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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH (world.hey.com)

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And Linux isn't minimal effort. It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.

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That's why I'd love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren't scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

totally honest, I had MUCH more trouble with windows AND Mac.

First off, Linux is so easy to install, while Macos and windows have all that unnecessary stuff, like iCloud and one drive (don't even get me started on one drive, its awful, nobody wants to use it, and where do you disable it? and why did it enable itself again?) Then theres the thing where you can't install anything on Mac without having to change about 500 permissions. And the main reason why I switched, customization. Windows has none of that, you can change the color and that's it. even the cursors often get reset when you restart. Macos is even worse in this regard though.

I think the main reason, why people don't switch is because our generation of teenagers is lazy, or they've always been, I don't know.

I know from friends, that they just don't care about privacy or functionality and think I'm a conspiracy theorist. And generally they make fun of everything I say regarding this topic and don't take it serious AT ALL.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A lot of people (regardless of age) have a very fuzzy idea (if at all) of what a file or a directory is. They wouldn't know a operating system if it sat on their face.

The only way to get them to use Linux is to switch the system on their computers. And they'll probably manage just fine(after a bit of initial grumpiness), since most interfaces are pretty much the same anyway.

But they're never going to change on their own.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but they'll be lacking the very important skill of "googling the error message". You will become their de facto IT person.

[–] AnUnusualRelic 3 points 3 months ago

Did they Google windows error messages?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

When using Windows, I occasionally encounter this weird phenomena that I never experience using any other type of OS, whereby it generates a problem that's so stupid on such a fundamental level that there's no way to really work around it.

Like when I recently tried out Windows 11, I made a manual restore point in case it fucked itself up doing a big update. Which it did, and then when I tried to restore it I found out that it only keeps one restore point, and that after it broke itself doing the update it overwrote my manual restore point with its own automatic restore point, ensuring that the fuckup it just did was the only thing to restore to. I tried restoring it anyway to see what would happen, and it said it couldn't do it but didn't explain why.

Like when an allegedly modern OS so utterly misses the point of both system restore and basic error messages, I don't know what to do with it really.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Windows is not difficult to install, it's just tedious and full of anti privacy options most people don't care about

Also don't think 90% of people will ever install an operating system in the first place anyway

Teenagers are not lazy and are definitely installing it have you seen the hyprland discord

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

have not, have only seen dozens of actual teenagers in real life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've seen maybe 4 people using Linux in real life and 2 of them are friends/family

If you're in any of the Linux related discords for long enough to pick up on it you'll realize there are a lot of kids there

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the only people I know, that "use" Linux, are those Instagram hackerman type of persons.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Pretty sure a lot of the people here are deathly allergic to anything meta. I know a couple people irl who just get on and use it also