• Flatfire@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Frankly, I don’t have a problem with anyone who uses linux, I do too. I just get tired of the same stupid circlejerks that paint it as some kind of perfect alternative to existing mainstays. I like it, you like it, Lemmy is a deeply nerdy subsect of diehard FOSS ideologies and the power of the personal computer. But dear god is it kind of insufferable at times when it’s preaching to converts, and I imagine even less pleasant for those who just don’t have a desire to care.

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    2 months ago

    I like Linux. I like Linux users. I don’t like people who think Linux is the only viable OS to use, though. That’s just obnoxious and exhausting.

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    2 months ago

    When every other topic by windows users on lemmy is “windows sucks so much. Now they did X and Y, and everything is shit” linux users are going to reply with “use Linux”.

    It’s like hearing incels complain about never losing their virginity. The brothel is right around the corner, just get it over with.

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      That is so not the experience of most of us who just don’t give a fuck about what OS other people use. I love my Mac but I have no desire to talk about my OS like it’s a hobby any more than I talk about the kind of car I drive.

      I had to block linuxmemes because it was so spammy. I’m about to do the same to Linuxsucks as well.

      But for the record Linux users are the CrossFit/vegans of the tech world. We all know you love your OS and none of us care.

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        2 months ago

        We all know you love your OS and none of us care.

        I care. I like hearing about it. Even when you make the wrong choice.

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        I feel that. I like Linux, but I also like using the right tool for the job, and sometimes that’s actually Windows. The rates of Linux talk here reminds me of Reddit like 15 years ago. It’s nice, but also I forgot how weird it is to be in such a Linuxy echochamber

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    2 months ago

    Coming on Lemmy and complaining in ShowerThoughts that there are too many Lemmy users complaining because there are too many Linux users is like going in to a brothel and complaining that there are too many hookers

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      2 months ago

      Maybe because jeans wearers don’t spam up every thread about clothing with “JUST WEAR JEANS!”

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        2 months ago

        They propably would if a common topic of discussion was “this is how leggings have got worse today”

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    I don’t come onto Lemmy and complain that there are TOO MANY linux users…I generally make fun of the fact that the last time I heard, about 2 months ago, Linux is at an all time high userbase of about 4% of PC users. Linux has been around 30+ years, and has an all time high userbase of 4%.

    How is that too many Linux users???

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! See, the funny part is when the defenders of Linux get their panties in a bunch and downvote, and say things like “ACTUALLY IT’S BETTER THAN WINDOWS!!!”

    Which is just engaging in whataboutism. I never defended Windows. Windows is a flaming dumpster fire, which self admits to spying on your screen activity, and sending that data back to HQ to monitor your usage. They promote that as a FEATURE of Windows 11 that you can’t turn off. They even backported it to Windows 10. They have forced updates. Users are not the end goal of Windows.

    …and yet people would rather deal with all that, then switch to Linux. Which just goes to show what Linux users CANNOT admit to themselves. That Linux is a worse operating system for the majority of people purely based on it’s core concepts and user culture.

    Then I get to laugh as Linux defenders get SOOOOOOO angry!!!

    …but I never said there were TOO MANY!!!