Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH
Why don't more people use Linux? - DHH
A couple of weeks ago, I saw a tweet asking: "If Linux is so good, why aren't more people using it?" And it's a fair question! It intuitively rings true until you give it a moment's consideration. Linux is even free, so what's stopping mass adoption, if it's actually better? My response: “If exercis...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ndlug.org/post/1064425
And Linux isn't minimal effort. It's an operating system that demands more of you than does the commercial offerings from Microsoft and Apple. Thus, it serves as a dojo for understanding computers better. With a sensei who keeps demanding you figure problems out on your own in order to learn and level up.
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That's why I'd love to see more developers take another look at Linux. Such that they may develop better proficiency in the basic katas of the internet. Such that they aren't scared to connect a computer to the internet without the cover of a cloud.
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Linux scary. Some guy yelled at me in Finnish :(
perkele
This should be the splash screen on every distro.
This is a brilliant idea, and I’m going to do it on my machine.
Fair
That’s just how they say hello in Finland, I promise!
Makes sense. More polite than the default in Boston, if I’m honest
"There aren't enough swear-words in the English language, so now I'll have to call you perkeleen vittupää just to express my disgust and frustration with this crap." - Linus Torvalds