• spujb@lemmy.cafe
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    9 months ago

    hate this take. can we stop calling normal, non-techie people idiots?

    it’s like saying the safety on a gun was designed for babies and makes the FOSS community look toxic as fuck.

    • AProfessional@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The first sentence is right, but not because of intelligence (agreed toxic).

      The money that goes into Linux is for corporate use by administrators. Very little money makes end user facing tools. I think given that fact the Linux desktop is an amazing result of the work of a lot of volunteers.

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      9 months ago

      the results of a gun mishap is quite different from a personal computer mishap…

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        9 months ago

        so is this the first time you have encountered a simile or did you want me to spell it out for you 😂😂