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Actually it's gnu/star trek
- That is awesome. Yoinked for my avatar!
- Everyone hates on gnuTrek
  
  Discovery sucks but all the rest are fantastic, Prodigy is a kids show and still fits right in while continuing Janeway’s story
- I like to call it GNU plus Trek

I oddly started watching star trek of because of all the fire memes on lemmy
- I switched to Linux (not arch btw) around the same time as joining Lemmy. And I've still not seen any trek apart from a couple of the movies, which I quite liked. We're contemplating starting at the very start
  
  Starting from the beginning is the absolute best, in my opinion. The original series is so much fun, and as much as I love TNG and others, I know that nothing will come close to the cultural impact that the original had. It was prime time, mainstream, and riding the energy that the country had for space in the 1960s, with a message of hope and cooperation. That being said, prepare for a decent mix of goofiness too, lol.
  
  There is some really terrible original Trek, whose only defense is being a product of the time. That said, you will still see the first interracial kiss on broadcast TV. The first season of The Next Generation is pretty stilted, but is still decent in my opinion. And, as is the overarching theme for Trek, questions about who, what, and why we are will be asked, and sometimes answers will be proposed.
  
  OG star Trek is a product of it's time. While revolutionary and a great source of solid sci Fi, it's also got the old tv style to it. Extremely long pauses, close ups forever, agonizingly long just to get out one line then repeat.
  Would recommend... After you've watched a more modern star Trek :)
  TNG is a favorite for a good reason. Maybe from season 3 on to start. It's also going to seem extremely slow / no music compared to modern TV. But it's overall quality shit.
- How'd you like it?
  
  I've just skipped around episodes in Next Generation, DS9 and Voyager but I love most of it.
  Homefront and Paradise Lost might be some of the best television I've ever seen. The fact that those episodes came out before 9/11 might be the craziest piece of foreshadowing I've ever seen.
  Little green men was my favorite though.
- I have considered not only figuring out how to setup Linux on my computer but also considered starting to watch Star Trek. It's been almost a year since I've been on Lemmy and I haven't caved yet.... But my time may be coming soon.....
- ONE OF US
  ONE OF US
  ONE OF US

You just posted it to a server hosted on linux. You use Linux friend. One of us one of us gooble gobble one of us.
- It's the year of the linux server.
  
  Always has been.

So you’re a BSD user and Stargate fan?
- They use Haiku and watch Farscape.
  
  TempleOS and BSG
- Babylon 5, and I multi boot.
  
  GASP

But are you at least a socialist?
- Standing next to mass grave
  "But what kind of socialist are you?"
  
  Fed posting
- At least?
  This implies there are levels or grades, here. What's at the top of the pyramid?
  
  Begin leftist infight in 3... 2 .... 1.....
  
  That's starting to sound like a hierarchy 🏴
- Lol in the original thread, I mentioned that I forgot to add communist to the meme.

I started getting into Star Trek last week and I'm planning to use Linux as soon as I get a laptop of my own. Lemmy has finally consumed me.
- I just discovered Ubuntu Touch is an option for my next phone and am seriously considering a Volla Phone!
- Unfortunately you're going to have to rewatch every episode of Star Trek you previously watched, but this time use Linux to do it.
- One of us, One of us
- I assume Das Kapital is already on your bookshelf?
  
  Damn, that box I haven't checked yet.
- Go deep! Go CachyOS!
  And if you get an Nvidia laptop, welcome to hell :)

Just switched to Linux for Plex.
Ubuntu by the way.
- And now you have to move away from Plex?
  https://feddit.nl/post/35184193
  
  If you're still using Plex after all these years of them doing shady shit, that's on you.
- Look into jellyfin. I used to run Plex but I find jellyfin way better.
  
  Each to their own but think you should highlight the failings of Jellyfin.
  Mainly:
  Remote access is not a trivial feat, especially when compared to Plex
  The UI is janky.
- Ubuntu
  Why tho?
  
  We all start somewhere, even if it's the smelliest pink taco.
  
  Because it’s fine, and it’s one of the more “normal” options for first-timers.

(...to the Star Trek fandom. We'll get you eventually.)
- I used to love Star Trek until I hit that Tuvix episode. That triggered some things in my personal background. I tried to get over it but I can't.
  
  Maybe the lower decks parody will help? It might equally make it worse though, you might want to read or have someone else read a synopsis
  
  Hahaha
  It's half the reason everyone treats Janeway as a criminal. Like yeah overall she's a fantastic captain. But she did straight up murder tuvix! He begged for life!
  If it's any help, that show is a hot mess. There are some absolute banger eps, I absolutely love most of the cast, but on average it's underwhelming.
  The guy who made BSG ranted a bit about working on Voyager. Apparently they weren't allowed to change anything. Everything had to reset by the end of the episode. In a series about being stranded.

