Oof, I 100% understand why you have the emotional response to it that you do. A good part of the community back then were hella toxic, and even now, 20+ years later, it’s not that much better. That coupled with the enshittification of search and the death of many of those spaces for help, forums, etc. that I would argue results in a similar level of difficulty, albeit a somewhat different flavor.
But
As yesterday’s empires continue to self-cannibalize it’s highly likely that Linux is going to be the only safe and functional option in the relatively near future. While I understand personally not wanting anything to do with it, you will very likely need to make at least one Linux friend who can help you with those needs.
Firstly, thank you for being the first sane human response to my post, sincerely.
Second, a good amount of my rage is medical, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (what a fucking unfortunate but appropriate acronym). Wikipedia can tell you more if you are interested
And I agree, we NEED a safe open source option, just the fractured landscape of infinite vanity distros doesn’t create that, it just creates ten million more safety concerns.
And I used to have a linux friend, literally the most brilliant person I’ve ever known and he drank himself to death at the age of 24. I know that’s irrelevant to the story but I’m drunk, emotional, and as mentioned medically angry nearly all the time.
Also I’d like to feel my rage is precision-directed. Linux has lost its way long ago and it isn’t event trying to get back on track, if I glower at enough devs maybe they’ll shift the culture because asking nicely sure as fuck hasn’t worked
Oof, I 100% understand why you have the emotional response to it that you do. A good part of the community back then were hella toxic, and even now, 20+ years later, it’s not that much better. That coupled with the enshittification of search and the death of many of those spaces for help, forums, etc. that I would argue results in a similar level of difficulty, albeit a somewhat different flavor.
But
As yesterday’s empires continue to self-cannibalize it’s highly likely that Linux is going to be the only safe and functional option in the relatively near future. While I understand personally not wanting anything to do with it, you will very likely need to make at least one Linux friend who can help you with those needs.
Undirected rage commenting is not the way.
Firstly, thank you for being the first sane human response to my post, sincerely.
Second, a good amount of my rage is medical, Intermittent Explosive Disorder (what a fucking unfortunate but appropriate acronym). Wikipedia can tell you more if you are interested
And I agree, we NEED a safe open source option, just the fractured landscape of infinite vanity distros doesn’t create that, it just creates ten million more safety concerns.
And I used to have a linux friend, literally the most brilliant person I’ve ever known and he drank himself to death at the age of 24. I know that’s irrelevant to the story but I’m drunk, emotional, and as mentioned medically angry nearly all the time.
Also I’d like to feel my rage is precision-directed. Linux has lost its way long ago and it isn’t event trying to get back on track, if I glower at enough devs maybe they’ll shift the culture because asking nicely sure as fuck hasn’t worked