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by Dalewyn 1118 days ago
A good example of an "intellectual crowd" are the Linux neckbeards who deride users for daring to ask how things are done and not liking the Holy And Divine Terminal(tm).

A good example of an "intelligent crowd" are the Windows wizards who will helpfully advise how something is done so the user can get on with their day.
2 comments
michaelmrose 1118 days ago
This is a perversely negative take where you pick a team and assign negative characteristics to the opposing team to ameliorate your own frustration. You don't HAVE to use the terminal but Linux is fairly unsuitable for users who regard themselves as power users who are simultaneously are apt to shy away from terminal usage or text files. You should probably stop being angry and the people who told you this. They probably aren't reading your words here.
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weaksauce 1118 days ago
as someone that loves linux for a server and only uses terminals on them nowadays, wishes it was better as a desktop machine, really dislikes windows for most things outside of games(even though they have gotten better at their terminal game with wsl2)... mac is great for a lot of power user things. way more configurable than windows while being a first class citizen in the gui world. the power of the message passing system of cocoa is really not matched in windows or linux. it's a sweet spot in gui computing imo
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Dalewyn 1118 days ago
I'm a Windows wizard and couldn't care less about Linux neckbeards, I already tried to make Linux a part of my arsenal only to meet repeated failures. Linux isn't suited for me, and probably most users at that, and that's fine.

That doesn't mean I won't take easy potshots when the occasion arises, though. If they (Linux neckbeards) don't like it, they can work on improving their act and reputation.

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JPws_Prntr_Fngr 1118 days ago
As a hater of all three mainstream operating systems, I can say you've managed to upgrade my opinion of linux neckbeards, and downgrade my opinion of windows neckbeards all in one post. Incredible work.
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matheusmoreira 1118 days ago
Shit, I thought I was browsing some kind of verbose 4chan for a second there.
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