Okay, no Linux, no Star Trek. Cool cool. But you're a femboy furry, right?
- If so they'd be into Linux by default.
- Since I've started using Lemmy,
  My primary desktop OS has become Linux
  I have began identifying as genderfluid
  Lemmy pipeline real?
  I mean, honestly it's been something I've been considering for ages (Linux). It's just that I needed a new OC to play games (old CPU is from 2009 lol). And Windows 11 is ass and Proton works so well for games on Linux now. I'm very happy.
  Also genderfluid, happy pride heh, but that's been a good thing too.

It's okay, BSD, Haiku, and even Amiga users are welcome too.
- OS/2?
  edit: I had no idea - it lives
- Temple OS user here, I've been welcomed as well.

I use Star Trek and watch Linux, but I am really missing the obligatory "There are dozens of us"-comment here. Well, now it is kind of here.
- Hum... There are certainly way more than dozens. Both of those are on the millions, in a population of billions that means there would be thousands of people with both interests even if they were independent.
  
  And let's face it, the only options for cutesy interfaces like in Trek would be Linux or MacOS.

I paid for winrar on windows, I'm going to make it every penny's worth
- I wish I could give you a medal, you deserve it
- You paid?
  You're weird.
  .... I mean, we're all l weird, so that's not really saying anything.

Seriously. That star Trek sub is like a cafeteria table of high school girls that are constantly giggling. I don't understand it at all. I understand less why it's so funny. It is fucking funny though.
- I think Star Trek lends itself well to memes, because it's already a show where obscurities are questioned.
  
  Just old trek, nutrek is nothing like it
- I don't understand why a large part of adults of the word are so into that other space franchise, far in the future the time when characters have to fight with pink glowsticks for some reason.
  Now that's funny.

Joke's on you, I use star trek and watch Linux.

Honestly, I have been using Lemmy since the Reddit API ordeal and the community here over Linux just annoys me. It is this all high and saving OS but why hasn't it done so yet.
Why does the community and answering questions about Linux suck. Linux great and I use it but people here act like they figured something out the rest of the world hasn't but when the rest of the world tries to figure it out the response is, "good luck, figured it out, go back to Windows loser." Just annoys the hell out of me.
I have also never watched Star Trek but it seems good.
- The original series is all I've seen but its legit hilarious and definitely still worth watching. Many of its storylines have been revisited/retold over the decades, but the plots maintain their charm and originality. It's campy as all hell, but the campy atmosphere of the show elevates it rather than aging it in a bad way.
- I too joined when the API shenanigans started. But...
  Honestly, I have been using Lemmy since the Reddit API ordeal and ....
  it's good to know I've got a million and one people to ask questions when I finally make the switch. It's inevitable. Honestly lack of free time (read home PC has not been prioritized) has been the only hurdle. I've dabbled over the years, just barely.
  I have an old Thinkpad tablet (X2___ or 4___ idk) that I want to switch over. It had a few offline duties w/ W7, but that's all done now. I settled on OpenSUSE and made a live USB to start. Works on my desktop but haven't gotten it to boot on the Thinkpad. I've found I need to go to the grub2 folder and can do so at the grub prompt (rescue, probably) but I still run into something about cannot validate cli...
  Yes, I'm chumming the waters while I'm stuck inline. Sorry to detour!
- I agree. Their solution for everything is FOSS and like... No sometimes people don't want an alternative for what they're talking about they want the actual thing they're talking about
- I use Debian btw.
- I have been using Linux for 20 years now, as a main OS for at least 15. Linux isn't perfect in any way and I have fucked up my system many times. But in those 20 years I maybe have felt to need to ask for help 2 or 3 times, because al the other 999 times with some searching I found someone with the same problem and a solution. When you ask for help for something that can be found with 3 minutes of searching I totally understand people don't feel the need to help you out.
- Its the same kind if vibe as when you hang out with certain Jazz musicians / fans and they start discussing chord substitutions, extensions, etc.
  
  I should add that while I'm not specifically a "Jazz Musician", I play piano , and utilise substitutions, extensions etc. :)

Could always learn German
- Nein, scheint eine dumme Sprache zu sein.

Better not mention that you don't use Firefox
- Twice is a coincidence, thrice is a conspiracy

- "It's an older Star Trek meme, but it checks out."
  Admiral Adama
  
  As of this moment, we are at war.

I have no hatred in my heart for our BSD-using Star Wars-watching compatriots.
The !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org artist is a BSD guy.
It's okay to dance to the beat of a different drummer.
- I don't even use computers.
- I mean... Yeah. The fish.

My friend said the fediverse is the Linux of social media. Now I'm trying to get him on the fediverse, and he's trying to get me onto Linux.
- I always refer to Lemmy as "communist Reddit".
  
  It isn't even left.
  Horribly centre-right at best.
  Unless you're American who haven't got a clue what these political terms mean.
- I use Lemmy BTW

Or don’t speak German
- I speak some but I still block all of the German communities.
  
  Warum?

Almost on 2 years now..
- Yep, great API exodus.

Shit! I've been watching linux and using Star Trek!

