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   [Anonicus] (anonicus@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 22:39:41 JST [Anonicus]
   Was it ever really that bad for Linux before?
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 22:39:40 JST meso

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     @anonicus imagine being this bad at computers
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     meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 23:01:45 JST meso

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     @vivi @why @anonicus
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     vivi (vivi@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 23:01:46 JST vivi

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     @why@shitposter.world @meso@the.asbestos.cafe @anonicus@shitposter.world i read this post like 5 times now and i still dont know what it means

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     You Will Never Know Why (why@shitposter.world)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 23:01:47 JST You Will Never Know Why

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     @meso @anonicus IMAGINE BEING AT COMPUTERS
     SO FAT YOU LOOK AND SEE FOOD
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     Komnene (komnene@cawfee.club)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 23:04:09 JST Komnene

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     @meso @vivi @anonicus @why imagine being at computers
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Aug-2024 23:15:47 JST 翠星石

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     @anonicus I don't get why that says PC - those are laptops.
     
     No, it was never like that for systemd/Linux after 1999, provided you didn't have a dogshit Wi-Fi card that refused to operate without proprietary software.
     
     Back in around 2003 or so, distro's tended to not completely shit all over the users freedom and so if the Wi-Fi card required proprietary software, you'd have to choose to download and install that, or better replace the Wi-Fi card with a decent one.
     
     Wired NIC's has always had good support
     
     Pretty much all common GNU/Linux distros in ~2003 had precompiled binaries, although certain software was primarily distributed in source form (some still is), so 3 "compile"'s is incorrect.
     
     GNU bash doesn't take months to learn.