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The good old days (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

$currentYear was meant to be year of the Linux desktop! Why isn't it?? 😡 Those oafs should be on here by now

Edit: it really highlights the two kinds of patriots. "My country is the best country, anyone criticising can get away from us" and "I am proud of what my country has and has achieved and I want it to be even better; here's how we can make it better because we lack X,y and z"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Windows is popular

    According to many Linux users, Windows isn't Linux (Which just means they don't want to fix X cause it's not a problem for them)

    Therefore, Linux isn't popular.

    I've unironically seen people in forums say that Linux doesn't need to grow, that it already acvomplishes its purpose which I guess is serving a bunch of specialized geeks. They don't think mass adoption will bring anything good, as if FOSS could be enshittified instead of getting more support from those interested in contributing to something that works.

    To me it feels like the ultimate "fuck you I got mine". It would be different if they said something like "we would like to do this, but we lack the resources". That would be understandable, but they appear to be straigth up hostile to adding stuff that would get more people to use Linux. It feels like classic gatekeeping (which is dumb cause Linux can't enshsittify).

    There's always someone willing to tinker, if these people grow up with Windows, I think the tinkering "window" might be lost or wasted on a restrictive OS. But who would want to tinker in order to get working something that should work already? Tinkering should be fun and optional, not a task scheduled at every tuesday.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    You're right. I updated my post just before your reply.

    I spent some time in the mid 00s installing various modification programs on windowd to modify it with stupid shit I found on deviantart. It would have been better if I got to do it on Linux.

    Although some enshittification is happening for certain viewpoints on Linux, with some propriety things being allowed and the systemd DOB debacle, and AI on fedora.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    Huh? AI on Fedora? Who is fumbling here? How is it possible for an OS not seeking profit or responding to shareholders to enshittify? Is someone looking for a new and easy way to do some tasks and giving up control on the process?

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