I only ever block spam. I don't block people with differing opinions to me because that's not how I roll. On the flipside, I block lemmy communities all the time - logic being that I'd rather sort by new and remove communities I have no interest in because you never know when something interesting you're not subscribed to can come up in your feed.

Easiest example being: I've never seriously watched Star Trek or considered installing Linux, but you bunch of cunts have convinced me into transitioning. I'm not quite at the stage of programmer socks, but I'm sure y'all will force my hand eventually... ❤

[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dw you're government issued thigh highs will arrive upon you installing arch

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'll be honest, I'm holding off only to do more research into what version of Linux I want installed and - more importantly - how to install it without fucking everything up.

I've never dual booted, but I think that's the most likely solution for me right now so I can get used to it.

Since getting a Steam Deck, I think what I want is essentially a desktop that is very similar to the Deck. All I really use a desktop for nowadays is Steam and Firefox.

I've seen Pop!OS being mentioned in several articles I've read, along with Mint and Bazzite. I've heard of Ubuntu, of course - I think that's one of the more well known distros.

The whole thing can be overwhelming when you're not used to it. I had the same issue when originally joining Lemmy!

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The steam deck uses the desktop environment called KDE Plasma if I remember correctly. I recommend using the Fedora KDE spin since, right after Debian, most apps will support Fedora. It is user friendly, feature rich, stable, secure (with massive community and corporate backing for timely Security updates), and simple.

Dual booting is a smart decision. If you opt to dual-boot, I recommend encrypting your system through the built-in OS installer. This stops Windows (or malicious software) from spying on your new install. It is also just a good idea in general.

Pop!OS doesn't yet support Wayland, which supersedes the old and slow X11 with better security (on X11, any app can capture what you type, their is no isolation).

Bazzite seems neat but I wouldn't go for a gaming focused distros in my experience.

Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company, is trying hard to create a closed ecosystem. Even though Ubuntu is Debian based, they are making it hard to install native applications, instead enforcing the use of Snap, which uses a closed-source backend to provide the app repository. Snaps are also slower than native or Flatpak apps.

If you need any help, explanations, suggestions, or other thoughts about Linux, I am willing to help best I can or point you in the right direction. Ive installed linux maybe 50+ times on most of the major families of distros (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch Linux, and some others), and have personally used many distributions that are derivative of these. I'm not like crazy experienced, just familiar (with a focus on Security).

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

There's always Bazzite's vanilla KDE cousin, Aurora: https://getaurora.dev/ It is essentially the Fedora KDE spin with way better hardware support and QoL features.

But Bazzite isn't really a distro in it's own right anyway, it's an unofficial Fedora spin that gets updates pretty much immediately (<24hrs) from upstream. It kind of "solves" a lot of the issues with most gaming distros.

I'd highly recommend both to new users as well, as they are immutable (like the Fedora Atomic Desktops) and make it a lot harder to completely mess up your install while you're still learning.

[–] TheCoolerMia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I use the Steamdeck as my main PC and I have Bazzite on it! :3 and yeh Mint is the one I see being recommended to new people the most so I bet its a great choice :3

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[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

If you want to dual boot I suggest getting a second hard drive (a little SSD maybe) and installing Linux on that. Then you can select what OS to boot through the BIOS

It'll be way easier and less risky than trying to install Linux alongside windows on the same hard drive, and it'll also stop windows from screwing with the bootloader when it updates.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago

Now all together: One of us, one of us, one.......

[–] refalo@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

what about toxic idiots whose every comment is downvoted to oblivion and they make you want to stop even looking at comments anymore

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[–] toomanypancakes@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's exactly why I never block anyone

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago

Hey, I’m down for floor drugs but I’ve got a full test kit sooooooo

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Floor drugs deserved better than this.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TEST EM (then do em)

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My stance on floor drugs is akin to Angel Dust off Hazbin Hotel: "You think I can't tell my drink is being spiked? Its what I come here for!!"

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hahaha I really need to check that out. That’s also my mood. My friend was once like “You haven’t been drinking, right? Want to try GHB?” and I’m like “nope and I would LOVE TO!”

