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    [–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 3 days ago

    Kinda.

    Was more like looking as an escapee at my fellow slaves from outside the fence, urging them to come escape too.

    [–] marius@feddit.org 219 points 1 week ago (1 children)
    [–] kevinsbacon@lemmy.today 61 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Even 4s would be fine, anyone who’s made the move is better than anyone who’s stayed.

    [–] saltesc@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

    Even 4s would be fine

    install finishes

    "That was it?... Heh. Of course it was. This is Linux, afterall. Not some grotesque accumulation of defects for those base creatures."

    [–] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Yeah honestly even if you try it and give it a fair chance but still decide to go back that’s fine with me.

    In that case the user has made a choice is the good thing. They've seen what options are there and decided Windows fits their needs best. That's better in my mind than a world where everyone accepts the OS that comes preinstalled on their machine as permanent and doesn't consider alternatives.

    [–] Hond@piefed.social 102 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Best part is that it never gets old day after day after day af...

    [–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    Can confirm, I'm using arch btw and every three pacman -Syu 's I run into issues that are new to me

    [–] naht@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

    nah, I visit archlinux.org before updating but most of the pain is self-inflicted

    [–] hubobes@piefed.europe.pub 41 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    One day I will figure out what other Arch users do and why my installation had not a single issue in the 3 years it has been running so far.

    [–] utnapishtim@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

    I was thinking the same thing, I have installed it on a laptop and it's almost boring how it just works.

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    [–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    Heh, that's on you, bazzite here (was arch for a few years 4+ish years ago) can't remember the last time an update was problematic (oh, wait, 42->43 broke a distrobox, but I do that myself all the time, it's what they're for).

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    [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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    [–] mlg@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    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

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    [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 54 points 1 week ago

    Well I know I'm superior because I don't use the OS that funds a pedo's STD collection via stock value.

    [–] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    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."

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    [–] halfsalesman@piefed.social 38 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    I want that feeling to disappear, by having Linux completely dominate the OS space.

    [–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago

    Sex is cool and all, but that feeling of something natively supporting Linux….

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    [–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Back before I switched to linux it was how I (as a then Windows 2k user) looked at any version of Windows w/o the NT kernel. Now its how I look at people who still use Reddit.

    Maybe I just like to look at people that way.

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    [–] utopiah@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

    And rightfully so. They might not know much about Linux itself BUT they did dare try and for that they deserve recognition.

    [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] garretble@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I installed Linux on my PC this week, so yeah.

    [–] vogi@piefed.social 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Spill the beans! What distro are you running?

    [–] garretble@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] VeganBtw@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Imagine being a Linux user and a vegan, it's absolute moral self-masturbation

    [–] riskable@programming.dev 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Vegan Linux users can compile their own protein from source.

    Their purity level is so high that they can kill -9 anyone wearing a leather belt with just a glance.

    [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

    There's probably a pretty decent crossover between those two things.

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    [–] DivineDev@piefed.social 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I still look at Windows user like this after a year

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    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.

    [–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

    As it should be.

    [–] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Every day I use windows I find more that is wrong with it...

    [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago

    Yes, let the hate flow through you.

    [–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Ive been Linux only for 3 years and I gotta say, I still can't convince myself to move to a stable release. Opensuse tumbleweed is just on another level.

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    [–] 1984@lemmy.today 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Ive used it for 30 years... :)

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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    [–] Enzy@feddit.nu 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    I run Windows and still look at them like this

    Mostly because they aren't competent enough to remove the bloat.

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    [–] naht@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I have been using Linux since almost 30 years. It took me almost a week to get X running, since it had to reboot to windows everytime I wanted to look something up or get help. Now I buy games on steam without checking if they run, because... they just do. :)

    Actually I don't need more people using Linux, I am happy with how it is now - no need to attract the attention of the malware industry. 😜

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    [–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Unironically me IRL. I switched to Bazzite from Win10 this year and it's been real smooth. I can't belive how easy the transition was.

    [–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Back in my day we had to manually install nvidia kernel modules. In the snow. Uphill both ways.

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

    Steam? We had Wine launch scripts AND WE LOVED IT.

    If our DXVK and Mesa versions were not compatible we just kernel panicked like a real OS. Kids these days with their GE-Proton and NTSYNC don't know how good they have it.

    Kernel synchronization primitives? ABSOLUTELY NOT, we'll use file mutexes in userspace like Linus intended.

    [–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I like your funny words Linux man

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    [–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Ten years and I still look like that.

    Helps that I have to use Windows at the office for a constant reminder of how shit it is.

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    [–] Buffy@libretechni.ca 15 points 1 week ago

    There are a lot of "And rightfully so." comments here. And rightfully so.

    [–] Magister@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    You know, I have used DOS and various un*x (hpux, aix, irix, sunos/solaris, sco, bsd, minix, sVr4, others) in the 80s/90s, before linux and windows existed, so I'm looking at you like this, peasants!

    /s :)

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    [–] evidences@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

    I went to Linux at the beginning of the year and "had" to install windows onto a drive this past weekend, I've looked at myself this way in the mirror everyday since.

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