Honestly, I agree with @StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net
Ok fair enough, but I wouldn't have installed Linux if I had not seen it recommended.
I'm not a computer toucher, but I can follow written advice.
These sorts of posts always scold anyone giving out actual solutions just so being miserable can continue. This cultural thing almost has an end of history type vibe to it. It's also pretty hostile to divergent and often solution focused neurotypes.
Linux evangelism kinda makes sense, no one is spending billions on marketing and ads for it. I think Linux evangelists should ask about use cases first, instead of just posting a generic "use Linux".
Yeah LadyCajAsca understood my point. The struggles of open source in a capitalist system stem from the system itself, and the flaws won't be resolved until the system is abolished, we nationalize the tech companies, subsidize open source development, and put the means of computing/production into the workers' hands.
I love Linux; I love open source technology. It has been my passion for years, and I have tried really hard to push people into taking back their soveriegnty, and I am not going to stop doing so. You essentially understood each of the points I have made, and I do want to mention KDE is an exception for the file and folder sharing convenience, though setting up Samba is a pain, especially with SELinux, and working with sshfs and nfs requires people to go into power user territory.
I'm not necessarily complaining about Linux. I just recognize there's a lot of important flaws both underneath the hood and outside, and seeing the current system in the West collapse very quickly gives me the sense that we're not likely going to see those flaws fixed off the backs of people's free time and barely sustainable donations alone, but only once we change the system as a whole that is weighing us down and stopping us and the products of our labor from reaching our full potential.
Oh I agree a 100%. I was just expanding on what you said because despite these flaws I genuinely think Linux is usable for the majority of people right now, even tho without actually systemic change I doubt it is going to become widespread like you said. But to be fair, Linux adoption is rising faster and faster, even if it is still small. Last I checked, I think Linux already had the same number of g*mers as Mac if I'm not mistaken.
Also, something you might find interesting, there was a time when the Brasilian government was trying to adopt FLOSS, there's this hour long great video by the Brasilian Marxist tech youtuber Zawacki that goes into it. And even tho this never really took off, there are Open Source and Libre software the government develops here, which I think is cool.
There's also this other cool video/react he made about the development of Lua, which I only learned was Brasilian when it popped in my timeline. It's all in portuguese, so I hope youtube's auto subtitle is good enough.
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