i think it’s a sort of meta ironic joke. The joke here is that it’s not working, and they’re trying to figure out why it’s not working, because linux actually lets you do this to some significant capacity.
Yeah, no, not sure if I can agree with that interpretation. To me it seemed more like it was showing the frustration of the user trying to use Linux that doesn’t work, and having to debug the problem, adding to the frustration.
If it was expressing what you’re saying it was, then there would be one more final frame to the comic showing some kind of Linux ‘hero’ plot device solving the problem, or pointing out there really isn’t a problem.
i mean, admittedly debugging is not fun, i would know, it’s literally what i do in my spare time (i’ve spent thousands of hours working on autistic redstone trying to make it fucking work because it looks pleasing to the eye and runs fastlier)
It’s awful, the amount of swears i’ve said in relation to it is probably higher than politics, ironically. Granted, i still love doing this shit, it’s just grueling from time to time. It’s part of the lifestyle.
If it had one more frame it would no longer have a significant punchline though. That’s why i think it’s a meta joke. We as linux users often goad about the wonderful nature of linux, but when someone asks about it, we talk about all the shit that can break. Or it’s just the fact that it’s pretty easy to do things wrong sometimes.
For example, a while ago i was having an issue with video playback being incredibly sluggish. Turns out it was pipewire not running, which was weird. You would think a video would play fine without audio, and it should, but apparently that one case of not having audio output really fucked shit up.
Yeah, no, not sure if I can agree with that interpretation. To me it seemed more like it was showing the frustration of the user trying to use Linux that doesn’t work, and having to debug the problem, adding to the frustration.
If it was expressing what you’re saying it was, then there would be one more final frame to the comic showing some kind of Linux ‘hero’ plot device solving the problem, or pointing out there really isn’t a problem.
i mean, admittedly debugging is not fun, i would know, it’s literally what i do in my spare time (i’ve spent thousands of hours working on autistic redstone trying to make it fucking work because it looks pleasing to the eye and runs fastlier)
It’s awful, the amount of swears i’ve said in relation to it is probably higher than politics, ironically. Granted, i still love doing this shit, it’s just grueling from time to time. It’s part of the lifestyle.
If it had one more frame it would no longer have a significant punchline though. That’s why i think it’s a meta joke. We as linux users often goad about the wonderful nature of linux, but when someone asks about it, we talk about all the shit that can break. Or it’s just the fact that it’s pretty easy to do things wrong sometimes.
For example, a while ago i was having an issue with video playback being incredibly sluggish. Turns out it was pipewire not running, which was weird. You would think a video would play fine without audio, and it should, but apparently that one case of not having audio output really fucked shit up.