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vortexal
vortexal @ vortexal @sopuli.xyz
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Has anyone else been trying to break their reddit-era habit of downvoting?

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  • Not really, I've only ever down voted something that I thought really needed to be down voted. There is a reason why the down vote buttons exist but they should really only be used when you have a good reason to use them.

    It's funny though, because I have the exact opposite problem, as I up vote pretty much every post I see. While that is better, I understand that it's probably also bad in it's own way.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Ok, I'll try that but one more question that I just remembered, do apps update like they do in Ubuntu? This isn't going to prevent me from using it, I just need to know in case I have to manually update apps myself like how Flathub is.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Ok I could use it but because I think I might use it as a replacment for Ubuntu and other distros are giving me issues, I have two questions. Does it install the same way Ubuntu does? I.E. I'm not going to have to manually set up the boot loader like other distros and it's just going to work right after installing. Does it have the same app compatibility as Ubuntu or is it possible that something might not work because it expects Ubuntu specifically?

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Ok, but the problem I have with that is that I don't know what distros have a bootloader and I don't know how to work around that with the ones that don't. So I'm just going to stick with Ubuntu because It does and it works for what I need it to.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • How much ram does Linux mint use in an idle state. Ubuntu uses around 1.5 GB and that's enough to cause it to boot and load apps slowly.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Linux mint wouldn't be what I was looking for because it has higher system requirements than Ubuntu.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Well, I'm looking for a Linux distro that can boot and load apps faster than Ubuntu but I'm having issues finding Linux distros that can do that without being portable. Right now, I'm actually going to try Absolute Linux, I just tested Porteus because I had it for a reason I don't actually remember.

    • I'm looking to use a different Linux distro but I think that there is a potential issue with ext4 and I wanted to not only ask if it could be the case but also ask what solution I should use if it is.

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  • Ok but that doesn't answer my question. Should I use ext3/2 as the boot partition or fat32?

    • My mom got a new phone (Samsung Galaxy A13 5G) and it's having problems with phone service. I'm not much of a phone person, so I was hoping someone here would be able to help us.

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  • I've already checked, battery saver mode was never on.