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  • Are we being overly anal about semantics here?

    Usually not but your whole activity in this thread reads like you’re just hating on Linux for some reason: “too diverse!” “it destroyed my ssd!” (which I doubt). In that context your claim to have been a user just looks like a half-truth to give yourself some credibility.

    Anyway, back to the actual topic: I don’t care about mass-adoption. Everything turns to shit when the masses pour over it. In my opinion, Lemmy has reached the critical amount of contributors to get it going, except more actual scientists maybe.



  • Dnn@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldPlease don't repeat the same mistake as Linux
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    I won’t nitpick how Linux is a kernel not an OS but how is it not widespread? It just runs basically the whole internet…

    The reasons the average Joe doesn’t use it for their desktop are convenience (Windows and macOS come pre-installed) and that you can run into technical issues due to bad support by hardware vendors. The latter is a chicken/egg problem and will possibly never be resolved.

    Anyway, I disagree it’s due to the number of choices - we don’t need monopolies. Your grocery store is full of different brands of cheese and all of them still stay in business.


  • Dnn@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldI can't code.
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    learning programming is BORING

    Then it’s not for you. No shame in that. I don’t understand the notion that everyone is supposed to be a coder now.

    If anything, the low-level coding part is something AI models may well make obsolete relatively soon. Unlike any craftsmanship - why not learn masonry or carpentry instead?