I’ve literally heard for 15-20 years now that “This is the year of linux! It’s so much easier and better than windows!”

My response has been that if Linux ever had an interface that’s intuitive, and non-techies can take to instantly, Linux would actually grow. Their reply each time is that “Linux is getting more popular by the day!”. And that’s true. However, it’s a bit misleading. About a year ago I read that Linux was at the highest usage it’s ever had, at roughly 5% of the market.

Think about that. Linux has been around in some form since 1991, and it’s always been free (with a few exceptions). A free platform can’t compete against Apple, who’s notorious for being ungodly expensive, and Windows, who’s known for being costly in it’s own right, and also terribly optimized. Still running certain code in the background since windows 95. Yet Linux, as of a year ago cracked an all time high of 5%. Which may as well be a rounding error.

The ONLY reason I use linux as my daily driver, is because my other daily driver, which I haven’t booted in a few months, is Windows 7. And I’m not even worried about the security issues. It’s just gotten sluggish, and less and less things work on it over time. It’s easier to just use linux, as I mostly just use it as a means to open a browser anyways. My desktop looks more like Windows XP than linux. It just doesn’t act like Windows XP.

That’s what we need. A Linux distro that functions exactly like a modern day Windows XP. I think Windows XP couldn’t handle hard drives with more than 4TB. So, obviously that’s something a modern OS would fix. But the idea of just clicking .exe files, and installing them like on windows? That works for me. All the stuff Linux users hate about windows? If it were optimized and modernized, I’d take that over traditional Linux experiences.

But I will never use Windows 10 or especially 11. Fuck that.

By that definition, linux is doing something wrong. Despite it being my daily driver, I have zero clue how it works, or how to do anything.

100x worse if the word “terminal” is used.

I’ve seen this meme format for years now, but never understood it. Why are they just floating in space? Why is one killing the other?

I get this individual meme…I just don’t get the format.

Well…it might not be in his pants yet. It’s perfectly well established that he’s full of shit.

The call is coming from inside the (white) house!"

Isn’t it frustrating to know the difference between right and wrong, then seeing wrong get punished, but instead of right prevailing, it is instead just more wrong?

In 1970 the united states was at war with Vietnam. By 1980 we were peaceful with them.

What happens in 10 years after russia loses the war, when Ukraine COULD HAVE been peaceful with russia, but no. All the russians who are 13 years old right now will be 23, and still hate Ukraine.

I’d laugh my ass off if china decided enough of russias bullshit, they have a weak army, and exist only to provide oil. So why not invade them, and control the world supply of oil for everybody, rather than go through a weak “government”?

The smug bastard…

So like, if instead of musk and zuckerburg, it were a 1990s George Clooney? The smug bastard…

History has shown that they are.

I need context to understand your story. How old was your brother when you moved? How often was he wearing dresses before the move? How quickly did it stop? And how old is he now?

Praise the king!

If wages rise in conjunction, I don’t see any issue.

Soooooo…you see the issue, right?

I just wish we’d have neither inflation nor deflation.

Candy bars used to be $0.50 when I was a kid. That would probably equal the buying power of $1.25 today. But candy bars are like $2, and about half the size.

I just want it to be still $0.50, and not get smaller.

Narrator: They did.

I’ve seen plenty of youtube videos to know people are dumb enough to try this.

Dude…the line was crossed like 7 years ago when ICE agents just started raiding innocent peoples homes, and kidnapping them in unmarked vans.

THIS is so far past the line we csn’t even see the line. The line is a dot from here.

I’ve never heard of Ecosia, but I don’t understand your logic on this.

Problem: Google bad!

Solution: Don’t use google, use Ecosia instead.

Error: Ecosia also uses google.

How is this a good move? If anything it’s just a lateral move with the same problem.

Oh god…I still don’t understand how coke came out of that fiasco ahead of pepsi. Hell, I thought R.C. Cola would lap them.

Which shouldn’t be needed