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Do you currently use Linux, or would you consider giving Linux a shot? (self.askbeehaw)

submitted 1 year ago by UngodlyAudrey to c/askbeehaw

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I get the feeling that Lemmy has a relatively higher concentration of Linux users. I'm preparing to move over to Linux when I build my new computer. I already put Linux Mint Cinnamon edition on one of my old laptops and I like it quite a bit. I figure that since I've been wanting to switch over for years, I should just do it. The games were the thing holding me back, and Proton seems to have taken care of that(I don't really play multiplayer games that require anticheat... I'm a singleplayer kind of girl).

For me, anyway, I want to switch because Windows has been creeping me out with its telemetry. Windows 11 looks lousy, and I'd have to jump through some hoops to get my old hardware on 11, anyway.

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[–] Dash 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've used a couple of distros for work and as a "well lets try it out" and it absolutely does not appeal to me. I think it takes a specific mindset for Linux to be the OS of choice. I think the people who have that specific mindset often don't realize how different their specific mindset is from the wider world.

Unironically, I think if you love linux you're probably just a very tech literate individual who has a higher capacity for learning and intelligence than the majority of people. Linux savants can preach all day every day that it's "not that hard" or "easy to learn" but I think while you lot are smarter, and honestly more capable than those of us who stick to Windows, I think the same things that make Linux stick for you also contributes to the lack of understanding for why other people don't enjoy it.

When someone tells me they use linux as their daily driver my immediate assumption is they're either way smarter than I am even if they don't realize it or have some type of neurodivergence (adhd, autism, etc,).

Y'all are built different and should be proud of that.

EDIT: Unless you're the type of person who uses Linux purely for the "clout" you think it brings you. Then you're just a poser with an "imverysmart" complex