Re-creation of someone else’s post because the original was removed and I found it funny when I first saw it
No, obnoxious elitism breeds controversy - or more likely, indifference.
All three lines are incorrect, Amazing.
Linux users need something to make them feel superior using an OS with a tiny marketshare.
if it’s free. it doesn’t participate in a market
Something can cost $0 and still participate in the market. The cost to use something can even be negative $ (e.g. Bing paying you to use it).
Shhh. The Linux users brain is too filled with Terminal commands. They can’t be learning new stuff like that!
I’m on mac and I can’t install many intel apps I used to rely on
android is linux (but different)
Yeah but who really cares?
linux is barely better than macos in terms of backwards compatibility, literally the only stable api is the syscall one
Just installed Ubuntu today for the first time in at least a decade. Touchpad two-finger scrolling is so sensitive. There’s no setting for it. I have to replace the driver with the synapse one, if my laptop supports it.
How is letting you brick your install with little warning an advantage?
rm -rf / you dont have permission to do that.
sudo rm -rf / [linux dutifully commits sudoku until rm itself is gone]
And I think it’ll remove “rm” and keep right on going because Linux copies commands to ram then runs them, yeah?
Hmm I mean Ive never done it for obvious reasons but maybe? live cds/dvds load the whole OS in RAM and could erase everything but I am not sure about the OS on disk. I could try it in a vm and see what actually happens
Yes, it’s copied to ram. Which is also the reason you don’t need to stop programs while live updating them.
The new version is only again copied from disk, when you start it at a later time.
Oh yeah. I’ve done it just for fun before reimaging a machine. It will mostly complete (some stuff isn’t a real file so rm just fails), and your desktop environment will remain up and running while it happen. Then errors start popping up, icons stop working, nothing loads anymore, you can’t reboot or shutdown because those were actually commands, and they’re missing now…
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If your computer is doing puzzles while running the mindless tasks you assign it…. I suggest maybe finding more stimulating tasks. Just saying… ;)
Seppuku? Or were you making a pun?
That was on purpose yes
Linux is smiling because he accidentally deleted the file system while trying to check how much space was free, but now he’s free from the hell that is modern computing.
Linux users are like Vegans. No one likes them and they won’t stop bratting about being a Linux user.
I’m slowly going down the open source rabbit hole, but I have yet to fully go down the part where you preach about it like it’s a God. I hope I never get that far, as I also use Linux from time to time as well. I ain’t looking to be one of those annoying users who constantly brings it up if I can help it.
Talking about Linux is fine. Coming into any tech/tech support post, screaming that Linux is the answer, even if the person explains why they need Windows/Mac, is not.
It’s like the Christians that comment on a dying persons tiktok about how God knows best, and God will heal them lmao. Literally not helpful and extremely ignorant and rude.
The thing is that Unix will solve every problem, the only question is when. Year of the Linux desktop 2070?
I’m legitimately unsure if it’s appropriate to be running mission-critical systems on the Microsoft Windows platform nowadays, but transitioning will obviously take some time.
“I breed insufferable, socially awkward users who are incapable of understanding subjective like and dislike and constantly feel the need to make fun of other peoples opinions. People who can only respond with the equivalent of ‘u mad bro’ or ‘it’s just a joke I keep repeating over and over; which, only people that hang out with me find funny. Despite very clearly and consistently demonstrating a massive superiority complex’”
And no I’m not mad, just figured I’d call y’all out for continuing to be the equivalent of that annoying seventh grader who won’t shut the fuck up at the back of the bus. lol
I’m trying to infect you and everyone you know with the Unix virus. Your perception of me beyond that is of much less importance (though it would be better if you made the process of empowering political leaders less bad or gave me money or something like that).
I’ve used several distros, including oddballs like crunchbang. I have a secondary system which runs on debian.
But ok
What does your primary system run on, and why?
Windows, because it’s the norm and has the best support without fuss which is what I want after a long day of fussing.
I’ve also had years where I mained Debian as well.
I flip flop because being a techie means I can handle tiny issues or get around corpo bullshit.
Most importantly, I understand people have different taste and opinions and that means that no one person is right.
