I switched in the late 90s to attract women. I still think it's going to work someday.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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Wow, you have won Linux congratulations you are the most Linux
Great to see the hipsters who switched before it was cool still need help fixing their permissions. Gives hope to the folks, like me, who just want to learn about computers but came to Linux after it was mainstream. Like an idiot.
When was it not mainstream? First there was computer then Linux.
I use linux because it looks better
We are not the same
Switched in 2002...because I wanted to fuck with web dev and IIS sucks donkey nads. LAMP stack good, IIS/ASP/MSSql bad.
I left for Linux because Windows bad, stayed on Linux because Linux good.
I use Linux because the Steam Deck convinced me that gaming on Linux is a thing. Before that i was hesitant to make the jump, even though I've used UNIX before Windows 3 even came out
Windows 3? If you weren't so old you could have become a Masterjodler69
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I use Linux cuz Linux looks cool
Both? Both is good
Stop stealing my brainwaves!!!
But you are correct, nonetheless.
yay gatekeeping!
Yeah this post is pretty cringe lol
I honestly hate this meme template. It’s barely ever used for anything smart and mostly just being a gatekeeper.
The guy saying he uses Linux because of some ‘90s game is way better.
I use linux because, in the 90s, Redhat shipped with a Star Trek game. We are not the same.
I use Linux because of compiz fusion cube desktop. We are not the same.
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It did? Which one?
I've been trying to remember but it hasn't come back to me. It was a 2D, top down, space battle game. Its possible it wasn't named after Star Trek, but you pilot a grey ship with a saucer section and nacelles to fire torpedoes and phasers at green bird of prey looking ships so...
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Tux Racer go brrrr
Oh, I hadn't thought of Tux Racer in ages. I think I need to play that again.
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Least contrarian Linux user.
Linux gotta mainstream wen?
Time to switch to bsd
It's close to 1 in 20 PCs nowadays. It's growing very quickly, and has been adopted in non-irrelevant amounts for a few years already.
I've used FreeBSD for about a month in 2005, and still can't stop talking about it.
I dual booted it as a desktop for about 6 months around the same time, but honestly all I did is use it as a desktop and browser. I could hardly figure out how to do anything else. I've forgotten everything about the experience, and anything I happen to accidentally remember I try to also forget.
It’s almost time to roll out your own OS, posix is becoming too mainstream
There's always TempleOS
Praise!
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I use BSD ‘cause it’s not Linux.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as BSD, is in fact, FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD, or as I've recently taken to calling it, BSD-based operating systems. BSD is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning BSD-based system made useful by the BSD kernel, libc, and other essential components of a complete OS.
Many computer users run a modified version of the BSD system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of BSD which is widely used today is often called "FreeBSD," and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the BSD system, developed by the FreeBSD Project.
There really is a BSD, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. BSD is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. BSD is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with BSD added, or GNU/BSD. All the so-called "BSD" distributions are really distributions of GNU/BSD!
That was great, up until the part about GNU. GNU hasn’t had anything to do with BSD for over a decade. Maybe use POSIX instead. 😊
This is a spicy retelling of the lore. I hope it catches on.
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Sorry about Wayland users
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