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by dale_glass 1073 days ago
> Again, it may be my incomplete POV but I have never seen any Windows user look at source code to try to understand a particular function to adapt the software to their workflow. I've seen numerous Linux users do this.

It exists, but in smaller numbers than you'd hope for.

Eg, Slashdot is full of greybeards who apparently believe computing peaked in the 90s, learned next to nothing since, and as a result can't understand why systemd does what it does.

I don't mean they disagree on the technical merits, but like they're confused as to why would a Linux system needs functionality that caters to a modern desktop laptop user, and it's not enough to have what was required in a server room in the 90s.