• john_brown [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    I think there’s a small contingent of Linux users who like making it complicated and hate the idea of Linux being accessible and easy for anybody to use. The kind of people who would make sure to tell you how long they’ve been using “*nix”. My mother’s in her 70s, has never been a computer toucher beyond the basic necessities, and I set her up on Mint many years ago and she’s perfectly happy with it.

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      1 month ago

      Elitists ABSOLUTELY exist in Linux spaces as do chuds and worse people. With that said almost all my interactions with Linux users have been very pleasant so far.

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        As the old joke goes, the best way to get help in a Linux forum isn’t to ask a question, because you’ll be told to use the search function or read x documentation. You gotta post that Linux sucks because it can’t do whatever you’re having trouble doing, and that it works in Windows perfectly.