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Another reason to use Linux..
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this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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I actually made three new friends on new years eve completely through mentioning Linux. We were at a party and I had a really bad year last year so I was rusty in the "talking to people" department, the few people I knew there, who are indie games devs that don't use Linux, said something (can't remember exactly what) that made me reply with a Linux joke and those three people moved their chairs closer to me with a "ooooh, a linux nerd, let's fucking go" energy. We went on such a nerd dive that they party host told us that we aren't allowed to talk Linux anymore or we'd have to leave.
We talked a lot more through the night and had to really concentrate to not get thrown out, haha.
I get this, in my own house. We need speakeasy for linux.