• Temperche@feddit.de
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      7 months ago

      That was the status quo when I tried Linux ~5 years ago. Nowadays, Linux is much more plug and play (and I’m specifically referring to Pop OS).

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        7 months ago

        Cool, but didn’t everyone tell me I should use Mint, for a bunch of reasons including “it’s arguably the most beginner-friendly”?

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          7 months ago

          Thanks for trying linux!

          I don’t use pop os or gnome personally and I’m not part of any cult or whatever.

          I found a accessibility setting that changes stuff to be white but I don’t think I got what you wanted 🥀

          I know kde plasma has a white general look, and can be themed much more than gnome in pop os seems to be.

          it also has 3 finger click in its setting under the touchpad option

          Also, try Fedora 39 kde spin https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/ I mention this because fedora has the new linux tech in it so your laptop might behave better with this os.

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            7 months ago

            Oh, thank god. Plasma looks good for me. Easy to look at and professional. Assuming I understand how it works, which popular distros can use Plasma? Update: After some quick research, I think I want to use Kubuntu? Does that sound like a good idea?

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                  7 months ago

                  Usually I just go to the appstore on linux mint, kubuntu has a appstore called discover as for setting up a network drive, I have no idea so I asked meta.ai

                  Open the File Manager (Dolphin)
                  Click on Network in the left sidebar
                  Click on Add Network Folder
                  Select the type of network share (e.g., SMB/CIFS, NFS, etc.)
                  Enter the network drive's address (e.g., smb://username@server_ip_address/share_name)
                  Authenticate with your username and password (if required)
                  Click Add to mount the network drive
                  

                  Honestly, tell me if asking AI helps you at all, because I got no idea if it’s hallucinating how it should be done.