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[–] [email protected] 82 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But Linus Sex Tips said linux is bad, bro! I tried Ubuntu one time like 10 years ago and it wasn't Windows, so now I hate Linux bro

[–] animelivesmatter 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

him accidentally uninstalling gnome shell in the process of installing steam was so fucking good dude

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Lmfao "yes, do as I say"

[–] stankmut 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You haven't used Linux until you've accidentally destroyed your install. Reversible damage like uninstalling your shell or breaking your display server counts as partial credit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I once managed to destroy my system by doing dumb shit with the partition table in cfdisk and lead to a new warning being added

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have used Linux so many times. The funniest is probably when I neglected to add a network manager on my first attempt at an Arch install.

[–] TimeNaan 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

LTT has been pretty positive about linux and recommend it a lot. Although that is more thanks to Emily than Linus.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

okay... TIL that Linus Tech Tips is not by Linus Torvalds.

I'm like why tf would he not promote his own system...

[–] Viking_Hippie 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A big part of the POINT of Linux is that it's open source rather than proprietary, making it not his system nor his responsibility to promote it..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Except that Linus Torvalds literally works for The Linux Foundation, so....

I really did mean that I had always assumed that Linus Tech Tips was from the same Linus that made Linux, but it's not, and I learned that... yesterday.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally what everyone tells me: I tried it 8 years ago and it sucked (used really weird distro or Ubuntu)

[–] HardlightCereal 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] qaz 2 points 1 year ago

It’s not bad, and it used to be one of the only noob-friendly distro’s, but things have improved since then. Upstream Debian has gotten easier to install and Fedora has become the best starter distro imo.

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

It can't even wun micwodowt owwice :(

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

It can't even run [popular proprietary software]! How am I supposed to [action which can be performed with FOSS]?

[–] qaz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I switched most of the software I used daily to FOSS cross platform alternatives that ran on Linux. It made the switch a lot easier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that makes it easier.