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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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"I'll move to Linux if it runs every game I want" just say that you never will move (discuss.online)

submitted 2 days ago by OmegaLemmy@discuss.online to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I hate when people say that they'll only move when it has 100% support

People who say 'cant wait for steamOS to come out so that I can move to it' is also very similar

They never will try Linux, even if what they want comes true

They won't do it, whether they just fear change or think it'll break stuff or they can't bother

And I'm not going to lie, I don't hate them or debate with them for it, I just hate the bold lies they tell just to get with the crowd

"Fuck you Microsoft, I'm moving to Linux" says the individual that would never move if they haven't already

Frankly, I probably wouldn't move either if Windows didn't permanently break my ethernet and WiFi drivers, and reinstalling windows wasn't harder than installing Linux, fucking hell

Either way, these people kick up hype for a Linux that will be so much bigger but they never arrive

Maybe they will, due in fucking 2028 or something when they invent a really easy way to use built in Linux tools to move your files from NTFS to Linux and then when you launch steam you have a perfect library of Linux compatible games that are as good or better than windows

And don't lie, even now with 80% compatibility it feels more like 60%, whether because it depends on the system one runs or because the performance drops just make it not worth it...

At least don't lie that you'll move to Linux at a goal post that you'll just move whenever you get close, maybe say that you'll move to Linux when you finally get a new pc with a new disk or something?

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[–] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Since we're talking about how people come off, you come off as one of those people who like to think they are logical and rational but are very dismissive of emotions (of others) and come off as condescending, because you are. You're also probably pedantic.

So, to appeal to your rational side, just because a decision is based off of emotion doesn't inherently invalidate it. If someone said "3 isn't a prime number you donkey" and you got mad and argued that it was, you're still correct even if the way you got to that conclusion wasn't rational.

It's probably a variation of ad homonym but I'm not going to bother to look up the specifics.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 hour ago

I think people over value emotions, but I realize I'm part of people too and it happens to me. Emotions are a fast heuristic but they're not very inaccurate. They're good for when speed is important, or when more information isn't available. Neither is true on an async post about Linux. But yes, I can be dismissive of emotions but it's something I'm working on.

I've seen too many people make strange, unhelpful, decisions because like "someone told me to do something and now I won't" or "that guy was rude so I'm not going to listen". That's what your post felt like to me. (Note the emotional dimension there, heh)

Like, imagine a friend who always forgets their plans, is late, and double books themselves. You probably can't just be like "use a calendar, dude". You probably have to gently massage them and incept the idea. If you just tell them, they'll feel bad, reject the idea, and continue having problems. (In real life, some months later the friend did come around to using a calendar, but only after uselessly wrestling with feeling bad)