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What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.

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[–] s20@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I install and set up operating systems. It's something I do to my own computer regularly, but I'll cheerfully do for someone else because it's fun.

Linux is my favorite, but I can do Windows, Free/Open/Dragonfly BSD, Haiku, and given time to research others as well. I keep meaning to give NetBSD a shot...

It gives me a focused task with a specific end goal that requires some technical knowledge, but mostly preparation, research, and troubleshooting skills. The activity can sometimes lift me out of a depressive episode for a while.

[–] Kyoyeou 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

May I ask by curiousity our of all the linux distro the one you appreciate the most?

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Well, they all have their own strengths. I guess my favorites would be, in no particular order:

Arch - Elegant and minimalist, Arch is where you go if you want to learn how your system works. But what I love most about Arch is the wiki. About 75% of the time, I can solve any problem I run into on any distro by referencing that wiki.
Debian - easy to use and with rock-solid stability. The website is terrible though.
Fedora is the one I always come back to, though. It's got a great balance between cutting edge and stability, it's easy to use, I'm strangely attached to DNF, and it just sorta feels like home. The community is nice too.

I like some others; Nobara is great if you're a gamer, KDE Neon gives you an awesome and stable KDE environment, and Linux Mint is perfect for.beginners.

[–] ainen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also love installing, customizing, and exploring new operating systems. I recently came across NixOS and it is the most interesting OS I’ve seen in a while. Have you checked it out before?

[–] s20@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I have! NixOS is great, I'm a big fan. I suppose if anything could replace Fedora as my favorite, Nix could.

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