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  • Earth Walker@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 month ago

    Some of my fav quotes:

    “Ads in an operating system that you’ve paid for from a company that owns ridiculous amounts of money is so offensive.”

    “data, it’s like the new gold to people”

    “I got the confidence to really jump into Linux after the Steam Deck.”

    [regarding the terminal] “You just see text going across the screen, they’re working at lightning speeds.”

    “I’m kissing convenience goodbye, I just want control.”

    • exanime@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      “I got the confidence to really jump into Linux after the Steam Deck.”

      I offered my son (16) to get him an “office” computer for his room so he can do homework and emails and junk. He said he felt so comfortable with Linux because of the Steam Deck and we could instead just get a nicer monitor and a docking station and he will use the Deck as a gaming machine AND office workstation whenever our main computer (also Linux) is busy

      • Earth Walker@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        I think it should be really clear to everyone now that the Steam Deck is exactly the kind of thing that Linux needs: nice hardware with a well-integrated OS that is designed to be user-friendly and has some guardrails to prevent you from breaking it.

    • GustavoM@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      “I’m kissing convenience goodbye, I just want control."

      He is in for a surprise when he realizes GNU/Linux is much more convenient than Winblows.

        • Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 month ago

          I don’t think it’s really much different. What makes windows feel more convenient is that everyone generally learns how to use it first. I think if you took a person that is not familiar with either, they would be able to figure out both OS at around the same time.

          • superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            0·
            1 month ago

            it really just depends on what hardware you are on. For example my Dell pribter was plug and play on windows . It took me 6 hours to get it to work on Linux.

            • msage@programming.dev
              1·
              1 month ago

              I had a printer I could not in my life make work on a Windows PC (2017). Then I tried my Ubuntu laptop, no drivers installed, just worked.

              Fuck Windows.

      • yuri@pawb.social
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        1 month ago

        It’s as complicated as you make it to be, and that’s gonna vary WILDLY per person lmao