Not going to lie, as a recent convert, this is not very off the mark. π ππ§
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And rightfully so. They might not know much about Linux itself BUT they did dare try and for that they deserve recognition.
To test a very stubborn program I had to install windows in a VM and use it for 20 minutes yesterday. It felt like I was swimming in a swamp located at the exit pipes of a factory that exclusively produce shit and deadly biohazard material.
Ive used it for 30 years... :)
I picture you:
Loved that guy! Need to rewatch xfiles...
I actually did rewatch it all a few years ago. Its quite good, but I see now as a older guy that David Duchovny actually wasnt very good playing Moulder. Didnt notice it as a kid but yeah, he is just reading lines with the same facial expression all the time. If you havent noticed, try rewatching with that in mind... :)
Gillian Anderson is amazing though, really good actress and she was paid much less than Moulder, despite being able to actually act properly.
4 days?
Took me 4 seconds to realize I can actually use the super key and have my start menu pop up instantly and not watch it struggle to load 50 ads and tell me to download candy crush
Just my files & programs, and instant search through them. All a menu needs to be
Oh yeah can you put your taskbar or whatever on the side?
You can put your taskbar in the middle of the screen if you so desire!
π³ oh no a wrongful thought. maybe we can get him back to the right view if we give him more ai
I used zorin and pop OS but only use the browser as most of my work is browser based.
Also I installed Zorin on my Nana's PC. She keeps clicking on random shit. Her windows machine was infected with all kind of virus but her Linux machine is safe as none of the executable she dowbloads run on itΒ
She keeps clicking on random shit.
Get an ad blocker on that browser.
Installed brave browser but dont know whenever i visit her and check the downloads I see lot of .exe files. Lol dont know what she does but I dont have to worry about it.
As they should.
It's their birth right
Hell yeah!
The first few days is where you realize "holy shit, there is another world I've been ignoring and it's so much more fun."
I'm always somewhat confused by this, I haven't tried Linux since 2009 so maybe I just need to try it some more to appreciate what people mean by thks. I'd say it was "fun" in so much as it was nice to have a challenge for a little while but that was more sort of incidental to it facilitating my computer being a useful machine for me. In terms of it being a better operating system that does it's job efficiently without problems, shouldn't it be sort of... Invisible then? Like how can it be fun? I use my computer to do stuff so for me it's sort of like an operating system is only noticeable to the extent that it is bad and if it isn't bad I won't really be aware of it.
It's fun for enthusiasts only, I suppose
"Iβm always somewhat confused by this"
"I havenβt tried Linux since 2009"
ok
I suppose it's a lot easier to have fun when you've got some stability.
I run Windows and still look at them like this
Mostly because they aren't competent enough to remove the bloat.
Yeah, but those with the competency to remove the bloat still get this look for not choosing the bloat-free option.
Competence will only get you so far in such a closed for.profit ecosystem.
And rightfully so.
/thread
I had been dual booting bazzite for about a year, up until last weekend when it borked and I wound up just reinstalling. I just deleted everything and went pure linux. Still bazzite, still a little scared of the terminal, but windows is completely gone from my computer.
I installed Linux on my PC this week, so yeah.
I did the same for my home server. I've been Linux curious for over 20 years with very limited experience before I dropped my IT diploma. I went with Debian for pure stability and run xfce de.
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I want that feeling to disappear, by having Linux completely dominate the OS space.
Sex is cool and all, but that feeling of something natively supporting Linuxβ¦.
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And after 30 years, same thing.
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