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no. i just think linux is boring and dumb, rather than the holy spirit of using computers.
using linux is not really some great achievement in life, all it means is you're a nerd who likes command line interfaces. cool, me too bro. I just don't whinge on about it like windows/mac or sunOS is were some great evil prophets and his holy Linus gave us salvation from our computing sins the other OSes make us commit, or something.
people here think treat linux use as a religious awakening and they must shun/covert the non-believers. or argue about the purity of their faith based on the distribution or the age of their first install. shit's wild.
I agree that there's a lot of overexaggeration in the Linux sphere about how great it is (along with the snobs that come with it), but it's not entirely without merit either. Linux has a big emphasis on user choice and configuration, and it's pretty much the only OS in the world which can run on basically any machine that has the specs for it.
It tends to go relatively underappreciated how big of an impact Linux has had and continues to do so in how diverse & ubiquitous it is, so it's not too surprising that insecure users tend to compensate by dunking on Windows/Mac and its users whenever they get the chance. That's not to say it doesn't have its shortcomings (it certainly does) but Linux is one of the few software creations that managed to maintain the majority of its principles over its lifespan without enshittifying itself. So there's also that moral factor which makes many feel justified in glorifying it.
Overall I'd say it's balanced between being overrated and the rise of RNGesus. It's a great ecosystem to take part in (albeit with an occasional degree of confusion) and as long as you treat the Linux supremacist crowd as unserious (which they are when it comes down to it) there's really no reason to dislike it in general. Especially if you want to stick it to Microslop or Slopple :)
You are what I'm complaining about dude.
I'm an IT professional. I don't glorify or condemn anything on principle. They are just tools for jobs. Linux is no more glorious that a hammer. But you seem to think that hammer is the second coming of the son of God. Normal people use hammers to hit nails, they don't sit around and glorify and worship hammers as being superior to screw drivers.
So I'm not entitled to my opinion? It's a little disingenuous to act like I'm worshipping Linux when I literally just denounced that behaviour.
I know it's a crazy thought, but people are allowed to appreciate creations on an emotional level. I'm not shaming you either way whether you like it or not, I'm just laying out some reasons for why people treat Linux the way they do. People are allowed to like their tools and the work put into making them, and so the same thing goes for any software.
It seems to me like you're just having a hard time understanding that people tend to feel sentimental about their interests, which is what, y'know... Humans do. Your principles aren't universal imperatives. You're entitled to them, but you're treating them as objectively as any Linux snob treats their favourite distro.
Funnily enough you're also not entirely consistent with your holier-than-thou attitude towards any biases. This whole back and forth started with you calling Linux boring and dumb, facetious or not.