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

I haven't done drugs in literal decades and have a very loose relationship with the 5-second rule, so the idea of having a problem with floor drugs, specifically, amuses me greatly.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'll start blocking people when it stops people from responding to my posts, Reddit style.

I don't have the patience to deal with people using my posts as a jumping-off point for ignorant shite without being called out on it.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I do feel lemmy leaves something to be desired with blocking. I like Bluesky’s system, where it stops them from interacting with you and also breaks any posts of theirs that were quote tweeting (quote posting?) your posts.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 months ago

The problem with that style of blocking is that it goes both ways.

Someone can post ignorant shite and block anyone who would give them pushback, then when other people look at the comments they think "wow I guess everyone here just agrees with this".

I guess I've always viewed making a post as standing on a street corner and shouting, not meeting on the side of a street with a group of your friends.

I guess it depends on if you view "subreddits" as communities, that is groups of people that you choose to associate with if you post there, or if you view them as topics that you want your post tagged as. A lot of social media sites take the latter approach, but reddit used to take the former, as did old style forums. It might just be from me spending more time on those kinds of platforms, but I do think the "community" approach is better.

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The only things I block are legit spam, and hexbear. And the only reason I block hexbear is because I’m banned from their instance and can’t interact with it anyway.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

Even if you're not banned from hexbear can you really interact with it?

I wouldn't call someone going through the wikipedia article for informal fallacies like it's a checklist then brigading all your past activities an interaction so much as an experience, and not a good one at that.

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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My blocklist is insanely long. All sports, all furry shit, people from both, anime blocks all day - can't stand the stupid mains/moe stuff.

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Holy shit the number of blocks needed to cut out the communities of "questionable Japanese cartoons about characters that look suspiciously like young kids" is fucking insane

Try mentioning it without some neckbeard snorting about PrOJeCTinG lol

Would be good to have some kind of script that could do it

[–] Flipper@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago

She might like like a 10 year old, but it's fine. Shes a 600 year old vampire. Trust us bro.

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[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I instance blocked lemmy.ml because of mods deleting my comments. I don't want to accidentally get involved in discussions and spend time writing comments for them to just be deleted because the mods don't agree with me.

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[–] capital@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I don’t want to just see content from people I agree with. Guess I’m crazy.

[–] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

Yep. The only time I block someone is if they are actually being a dick specifically to me, my family, or my friends.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've genuinely never felt the need, but I also don't post for clout or proactively, I'm more of a reply guy in that I prefer the version of social media where I talk with people rather than at people and I do not give a crap about followers, upvotes or starting popular threads. Believe it or not that tends to do a lot to minimize the use cases for blocking, in that people rarely take the time to chase me around or specifically target me, even when things get heated.

But hey, if somebody is bothering you block away. I don't have a moral stance on it.

[–] Killing_Spark@feddit.de 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm gonna start following and bothering you!

Edit: huh boost for lemmy doesn't seem to have a "follow this user" button. So you might be save for now.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 7 points 4 months ago

Put it on your calendar, daily repeating. Wake up, morning prep, breakfast + harass, you know?

[–] psychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but...i like floor drugs??

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pray tell, what are floor drugs please?

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

you know how you're not supposed to eat food after it's fallen on the floor?

imagine that but with whatever pills people leave on the ground without even knowing what they are

(I'm assuming, I don't do drugs)

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[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Once you realize that 90% of society is genuinely not worth interacting with, life gets better.

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So many blocks. It gets especially bad when US politics are spammed literally everywhere.

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

I also do that.

[–] JPSound@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Floor drugs? Back in the day we called them Ground Scores.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Reddit's short list of good decisions definitely includes "disable replies."

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

You don't have a pill identifier?

[–] chrishazfun@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

I don't block often, but I do mute often, purely for the mental image of someone shittalking into a void.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

floor pills??? ss13 reference 😳

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I dunno if you’re talking about the Simpsons, but in season 14, the episode about Rock Camp, Homer eats a pill off the cabin floor & talks to Jesus over in the corner.

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

I don't block people. I block bots.

[–] yourgodlucifer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sometimes I like seeing crazy unhinged posts 🤷‍♀️

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