I keep forgetting that I use Linux, since everything feels .. normal. I switched from Win 11 to Fedora a few months ago.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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Linux can be intimidating. And there is going to be a learning curve. Especially if you're the kind of windows user who's familiar with gpedit and has custom .bat files.
But what get's left out is the joy and satisfaction that comes with learning how to Linux. I just re-installed my OS a week ago, and I was able to recognize and resolve dependency and permissions issues without having to look anything up. I also finally learned and started using rsync for backups over SSH/SAMBA. I know it's not much, but it made me feel like a real hackerman.
The only thing I learned in my last few years of Windows was how to disable features that annoyed me.
I would think someone who is taking advantage of bat files would feel right at home with shell scripts in Linux. In my experience, shell was much easier to pick up than batch
Batch is probably the same, but what always made me laugh about shell scripts is you could ask a bunch of people how to do something, and they’d all have a different way, it’s like there’s always a new tool to learn and try to fit into your workflow if you want, I love it
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Anyone else facing captcha loops whenever they try to view an archive.is link? Haven’t been able to read subscriber only articles for months now
Not every time, but far too often. They don't seem to care that they're discriminating against people with AV impairment, plus locking out some secure browsers.
Dang, yeah it’s probably my strict browser settings. Thanks for the confirmation of shared experience.
No but I do get about three or four challenges. I can paste the article for you if it helps?
I don't have this problem; You probably are using TOR or a VPN and it triggered the captcha, if it's not then it's def strange, never seen this happen to me
Nope
The Linux/Mac combo covers just about every computing requirement, even for corporate users. You do not need Windows unless you play competitive online multiplayer games.
Me:
Mac -
- Music production software
- Adobe software
- Some corporate VPNs and VDI access required by some clients
- Corporate MS software required by some clients
Linux -
- Everything else
You do not need Windows unless you play CERTAIN competitive online multiplayer games.
True
or unless something cryptic breaks on Linux and no one on the inner net can figure it out.
Macs can also make a good home server because the m chips are quite powerful relative to their power draw
We tried. Unfortunately, M chips require ARM operating systems as VMs, and they perform very poorly.
Linux servers are still the best option.