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  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Are gender-exclusive groups ever ok?
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    3 days ago

    My anecdotal 2 cents:

    I was in boyscouts and I think it was a space to develop positive masculinity, and to learn things by looking up to older boys who had been through the same experience. I think girls being present would have changed the dynamic, because teenage boys act differently and talk about different things when around teenage girls.

    Now that being said I’m certain not everyone in boyscouts developed positive masculinity. Boyscouts is far, far less uniform than people seem to think. There were 2 troops in my home town that were wildly different.

    But at least from my anecdotal experience, Boyscouts was a good thing that benefitted from being a boys-only experience, and I wonder how it has changed now that girls can join boyscout troops.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.workstoLinux@lemmy.ml•Advice for a Mac user switching to Linux?
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    24 days ago

    I’m a long term Mac user and have been periodically playing with Linux because I want to fully switch eventually. (full disclosure I currently still have a MacBook I use as well as a Linux desktop)

    I’ve tried Ubuntu, Debian, Elementary, and probably a few others I’ve forgotten, but the first one I’ve really felt is a viable daily driver OS is Bazzite. This is because it largely just works out of the box, such that you only need to install and tweak extra things if you really want to.

    I strongly recommend Bazzite, and I personally prefer the Gnome variant.

    Bazzite gives you:

    • easy way to update everything in one place
    • “App Store” like application to find most apps you’ll need
    • all the basic drivers and utilities you’ll need out of the box
    • a “Files” application that feels like Finder
    • a “Document Viewer” application that feels like Preview (although it’s not as powerful)
    • a quick search feature that’s a lot like Apple’s Spotlight, and honestly is way more reliable than Spotlight in more recent macOS releases
    • multitouch trackpad gesture support out of the box
    • a Settings app that is pretty straightforward to navigate and controls most of the things you would care about
    • There are other settings apps for finer tweaking. I know that sounds confusing, but Linux people wouldn’t complain if it wasn’t possible to change every detail somehow. Bazzite does a good job of making the important stuff accessible in the main settings app IMO, so you generally don’t have to worry about the deeper options.

    Here’s a guide to get you started:

    1. Go here: https://bazzite.gg/
    2. Fill out the dropdowns (Q: What hardware are you using? A: Desktop, Q: Who is the vendor of your primary GPU? A: this depends, it’s important to get it right, ask for help if you are unsure, Q: What desktop environment do you prefer? A: I recommend gnome, but KDE is great too, Q: Do you want Steam Gaming Mode? A: No, I want a traditional desktop experience)
    3. Click the “download Bazzite …” button
    4. Make a USB stick into a bootable Bazzite installer (I recommend using https://etcher.balena.io/)
    5. Boot your computer from the USB stick. How to do this depends on the motherboard, but generally means holding down a key while booting (on a Mac it’s Option, on other computers it’s often something like Del or F2 or F12 or something) This will bring you to a menu that you navigate with keyboard arrows until you find the option to boot from the USB
    6. Follow the steps from the installer. It’s pretty user friendly.

    Note that this will delete all data in the USB you use and the drive you install Bazzite on

    Once you have installed Bazzite, here are a few programs I’d recommend (these can be found in the “Bazaar”, which is an “App Store” like way to get programs.

    • VLC (like QuickTime in macOS, but honestly VLC is way more powerful)
    • LibreOffice (there are a couple FOSS Office suite options, this is the one I personally recommend)
    • KdenLive (video editing - like iMovie or Final Cut)
    • GIMP (like Adobe Photoshop)
    • Disk Usage Analyzer (like DaisyDisk on Mac), if you’ve ever used that
    • Mailspring (I haven’t found an email app that is quite as nice as Apple’s but Mailspring is the one I’m currently using)

    If you have any other questions let me know! I’m happy to help.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.workstoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What programming language would you recommend for teaching to non-technical people that use a variety of different OSes?
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    2 months ago

    Mac is very similar to Linux in that it comes with bash (these days zsh) and a lot of the command line tools you’d expect on Linux, including gcc and python3 installed by default. You’ll want them to have a decent text editor with code coloring. Sublime is what I was taught to use in university.

    Windows is more difficult. The command line is very different (it inherits from DOS instead of Unix like both Mac and Linux). It doesn’t come with Python pre-installed. I’ve generally installed git-bash when working on Windows. There are some Python libraries that work fine on both Mac and Linux but have issues on Windows.

    You could look into VSCode which is a decent IDE that works on all platforms. Of course, an IDE can be a bit of an information overload for a beginner, especially something like VSCode that’s constantly pushing AI features and plug-ins.