Nintendo,the rest are all "wannabes".
jjlinux
joined 1 year ago
My kid has the first Nintendo Switch, he wanted the new one, but I told him "you're getting a Steam Deck, and we're smashing all Nintendo shit with a sledgehammer". Then I explained to him why it's wrong to support compaies that enshitify life, and now he is waiting for his Deck and has already pirated all the games he liked and has been testing a few emulators.
I'm proud of him.
You know humanity is fucked (pun unintended) when the post with the most likes is actually "fuck (insert whatever)".
I agree that everyone using any Linux distro should be acquainted with terminal commands, I would never say they shouldn't. However, most of the DEs do allow to use the computer over GUI exclusively. Things have improved dramatically for Linux, to the point that using anything else is more a PITA than any Linux distro.
As for being dependent on users that do know how to "CLI", most of us started right there. Additionally, most users that migrate will eventually start trying the terminal, and we all know where that leads.
Most Windows and Mac users have no idea what a script is,nor do they care. That doesn't mean they can't benefit from moving over to a Linux distro, and never having to touch a terminal is entirely doable for common users in most distros.
Why are we trying to alienate people looking to drop proprietary BS by fearmongering?
If you're on GNOME, KDE or any of the other DEs for that matter, and you're not a geek, yes you can live on GUI alone these days.
This is not true, specially with atomic distros. You can get away with doing everything via GUI. I love my terminal, I can shave off hours of GUI with a few commands, but my kids and wife are also Linux users exclusively, and none of them have ever touched the terminal (yet).
If you're not going to be tinkering, and all you want is your computer to work, absolutely.
When your kids tell you "why do people use Windows? I can't understand why it always popping stuff up", you know you're doing a good job as a parent.
At the end of the day, it'll be a matter of taste and how much anyone's willing to "play around". For example, my 9 years old son started with Zorin when he was 6, and has never looked back,whereas my 11 years old daughter started with Zorin at 8, saw me on PopOS and a couple of months later moved to that. Then we gave her an old HP X360 for school when she needs a laptop, and she went with Nobara, and my wife finally dropped Windows about a month or 2 ago, and chose Fedora because that's what I use and she figures I can resolve anything quickly for her since that's also what I use.
Yes, My house is now spyware free on all PCs and Laptops 🥰
For one, I'm a sucker for bleeding edge, so the constant updates, including kernels, are a godsent. Then there's my overall experience when compared to other bases. For example, I love PopOS, but even in my S76 Gazelle, it would break regularly (it could have something to do with all the tinkering I constantly do, but who knows), whereas with Fedora, since F37, I've barely had to tweak anything other than the DE and have yet to see it fail.
I also tried Arch (Endeavour actually), but I find managing it unnecessarily convoluted for my taste.
I'm sure my love for Fedora comes from my personal experience based on my use cases and the hardware I use. It's not without it's kinks though, I used to hate how slow DNF is when compared to APT, but DNF5 has been working flawlessly and fast for a couple of months now. And be aware, in terms of performance for some intensive graphical stuff, I feel Fedora falls a bit behind any Ubuntu/Devian based distro, but not noticeably enough for me to go back.
Agree to disagree. I keep trying Debian and Debian based distros, same with Arch based (looking at you, Endeavor), and always end up back on Fedora or one of it's spins.
I can't bring myself to feel sorry for Adobe users, which unfortunately include my wife. Same goes for any of the other shit services out there. It takes determination and self-control to move away from all that crap, but as a person that sees himself with less self-determination than most, I was able to pull it off, so those that don't can enjoy their hostage position.