Namrok wrote on Yesterday, 17:41:

the3dfxdude wrote on Yesterday, 16:59:

Living wrote on Yesterday, 12:39:

that part comes when you want help online and find the toxic community that Linux is built around

Linux is not built around toxic online communities. The key to what you are saying is toxic online communities. It's toxic because it's online because there are cowards that wouldn't act this way otherwise because they get away with it online. Just find other people, preferably a friend you know that uses linux and it won't be toxic, and he'll show you things. Then you'll find that linux is just another OS when you remove yourself from toxic communities, getting away from the net a little. I know dozens of people that use linux, everyday, main OS, work, games, etc. They just use it, and just works. And nobody talks about toxic people online and then make the conclusion that linux is toxic.

You know, with the complete collapse of several communities I used to be a part of, I think I'm coming around to the idea that communities need a certain level of "toxicity" to maintain any sort of identity at all. And yeah, it's obnoxious when you ask a stupid question and some Linux nerd berates you for not knowing the shell script to fix it off the top of your head. But then again, that same community erupts in "toxicity" when Linux distros attempt to add telemetry, or drop 32-bit support, or other BS a meeker community might roll over and take in the name of not being "toxic".

Toxic != Having an opinion, explaining one's reasoning, citing facts, etc

Civil people can and do agree to disagree.

Having principles, ethics and a spine is not toxic.

IMHO, toxicity starts when humility and/or respect for others end.

Intel486dx33 wrote on 2025-07-04, 23:37:

Apple CEO Tim Cook said “what good is RAM if you are not using it”.

It's funny to hear that from the company that still puts 8GB of RAM in a lot of their computers (and claims that it's just as good as 16GB of RAM on Windows). I keep hearing about Apple Silicon Macs having high SSD failure rates from virtual memory usage.
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It's funny that people seem to repeat the same message forever, even when facts have already changed. 😉

How do you expect Linux to thrive if most "programmers" can't even get their shit working properly on Windows in higher-level languages?