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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 13 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

    Linux is a pyramid scheme. Prove me wrong

    [–] wax@feddit.nu 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    It's penguins all the way down

    [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

    what? no. penguins swim. it's just the penguin.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

    Its just fun man. Before I tried linux seriously, I thought it was ridiculous. Why would you care so much about doing extra random bull shit? Except thats literally like 99% of the fun. You dont have to do any of it these days. Most stuff runs out of box pretty well. People just do it because its fun to experiment. You learn so much about computers its addicting. I even learned some powershell for windows and zsh for mac because now I understand how they work better after reading books about the linux kernel. I used to be weirdly judgemental about mac and linux users, now I just want people to have a computer that fits their needs.

    Its not for everyone, but my wife got so jealous of watching me try Mint/Ubuntu/Debian that she joined linux over a year ago. Her homepage is now the Fedora newsletter. She is a normal person who was only mildly interested in computers before and now we talk about Debian/Fedora all the time. If you like computers, its worth giving it a shot. Just dont blame yourself if it isnt your cup of tea.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    I don't really care for Linux at all. I just hate Microsoft.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    I hope you find some alternative you really enjoy using.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

    It's getting better, no question. I'm hopeful it will continue to get better.

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    Im really excited for Europes expansion into open source. I think big things could be coming from it in a few years.

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    My only concern is that as more large corporations and governments begin to use it, it becomes a much larger target for attacks and malware. There was a point in time where Apple was far more secure than Windows but it was mostly because they had a tiny fraction of the market share and hackers didn't want to bother with attacking it

    [–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

    Thats definitely a possible negative, but it comes with new strengths that can help blunt the impact. It will increase the amount of contributors, resources and money at every level. More people will be exposed to linux and inspired to contribute to the community. Governments and companies will be motivated to protect standards they rely on. I cant predict the future, but im hopeful working together is the solution to the problems any major infrastructure change will suffer from.

    [–] ladicius@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

    You are free to think whatever you like. Have a nice day πŸ‘‹