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    [–] spidapida@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

    Okay people: Win 10 is infinitely better than Win 11, so like if you're one of the few eccentric people that for some reason is required to use WinπŸ…±οΈows

    Tap for spoilerOkay so previously I tried PopOS and it kinda works but when I tried playing games (tetr.io to be exact) my framerate is half of my monitor's refresh rate and I had no idea how to fix it and at the time I'm using absolutely proprietary software required for my university and dual booting is a nightmare to deal with for some reason with Windows; and then at one point I also tried Bazzite, and no matter what I did, tetr.io would always operate on my iGPU and not on my discrete GPU (thanks NoVIDIA!!1!), so after that I dunno I'll just probably stick to Win 10 until I got a proper PC, and that's a whole story to have and I don't want another yapping session about that

    then... there you go.

    [–] M137@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

    A friend of mine had a party at her place on the most recent new years eve, there were several people who I hadn't met before there and we quickly realised we were all Linux users and, of course, absolute fucking nerds (I mean that with pride and appreciation).
    She is very much not a nerd in that way and most others there weren't too. It took about 15 minutes before she threw her hands up in the air and said "guys, this isn't fun for anyone else, if you really need to only talk about operating systems and shit like that you'll have to leave. Everyone else wants to hang with you guys too but no one can if you keep this in-group thing going."
    And, yeah, we all understood her view. Of course we put up a playful fight though, first acting all disappointed and then saying "ok, ok, we'll leave then. Have fun being all boring and stuff without us cool kids" etc. which it took her a while to realise wasn't serious, heh.
    For the rest of the night we had to stop ourselves several times from getting back into it, both among ourselves and with other people. All of it was great though, and made some new Linux geek friends!

    [–] spacesatan@leminal.space 6 points 9 hours ago

    That's crazy to imagine a party where you can be kicked out for having a conversation on anything 'too niche' especially where the bar is that low.

    [–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

    Irl The Big Bang Theory

    [–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago

    As I read through this I thought you were going to say y'all left and went to a bar together.

    [–] robocall@lemmy.world 38 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    Linux people are polite enough to not react when I tell them I use Ubuntu.

    Windows people think I am a geeky nerd that knows how to code when I tell them I use Ubuntu.

    [–] SleepyPie@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    If you’ve been enjoying Ubuntu so far I randomly want to recommend Debian to you. ☺️

    [–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 8 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

    I'm here to start a flame war and say Debian is old and gross and Fedora is clearly the way forward. And fuck it while were here, dont use the regular Fedora workstation, use the KDE spin, GNOME bad!

    Tap for spoiler/j

    [–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

    I had a very niche problem on Fedora once that I was personally unable to solve, therefore the entire project is trash and everyone should use CachyOS which I haven't managed to break yet!

    [–] SleepyPie@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

    I didn’t realize spoiler links were possible and took the bait 🫠

    [–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 2 points 15 hours ago

    That is okay you are forgiven 🀣

    Debian is a fine choice.

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    [–] robocall@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

    The only people that I know that use Debian are over 50 years old

    [–] SleepyPie@lemmy.world 1 points 10 minutes ago* (last edited 5 minutes ago)

    Well, now you don’t.

    Moving to Debian from Ubuntu was like moving from Windows to Linux again for me. It basically removes all the bloat and adware and just left the things I actually like, which I assume Ubuntu inherited from Debian anyway.

    But to be fair I just use my Debian machine for writing projects, research, and flash cards.

    [–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 15 hours ago

    Not even dirty 30 yet baybee!

    [–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 15 hours ago

    Hey! I’m not 50 yet!

    Though not far off TBF.

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    [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 133 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?

    [–] teft@piefed.social 36 points 1 day ago (14 children)
    [–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    The meme said Linux users, not GNU/Linux.

    [–] nkk@programming.dev 43 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

    It also said operating systems, not kernels.

    [–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    As a Linux n00b, now I need to know which is the kernel and which is the OS.

    For most users, kernel js kinda invisible. Whatever program you run interacts with the system via the kernel. Kernel manages hardware and links software with hardware.

    And all the other programs you can launch, built around the kernel which together make it functional is the rest of the OS.

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

    The Father -> Richard Stallman

    The Son -> Linus Torvalds

    The Holy Ghost -> GNU+Linux

    The Holy Temple -> Arch Linux

    [–] Marduk73@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

    Holy Temple is of course Temple OS.

    [–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    ✨ Linchard Starvalds ✨

    [–] Zink@programming.dev 11 points 23 hours ago

    Bold move to combine their names and then give it those damn "we've forced AI into this" sparkles, lol.

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    [–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

    Windows 10 and Linux are pretty good

    [–] Captain_Baka@feddit.org 68 points 1 day ago

    Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with.

    [–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

    I thought Linux was a way of life. Not an OS?

    [–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 19 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

    Linux is actually a kernel.

    [–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

    THE KERNEL OF TRUTH 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

    [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

    Uhh, it's GNU/Linux actually

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    [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)
    [–] Psythik@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

    I recommend to most people that you just BeYourself, so long as that means you won't Be an OSshole.

    [–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

    Ah, a Plan 9 man.

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    [–] j4yc33@piefed.social 52 points 1 day ago (9 children)

    I think if I were to spend the time analyzing my conversations over the last 6 months I would probably find I spend a lot of time having conversations about why people should explicitly never use a Windows OS.

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    [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago

    It's quite simple; we're trying to find our lost comrades. I had a magical moment when not one, but two people who joined my group on an MMO were using CachyOS. It's like meeting your triplets separated at birth.

    You only find out if you bring it up, lol.

    [–] Reygle@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

    Sloperating systems

    [–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    TBF, almost everyone I work with uses Linux. There's virtually no conversation about it. It's just what it is, like even the weather is more deserving of discussion.

    [–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

    Weather or not you should switch to this distro

    [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

    I work a job at an airport assisting the elderly and disabled with wheelchair assistance.

    I cannot tell you, literally cannot tell you how many people sit in my wheelchair, and IMMEDIATELY start talking about the weather.

    Uggghhhhhh!

    I would be pleasantly surprised if the conversation instead was like this:

    "So, hows your day going?"

    "I murdered my wife and kids last night. Then I ate their corpses..."

    "Really? That's fantastic. Hey, what operating system are you using?"

    [–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

    actually ... never mind

    [–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

    I'm willing to recommend Windows 10 to someone who considers "upgrading" to Windows 11.

    [–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

    Windows 7 was peak Windows. It was all downhill from there.

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