My dad got me a Linux laptop as a kid (I was 10 I think?), and I am so grateful that he did.

To be fair, I already had a huge passion for computing, and it meant that I would constantly toy around with Linux, breaking things and learning how to fix them.

I have been a Linux user ever since, and I feel have learnt so much about computing because of it.

(I started on Ubuntu 12.04, with the glorious Unity desktop)

💀

tbh i dont think i’ve ever needed w3schools, mdn has always been plenty for me.

Do you know why there’s KDE, XFCE and others? Because there’s also a lot of people who dislike GNOME.

If we are getting pedantic here, the above quote is clearly implying that alternatives exist and are actively developed because people dislike GNOME. Your statement does not take in to account the possibility that people just like the other alternatives, and may still like GNOME as well, or feel indifference towards it.

No one is claiming that GNOME has the superior desktop experience. Rather, GNOME has a more opinionated experience, that suits some people, and not others. For some people, it will be superior. For others, they will prefer KDE, XFCE etc.

Umm well akshually 🤓👆: KDE doesn’t exist because people don’t like GNOME lol. GNOME was made because KDE uses QT, which used to be proprietary.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#History

C U B E

Welcome to the fediverse, put your fears aside! Here’s a tip for browsing Lemmy, oh wait no the server died.

Oneshot!!!

…unfortunately none of them are Unix.

Love the dad’s expression.

That would be nice. Unfortunately, theres currently a bug in Wayland where the panel stops updating (the time no longer changes etc.) which is a no go for me.

My pronouns are better:

Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.111.0 Qt Version: 5.15.11 Kernel Version: 6.5.9-zen2-1-zen (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60GHz Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2

Ha yeah sure. Haven’t used Gnome in over 3 years, daily drive KDE. Just happen to not be 12.

This is honestly really sad. I really don’t get the hostility towards Gnome and it’s devs.

Gnome is certainly quite opinionated, and isn’t to everyone’s tastes, but this doesn’t make it ok for memes like this (a pretty shit meme regardless).

Gnome has done a lot for the linux ecosystem, and Gnome developers don’t owe you anything.

Grow up.

based, have a konqi

I’m number 11.

That was a good watch, thank you.

Yeah. Same company as the Simpsons comics, although I don’t think they still making comics nowadays (Bongo comics). Used to read them a tonne as a kid.

I’d be down to moderate if you are looking, already moderate a couple other communities. I live in UTC+9:30.

LEGIT BROTHER SO DO I AROOOO!!!