I feel like 75% of Mastodon are people talking about Linux. If you don’t care about Linux you feel alienated. I enjoy Mastodon and Lemmy, but the lack of more diverse subjects gets to me if I browse for too long.

Update: I took your advice and purchased a laptop for Linux, and now I care about it! Problem solved.

  • wild@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Favorite distros so far? For someone who doesn’t want to touch the terminal.

    • nexussapphire@lemm.eeEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Gentoo, you never half to look at a terminal in that distro. Just white text scrolling on a black backdrop for infinity! The people who like to sit through the end credits of a movie would be ecstatic.

      • Jesus_666@feddit.deEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Gentoo is great for two things: Firstly, learning about all the parts that go into a Linux system and how they interact. Secondly, typing emerge world into a shell and feeling like a god raising the continents from the ocean.

        • nexussapphire@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I love Gentoo but I just can’t live with the compile times. Gentoo does a good job of letting you know how little you know about Linux and how deep the rabbit hole can get.

        • donio@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Gentoo is great if you know how you want things to work and know Linux well enough to make it happen. Gentoo gives you flexibility, transparency and great tooling to help you get there.

    • Swarfega@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I tried Linux for years but always have to go to the terminal for something. There’s a reason it’s a default application on every distribution. The CLI can be daunting for the unfamiliar but it’s actually very powerful.

      • Cosmicomical@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I love the CLI as it’s more powerful and efficient, but to be honest i can’t rememeber a time when i actually needed it for something basic. Browsing (including mail and movies), editing documents, printing, and most changes in configuration can be done through the graphical interface.

        • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          But… why?

          Just kidding, I get it. It’s definitely more approachable, and can be more intuitive, for sure. I just loved the whole terminal aesthetic from the first time I saw it, so that’s the hammer I hit every nail with.

          I think that’s one of the main differences between users, though we get distracted talking about “productivity” or “control” or what-have-you, when it’s mostly just a matter of taste, deep down.