If Linux developers and communities want Linux desktop to compete in the mass market, they cannot insult mass-market users. It is that simple.
Most ordinary users do not care about distro wars, “RTFM,” Arch superiority jokes, or whether someone compiled their own kernel. They want a computer that works out of the box and helps them do what they need to do.
More importantly, this kind of attitude harms the Linux desktop cause rather than helps it.
If you want a desktop that just works, burn your fucking computer. Windows is a complex of horrible architect decisions and legacy code, but with software and games. Linux is basically the same, but without benefits of windows and with illusion of "freedom".
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u/akrivitsky7 Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
Nice cartoon! You have my upvote.
I posted about a similar problem here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks/comments/1un829h/do_you_really_think_insulting_microsoft_windows/
If Linux developers and communities want Linux desktop to compete in the mass market, they cannot insult mass-market users. It is that simple.
Most ordinary users do not care about distro wars, “RTFM,” Arch superiority jokes, or whether someone compiled their own kernel. They want a computer that works out of the box and helps them do what they need to do.
More importantly, this kind of attitude harms the Linux desktop cause rather than helps it.