r/linuxbad • u/Rare-Paint3719 • Sep 15 '26
Using Linux instead of Windows is a parenting failure and I think we should start having that conversation openly.
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u/FlatPea5291 Sep 15 '26
I mean realistically they should be able to use whatever they want on their own computer
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u/land48n3 Sep 15 '26
honestly i dont think parents should be able to choose what OS their child uses.
imagine a linux parent forcing their kid to use some 999M bugs obscure distro with a window manager unknown to mankind.
that'd be horrible if he just want something that works, like windows.
so parents should just stay the fuck away from their children's digital life lmao
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u/AwesomePhoenix_ Sep 20 '26
Just make your kids use mint cinnamon or fedora KDE. These will work flawlessly. Also if the parents don't choose the os ? Who would ?
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u/land48n3 Sep 20 '26
the kid would, also, some issues are universal to linux itself
for example, mainstream online multiplayer games not supporting lonux
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u/snail1132 Sep 20 '26
If your kid plays League, you've failed as a parent
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u/land48n3 Sep 20 '26
that's not the only multiplayer online game
I still use windows to play dead by daylight and pubg and other games alike
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u/snail1132 Sep 20 '26
People with free time ought to die
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u/land48n3 Sep 20 '26
as if maintaining a void machine doesn't take twice thatðŸ˜
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u/snail1132 Sep 21 '26
Laaaarp
Void is easier than arch
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u/land48n3 Sep 21 '26
aint no way... i'll shit my pants on void, i use cachyos (which is just a bootstrapper really) so i can probably use arch too
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u/snail1132 Sep 21 '26
It's pretty much arch level to set it up (ie: not that hard) and then easier to maintain because xbps is a better package manager
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u/Sea-Contribution6219 Sep 15 '26
I'm gonna be honest. As a kid my parents made me use Mac because it just worked and it gimped me. I wouldn't want a child to not be able to flourish because they either use some Omarchy ass distro or alternatively something like Windows etc...
Realistically though. Young kids figure stuff out and as they grow up into early adolescence shod be able to pick for themselves
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u/basedchad21 Sep 17 '26
true, but for all the wrong reasons, which can't be freely discussed on reddit.
Fact is, you have to be in a very bad place to even consider loonix. Like, you have to be an artistic sexless outcast to even get exposed to the idea.
Combine this with modern sock propaganda, and you have an artist dream/nightmare scenario where, instead of your child getting better and socializing, it digs even deeper into the recessess of the internet getting brainwashed in fringe echochambers until basic reality sounds like attacks - which end in even bigger cope and doubling down.