i get a little annoyed at posts that start with broad statements like “is linux actually ready for the average user?” but then it’s just someone asking for help to fix a problem they have with their sources.list or whatever. it’s not a massive problem, but it’s misleading and it feels borderline inflammatory sometimes

please tell when you’re asking for help

ty

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    12 hours ago

    Seriously, as someone who has been using linux as their daily driver since 2000, I find it pretry amusing.

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        9 hours ago

        Linux feels so mainstream to me now. Some days I’m temped to switch to OpenBSD or something ;)

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          8 hours ago

          Sometimes I think about doing this, but then I remember that Linux is not my hobby these days, it’s my productivity platform.

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            8 hours ago

            I understand! For most of my career its been the same for me.

            The “big” switch I’m currently contemplating at the moment is moving to FreeBSD on my home file server.

            I do sometimes consider switching my workstation to OpenBSD when I get nostalgic for the early struggle days of linux. Like when you had to be really careful with hardware selection and what not.

            But then I remember I had a lot more free time in those days!

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      11 hours ago

      Same here - daily driving Linux at home for at least 25 years now. I’m not a gamer, but for all the things I do, Linux has worked perfectly fine.