• rustydrd@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    20 minutes ago

    TBF, almost everyone I work with uses Linux. There’s virtually no conversation about it. It’s just what it is, like even the weather is more deserving of discussion.

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 hours ago

    Linux people are polite enough to not react when I tell them I use Ubuntu.

    Windows people think I am a geeky nerd that knows how to code when I tell them I use Ubuntu.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    8·
    4 hours ago

    It’s quite simple; we’re trying to find our lost comrades. I had a magical moment when not one, but two people who joined my group on an MMO were using CachyOS. It’s like meeting your triplets separated at birth.

    You only find out if you bring it up, lol.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    5 hours ago

    Maybe if there were a hundred different Windows 10s, and all of them were really good, we would be recommending Windows 10 distros to each other

  • j4yc33@piefed.socialEnglish
    36·
    9 hours ago

    I think if I were to spend the time analyzing my conversations over the last 6 months I would probably find I spend a lot of time having conversations about why people should explicitly never use a Windows OS.

  • luciferofastora@feddit.org
    6·
    7 hours ago

    Even if we assumed Windows was worth using, I’m not sure I would need to explicitly recommend “use the thing that’s everywhere already”. If we’re talking about Linux distros, we’ve already moved on from the standard and into the realm of other options, but the norm generally needs no advertising.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      6 hours ago

      How likely are you to recommend using computer?

      Hello fellow kids, I highly recommend using computer.

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 hours ago

      i always have to look for this answer when this meme is posted.

      people recommend all sorts of niche things out of thr regular stuff everyone does.

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
      1·
      5 hours ago

      A friend asks you: hey, my Windows 7 laptop is getting old, the new ones are all on Windows 10, would you recommend it? Or should I consider a MacBook instead? I really like that Mac has virtual desktops, which my laptop didn’t have.

      This is the situation they are asking about. Are you answering:

      “Actually Windows 10 has virtual desktops, so if that was the only reason for you to learn a new environment and move to Mac, then it might be simpler to choose Windows 10”.

      or

      “Nah, they put a lot of spyware in Windows 10, pick something else”.

  • NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world
    10·
    8 hours ago

    I remember seeing this meme a few years ago before I started using linux, and I showed this to a buddy and we were like “yeah lmao who the fuck goes around recommending OSs to people?”.

    Today I think “who the fuck goes around recommending Windows to people?”

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Twelve years ago, when XP released, there was legitimately a decision to be made what with nine distinct versions of the OS available. That still hasn’t stopped even in the modern day. So I could see people discussing exactly which version of Win10/11 they needed and then recommending others based on their experience.

      But it’s sort of like the BMW that comes with a subscription to heated seats and ABS. Like, why would you subject yourselves to this kind of abuse in an OS?

  • Limerance@piefed.social
    English
    9·
    8 hours ago

    They are using the wrong kind of Linux! My kind of Linux is superior, because it’s broken in a different way than yours.