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    I can't even feel superior to everyone when theirs so many arch installers!! I use real arch btw. I thought "I guess I should go to Gentoo" but then wait, CHROMEOS IS A GENTOO INSTALLER!

    I feel like we only have two options now

    1. Ascend to BSD-land
    2. Ironically supporting Windows Unironically

    edit: I have decided to replace my debian laptop with BSD

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    [–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Arch? So weak. I do everything only using the bios.

    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    BIOS? I wired switches directly to the data and address lines of my RAM/CPU and toggle in the machine code directly every time I use my PC.

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    [–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You could always switch to Slackware and be insufferable about it.

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    [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    When normal BSD becomes too mainstream, you can also run Darwin. Run KDE Plasma and a custom theme to make it look like Windows.

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    [–] Una@europe.pub 11 points 2 months ago

    Linux from Scratch obviously built with Scratch programming language

    [–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago

    Sit back and enjoy our collective triumph over capitalist technology.

    [–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago
    [–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

    If you remove the M from BDSM, you've cut out all the Arch users anyway. So yeah, BSD makes sense.

    [–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] mech@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
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    [–] CannedCairn@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
    [–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)
    [–] evol@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

    Emacs as an OS (EaaOS). sounds like a good idea to me

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    [–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

    Debian Hurd?

    [–] Legisign@europe.pub 9 points 2 months ago
    [–] pentastarm@piefed.ca 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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    [–] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    edit: I have decided to replace my debian laptop with BSD

    Be sure to tell the FreeBSD guys that you use NetBSD, the only real BSD.

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    [–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

    Stick to Linux but run on risc-v.

    [–] Limerance@piefed.social 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    GNU/HURD is having actual releases and distros nowadays.

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    [–] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Throw out all higher technology and exclaim how this makes you superior constantly.

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    [–] Waldelfe@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

    Die coolen Kids benutzen MS-DOS 1.0.

    [–] neopenguin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago
    [–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    i mean, there are alternatives...

    [–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    What universe are you living in that Linux is mainstream? According to the steam hardware survey (which is the closest thing to a trustworthy census we have for operating system usage) Linux accounts for 3.58%. Congratulations, we're ahead of mac! Windows still has 94.23%. But this is the year of the Linux desktop!

    [–] evol@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

    Its a shitpost but I've definitely felt more people migrating over. Like if you go on reddit gaming communities a decade ago no one talked about Linux but not theirs Linux advocates people complain about. Steam deck is now a thing, LTT did a linux challenge, Pewdiepie told people to install Linux. It's if you talk to random people on the street they probably don't know what my bloody valentine is. But if you talk to some Music nerds and tell them yk about this niche artist called mbv they would all laugh at you

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    [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

    Go with Plan9, obviously

    [–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I considered BSD, but i don't think any of my hardware works well with it, plus i now also have the problem that i got hooked on declarative configuration with nix. I think i'll settle on still using linux, but trying more obscure distros. Atm i'm exploring the idea of daily driving GNU Guix (with a regular kernel and some proprietary software though).

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    [–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Nixos. Or guix

    Honorable mention

    Plan9

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    [–] BurgerBaron@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    https://amigaos.net/

    It can even run some modern software! Nobody cares! Perfect for a hipster.

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    [–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
    [–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

    Haha. But un-ironically, Rasbian OS (Debian build for Raspberry Pi); because open hardware is the next thing we desperately need more adoption of.

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