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    The fact that the penguins have guns makes it more accurate.

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    [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 hours ago
    [–] JOMusic@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

    Is this Club Penguin?

    [–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

    I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Open Source operating system, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

    Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

    There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

    [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 25 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
    [–] Tundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago

    Mr kolakani, how did you get username font like that

    [–] chmod755@feddit.org 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

    I tried to install a fully free system (Pure OS and Trisquel GNU/Linux) on my laptop and sadly it doesn't work. Maybe I'll settle for a system with proprietary parts like Linux Mint....

    [–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 6 points 8 hours ago

    With the minute difference that we actually have salvation to offer, and it's not just some scam or a made up product... πŸ˜†

    [–] _____@lemm.ee 11 points 12 hours ago

    Non-foss users when they type " without garbage features" into a search engine::

    Ah shit. Here we go again

    [–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 32 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

    When you switch and realize how much better it is than Windows, and you can rest easy knowing your own OS isn't spying on you or stealing your data, it tends to make you a little bit of an evangelist.

    Installing the popular Linux distros today is easier than Windows XP was, and it's arguably easier than Windows 11. It definitely asks you less questions and doesn't require you to change 30 different settings from the defaults.

    Linux has come a long way from my first install of CentOS on a server in the mid 00's. You had to be pretty dedicated to run linux successfully back then, but these days it's cake.

    [–] humiddragonslayer@lemm.ee 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

    I think decades of minimalist, 'intuitive' interfaces that abstract what's going on in the background have made us too lazy to go beyond the bare minimum to switch platforms in general.

    A common criticism I saw of the fediverse was the fact that you have to decide on an instance. As if any significant part of your life doesn't require a certain amount of research before making a decision. We all just buy the car that the dealership tells us to buy, of course.

    [–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

    The problem is that theres a real subset of people who pride themselves on not needing to know about the things they use and throw tantrums when forced outside their one-click UI spoonfed comfort zone.

    The modern ultra minimalistic simplistic UI design is largely to appeal to the lowest common denominator of human intelligence who can barely find the on button and freeze up when faced with the prospect of actually pushing it.

    Why should they have the learn about computer operating systems? Thats nerd shit. Why should they learn about car mechanics? Thats blue collar shit. Taking time out of your day to learn something or use two braincells to work your way out of a bad situation is a sign of defeat.

    The people who win life are those who never have to think for themselves, or struggle through a problem, or change their bad behaviors. Only idiots would ever intentionally give themselves more challenge or work. As long as they can get by on the slop of convinence and someone else to figure out things for them, they're winners.

    [–] kabi@lemm.ee 20 points 16 hours ago

    Penguin plus GNU OS or PenGNUin as I've taken to calling it.