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[–] TwilightVulpine 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (149 children)

Just once I would love to open one of these threads without seeing people shitting... on Linux.

Linux is not even the one doing anything wrong but people gotta rag on whoever recommends it as an alternative. This is getting more annoying than however annoying they say Linux users are.

edit: Just to make clear because some folks aren't getting it, this is not an invitation to argue about how you feel about Linux and Linux users. I. don't. fucking. care. I don't even use Linux. Take it to someone who cares.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (18 children)

As is everyone taking every possible opportunity to mention Linux. It's not like we don't know it exists, we don't need constantly reminding that it's an option.

Although it isn't an option for a vast number of reasons, but mostly because corporate IT requires systems that run only on Windows. Therefore the only solution is Windows so the fact another operating system exists is utterly irrelevant and yet somehow you guys constantly keep mentioning it. Then we constantly have to point out that lots and lots of programs don't run on Linux and then you will inhibitively start going on about Wine. It's tiring. I would love it if we could have a conversation about Microsoft without having to pretend that other operating systems are viable alternatives.

[–] TwilightVulpine 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If Linux is not for you that's understandable. The thing here is that they are not having a conversation about Microsoft. They are having the pettiest, least technical possible discussion about Linux, it's devolving to pure clique shit talking.

If you want to talk about Microsoft, just talk about Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Problem is, whenever you try taking about Microsoft, someone just has to interject and be like "yeah you should be using Linux instead"

[–] voodooattack 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'd just like to interject for a moment…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And whenever someone mentions Linux, we have to take up 75% of the thread responding to it.

[–] Rustmilian 4 points 10 months ago

That's actually hilarious.

[–] Rustmilian 4 points 10 months ago

Then stop talking about Microsoft

/s

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 0 points 10 months ago

The Microsoft company is not happy with me--that's okay, I'll still keep downloading patches for that garbage.

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