That’s certainly a conclusion to jump to.

I don’t have anything to say about Apple users, because I don’t know anything about them. I do however have things to say about Windows users, having been one my entire life up until a few years ago.

And that is why my code will never be multiplatform. No way I’m going to sink several thousand dollars for a machine I will never use except as part of my build pipeline.

I don’t think Windows user disagree with privacy per se. IMO, it’s more that they believe the lie that privacy is a myth, despite the fact it was had in abundance hardly more than a decade ago.

As someone who is admittedly addicted to windows hate juice, can we start getting more memes extolling the virtues of Linux/Unix, and fewer memes about windows being bad? We could be talking about Unix’s amazing shell environment, or its devotion to text-streams as an interface. Complaining about Windows just makes us look like we aren’t confident in our decisions to use Linux.

Seat 2. The guy in seat 1 already uses Linux, so someone ought to tell the wolves.

I’m actually curious to know, how is Linux inherently more secure than windows?

I’ve never experienced major slowdowns when running Linux on old laptops. It helps that OS fragmentation appears to be a problem exclusive to Windows

Its a copypasta.

Can somebody explain why everyone is trying to ditch xorg? I’ve never had an issue with xorg, but I’m always hearing about major issues with Wayland.

I think that analogy oversimplifies according to the assumption that one is inherently better than the other. OP’s point here is that it isn’t all better at all.

I think a more accurate analogy would be that the OP is screaming that horse trails, ranches, and farms are being shut down because they don’t accommodate cars.

The longer I use Linux, the harder it becomes to see where windows users are coming from. Its gotten to the point where seeing people use windows in public feels incomprehensible to me, like watching people go to work on a pogo stick instead of a car.

I started with raspberry pi zero projects. Specifically projects that make use of various GPIO hats like cameras, displays, speakers, etc. At that level, things are still very abstract compared to bare-metal firmware, but you learn some of the basic principles of I/O. Next plan is to read up on circuit design, and start doing more projects with arduino-controlled breadboards.

Wasn’t expecting it to be easy. Think it will be much more rewarding though. Already has been thus far.

Edit: wait, that was a pun, wasn’t it?

I’m training to work in hardware currently. Its my hope that there at least, people still care about min-maxing power vs performance.

You could make your own smart devices. You don’t even need to be smart in embedded systems these days either. Just use a cheap SBC.

I use Linux because it plays games better.

We’ve come so far for there to be truth in that statement

“I need a computer that jUsT wOrKs”

Consider how dead-easy it is to write a bash script or c program in Linux, and then enable it (have it run on boot) using SystemD daemons. A total noob could do it after reading a 5 minute tutorial.

Is it even possible to do the same on an android phone? I have no idea, but willing to bet not.

This principle applies to the GNU C compiler also. Any other compiler is going to complain at you for not adhering to their stupid style guide, or for not using their proprietary “mEmOrY sAfE” libraries. But if GCC is giving you warnings, you darn well better fix something.

Well hey, at least it “just works,” right?