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Open-source operating system discussed as potentially subversive anti-technocapitalist tool hampered by gatekeeping from STEMlords and aesthetic ineptitude

Mentions (10)
"Do we have to become some schizo Linux user to have the tiniest bit of privacy???"
"The LinkedIn slop poster has better odds than the guy who regularly contributes to the linux kernel. It is sign of an industry in its death throes."
"Imma flower my plants, get a blackberry, and convert everything I own into Linux. Can't deal with this shit 🥀"
I don't want to hear the news no more · u/Sound_Saracen · ↑74 · 2026-01-12
"Finland has such an impressive output for 5 million people Sauna some of the best racing car drivers in the world Nokia Linux heart rate monitor modern day internet browsers"
Finland has such an impressive output for 5 million people · u/roman13122 · ↑65 · 2024-08-05
"The answer is Linux. End of story. Take control of your own shit and DIY. You spend all your time talking like a luddite and whining about tech bros and mega corps, when the solution could be right there if only you would dare take an afternoon to learn some new OS."
"I was having drinks last week and this guy kept trying to talk about Linux after I said I worked in IT. Bro can't run excel and is trying to get lucky? Weird."
If you know what Linux is you're a 0 · u/DoublePlusGood23 · ↑44 · 2023-10-10
"I read a comment that the Linux community needs people outside "tech nerd" circles: people in the arts, humanities, sociology, etc. contributing it if it ever wants to become a threat to the status quo. In my Utopia all artists would be using opensource software and it would be designed specifically"
"I was the stereotypical nerdy computer kid who programmed and used Linux who spent all of his free time online"
Video games and computers no longer appealing · u/OkLunch7 · ↑72 · 2021-06-12
"you now need to tinker more than you would do on linux mint holy shit. Also, people get enraged when you tell them that if you don't like corporate farm cage you need to get your own free range (and bad weather is part of the experience). The answer is Linux. End of story."
"I was having drinks last week and this guy kept trying to talk about Linux after I said I worked in IT. Bro can't run excel and is trying to get lucky? Weird."
If you know what Linux is you're a 0 · u/DoublePlusGood23 · ↑44 · 2023-10-10
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