• @CrayonRosary
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    -139 days ago

    Shit like this is why desktop Linux will never be mainstream.

      • @CrayonRosary
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        18 days ago

        That’s not comparable. The situations are quite different. Let me explain:

        In your example: Windows. It’s basically the “default” operating system. Billions of users. Some of those billions are kinda dumb and will type in a command or delete a folder because the Internet said so. Ok, so you ruined the day of some dummy with a practical joke. Not particularly funny, but whatever, it’s just some dummy.

        In the Linux example, here’s how it goes. There’s an alternative OS people can try out. People who are fed up with Microsoft. They install Linux for the first time, and what’s their first experience? Some practical joke ruins their day. These are the people we want! The good ones. The ones brave enough to try out Linux, and their first experience is a dumb meme that ruins their day, or week, and totally turns them off from the Linux community.

        This is not the same as pranking some dumb Windows users.

    • @[email protected]
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      99 days ago

      no it’s not. What IS keeping it from being mainstream is googling something basic like “how to run .sh linux” and getting nothing but

      sudo chmod +x li.sh

      Along with 3 other paragraphs of reading, writing, and security, or just other complicated stuff they don’t need when they really just need to click properties then allow executable.

      • @CrayonRosary
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        -59 days ago

        That’s not googling, that’s ducking. Besides everyone knows you should get that kind of answer from ChatGPT.

          • @[email protected]
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            29 days ago

            Search on DDG, maybe “Candling”

            Candling : The process of illuminating an egg with a bright light to examine its contents.