Thank the stars for Linux.
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
@ironicbadger Honestly, tell me one piece of Linux image editor that even comes near to Pixelmator in speed, code quality, user friendliness for complex actions or interface thoughtfulness. It is a joy to use or even just to look at. Linux software is mostly meh and often a real pain to use and look at. Linux is great for servers, not for normal users.
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@ironicbadger Honestly, tell me one piece of Linux image editor that even comes near to Pixelmator in speed, code quality, user friendliness for complex actions or interface thoughtfulness. It is a joy to use or even just to look at. Linux software is mostly meh and often a real pain to use and look at. Linux is great for servers, not for normal users.
@dgavin you’re missing the point.
That it exists at all is the magic. The app ecosystem comes when the users do. Chicken and egg, I know.
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
@ironicbadger What really hammers this home is when you have to work with a non-Linux or non-BSD system for a day or so. How do people put up with this junk?
Getting back to your FOSS system after a day like that is like returning to a calm oasis.
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
@ironicbadger oof I read that first line completely wrong (thank the stars for Luxon…)
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@ironicbadger What really hammers this home is when you have to work with a non-Linux or non-BSD system for a day or so. How do people put up with this junk?
Getting back to your FOSS system after a day like that is like returning to a calm oasis.
@PsyQ @ironicbadger I'm stealth daily driving a BYOD Cachy laptop at work just because Win11 is such a miserable experience
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
Just you wait until you hear about *BSD.
When you can tolerate limited package availability, the pool of available systems you can run becomes endless. That's the point where Linux ceases being an operating system you use to interface with the software you use and becomes a hobby that leads you down the path of either software development or cybersecurity.
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Just you wait until you hear about *BSD.
When you can tolerate limited package availability, the pool of available systems you can run becomes endless. That's the point where Linux ceases being an operating system you use to interface with the software you use and becomes a hobby that leads you down the path of either software development or cybersecurity.
@ironicbadger@techhub.socialThat is to also say absolutely nothing about the insane tooling available within Linux itself, Nix, Guix and the utility they can both bring for DevOps.
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@ironicbadger
Having Linux as a second boot option on my PC has saved my butt more times than I can count.But when things go wrong, Windows is much easier to fix than Linux (90% of the time, fixing a problem... or even installing a simple driver... in Linux involves going into the "Terminal" and issuing CLI commands. Until someone resolves that, Linux will never become the dominant OS.)
@MugsysRapSheet @ironicbadger I have the opposite experience. There's a learning curve, but I can usually find commands to debug and fix problems on my Linux boxes. For Windows, the internet is full of variants "try reinstalling".
And yes, I consider the CLI a boon in that regard. Even if I brick GUI login for some reason, I can proceed to fix.
Also, there will never be useful GUIs for rare problems. Plus, to be fair, niche OSS GUIs are usually not good, with notable exceptions.
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
@ironicbadger Absolutely! I would also thank for all the different #FLOSS projects. Linux would be nothing without GNU and there groundbreaking work on licenses and the userland. We have on server side all the BSDs, and also on non-free operating systems you have enough to choose from in the free world.
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Thank the stars for Linux.
Seriously, I mean, it is such a gift to have it. The fact that I can download all software I need from the internet, for free, legally, to make my computer work - and it’s arguably as good or better for the most part on the desktop than any commercial option - is nothing short of a miracle in this age of surveillance and enshittification.
To all of you who see this that contribute to this modern marvel, I thank you.
@ironicbadger
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@MugsysRapSheet @ironicbadger I have the opposite experience. There's a learning curve, but I can usually find commands to debug and fix problems on my Linux boxes. For Windows, the internet is full of variants "try reinstalling".
And yes, I consider the CLI a boon in that regard. Even if I brick GUI login for some reason, I can proceed to fix.
Also, there will never be useful GUIs for rare problems. Plus, to be fair, niche OSS GUIs are usually not good, with notable exceptions.
@OmegaPolice @ironicbadger
I have NEVER had to open the CMD Command window in Windows to fix a problem with the OS.I have to do this constantly in Linux.
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