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People talk a lot about software enshittification, but hardware enshittification is also a thing!

Yes. Linux plays the long game instead of seeking short-term profits. Linux isn’t even an OS per se, neither is a unified product from one company, and that exactly why I think it will outlast the proprietary products because it’s adaptable, resilient to changes. the only challenge linux faces is hardware getting locked down…

In thw wikimedia stats, linux usage is around 5 to 6% and seems to be growing

one-eyed man with a beard

It’s like the mr worldwide meme

, but I actually like Debian’s slow update cycle,

That’s one of debian’s strengths and an often overlooked feature that I believe many people would love as well. I even had a professor migrating from windows to debian simply because he’s, in his words: “tired of things changing all the time without my permission. I want a system that stays the same for as long as possible and barely changes”. Debian was like a natural choice for him. I thought he would be asking me for help in the transition, but he said he’s “ok and learning by searching on the internet”, and that he’s “investing some time on earning it, because the guarantee of minimal changes makes the it an investment, instead of a waste of time”.

Don’t forget debian on phones (mobian), debian on embedded devices (armbian or even pure debian), debian on gaming machines and debian on vms running on debian hosts

Proably a cultural thing. I live in a place where we eat rice daily, and we just use a regular pot. Rice is literally one of the easiest and fastest things to cook, that we focus on optimizing other things. Also, rice cookers are expensive around here, take aditional space and feel like a consumerist thing.

But now that I’ve said this, does it make you feel unsettled about it?

What’s the deal with rice cooker adoption?

Makes sense. Do you know a more user-friendly alternative? Maybe something like bottles?

a few tips for you:

• try open source software in windows too, like libreoffice, inkscape, etc, depending on your needs. It will help the transition to be easier
• if you have a spare machine, try linux on that instead of dual booting, because windows tend to mess with the bootloader in dual boot
• don’t be harsh on yourself. It’s normal to have difficulty to adapt to things. You can do that in steps as small as you feel comfortable with
• try distros like linux mint, because they tend to be easier for new users
• experiment wine or winboat for software you need from windows, if there aren’t alternatives

That desk with 3 monitors too close to the keyboard and face give me some agony. Seems like they’re trying to engulf me. For me, the advantage of a desktop is being able to put both the keyboard and monitor at a comfortable distance, what I can’t do with laptops. But well, maybe that’s the comfortable distance for who uses that machine.

Getting information from the internet can be sometimes more confusing than helpful, so I will try to be short and not send you far away

• There’s no need to switch devices. One of the great things of open source is that it’s more efficient and won’t do planned obsolescence on your hardware. Try it, and you will be amazed to what your “old” laptop and phone are truly capable of.
• Distrohopping happens to some people, but part of it is a meme. If you like the one you’re using, it’s fine, no need to try anything else, unless you want and have time to experiment new ones. It’s up to you
• The distros you mentioned are fine. I’d recommend the one you feel more familiar with. The proprietary elements are usually minor things and can be avoided. It’s not something to be worried
• For the phone, ghapheneos might be the “gold standard”, but /e/os is great too. You can use it with peace of mind if it’s available to your device. If it’s not available, lineageos can be another nice option
• You can backup your data preferably to an external device, install the os in your laptop’s internal storage, then copy things to it

My advice is to not overthink it. Try what you feel comfortable with, make the change in steps, instead of all at once, so you can get used to, and enjoy the freedom

I once had a problem because the sata mode was set by default to some weird mode that only windows would work on, so I had to change it to ahci. Might be worth checking for it in the bios/uefi menu.

Be careful. People are so dumb that they might misread or misinterpret it and create some hoax

Just remember to backup important files and enjoy the reclaimed free space

Do you mean telegram as in the app that stores all chats in plain-text by default and uses a not recommended cryptography method?

But that’s not how humans work. All those developers wouldn’t be together working at the same project. because each one have different viewpoints on how things should work. Also, the different complexity of projects, both on code and on management, will attract or repel different people. The idealized single project in which all foss developers work together, maximizing innovation and maintenance, is impossible and will never exist. Fragmentation in the end is also a way to maximize the human work put into foss, and making people who don’t agree or even dislike each other collaborate indirectly.

Also, users somewhat decide how much fragmentation is acceptable. For example, a few forks of debian will attract some user base, because they might offer something people have a demand for, but the hundreds of minor forks will just die from lack of userbase. Some could say that they’re then a waste of developer effort, but would those developers work in debian itself? Probably not, for many reasons

One interesting about those articles is that each author will favor and recommend a different distro, so newbies won’t go all to the same place and clog a project’s resources, but will be more fairly distributed among many ones. Also, that way, there won’t be a big distro monopolizing things.

Maybe people will even learn that the fragmentation isn’t a weakness of linux, but one of its strengths

But… can we trust that we will have stuff available on the internet in the future?