TIL most people don't know that "apologists" means apologetics which does NOT mean "apologize." It means to defend something.
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Apo + logos = words in defense of something. Easy peasy. But of course that requires some sort of education...
Not fluent in latin so thank you for clarifying :D learnt someting new
It's Greek ;) Apo- is not very common, but you can spot it in "apocalypse", meaning to uncover, to reveal (away + cover), for example. -logos (words) you have seen many times in all the -logy words, used to mean "study of..."
Sorry, my initial message sounded way too harsh but I think etymology is a super easy subject to teach kids and really helps when encountering new words and I think it's a crying shame it's not more popular, especially in English where you have so many foreign words!
As a Marxist Linux user, I think I found my place lmao
What if I’m both
FOSS and Privacy apologists , but fervent online gamers in proprietary Games.
I bet most f-cars posters have a car, too. Maybe more than one!
PEBKAC
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I'll die before I apologize for linux
hell yeah!
There's nothing to apologize for
Linux didn't work on my random hardware!
Linux doesn't have proprietary program X!
Linux didn't work with my online game that forces you to install spyware on your computer!
Linux doesn't let you know all the latest movies, products, and deals!
Linux didn't make me agree to an EULA!
Something like that I guess.
....Linux has a weak security system that open source advocates insist on keeping in the 2000s cause the nsa or something
Linux doesn't work with my (deprecated) Windows Mixed Reality headset, it's not VR ready!
Linux doesn’t let you know all the latest movies, products, and deals!
What does this mean? Genuinely Curious.
I guess ads
When you install Windows 11 it suggests OneDrive, Office 365, and Gamepass. After it is installed it will push news articles and advertisements in your start bar. If you use Edge it will also land on a default web page used to advertise products, services, and media.
I think there are some distros of Linux like Ubuntu that does some of these things, but nowhere near what Windows does now.
A lot of modern proprietary interfaces have started spamming people with ads about "the latest stuff" in the notification menu, the app launcher menu, and a few other places.
That sounds like quite a weird reason to prefer Windows, you can just follow an RSS feed with the "latest stuff" and not have it forced down your throat.
I don't think people prefer it, I think they're culture shocked when the algorithms stop telling them what to think. It's an uncanny feeling at first and can be uncomfortable for some.
I use ubuntu by the way 🤓
I use ubuntu by the way 🤓
They all do, they just tell people they use arch cause it makes them look cool.
I use endeavour because it's got the best security features I could find in the ecosystem.
Aka I use arch
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