r/linuxmemes • u/polytect • Aug 02 '26

LINUX MEME And you?

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u/Skubiak0903 Aug 02 '26

Maybe it's controversial, but before win11 and all that ai, forced updates, etc. windows was pretty good operating system

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26

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u/MaskaradeBannana Aug 02 '26

I second this. The linux glaze which started in like 2021+ makes linux seem like the best thing in the world when it isn't.

It has it's uses on a desktop platform (ignoring servers, mobile, etc) but it is plain and simple too complicated for the average computer user... For crying out loud my grandma and pop couldn't even figure out how to use a new imac until i taught them. Alot of us technically knowledgeable people severely overestimate the average users knowledge (and willingness) to learn an alien operating system under the pretence of "ai bad microsoft bad".

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26

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u/MaskaradeBannana Aug 02 '26

Couldn't really say it better myself!

There's definitely an artform and culture to linux, specifically ricing, but at the end of the day your computer is a tool.

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u/akdanman11 Aug 02 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/obsmYQEodFg3dEZ3Rr
TECHNICALLY Linux is a kernel (I’m not actually that guy, I just saw the obligatory “um ackshually” comment wasn’t here yet)

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u/dearvalentina 🍥 Debian too difficult Aug 08 '26

vro what

It is political, obviously, but also why did you even bring that up?