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digga der 1&1-Kundenservice ist wirklich ein Münzwurf. Ich ruf an, weil wir seit mehreren Monaten Probleme mit Internetgeschwindigkeit haben und ich bei ner PS5 per LAN angeschlossen so ca. 7Mbps hab bei ner 100000er-Leitung. Erster Dude, der rangeht, fängt direkt meinen Missmut auf und erklärt mir, dass ich in nem falschen Port bin und dass wenn ich einen anderen selbst aussuche, die Geschwindigkeit besser sein wird. Hab dann ne Einstellung im Router vorgenommen, die er noch ergänzen wollte um ne Einstellung im Modem selbst, das ich zusätzlich noch verbunden hab; Kennwort hatte ich grad nicht parat, musste also kurz danach nochmal anrufen.

Ich komm an nen anderen Dude dran, der mich nicht zum ersten durchleiten kann oder will und geht das mit mir zusammen durch - oder so die Idee. Statt einfach die Einstellungen fertig zu machen, die der erste vornehmen wollte, erzählt der mir was von nem zu alten Gerät ohne Updates, weswegen das sowieso nicht geht würde und dass ich einen neuen Router holen soll und was auch immer. Erst nachdem ich zum dritten Mal durchgebe, dass ich versteh, was er will, ich aber gerne erst mal die Schritte ums jetzt besser zu machen durchführen will, macht er das mit mir, weiß sofort was ich meine und das Thema ist in 30 Sekunden geklärt. Warum denn nicht auch gleich so. Aufm Weg dahin noch ein paar Unwahrheiten und Uninformiertheit dagelassen und verdutzt sein, als ich ihm sagte, dass ich eine Linux-Distro und nicht Windows laufen hab. Geil 🤡

/Rand vorüber. Shoutout an Tommy, den Giga Chad ✌🏻

Ohne Kontext im Schaufenster von nem Shisha-Laden gesehen. Kann ja nur Pass-Ende sein

Edit: I'll try my luck with Kubuntu and see how things go. Wish me luck :D

Edit 2: So I set up Kubuntu and everything seems to be working quite well. Unfortunately, since I'm trying to dual boot Windows and Kubuntu, I'm strumming with getting the boot order correct. I installed refind to have a selection upon booting, but setting a default doesn't work and removing the Windows boot partition altogether seems to be reverted upon restarting the PC. So that's annoying :D but I got touch controls in refind to work, so I don't always have to use the type cover. Outside of that, everything I need seems to be working fine.

So I have been happily using my Surface Go 2 for a couple years now and don't really have a lot of complaints right now. However, Microsoft being Microsoft and Windows being Windows, I'd like to move to a Linux distro because foss is just cooler and Linux is cooler lol.

I'm mainly using my Surface for school: taking hand-written notes in Journal, annotating and highlighting text in PDFs with Drawboard, and browsing the web. Very basic stuff. Not gaming, not really a power user either, so I don't need any fancy distro that allows me to go under the hood and tinker.

Before moving, I've got a couple of things I'd like to ask:

1. Which distro should I choose? Something similar to Windows wouldn't hurt but doesn't have to be necessarily. I've previously installed and used (K)ubuntu on an old laptop of mine and it worked fine. I've heard that Mint is more or less one of the best choices for transitioning since it "just works" and has pretty much anything you could want right off the bat - settings and drivers and such. Is Mint fine for a Surface Go 2? I can add my specs if needed.

2. Do you have recommendations for a notes taking app and a PDF reader that allows for editing, annotating, highlighting text? I've had a thorough chat with GPT (don't judge) and have been recommend Xournal++ which is apparently also available on Linux. I've played around with it a little and it seems fine, but I'd also take recommendations from the community if you have any.

3. Would I be fine running Linux off an SD card that I have inserted in my device? The interal storage of the Surface is quite limited with 120GB, so it has an SD card slot to expand its storage; my SD card has another 120GB on it. I've mostly been fine just using the internal storage, but it's slowly running out, so I will likely have to use the SD card at some point. Should I make the effort of moving all my data - like documents, photos and stuff - to the SD card and install Linux onto the internal storage itself alongside Windows, or would I also be fine installing Linux onto the SD card? Apparently, this is not ideal because of slower read and write speeds compared to the built-in SSD (?) storage; moving all the data is not too much fun either, however.

4. Is stylus/Surface Pen support a thing on Linux? And will the Surface keyboard work fine too? I imagine yes, but I don't know for sure. That would be a must for whatever distro I choose since it's the primary way of taking notes and typing for me.

That should be it, I think. Anything else that might be interesting for me or important to know?

IRL, whenever I deem it fit to talk about veganism - its perks vs omni diet, environmental impact, etc. - I get a little tense but usually follow through to voice my opinions and challenge other people's views. I feel good about it because it's only to the benefit of animals if even a little seed of doubt is seeded into omni minds.

On Lemmy, I feel like there are a lot of vegans around but omnis are more prevalent. I realise that I might be "picking fights" in that I bring up veganism when the subject does not exactly "demand it", if that makes sense, but I feel like it's such a huge injustice for animals that being a little uncomfortable for the sake of animals is nothing, really.

In text, I can formulate my thoughts and make better arguments, I feel like, but so do most people on here, so I back off rather quickly. In the end, I wonder if it's even worth mentioning at all?

Do you guys do that on here? I just can't not say something. Maybe it's just wasted breath and key strokes, though. I don't know. Ty

Genuinely curious

I recently made a post here, promoting my other three communities. Someone suggested that creating one unified community for discussing all the soulslikes there are might be a better fit for Lemmy given its relatively small community. So I did just that!

!soulslike@lemmy.zip

Be sure to check it out if you're interested in any of the FromSoft games (DS1-3, Demon's Souls, Bloodborne etc.), Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Nioh, Lies of P - what have you!

I'll try to populate the community with posts in the coming days as to provide some content. Feel free to pop by and post something.

News, memes, discussion, art - all forms of content are welcome.

Cheers and thanks Cris!

I recently made a post on CommunityPromo, promoting my other three communities. Someone suggested that creating one unified community for discussing all the soulslikes there are might be a better fit for Lemmy given its relatively small community. So I did just that!

!soulslike@lemmy.zip

Be sure to check it out if you're interested in any of the FromSoft games (DS1-3, Demon's Souls, Bloodborne etc.), Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, Nioh, Lies of P - what have you! The term soulslike is treated rather loosely here in the sense that games that incorporate mechanics from soulslikes may be discussed here too. The more the merrier :)

I'll try to populate the community with posts in the coming days as to provide some content. Feel free to pop by and post something.

News, memes, discussion, art - all forms of content are welcome.

Cheers!

I created !sekiro@lemmy.zip, !bloodborne@lemmy.zip and !liesofp@lemmy.zip a while ago now and have seen not too many people joining and posting.

I'd love for you to check them out if you're interested, maybe post something, ask a question, write a comment - any engagement is encouraged and welcome!I'm currently more or less the only one trying to post semi-regularly. :]

Anything related to the specific games is fine as long as the content you're posting is at least tangentially related to them. Memes, questions about gameplay, lore, whatever.

Thanks!