Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.

I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.

      • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
        8·
        8 months ago

        I have a question for the group. I do run Linux on a ThinkPad, but it’s Mint/KDE on an X1 carbon I bought new.

        My question is: what’s the dress code here? Do I actually need to buy programming socks and a skirt? Can I get away with just wearing ribbed, white athletic socks and cargo shorts? Business casual?

        • azimir@lemmy.ml
          4·
          8 months ago

          Mostly either cargo shorts or ragged jeans. The biggest hurdle is growing the badly maintained beard.

          The programming socks and skirt are only required if you can’t work remotely.

          • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
            1·
            8 months ago

            Like my distro?

            So a tiara, duster jacket, kilt, one “stiletto pump” shoe, one wellington boot – and a roll’s worth of duck tape. Got it.

        • bastion@feddit.nl
          2·
          8 months ago

          I have a thinkpad but am taking a chance on the Legion slim 7 gen 7. Still love that thinkpad.

        • Amends1782@lemmy.ca
          3·
          8 months ago

          Literally whatever is in your price range. If you can swing an i7, something relatively new like gen 6 or higher. If not i5 gen 6 or higher. Recommend at least 16 GB ram, 32 preferable. Make sure it comes with a working battery and charger. Anything else is your preference, like does it have a VGA port? Or HDMI? Or a disk drive. Or flash card port. A GPU is a huge plus for gaming if desired. Model doesn’t matter as much as specs do.

        • swag_money@lemmy.world
          1·
          8 months ago

          I don’t mind older/thicker/heavier tech so i have an x230 with the 7 row keyboard swap and extended batteries. it’s not for everyone, but for me, it’s what peak performance looks like