This feels too real. But I'm still grateful for all of you people on lemmy even if I don't completely fit in

I don't know much about Linux, but it's the system on the computer I share at home. I think I've become spoiled to it.
I recently started a new job and was issued a PC laptop. The amount of obnoxious pop-ups and AI crap that I can't seem to find settings to disable are infuriating. It's like the computer and the Google apps we use assume I can't do or figure out anything on my own.
Also, tangential, Gemini needs to stop suggesting itself - yes, I know you're there. I'm ignoring you because I can't seem to block you, but I wish you'd just leave me alone.
- Is it a Chromebook? PC stands for personal computer. So a PC laptop could have any OS on it. The usual assumption is Windows but you said Gemini keeps harassing you and not Copilot so it sounds like it could be a Chromebook. Those used to be locked down horrible machines, but I haven't used one recently.
  
  Ah yes, it is a Chromebook. Sorry, I didn't realize it was a whole separate thing. I'm not hip to new/modern computer stuff, haha.

That reminds me. I need to rewatch DS:9
- Currently rewatching as my bedtime show, still great

I honestly don't know what Linux is this has inspired me to ask in !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
- It's a toaster
  
  asdf

I don't use Linux or Apple. Just debloated Windows 11(Tiny 11).
I also don't watch Star trek or even watch TV.
We are out here. Enjoy your stay.
- I watched Star Trek in the 80s and 90s. Not since. I used Linux in the 10s. I still put it on other people's PCs, but not mine.
- Tiny11 is awesome, I use it for gaming when Wine fails
  
  Question, why are you still using Wine for Linux gaming? Steams Proton is far more capable and ProtonGE enables access to even more video codecs.
  
  I use my computer for gaming. Never a problem. Wine fails once in awhile. I end up having to dual boot and then spending all my time on the windows side. Then I wondered why I tried so hard to make fetch happen.

Just got Kubuntu set up, quite happy with it so far.
Kinda hit or miss on Star Trek. Lower Decks is just about the best show ever though.
(Mint is good, don't like Cinnamon all that much, and it's an Ubuntu derivative anyway, so figured Kubuntu would have KDE 'native')
(Tried Fedora, couldn't get codec/video stuff to work right)
(Steam is generally easier and more supported on Debian derivatives, at least for now)
- i tried mint as my first ever linux, not counting whatever it was that i tried for like a minute in the late 90s, and it was fine, but i was looking for a gaming linux. manjaro worked ok for a while before i somehow borked it beyond recognition, and then i tried garuda which i was somehow laughably 50x worse with. now i'm on POP_OS! (eEeEwWw) which has a lot of things that suck, but has worked the best for me so far. i built a brand new pc specifically to ditch windows for linux
  
  I put Mint on a 2010 iMac a few months ago and just today put Kubuntu on a 8th gen Intel dual booting Windows 10. Both seem to work well, though kubuntu didn’t find the audio driver for the PC and gives a Wayland error on boot (Fcitx something or other, I believe).

Dozens of us! Dozens, I say!
(But I do like Star Trek and use Linux, I just don’t make my presence here revolve around that.)

If I'm only a fan of the OG Star Trek does that still count?
- I'm only a fan of linux, not a user. Does that count?
  
  It counts.

I thought I was a nerd until I got here, now im still a nerd but not a super nerd.

Im sure you do use linux in some way unknowingly :D
Phone, car, smart devices, kitchen appliances, whatever
- I actually maintain a few apps hosted on Linux servers at work. I'm just not nearly as ~~fanatical~~ enthusiastic about Linux as most people around here.

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I've only installed Mint once, and I've only seen two of Abrams' Star Trek movies, both things happened about a decade ago. Do I still fit in?
- But you have of course seen TNG, right? What's your opinion on the Schisms episode? What about Frame of Mind? Which one is your favorite?
  
  Eh..... The inner light is peak and I'll fucking fight anyone who says otherwise.
  I'm two episodes away from it on a nightly ritual watch with my daughter and trying desperately not to overhype that my favourite episode is coming up soon.

I use plenty of Linux on server side, just that I use Windows as my daily desktop OS for some godforsaken reason.
I actually got back to watching Star Trek recently!

Ditto. But from the looks of it I’ll have to learn Linux eventually. The upside is that there is enough information online for a noob to do it.
- The problem for me was the time sink, sure I could customize the entirety of my OS, but it'd take me a few years! ADHD hell. Wasn't willing to devote all my freetime to that just yet.
  
  I hear you. I’m pragmatic. I don’t care about customization as long as I can do the bare basics I’m good. Makes life simple and less stressful.

I have been a Trekkie long before I joined.
Pretty much my thing.

I would thank you to start using Linux

It's alright, there are many of us who like SeaQuest DSV, too.

Why are you even here? /jk

They’ll never suspect me

Shhhh....

Hey its not my fault, im computer illiterate and star trek is for needs. Also i got banned from reddit.

Don't kid yourself, we can tell. Oh yes, we can tell.

And you don't use ai.
But for reasons you don't understand.
- Over on programmer.dev, we're allowed to use AI, as long as we occasionally complain about how bad it still is.
- My hope is that localllama-style use grows on Lemmy once the corporate apps start to really enshittify.

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