• ian@feddit.uk
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    6 months ago

    I blame the Linux gatekeepers, keeping people on Windows. By pushing out misinformation to Linux newbies who ask a question online, and scaring them away.

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      6 months ago

      There are no Linux gatekeepers. There are assholes everywhere, that’s the human condition. I came across these assholes and I learnt that I should take advice and consider it myself.

      If you close your brain and listen to random online people without thought, you’ll have a bad time, Linux or no Linux.

      This stereotype of people in Linux or open source as assholes is FUD spread by people who have a vested interest in spreading it.

      I’ve found people mostly very helpful and courteous.

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          6 months ago

          Unfortunately, they are the loud minority and other arch users don’t tell them to spout such nonsense. Recommending the distro to linux newbies is not helpful. The minority will be willing to open a console in order to get stuff done. When I started, all I wanted was it to work and never see a console. Recommendations like gentoo and arch might’ve turned me a way from linux altogether.

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