I have no idea how Windows is the red line in this, it should be the green but even steeper

99% of the time it’s just “make && sudo make install” or something like that. Anything bigger or more complicated typically has a native package anyway.

I don’t know if people use it on desktop but with its minimal size it’s convenient as hell for docker images that don’t need a lot of dependencies installed

Zsh with powerlevel10k + a few plugins

Fun fact, “fos” means “liquid shit” in Hungarian, applies literally in this case

To add to everything else mentioned, many places (schools, workplaces) don’t allow any usage of BitTorrent, even legal. A guy at my uni got yelled at for torrenting a Linux iso. Not to mention depending on where you live your ISP might be interested in that activity unless you’re using a vpn.

Users think the way they do because of what they’ve gotten used to in decades of Windows or Mac usage. Commands don’t HAVE to be foreign, I genuinely think people starting out with computers would be perfectly capable of learning the basics just like they learn what a file explorer or a web browser is. Someone advanced enough to install a different OS in the first place would especially benefit from this. We’re fighting over nothing anyway, you can use many modern Linux distros without ever touching the CLI.

Also, massive cringe discarding someone with a different opinion as a “tech cultist”.

Just out of curiosity, are you on Windows? If yes, I get why you’d think the CLI is archaic and a hindrance, it’s a terrible experience there. Whole other story on Linux and Mac though. As one example I personally think “sudo apt install name-of-program” is just a more straightforward and easier experience than browsing an app store or downloading an installer. I don’t mean to be an evangelist, it’s fine to stick to what works for you, but just because you’re used to one way of doing things doesn’t mean it’s the only good way.

Kind of, but why? I understand why the CLI is intimidating to a newbie but it’s not some arcane magic for leet haxxorz, but a poweful tool that everyone can learn to use. We Linux users weren’t born knowing how to use it just like a Windows user wasn’t born knowing how to use Control Panel. It’s a different way of working with a computer, but with patience and learning it will become a useful asset, I can’t imagine using a computer without it now.

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Am I the only one who’s fine with typing a password?

I don’t really get what people mean when describing Gnome or any DE as “out of the way”. I’ve never felt like KDE was “in my way”.

Try running a stable distro without them

Arch mentioned btw

Probably because it’s not as flashy as Discord

I see no “hostility” and “talking down” here. You shouldn’t be running GUI programs with sudo, and the fact that you’ve been using Linux for X amount of years doesn’t change that.

“But why would they care about MY data, I don’t do anything special”

Anyone outside of tech when I even passingly mention privacy

Good point, it’s always a tendency and I don’t know where the cut off is. Subjectively I’d say Hungary is nowhere near there. Especially since as I see it, our government’s tendencies don’t come from genuine ideological conviction but selfish interest. If anything it’s an oppressive oligarchy, but not fascism. I hope I’m not just coping.

Wikipedia’s definition:

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

In my understanding, only some of these things can be argued to be true about Hungary, and none of them to an extreme extent. Of course I don’t know the future and I won’t excuse the crimes of my government, again I left the country because of them, but I want to be realistic and fascism isn’t a word I would throw around lightly.

Hungary is seriously fucked up at the moment but calling it fascism is a huge stretch. It’s not like these fuckers actually believe in anything, they’ll just do whatever gets them the votes and the cash. Not that the tendencies aren’t worrying (in fact I’ve left the country because of them), but it’s not a full blown dictatorship yet. Source: am Hungarian.

That’s something Windows used to do a lot, right? I remember the old HDDs were always noisiest under Windows

CLI:

• git
• zsh
• neovim
• lazygit
• my dotfiles (i have them on gh and then use a bare repo)
• a few extra utilities: htop, ripgrep, tree, exa
• yay (I use Arch btw)
• tools for whatever langs I’m using, usually rust or golang

GUI:

• Steam - games are on a separate disk that I add to /etc/fstab so I just need to add it to Steam and I’m good to go
• Lutris
• Sublime Text
• Spotify
• Discord
• Flameshot
• psensor