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VeryStableGenius
[ chortles in NetBSD ]
nsaspyingonuranus
Stop by distrowatch.com and grab a copy, any one of a hundred flavors. Start with mint or manjaro or mxlinux if you're unsure. Maybe kali if you're an infosec nerd.
MoralRectifier
As long as you compile the kernel with the right build flags
jesuswasasaiyan
I have been using Linux since 1969 and I've done nothing else since! Literally, it takes all my waking hours.
llebkcir
its been the main OS in my household since win2k SP4 crashed a bunch of servers i was admin on back in the day. never looked back
livinglife9009
Which version of Linux do you use?
Hibs06
Ah yes…Linux Lewis.
evilspock
I know linux well enough to know its shortcomings - it's far from perfect. But then, nothing else is any closer. My desk has 3 Macs, 4 different flavors of linux (ubuntu, steam os, raspbian, and alpine), and even a shitty little windows box, because *nothing* does everything well.
SLCtechie
I used to be a windows everything person. I quickly switched to Linux once I realized everything was sooo much easier (and cheaper).
mikeymikec
Childhood OS: AmigaOS, then Windows, flirted with Linux for about 20 years, then in 2018 I decided that I would attempt a full-time migration to Linux with plenty of time before Win7's end of support. I've settled on Linux Mint as the primary OS, and dual-boot Win11 for gaming.
AgnosticPaladin
Try gaming also. Pretty much every game on Steam runs well on it, except the ones that the developers went out of their way to make it not runnable on linux.
moe79
Linux Mint (cinnamon) is my primary too with dual-boot Win10 for gaming.
rebelhead
Ya it's great. One of humanities greatest inventions. Not as good as chocolate though.
animatronicChristmasChickens
Cue somebody creating a chocolate distro
Chais
Hopefully involves less slave labour than chocolate frequently does.
camn333
*Checks IT people's work schedules* No, I don't think it does.
rebelhead
Humanity's *
fformulaa
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ToastedCheddar
lots of people do
mikeymikec
DOZENS OF US!
Tezerah1
Windows for gaming, Mac for graphics and Linux fo getting things done.
ZeroThe2nd
I hope we’ll get proper gaming on Linux with newer titles too as I’m so done with windows having arbitrary stupid issues and crashing every 6-12 months…
PressthamGravey
I game on Linux. It has gotten much better.
camn333
*Slaps Linux* You could fit so many windows on this thing.
itsfinejustfine
exactly, if something doesn't work just run a VM or use wine or proton. Love it!
VibratingNipples
Steam deck uses Linux
cosinewave
I've been a Linux user since 1994 and have made my living using it since then
ToastedCheddar
how?
cosinewave
As an admin, engineer and a dev. It was an inexpensive and effective way to build routers, firewalls, PBXs, and servers.
conniecpu
Most servers run Linux, not hard to find opportunities developing software that will run on Linux. Plus Android is technically Linux, lots to do there.
WaterUnderTheRocketAppliances
Or just being one of the many people that set up, maintain, and fix those servers
Chais
Software development, I'd guess.