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15 Signs Linux Is Not For You
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this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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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).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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This is exactly the kind of shit that keeps people from switching to Linux y'all know that right?
Why should I care? Linux has enough users as it is, development is sustainable. I don't want all users to switch at once because that would flood forums with noobs asking silly questions.
It's their loss if they don't use Linux. Why should I encourage them to do so? Just to have some shitty Electron apps more which I don't use?
It's much more painful for me that the places I work at don't use Linux. They won't be swayed by such an article anyway.
I'm a bit less nihilistic about it, though. I acknowledge the benefit if being a small enough "market" that the enshittification doesn't hit Linux like a tsunami as you alluded.
More users means more bullshit money grubbers, more dishonesty, more incentive for greedy hackers to attack.
Exactly! That would make all Linux users miserable and paradoxically more users would probably mean a worse experience for those additional users aswell.