• tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      2 天前

      Exactly.

      It’s not “randomly recommending an operating system”

      It’s noticing when people have problems, and providing a solution.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      152·
      2 天前

      That’s an improvement over always being the dedicated tech support anyway, no matter how often you explain to them that you have not bothered to take a look at Windows and all its specific issues for a decade or more…

  • shirro@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    2 天前

    I have been using Linux for 30 years. Never recommend anything to anyone. It’s their decision to make. I will answer questions if asked but I try and be conservative. Lots of people don’t need computers and would be better off without them or only need something simple to do their jobs or play games. Also my experience doesn’t translate to normies. Inlaw was asking around for laptop recommendations and I just shut my trap. They can buy a Mac or a box store Windows laptop and it will do the job and I won’t be on the hook for support.

    I am not a preacher and Linux is not a religion. It is an effective tool for technically minded people to get shit done. Nothing more. If companies want to turn it into a product and an experience like Valve or Google then it will end up in more or less polished consumer ready products but that is nothing to do with why I use it.

  • Atomic_Edge@lemmy.world
    28·
    2 天前

    It’s an unspoken rule: if you’re a Linux user, you’re obligated to mention it in every conversation, even if it’s not about Linux. I use Debian, btw. :3

    • ranzispa@mander.xyz
      27·
      2 天前

      Yes darling, we may have a cocktail; but may I suggest rather than a gin tonic we take a mojito? It’s made with mint, which is also the name of a Linux distribution.

  • rozodru@piefed.worldEnglish
    26·
    2 天前

    someone recommended to me the other day to try FreeBSD. After spending multiple hours this morning trying to get the Wifi to work I now want to punch them in the throat.

    Ethernet/phone tethering works like a charm though.

  • Cris_Citrus@piefed.zipEnglish
    20·
    2 天前

    Have you heard of the gospel of our lord and savior, Linus torvalds? Do you have a minute to discuss salvation from the eternal fires of surveillance capitalism? /j

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    161·
    2 天前

    Fucking hilarious because just recommended Linux to a customer over the phone. This 100% spot on.

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 天前

    Since Linux transformed my 8gb Lenovo 11th gen laptop from e-waste to daily use I became like a jw, I need to convert everyone

  • hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zip
    14·
    2 天前

    I talk about Linux with a lot of people. Anywhere from non-technical users, to technical users.

    I have gotten a few people to try it. But ultimately in my real life circle I am the only competent Linux user. And I can’t get non tech people to try it.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
      2·
      24 小时前

      A bunch of non-technical family members have been on Ubuntu for a decade. I’m only involved in LTS release upgrades and hardware failures.

  • iocase@lemmy.zip
    13·
    2 天前

    Somewhat related but does anyone know the backstory on the linuxsucks guy? He’s the sole poster in that community and has a massive rage boner for Linux but seems to know way too much about it?

    • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      2 天前

      Man, idk, but I think the guy is also the one running the Reddit community by the same name. The usernames are different, but the Reddit sidebar links to the Lemmy community and the description and rules are almost word for word.

      Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but anyone who promotes telemetry as some sort of good thing and hates on makes it their life’s work to dissuade people from Linux is either someone with too much time of their hands or an op.

      • iocase@lemmy.zip
        14·
        2 天前

        That was my suspicion too but sometimes people just have hate boners for things like an autistic fixation on hating something. A good example is that CPU benchmark website where the owner has a rock hard hate boner for AMD no matter how well they do. When they kicked the crap out of Intel they used every disingenuous reason to score it lower because Intel should always be better.