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For fucks sake.... I swear... Linux/open-source advocates are complete dicks.
When you encounter a FUCKING NOOB, don't send them down rabbit holes. Their default distro kernel IS NOT gonna be the main cause of their issue.
Morons like you are what drives people away from Linux and open source software.
@alyx I noticed many how-tos in some Linux forums usually but not always go for the most difficult method for solving problems for people that are having an issue and are asking for help.
@alyx
Seriously, I think they do it on purpose. As long as noone understands Linux, they can feel like gods.
@LukeAlmighty
I never considered it before, but I'm definitely heading towards the same conclusion.
For god's sake, who on Earth goes to "change your kernel" as the first solution to "my computer is kinda slow and stutters lately"?
Hence mastodon 4.x and "copy paste this to your instance bro".
@PhenomX6 @LukeAlmighty
>inability to understand normies
That's definitely a strong possibility.
https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/5fdc79d6-0e03-433c-a123-1a2a0560f5ba
Similar to the Windows troubleshooting advice of Reboot->Reinstall->Reboot->Reformat (which I have actually caught people suggesting for... disabling Windows proxy settings after a program failed to revert them)
It starts with the question, "Where do I fucking start?"
And you get more contradictory answers than if you'd ask a Jew what religion was.
see I just send em to mint
if they dont like it they dont like it.
but I always try to be open to anwsering questions and not being an asshole. Mainly because all the people that tried "helping" me when I was getting started were assholes and never actually helped with anything
@alyx those people, as well as the ones who actively shut down new ideas from folks who are trying to get in and stick to their 70s guns, or discourage them from getting into it entirely
@alyx software vegans
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@alyx Preach!