Do you have a few minutes to talk about our Lord and Saviour, Linus Torvalds?
this post was submitted on 04 Mar 2026
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The meme said Linux users, not GNU/Linux.
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Bold move to combine their names and then give it those damn "we've forced AI into this" sparkles, lol.
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Never before have I been so offended by something I one hundred percent agree with.
I think if I were to spend the time analyzing my conversations over the last 6 months I would probably find I spend a lot of time having conversations about why people should explicitly never use a Windows OS.
So at least you would mention Windows in conversation? It's a win! Thank you, grateful (consult EULA and pay fines if you're not) customer!
Oh damn, you're right!
On another note: have you spent any time considering how to install Linux on ... literally everything?
Linux people are polite enough to not react when I tell them I use Ubuntu.
Windows people think I am a geeky nerd that knows how to code when I tell them I use Ubuntu.
If youβve been enjoying Ubuntu so far I randomly want to recommend Debian to you. βΊοΈ
I'm here to start a flame war and say Debian is old and gross and Fedora is clearly the way forward. And fuck it while were here, dont use the regular Fedora workstation, use the KDE spin, GNOME bad!
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A friend of mine had a party at her place on the most recent new years eve, there were several people who I hadn't met before there and we quickly realised we were all Linux users and, of course, absolute fucking nerds (I mean that with pride and appreciation).
She is very much not a nerd in that way and most others there weren't too. It took about 15 minutes before she threw her hands up in the air and said "guys, this isn't fun for anyone else, if you really need to only talk about operating systems and shit like that you'll have to leave. Everyone else wants to hang with you guys too but no one can if you keep this in-group thing going."
And, yeah, we all understood her view. Of course we put up a playful fight though, first acting all disappointed and then saying "ok, ok, we'll leave then. Have fun being all boring and stuff without us cool kids" etc. which it took her a while to realise wasn't serious, heh.
For the rest of the night we had to stop ourselves several times from getting back into it, both among ourselves and with other people.
All of it was great though, and made some new Linux geek friends!
That's crazy to imagine a party where you can be kicked out for having a conversation on anything 'too niche' especially where the bar is that low.
Irl The Big Bang Theory
As I read through this I thought you were going to say y'all left and went to a bar together.
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It's quite simple; we're trying to find our lost comrades. I had a magical moment when not one, but two people who joined my group on an MMO were using CachyOS. It's like meeting your triplets separated at birth.
You only find out if you bring it up, lol.
I'm willing to recommend Windows 10 to someone who considers "upgrading" to Windows 11.
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I remember seeing this meme a few years ago before I started using linux, and I showed this to a buddy and we were like "yeah lmao who the fuck goes around recommending OSs to people?".
Today I think "who the fuck goes around recommending Windows to people?"
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They are using the wrong kind of Linux! My kind of Linux is superior, because itβs broken in a different way and more difficult than yours.
I try not to recommend Linux to everyone all the time, Iβm trying very loudly.
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I thought Linux was a way of life. Not an OS?
Linux is actually a kernel.
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Uhh, it's GNU/Linux actually
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Maybe if there were a hundred different Windows 10s, and all of them were really good, we would be recommending Windows 10 distros to each other
Have you guys hurd about the new release for 64bits... π
Even if we assumed Windows was worth using, I'm not sure I would need to explicitly recommend "use the thing that's everywhere already". If we're talking about Linux distros, we've already moved on from the standard and into the realm of other options, but the norm generally needs no advertising.
How likely are you to recommend using computer?
Hello fellow kids, I highly recommend using computer.
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Ever since switching I've needed to hold myself back from mentioning it in every conversation. I thought it was a meme, but it's real!
TBF, almost everyone I work with uses Linux. There's virtually no conversation about it. It's just what it is, like even the weather is more deserving of discussion.
I work a job at an airport assisting the elderly and disabled with wheelchair assistance.
I cannot tell you, literally cannot tell you how many people sit in my wheelchair, and IMMEDIATELY start talking about the weather.
Uggghhhhhh!
I would be pleasantly surprised if the conversation instead was like this:
"So, hows your day going?"
"I murdered my wife and kids last night. Then I ate their corpses..."
"Really? That's fantastic. Hey, what operating system are you using?"
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How did you hear about us?
i like when doctor offices ask this question. It seems so stupid to me.
That shit is funny
What timing, after seeing the news about Windows 12 yesterday, this morning I was considering starting a conversation with the researchers at work about pressuring the scientific instrument companies they buy from to support Linux. The one facility in the building that has Bruker instruments runs AlmaLinux, and they've been spared from all the pain.
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