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It's 2024. I've been a GNU/Linux user for a long time and FOSS OS and tools have been the single most powerful force-multiplier in my personal and career develo
by heresie-dabord 3y ago
It's 2024. I've been a GNU/Linux user for a long time and FOSS OS and tools have been the single most powerful force-multiplier in my personal and career development.
Linux has been for me a personalised curriculum of learning, empowering, sharing, and fun.
Why would I accept any corporation's desire to limit or deny that experience, place barriers on my computer, or spy on my computer usage?
It's 2024... not 1984, Microsoft.
- karmakurtisaani 3y agoAs a long time Linux user these W11 threads are always so amazing to browse.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoIt's pretty funny to contrast complaints over time - we've gone from "Linux GUIs are such a mess, why do GTK and QT apps look different" to "Windows is from one company; why is it using GUIs from every successive version of itself?", and "Linux is only free if you don't value your time" to "okay, so to make Windows vaguely usable, use this workaround on initial setup, click these specific options, run this patch script, rerun those steps on every major update..."