Ryan Owens
r-owens.bsky.social
Ryan Owens
@r-owens.bsky.social
Boycotting enough social media platforms that this is one of my few remaining options.

Dog lover, nerd, and a swell guy.

FOSS is awesome, just remember to support your devs
I stan for Fedora all day, but it is because it just works. It does the things you want a computer to do, it is stable, it is fairly secure OOTB, but you still get updates on a reasonable timescale, and you have a ton of install options. Also, dnf is pretty great.
May 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Are you ok using the web app? There is no native Linux version, so if you want it to run, you will almost certainly have to do some extra work.

If you are ok with using the web app, I suggest Fedora (default privacy/security is solid, fairly beginner friendly) or Mint (the new person distro).
May 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Fedora Workstation, it isn't flashy but it does just work while also being up to date.
May 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM
NTSYNC is probably the big one for gaming.
April 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
I don't think people realize how much big tech relies on open source software, funding it is in their interests in a lot of cases.
April 29, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Well, it took longer than I had planned, but it works and looks cool. I spent way too much time with waybar, and honestly it is probably my favorite part of the experience. I can see myself writing a lot of unnecessary modules for it.
April 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
I second fedora. I don't want to think about my OS ever, I just want it to work, and fedora does that. I stick with GNOME though, I'm not particularly interested in ricing though.
April 28, 2026 at 3:02 AM
People act like every install is a herculean task.
April 28, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This is has turned into an adventure, mostly fun, but css is gross
April 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Going from GNOME --> Hyprland was maybe a bit much, but otherwise the installer worked well.
April 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I've never had it happen to me, but I've heard horror stories about windows getting angry about dual booting. Make sure you have backups of everything you care about.
April 27, 2026 at 3:04 AM