• Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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    21 hours ago

    They’re talking to me. I use Mint. I’ve never opened the terminal. Just because some of us aren’t savvy doesn’t mean we aren’t at least casually interested. You could totally be joking too, I guess.

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      6 hours ago

      Actually …

      I still don’t get why Mint with it’s legacy Cinnamon desktop is recommended to new Linux users. Even Debian stable with a modern Gnome or Plasma desktop would do more justice to the growing FOSS ecosystem. Or go with Fedora which I recommend to all Linux/FOSS-newbs.

      This is a meme, but my strong opinion at the same time. Go with Mint/Cinnamon as long as you like; you’ll make your own experiences and it is part of Linux/FOSS, too.

      • pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip
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        1 hour ago

        Not using WindowsOS/MacOS is a very big step for them and FOSS

        so please don’t care that much about distros :) and see the bright side: They are not using WindowsOS/MacOS

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        4 hours ago

        Man, your attitude is why Linux is still so fringe. That purity test shit is a real turn off.

        For a casual user like myself, all that matters is my computer boots, is navigable and runs programs that do what I need. Mint/Cinnamon does that. It does it with no fuss. And every time some great FOSS warrior comes along to tell me it’s not Linux enough I like it even more. I’m not interested in distro hopping, at all. To be really honest, I’m not interested in my computer. I just use it.

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      18 hours ago

      It’s a joke, yeah. Well, or rather a meme. This was a real advertisement, before it got memed on pretty hard:

      "Pornography? On my computer?" It's more likely than you think. Free PC Check!