XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.slack   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2025-08-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 8 Aug 2025 21:14:17 -0500, Alabama \"Tinybones\" Flint wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 10:11:07 -0400, Tony wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> That Linux shit is for people who belong on the funny farm. I   
   >>>> tried that Linux shit and nearly destroyed my monitor and computer   
   >>>> tower with a baseball bat. Who would tout that crap anyway?   
   >>>   
   >>> That “crap” is running just about the entire infrastructure of the   
   >>> Internet. Without it, nobody would hear you scream.   
   >>>   
   >> Windows isn't the answer but why is Linux the answer either?   
   >   
   > Because it’s the closest thing humanity has ever achieved to a   
   > “universal” OS.   
      
   That's a good way of describing Linux.   
   My opinion is that Linux is like a Swiss army knife. It can be anything   
   and do pretty much anything a user might request of it.   
   Want to learn about Linux?   
   Choose something like Gentoo or Linux From Scratch.   
   Want it to just work with no fuss?   
   Something like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, etc would be a good choice.   
   And even within those distributions, the ability to customize the system   
   to your particular needs is awesome.   
   Or just leave it alone.   
   You have choice, which is why I like Linux.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   "Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.   
    Then our choices make us."   
   -- Anne Frank   
      
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