Re: Now I've done it

On 2025-05-12, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

On Mon, 12 May 2025 18:29:23 +0000, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote in
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On 12 May 2025 17:30:52 GMT, vallor wrote:
 
 

Just try booting a live stick.  Take it around the block a few times.
Tell us what you think.
 
What are you afraid of?  God forbid you like Linux, and decide to join
The Revolution.
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Do not encourage the idiots.  It will eventually lead to the degradation
of GNU/Linux.

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Not to worry -- there's no imagination in their posts, so not worth
reading.  Just stupid lames.
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However, I have been trying some Linux advocacy, which I notice you
seem to always be opposed to.  I think the gentleman from France
is right:  you try to make Linux look bad.
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I agree with Farley.  I have no issue at all with people who want to use
Linux, or another Free Software OS like FreeBSD switching, if they wish,
but I do not like this idea that people should just switch, just
because.  This obsession that some Linux users have, that "Aunt Tilly"
must be able to use Linux too is harmful.  The push to make it universal
will result in silly decisions that WILL make Linux just another
windows, thereby losing all advantage.

The zealots are a problem.  By all means help those who WANT to use
Linux, to use it but those who don't actually want Linux (ie, to use a
Unix like OS, as it is now), they can stay away, and SHOULD stay away.

Chasing the biggest market share is self-defeating.  Ferarri do not stay
up all night trying to make their cars outsell Hyundai and Toyota, they
understand the niche they serve.  They don't tailor their cars for
people who don't want to drive a Ferrari.