• Eochaid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    No time for distrowars

    …says the guy that makes a meme shitting on users of every other distro.

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    1 year ago

    Isn’t the point of this meme for the low IQ and high IQ people to have the same preference? Any way, I’m on Linux Mint usually -_-

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    Honestly what is wrong with ‘just works’. If the policies behind the project and the security and privacy is all in place using this option is nothing wrong.

    For linux to grow it needs to be more ‘just works’. Let the complex stuff and simple stuff be there. It’s not one or the other.

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      Exactly.

      When I was younger, tinkering around was a hobby in itself. But today I actually used my machine and I want it to work without hassle. I don’t want to think about swap partition sizes, modeset kernel parameters and that kind of stuff. I want a reliable tool.

      That’s why so many devs use MacBooks. They’re essentially Unix machines with a proper GUI and mostly work absolutely flawlessly.

      I’ve been using MacBooks for over ten years now and had exactly one crash: when the drive was failing so hard, it couldn’t even spin up anymore.

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    Well I can tell you why Linux does not have a higher adoption rate: toxic shit like this.

    • OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Na the biggest and main reason why Linux doesn’t have a higher adoption rate (on desktop) is that it’s not preinstalled on the devices you buy.

      There are obviously other factors but they are miniscule in comparison

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        Most people don’t want to have to use a cmd line to use their PC.

        Edit: Seriously, why is it such a confusing prospect to linux users that linux is difficult. Literally, every thread on here comparing distros is filled with

        “I used debian, but I had to update it every day or my graphics drivers would fail.”

        “Oh to fix that regularly occuring issue, just type ‘cgreg320 -I1I0O xx /*poweruninstall the year your motherboard was manufactured’ into the command prompt.”

        “Oh yeah, Nvidia graphics cards, AMD motherboards, Steam, Chrome, Adobe products, left-handed mice, and the letter F are unsupported on this distro.”

        Windows is easy. Not great, but easy.

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          Cmon, this might have been true 15 years ago, but my grandma has been using Mint for 5 years + and TRUST ME she don’t know shit about Bash. Big distros work OOTB today, as soon as you stick to regular use you’ll never see a shell in your life.

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    9 months ago

    Heh I went straight from Fedora to Debian. I’m 7 months late to this meme in true Debian fashion.

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    Linux from scratch users : 🫣🤪🥵🤯😭😭😭☠️👹