Let's talk about Linux

This is kind of a pet peeve, but: it's a mistake to confuse a community with the space that community hangs out or organises in, especially when that community does not control that space.

For me, Linux is everything... 🥰 🥰 🥰

It's more like what I hate the least.

But I happen to hate it less than all other computer operating systems. Aside from my favorite tool to "control the operation of a computer:" a hammer.

I just started using it by installing it on my phone dev.to/dotnetdreamer/using-android...

The fact that you can revive old hardware with Linux.

I am amazed at how Windows 10 is atrocious on some (even new) hardware. But a lightweight Linux OS will perform fine on it

I'm using manjaro, but its too heavy, even heavy on my ryzen 7 16 gb ram and ssd, i have no clue why.

I've tried mx, kali, ubuntu.(distro jumperrr)

What do you'll use for web development? I'm thinking of pop os now.... Should i?

Fell in love with pacman package manager for arch

This is so cool!

You can add Opensource.com to that list of communities. We write a lot about Linux, and I especially love the stories people share about falling in love with Linux.

If you're interested in sharing your story, shoot me a message here or matt @opensource.com 🐧

I started my journey from ubuntu andnow on Arch.... Linux have a distro suitable from beginner to advanced.. The Customization and opensource nature is plus to user...

Anyone here who uses RHEL8 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8)?

"What do you love the most about Linux and freedom of the software?"

From my, slightly different perspective:

I love that I have been through all of this and realized that Linux kernel is basically a bloatware and (in most cases = default setup ) security nightmare.
One can manage AppVMs (like in the case of the QubesOS) or play with elegant FP (like in the case of NixOS) and / or reproducible builds, but hey, ain't nobody got time for real system hardening.

After all these years, I have realized that I'd rather prefer HardenedBSD box with lightweight UI setup for development / research / daily usage.

Frankly that was one of my best life decisions.

Still I'm on the mailing lists of many Linux-related projects though; we'll see what the future brings!

Regarding communities - don't forget about keybase.io.

We have the strong and friendly programming & infosec community there. Anyone here - DM for more info if you're interested in participating - the more people |> more knowledge sharing |> more learning together & more fun.

The only thing people still stick to windows is Visual Studio and Microsoft office which wine can't handle. If we get them work with Linux, there won't be any competition.

I love Linux as a development environment, and I really like tools like Multipass or Docker that let you pop up a quick Ubuntu VM regardless of what OS I'm running.

I've created scripts to install all of my favorite programming languages and tools, so I can have a fresh Linux install up and running for development in about 20 minutes. Linux is great because it gets out of your way and lets you build great things.

The biggest downside for me is software support. There are so many amazing games that only run on Windows, and the best writing tools are either Mac or Windows. I've found myself dual-booting Linux/Windows on nearly all of my personal computers so that I can have the best of both worlds.

Kawai Comic!