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Yes! then you can have other mental health problems to distract from your existing ones.

For best results, try Gentoo.

Can't focus on mental problems if you're too busy reinstalling arch.

Or you could just lean into your mental health issues and try TempleOS.

I used to be all fucked up on drugs, now I am all fucked up on Linux.

Hooked on Linux worked for me!

shocking: users of open-source reddit alternative like open-source things

Okay but have you considered

I googled my symptoms and it says here I have "compatibility issues".

In all fairness my mental health IS better since I've moved to Linux.

Turns out constant ads, AI crap I can't disable, the feeling of being spied on and other corporate tech-bro soul-sucking shenanigans is not great for one's mental health.

It's not even over when you switch to Linux as I found out.

"You're not using Arch? What's wrong with you?"

"Mint is for idiots who don't understand Linux."

Etc.

I increased my antidepressants due to ArchLinux

If based on reality, I'm sorry to hear it and how it gets better soon. As a Linux user for over a decade, this is extremely funny.

Now, have you heard of Plan9 from Bell Labs?... /s

It's useful if your mental health issues are caused by Microsoft. For example, if I ever have to go through another license audit, I may have a psychotic break.

Linux has helped me rediscover my love for computers. And the many small and larger hobby projects I can now embark on because of it do in fact help with my mental health.

It would help though

If you’re triggered, maybe you should try Linux!

lemmy users be like: linux, star trek, elon musk, trump, socialism, linux

Does this refer to the overall Lemmy meta or was there a specific "sucks your mum died; maybe it was from the shame of you using Adobe products" moment?

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

I just died laughing almost tearing up with random public looking at me

I mean, Linux cannot solve mental problems (hope it can get better <3), but it can help with big number of other problems 🥹so you can still try it 🥹

You know how people always tell depressed people to exercise because it actually works in a lot of cases?

I say this as an Apple user: most Linux users are pretty normal people. Some are like the most annoying Apple evangelist I’ve ever encountered.

"I'm going to throw myself off a bridge!"

"I use Arch btw"

Use Solaris. You can't have mental health issues if your brain is on the wall.

Very accurate

BTW maybe you should try gym

I once had trouble with my arches.....

They recommended Debian.

I feel personally attacked.

That way, instead of taking care of yourself, you can the care of your machine !

I see a lot of the "even once you pick a Linux distro you get yelled at for using the wrong one" and like I just haven't seen that here?

Lemmy is by far the chilliest place of Linux users I've ever fucking seen. Even when I posted an issue on the Linux mint forum I got fucking told "well you used XFCE, there's your issue" despite it being the better choice for that system

We absolutely will pressure people to try it, because we're a cult. Meetings on Thursdays at 9PM for my local chapter