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by marginalia_nu 981 days ago
People read a lot of different things into the word Linux, so saying something is like Linux without qualifying in what sense is probably going to be confusing to a lot of people.

Like I've been using Linux for 20 years, you bet "like Linux" conjures up different ideas in my head than in for example my girlfriend's, she has mostly interacted with modern Linux DEs, never configured XFree86 in vim on a 15" CRT and has no fond memories of sysvinit.

Communication is tricky that way.