Nuts, Use X

What is GNOME?

Where is the start button?
- Right next to the reset button usually.
- Top left!

What are the advantages of pacman?
- Well, you have only 4 controls for him, up, down, left, right, whereas, let's say Mario, also has fire and jump, so that's 2 controls more, which makes pacman simpler, thus faster.
- He eats all the pellets i dropped on the ground and can get rid of ghosts
  
  Also makes cute sounds and blinks on special occasions
- It's free and open source, unlike Microsoft's proprietary Ms. Pacman
- None

What's the effect of having rust in the kernel?

How many boot loaders do I need to boot the loader?

How many orbs do you need to use to make it show the yellow screen?
- 5 to 10, depends on the shade of yellow you'd like to get.
- the first orb brings you to the first level

what is cinnamon forked from?
- Cinnamon trees

What does sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root do? I found it on some sketchy article.

What is a Distro?
- A distro is a set of applications preinstalled on a Linux kernel that don't seem to work as expected. Debugging tools usually don't come preinstalled with the distro.
- I don't recommend them, they just cause arguments online
- it is a tribe, they have conflicting ideas and ideologies apart from that Linux and FOSS is great, everything else is contestable. There is a hierarchy in the tribes with strong links to there initiation ritual. You are free to change tribe as much as you want or even be in multiple tribes but when war breaks out you must defend your tribe.
  I am in the Arch, Debian and Alpine tribes.
  
  They allowed you in all of them 😱? You sneaky devil, I bet you hide you're in the other tribes 😏.

What are the important, distinguishing differences between RHEL8 and REHL9 one should probably know.
- One is divisible by 3 and not 2, and the other is divisible by 2 and not 3
  This is very important when checking if your software packages are compatible
  
  Correct!
  
  Explain this

Is this anime chat? How to patch KDE2 under FreeBSD?

Why do people use Ubuntu with snaps?
- Because it'll snap if you don't.
  
  Many of these answers are so on spot, I wonder if OP have reached enlightenment without realizing.
- Because its the default
- Why do people use snaps on other Distros?
  Wait! Distros?

Why did I have to burn multiple install CDs before finally getting one to work back in 2013?
- For the same reason I had to buy a stack of floppies to install it in the 90's
  
  I think you have a little bit of solder flux stuck in your gray beard on the left side... No, other left.
  
  Good thing floppes were dirt cheap back then.
  
  Weren't floppy's relatively rewritable? Why did you have to buy multiple instead of simply trying multiple times?
- Because not all distros work with their respective boot floppies. I gather you finally realized that in 2013.

Is it pronounced 'Sue-Due" or "Pseudo"?

Why do so many nerds say my sister Vi is their favorite?
- Because she's cuter than your other sister, Emacs.
- Because the V version was a complete disaster... please don't remind me of that.

What do I do if I accidentally remove grub
- You go hungry
- You become a happier person.

Nano or vim?

What should I do to use shared-memory communication from user-space on an immutable system?
- You should try and download some RAM from the user-space. Regarding the system, you should really switch to a muted one, I was extatic when my system stopped removed all the time.
- It should be fine

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