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[–] 96 points 1 year ago* (5 children)
  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    How likely are you to recommend Arch to a friend or colleague? 1, not likely, to 5, extremely likely.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    Honestly? It actually depends on the friend or colleague.

    Arch isn't as bad as it can seem, especially if you find an installer for it. Something that's more mainstream linux might be better; though. especially if they're looking for a "it works" kind of thing.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    People don't recommended Windows

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    The only time I would've recommended Windows was around 2019 when it was clear they were making a lot of developer focused features, it felt like they were trying to win back the market share they'd lost to Macs. But no way would I recommend it now. Even then it was more of a "give it a second look" sort of thing for folks who'd sworn off of it.

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    This is interesting because I’ve been having conversations about what operating system I recommend for the last 20+ years.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Pretty sure I saw this meme half a year ago.

    Edit: My bad, I suppose this is the original and the other one is an edit.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't recommend Linux. I recommend Freedom

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Believes in free software...

    But uses Twitter...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Ever since I bought my steam deck, I've had an uncomfortable urge to end every sentence with "by the way", I feel like I'm missing pare of my sentence, It hurts my soul... like I'm missing my Arch on my feet. I can't explain it, I know it's not my shoes, my insoles are custom I use Arch By the way.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's like an existential crisis, like a threat to our very well-being. Like, of course I'm gonna mention Linux.

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