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When I first got into Linux it seemed like a lot of people mostly used Linux to configure desktop environments and Conky to take screenshots of. There's a Budd
by rvense 3y ago
When I first got into Linux it seemed like a lot of people mostly used Linux to configure desktop environments and Conky to take screenshots of.
There's a Buddhist parable about someone spending their whole life building a boat to cross a small river and dying before they made it across.
- 226_ebro_treaty 3y agoIt happened to me :-) But the older I get, the more I prefer Window's Traditional UI. Needless to say, I don't like W11's design choices at all.
- shruggedatlas 3y agoI think you're referring to "The Parable of the Raft", which describes a man who has built a raft and crossed a river with it debating whether to hold on to the raft or not.
- rvense 3y agoThat sounds right, thank you for the reference.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoIt's right, but I actually really like your paraphrased version for this context. It resonated with me.
- bakul 3y agoNothing wrong with spending one's life building a boat if that is what floats your boat. It is the journey, not the destination, where you spend the most time so might as well make it a happy one!
- Swizec 3y agoI used to be a total Linux nerd throughout highschool. To the point of being a Gentoo user! On a machine that took 3 days to build KDE. Around freshman year of college I switched to Mac. Realized I wanted my computer to be a tool, not a hobby. Some config is fine, but for the most part I stick to the defaults now and trust that people who spent years thinking about this stuff have it handled. If they don’t, it’s probably because I’m not their target user and should pick a different app or OS.
- barbariangrunge 3y agoUbuntu is pretty easy to use too