bryndos

Akshually, . . . copypaste . . . mostly google removed the GNU Scotsman.

Linux picks a random user out of the hat to prove it - gets someone using android with play services. erm . . . ignore them . . . that doesn’t count.

I use fydeOS btw.

Fortunately people posing in linuxmemes are probably not a representative sample of any general population.

I think most people don’t care too much which distro (or christian denomination). And for most people it shouldn’t (hopefully doesn’t/won’t) matter.

It’s just a cultural thing like a football team. I’d think people Just pick one that they think is reasonably popular (or the one that people close to you pick, or inherit it from your teachers/parents) and hope it doesn’t cause too many problems.

If worst comes to worst you can always dual-boot or QEMU (agnostically) and hope none of the zealots notice. Or build your empire on blendOS like the Romans.

I use debian and arch btw. and actually mostly windows - if you count 7.5 hours a day for about 225 days a year. I don’t think I’m likely to get burned at the stake though - most people will never know that I’m such a filthy two-faced lying whore.

I dgaf about support. (i’m naturally perky).

Back in dos there was a systemic encouragement to users to at least learn something about a computer. Nowadays windows apologists seem to relish how much it dumbs down computers, (or any over supported system).

They won’t learn to ride the bike until someone removes the stabiliser brackets - and Gates is one of the cunts who figured out that he makes more cash by welding them on.

basic_task_list = ['copy and paste', 'install package', 'type', 'keyboard', 'read and write' ]

for basic_task in basic_task_list:
    print(f"""
        Newbies can't {basic_task}.
        They never {basic_task} in windows.
        Windows  has replaced {basic_task} with copilot, this is what linux needs to do to compete.

        How will linux ever hope to attract windows user if it still maintains this ancient hacker 1337xor tools like  {basic_task}?

        Users just want to turn on computer and watch it do computance - how does linux not get this?
    """)

I’ve had it with all these mkfs-ing windows on this mkfs-ing plane.

On debian, I never worry - most of my regular use computers are that. Maybe hesitant about a dist-upgrade, but i backup all my home and main edited config , and apt-list regularly anyway.

on my arch that i use regularly I never worry.

on steam deck never worry - kind of obviously.

On my arch system that i only use occasionally i just expect trouble whenever i go back to it after a too long (say 2 months i’d be edgy)…

I always run my backup procedure first - i have to anyway to sync my home folders.

update archlinux-keyring first as that’s the most common issue .

if any dependency issue emerges that cant be fixed by removing one or two packages or using pacman-static - i normally just go straight back to live usb and chroot, or be prepared to reformat and jump back to the pacstrap part of install process and reinstall base system.

It’s the hands. not enough fingers.

The best salvation I can suggest is: