i get a little annoyed at posts that start with broad statements like “is linux actually ready for the average user?” but then it’s just someone asking for help to fix a problem they have with their sources.list or whatever. it’s not a massive problem, but it’s misleading and it feels borderline inflammatory sometimes

please tell when you’re asking for help

ty

  • oshu@lemmy.world
    5·
    3 months ago

    Seriously, as someone who has been using linux as their daily driver since 2000, I find it pretry amusing.

    • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
      5·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, I started my journey in about 2001. Linux was definitely more geeky back then.

      • oshu@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        Linux feels so mainstream to me now. Some days I’m temped to switch to OpenBSD or something ;)

        • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
          3·
          3 months ago

          Sometimes I think about doing this, but then I remember that Linux is not my hobby these days, it’s my productivity platform.

          • oshu@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 months ago

            I understand! For most of my career its been the same for me.

            The “big” switch I’m currently contemplating at the moment is moving to FreeBSD on my home file server.

            I do sometimes consider switching my workstation to OpenBSD when I get nostalgic for the early struggle days of linux. Like when you had to be really careful with hardware selection and what not.

            But then I remember I had a lot more free time in those days!

    • limelight79@lemm.ee
      5·
      3 months ago

      Same here - daily driving Linux at home for at least 25 years now. I’m not a gamer, but for all the things I do, Linux has worked perfectly fine.