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I think if I were to spend the time analyzing my conversations over the last 6 months I would probably find I spend a lot of time having conversations about why people should explicitly never use a Windows OS.
So at least you would mention Windows in conversation? It’s a win! Thank you, grateful (consult EULA and pay fines if you’re not) customer!
Oh damn, you’re right!
On another note: have you spent any time considering how to install Linux on … literally everything?
Like a potato?
Puppy Linux will just about run on a potato.
and probably like, really fast.
all that sweet potato ram
I bet the sfs file tucks right under the skin.
You mean yam?
Absolutely!
Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with.
How did you hear about us?
i like when doctor offices ask this question. It seems so stupid to me.
They are using the wrong kind of Linux! My kind of Linux is superior, because it’s broken in a different way and more difficult than yours.
Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
Richard Stallman*
Filthy heretic!
The Father -> Richard Stallman
The Son -> Linus Torvalds
The Holy Ghost -> GNU+Linux
The Holy Temple -> Arch Linux
The Holy Temple -> Arch Linux
Debian, blasphemer.
Holy Temple is of course Temple OS.
The meme said Linux users, not GNU/Linux.
It also said operating systems, not kernels.
As a Linux n00b, now I need to know which is the kernel and which is the OS.
The long and short of it is this:
- Linux is the kernal, the bit of the OS responsible for interacting with hardware and organising processes that run
- GNU packages are a collection of small software programs that are present in virtually every Linux distro (things like bash, grep, and libc) that are needed to make the OS do useful things.
- together they make up “GNU/Linux”, which is often shortened to simply Linux. Which is fine, people will understand what you’re talking about from context, and only pedantic asshats will correct you in general conversation. This is the internet though and you’re bound to run into a pedantic asshat from time to time.
For most users, kernel js kinda invisible. Whatever program you run interacts with the system via the kernel. Kernel manages hardware and links software with hardware.
And all the other programs you can launch, built around the kernel which together make it functional is the rest of the OS.
✨ Linchard Starvalds ✨
Bold move to combine their names and then give it those damn “we’ve forced AI into this” sparkles, lol.
The linux kernel was invented by Linus Nostallman.
The pedo apologist?
ex-
Ex-pedo? I’d half believe it.
ex-apologist. he’s gone on record saying that his statements were based on ignorance and that he had talked to a child psychologist to learn more.
What kind of statements were his?
That if someone freely gives consent but is underage, it’s not immoral.
When I am talking about Linux, I am not discussing my choice of OS with others.
I am discussing my hobby with others.I try not to recommend Linux to everyone all the time, I’m trying very loudly.
Even if we assumed Windows was worth using, I’m not sure I would need to explicitly recommend “use the thing that’s everywhere already”. If we’re talking about Linux distros, we’ve already moved on from the standard and into the realm of other options, but the norm generally needs no advertising.
i always have to look for this answer when this meme is posted.
people recommend all sorts of niche things out of thr regular stuff everyone does.
How likely are you to recommend using computer?
Hello fellow kids, I highly recommend using computer.
A friend asks you: hey, my Windows 7 laptop is getting old, the new ones are all on Windows 10, would you recommend it? Or should I consider a MacBook instead? I really like that Mac has virtual desktops, which my laptop didn’t have.
This is the situation they are asking about. Are you answering:
“Actually Windows 10 has virtual desktops, so if that was the only reason for you to learn a new environment and move to Mac, then it might be simpler to choose Windows 10”.
or
“Nah, they put a lot of spyware in Windows 10, pick something else”.
I remember seeing this meme a few years ago before I started using linux, and I showed this to a buddy and we were like “yeah lmao who the fuck goes around recommending OSs to people?”.
Today I think “who the fuck goes around recommending Windows to people?”
Twelve years ago, when XP released, there was legitimately a decision to be made what with nine distinct versions of the OS available. That still hasn’t stopped even in the modern day. So I could see people discussing exactly which version of Win10/11 they needed and then recommending others based on their experience.
But it’s sort of like the BMW that comes with a subscription to heated seats and ABS. Like, why would you subject yourselves to this kind of abuse in an OS?
I’ll talk Linux installs at a party but not windows. fellers gotta have standards.
What timing, after seeing the news about Windows 12 yesterday, this morning I was considering starting a conversation with the researchers at work about pressuring the scientific instrument companies they buy from to support Linux. The one facility in the building that has Bruker instruments runs AlmaLinux, and they’ve been spared from all the pain.
What was the news about windows?
That is based on an AI slop article full of unconfirmed rumors and clickbait.
Stop spreading it like it is true.
“How likely are you to recommend putting your hand up to the elbow in this wood chipper?”
Like, if you’re in the business of building PCs? I definitely understand swapping build tips with friends and colleagues. Even strictly within the “No Linux Allowed” space, there’s no shortage of online tutorials and consultants recommending this or that version of Microsoft.
But Win10 is going away and Win11 is so fucking bad…
To be fair I wouldn‘t feel comfortable recommending a specific distro to someone. At least not long term. I do recommend giving Linux a try though and Mint is a good starter to see if you can imagine using Linux full time. But I really can‘t recommend using Arch to everyone. Other people have entirely different needs than I do.
I’m willing to recommend Windows 10 to someone who considers “upgrading” to Windows 11.
Windows 7 was peak Windows. It was all downhill from there.
Disagree. It was XP.
Maybe if there were a hundred different Windows 10s, and all of them were really good, we would be recommending Windows 10 distros to each other
