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
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On another note, I sometimes get tired of “Please recommend a good laptop” posts - they’re always just the same old advice: “I liked my Framework” or “Get a Thinkpad”.
I kind of wonder if we could just have an annual mega-post for Linux hardware that gets pinned and mentioned in the server links. For example, “(Pinned) Linux Hardware 2025”. Then we have a rule that you don’t do hardware recommendation posts unless it’s something extremely oddly specific, like “Best Linux hardware for a Pentium II build” or maybe even a question about people’s experiences with VFIO on recent motherboard.
I swear I remember there being a website dedicated to documenting laptops and other hardware linux compatibility. Someone here must know what I’m talking about.
h-node?
I feel you and that’s the main reason why I eventually give up on Linux discussion groups. “Is Linux ready”? Yeah, it’s been ready for decades now. I sometimes wonder if these annoying posts are just FUD coming from Apple and Microsoft.
to be fair, I understand the frustration and i myself hate linux sometimes too. i just wish they’d communicate they’re asking for help
Seriously, as someone who has been using linux as their daily driver since 2000, I find it pretry amusing.
Yeah, I started my journey in about 2001. Linux was definitely more geeky back then.
Linux feels so mainstream to me now. Some days I’m temped to switch to OpenBSD or something ;)
Sometimes I think about doing this, but then I remember that Linux is not my hobby these days, it’s my productivity platform.
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!
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.