This is a multidimensional situation thing we’re talking about with endless facets, configurations, etc.
How anyone says their option is the only option is beyond me but it’s most definitely within my grasp to call it moronic and petulant.
Where do you see someone saying “their option is the only option”?
You sound really upset for someone who’s not mad.
And you still walk into right into my point lmao
I think it’s humorous how many people are getting offended at such a silly post
So many people here are butthurt because of a small meme that pokes fun at what 90% of end users experience.
Its not Linux’s fault they can’t take a joke about windows. And yet somehow we are the elitist snowflake gatekeepers, or whatever buzzword they wanna use today.
On the plus side, even if you did need to update Linux, it’s not like you are running anything on it anyways.
I saw a post on Lemmy super recently how Tux Racer is literally better than any other game ever made, and how that’s the power of FOSS gaming. It was not satire.
I’m predominantly a Windows user. However I dual boot with Mint as I am trying to get away from Windows. It’s really not easy but I’m trying.
I gotta say though these types of posts make me cringe. I really don’t know why some Linux users put themselves on a pedestal all the time. You make these sorts of smug posts making out that Linux is perfect. I have never installed Linux and had it just work. There is always something that requires searching the web for a fix and firing up the terminal to start changing something in /etc/.
I get it. You’re proud of your technology. But vegans are proud they don’t eat animal products. We don’t need to keep selling it to the rest of the world.
What problems do you have most often? Can you come up with a description of a class of problems you have that would account for most of the time you spend troubleshooting?
Who provided the documentation you used to install a Linux operating system you had trouble with? I don’t recall having serious issues after installing openSUSE or Fedora Linux or even NixOS, and I certainly don’t recall having any issues of above-average importance that weren’t a direct result of my intentional actions (e.g. trying to permanently change what DNS servers would be used).
I’ve found it easier to use KDE to switch from windows as it feels like a more complete ecosystem that I’m familiar with. And it is pretty great, until I install one bad graphics driver and then I’m stuck in a terminal only session until I can fix it. At least windows has safe mode.
Meanwhile KDE/Fedora gave me the most issues on both my laptop and desktop.
The UI drops to 1hz refresh rate for some reason.
My mouse cursor theme was causing issues with Firefox. My mouse would just disappear when using Firefox.
Konsole and Dolphin kept opening in a tiny window, where I had to expand it every time to see the text. No amount of saving preferences would fix it.
The logout button hard locked my PC. Only way to fix it was to reboot my PC with the power button.
Steam constantly locked up, even when trying to play games rated GOLD on Protondb.
Davinci resolve refused to launch. Kept giving me errors.
I then gave up. Most of the issues never got fixed, and the ones that I did manage to fix took HOURS of Googling. These are all such basic features/tasks that literally work out of the box on Windows/Mac.
I can control my updates on windows with the group policy editor.
Delay “feature” updates by 365 days, delay “quality” updates by 30 days. then the only updates that get installed right away are the security updates, the other two categories will get pulled if a large number of people report problems with them.
Windows is annoying…unless you know what tools to get to make it work correctly.
I’m a big fan of Linux, don’t get me wrong QubesOS is the best thing I’ve ever heard of. But almost nothing I use is compatible with any distro of linux.
Once you use things like O&O shutup 10 and a few other things in the group policy editor, you’ll love your windows machine.
I’m happy for you.
I’m not so sure if that had any subtext in it or not. It’s hard to detect sarcasm over a medium like this.
Being autistic doesn’t help detect sarcasm either.
Sorry, it wasn’t supposed to be sarcastic. As I read it I thought it was ambiguous too, but for some reason I couldn’t think of a way to clarify. Somehow I forgot about the existence of tone indicators.
I’ve been pretty out of it due to significant physical pain. I’ve been using Lemmy as a way to talk to strangers I treat as friends, as a distraction I don’t think too much about. I’m sorry for any confusion. I send a stranger’s well wishes.
I’m genuinely happy for you that Windows works. It didn’t for me, but that’s alright. And sometimes an OS is just a tool, not an identity.
TIL what QubesOS is, what an interesting concept!
