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Unfortunately, I feel like most hobby forums devolve into fetishism.
It's sad, because that level of dedicated nerdism makes for some great information, conversations, and ingenuity.
I don't know wether to blame our lack of time to actually do whatever it is, or of it's because all of our brains are rotten from lifetimes of marketing.
Nah, come on. I use Arch, btw.
“No but endeavour is not arch! See, like its completely different yes yes completely different”
Ironically, home server people are obsessed with spending as little money as possible. The TrueNAS hardware compatibility list prides itself on being infrequently updated!
The ugly little stack of older desktops and laptops sitting in the corner of the room running services I don't need can confirm this.
Little of column a, little of column b…combine that with peoples propensity for one-upsmanship and the convenient anonymity of the internet and you have a great recipe for people that are more than happy to gatekeep and talk shit as opposed to putting actual effort into more in-depth analysis and discussion.
Because you can't hike on an internet forum, but you can endlessly perseverate about gear.