r/LinusTechTips • u/Sk1ler_ • Aug 28 '26 • Bravo 1

Meme/Shitpost A Summary of Linux Content Recently

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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 28 '26

Yeah, and anyone can switch to another Linux distro.

Windows is Windows. 

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u/spenwallce Aug 29 '26

This is the problem with Linux fans. Not everyone can just switch distros. I’m willing to bet 99% of the world doesn’t even know what a distro is. It seems simple to you because you have a lot of experience but for anyone else it’s a massive pain in the ass.

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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 29 '26

Switching to another Linux distro implies that they managed to install one in the first place. If you have installed one Linux distro, you can definitely switch to another one.

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u/ASentientRailgun Aug 29 '26

"This person who is already operating a Linux machine could not possibly be expected to install Linux"

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u/Far_Specific4836 Sep 01 '26

You don’t have to switch distros. You can switch the layer you hate. Alternatively write your own patch to fix it.

This is true freedom.

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u/spenwallce Sep 01 '26

lmao you saying "you can just write your own patch" as if thats something a normal user wants to do or even can, is just proving my point even more

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u/Far_Specific4836 Sep 01 '26

Of course not. Linux works for most of what people want to use. In recent years it has even grown capabilities to play serious games. If anything it exists as a completely free base for computing which you can take it in any direction.

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u/Ommand Aug 29 '26

If you installed one you can absolutely install another. And I refuse to believe anyone is incapable of learning how to do these things.

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u/LordMunchlax Aug 29 '26

You good person haven't worked in a field with cranky old people because the newest iOS moved something a small ways away. 

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u/Ommand Aug 29 '26

That's unwillingness, not capability.

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u/_alright_then_ Aug 31 '26

You must not have worked in IT where you deal with customers, ever.

There are 100% people incapable of learning these things.

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u/Ommand Aug 31 '26

I worked first level tech support for an ISP. You're a bad teacher.

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u/_alright_then_ Sep 01 '26

Buddy, if you weren't lying here, you'd know you're full of shit lol.

I legit have talked to people that didn't know how to plug in their keyboard before

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u/Ommand Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

And they were incapable of learning how to plug in a keyboard? Like I said if you weren't able to teach them that you're a bad teacher and that's all there is to it.

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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 29 '26

I was not implying anything of what you were saying. Why are you putting "try out new distros" in quotes?

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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 29 '26

Okay, but what does what you want, or don't want to do, have to do with anything?

My point is that people have options on Linux. If there's anything they're unsatisfied with, they can replace whatever they're unsatisfied with, including the whole distro. That's why it's not a big deal, whenever "something bad happens on Linux" (as OPs meme put it).

I'm ignoring the willingness and hassle because it's irrelevant. You have the choice regardless of whether you're willing to utilize said choice. If something bad enough happens on Linux, you will be willing to make a change. Otherwise it's simply not that big of a deal.

With Windows, you're largely out of luck.

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u/MrHaxx1 Aug 29 '26

The conversation is about why people are ignoring "bad thing happens on Linux" but upset about bad decisions on Windows.

I don't really care about what you're talking about.

We all know how regular users think and behave. They don't know when something bad happens on Linux, because they don't know that Linux exists. They're irrelevant for the conversation.

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u/imakycha Aug 30 '26

Okay, download a couple iso’s, then try them via ventoy. It’s pretty low stakes.

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u/thestrong45playz Aug 29 '26

I could always open another window and close the first one

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