Greeting people or goodbye’s. Please don’t touch me, unless you are my child or pet. I was hoping the new covid habits of not shaking hands or hugging would become permanent, but it’s back again. And i still have this reflex of shaking hands, instead of keeping my hands in my pocket.

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And keep your teeth and gums healthy. Take care of them. Not only brushing and flossing, but don’t eat all day long and stay away from juices and sodas, since they are acidic and wear away the enamel of the teeth. Finally, try to keep your weight in check and eat your veggies (not always the same ones) and some fruits.

To add: drink plenty of non caloric fluids and keep away from too much UV (use sun screen). And avoid the heat, since older people can’t regulate hot temperatures as well. And, for countries where you can afford it, get medical checkups or go to the doctor when something seems off. In my european country we have certain free, voluntary checkups at certain ages to check for things like colon cancer and breast cancer.

The first Friday the thirteenth when i was 15 or so. My parents didn’t even allow me to watch the news or any movies aside from a few cartoons, so i was shocked.

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I love my asics. I can walk longer now, and with way less pain in joints like hips, knees and feet. I really learned that wearing good shoes can make a big difference

Lol, thanks for the reading material, i will definitely read it and, who knows, maybe even reconsider!

What i really would love are tips and tricks. I remember another community that started doing that, but after a few times they stopped. Very frustrating, because it was quite interesting to read.

I also like all kinds of discussions about why one chooses this or that terminal, or why they choose flatpak over certain repositories. Discussions about what went wrong and how they solved it (because then you learn where you need to look for issues and what people need to know from you to be able to help out).

Experiences from newbies are nice too; what distro did they choose and did they run into issues.

Sharing interesting websites would be nice as well.

Just some thoughts.

Personally, i would prefer it if the linux 4 noobs community would be brought back to life, or if we have dedicated threads here where we can discuss newbie stuff.

If we would go the route of threads, some helpful people who have a lot of experience could decide to help out and others could just skip the thread.

And if people would want a new community, i would hope that it is not called something like ‘ditched windows’, because that sounds like a recipe to make it a community to complain about windows. For me as newbie, i’m looking for 2 things; info and howto’s and suggestions about everything linux, and the knowledge that there are others who are also new and ask things that would be interesting for me as well.

I’ve considered it, read about how it works, and i still might, but for now i think it takes quite a lot of space on my pc.

That would be perfect. Especially when others would respond with ‘Have you tried this’, it could also create great learning opportunities

For me too, it gives me an encouraging feeling like; hey, i’m not the only one who ran into this or that issue, or who switched to linux because of this or that reason. And it’s nice to know that i’m here with others who are also quite new. It would feel very daunting to be here and know that all members here have been ‘linuxing’ for decades and i would just lurk then.

I always read those posts that OP mentions. If you don’t like them, just skip them? I’ve been with other lists for many years and newbies were always welcome. I liked answering their questions, even those i heard a 100 times before, and if i didn’t feel like it some days, i could always skip them and know that others would have answers too.

I don’t mind. I understand the enthusiasm since i switched recently (again) too.

As for windows; i think one of the main reasons people switch has to do with how bad windows has become. It’s bloated, it feels like everything is spied on, and in 11 they add AI and not to be helpful to their customers. So, a lot of people will say: hey, i switched to linux and finally, i’m rid of that evil windows. Many people might not know that much about linux just yet, so they are maybe - i’m speculating here - moving away from something unpleasant, rather than switching to linux because of the many advantages.

As for the linux 4 noobs community, i joined but it feels pretty dead and so, i ask my noob questions (apart from trying to do my own research) here, rather than over there. Are you implying that noobs are not really welcome to ask their questions here? It would be fine with me if the noob community was filled with people who are enthusiastically asking questions, but the most recent posts are a month old, so not very inviting.

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I’ve used FF almost always. There was a hiatus, a long time ago, when i heard claims that chrome was faster, so i switched to chrome for a bit, but went back to FF very soon. I was very much a normie/tech illiterate person, but i just really liked firefox

Yes. I seem to recall that it will change later on, but i don’t know when

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