>be me
>be casual computer user
>use windows, gets the shit i need done
>it just works
>spend time online, browsing the boards
>linux user starts shaming me
>"windows is for normies, you should use linux"

>try linux
>everything is different
>wide variety of choices
>ubuntu, debian, manjaro, fedora, arch
>desktop environments too
>gnome, kde, mate, cinnamon
>software is different, have to use firefox instead of edge, thunderbird instead of outlook, libreoffice instead of word
>never gonna learn all this

>okay, a month later, i'm comfortable
>wanna learn more
>"why u on a beginner distro, all the real chads use arch"
>dd installer onto usb drive, fire it up
>ah fuck, it's just a command line
>follow the documentation, learn all sorts of obscure shit
>get it set up, can play games, browse the web, do basic work
>i'm elite now

>go online
>some windows fag talking about computer shit
>we start bantin'
>he can do the same shit i can do, but he didn't put in the grind, he doesn't understand how elite i really him
>i tell him windows is for normies and he should try linux
>says he'll give it a shot
>some day he'll understand and be elite just like me

frogniggers ruined this place

>>105958191
yo momma ruined this place by giving birth to you

>>105958145 (OP)
>frog listens to strangers in the internet

>>105958145 (OP)
Linux is a fucking meme os.

>>105958382
not event an os

>>105958417
True, Linux is a kernel but distros are OSes.
More like an OS family I guess.

>>105958145 (OP)
>every linux fanboy in a nutshell

>>105958145 (OP)
Cool. I'm on Win11 but I'm already experiencing problems from time to time. I even have Fedora lxqt iso and thinking of going back to Linux again.

>>105958779
Nothing wrong with using Linux. I'm on Linux right now. Use enough of them and you come to realize that every OS sucks and it's just a question of dealing with the problems you want to deal with.
The post was aimed at the fanboys. Use Linux but, for the love of god, don't become one of them, whose entire identities are tied up in a cope built around trying to convince people how elite they are.

>>105958145 (OP)
>Didn't mention end user control that isn't available on Microshit

>>105958837
>thinks the post was bashing Linux when it was actually just bashing fanboys

>>105958145 (OP)
blessed OP

>>105958817
>Use enough of them and you come to realize that every OS sucks and it's just a question of dealing with the problems you want to deal with.
Let's see... Mint, MX, Endeavour, Fedora KDE, Debian, Mageia, PCLinux, but the best I've used so far is Tumbleweed.

>>105958890
Just to be clear, my comment included Windows and Mac. I meant *all* OSes suck. They all have tradeoffs.
As for me, in no particular order, I'm Ubuntu, Mint, Arch, Gentoo, Slackware, Fedora, Silverblue, Aeon, Debian, and Tumbleweed (which I agree is a very solid choice).
I cut my teeth learning this stuff on FreeBSD back around 2011.
Point is I can't see being a fanboy over any of it. It boils down to tool for the job you need done right now and what tradeoffs you're willing to accept to use that tool.

>>105958932
(And no, FreeBSD doesn't count as a Linux but it was an easy transition to Arch from there.)

>>105958145 (OP)
Programmer socks pipeline working well.

>>105958382
true, zero consistency just like windows, it is just a bunch of crap thrown on top of each other.

>>105958956
Kinda the same grooming process innit

>>105958145 (OP)
>be me
>be casual computer user
>use windows, gets the shit need done
>it just works
>spend time online, looking into gamedev and cyber security
>find out windows and google is practically stalking us
>try to debloat, everything is back where it was after the next update

>try Linux fedora
>everything just works
>switch over to proton mail
>it just works
>switch phone to grapheneOS
>it just works

>someone on /g/ makes fun of me for using fedora
>close the thread and continue using what I'm comfortable with
>another thread making fun of proton
>close the thread
>another thread making fun of grapheneOS
>oh well, its the phone I already had for years anyway
>close the thread

>go on my merry way to the gamedev thread
>download Godot
>it doesn't just work
>fuck

>>105959083
kek, accurate

>>105958932
>It boils down to tool for the job you need done right now and what tradeoffs you're willing to accept to use that tool.
I'm willing to accept to trade software availability to come back to Linux, since I've never used Adobe, FLS or Corel apps on home (I've used them in schools) and free trials were annoying.

>>105959284
I'm not discouraging you from doing so.
I'm on Tumbleweed right now as a matter of fact. My problem is with fanboys, not general fans (of which I am one) or Linux itself.

>>105959390
Thank you.

should have used bsd instead bro

>>105958145 (OP)
begginer distro, get LTS you shitter

Didn't read anything, but assume you're gay.

>>105958145 (OP)
this is accurate
lunix is for men with absent fathers
they do some basic searches and follow wikis to install a very streamlined by this point desktop lunix and then are insufferable about it online because it's a first and only """"achievement"""" in their lives

>>105958191
this is (You)