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   meso (meso@the.asbestos.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 17:54:53 JST meso
   Dear user who has recommended Linux to me.
   
   I DO NOT WANT TO USE LINUX.
   Seriously. Shut the fuck up about Linux.
   
   I have heard people recommend Linux to me multiple times and it infuriates me to no end.
   
   I believe that everyone should use the OS that they are used to. It doesn't matter if it's Windows or Mac or a fucking text terminal.
   
   I do not care if it's 'better' or if it's more 'customizable'.
   
   "It's open-source! You can make it whatever you want!" I don't care, I prefer to use my own OS.
   
   "Other OSes are proprietary!" That's your problem. If an OS is proprietary, I don't care. In fact, many people do not care.
   
   "Windows/Mac is generally worse in every way!" THAT IS YOUR OPINION. THAT IS YOUR FUCKING OPINION.
   
   Just because you use it doesn't mean everyone should, dumbass.
   
   Hateful regards,
   
   -A user who doesn't want to use Linux.
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     neo@shork.comfysnug.space's status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 18:31:31 JST neo

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe use linux

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     :segasaturn: (takao@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 21:01:47 JST :segasaturn:

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     @meso I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
     
     Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
     
     There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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     waifu (waifu@mai.waifuism.life)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 21:05:27 JST waifu

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     @meso@the.asbestos.cafe
     Dear meso
     
     GNU+Linux Is the better OS, better than any other OS
     
     It is not my opinion, this is a fact.
     
     Why you ask?
     
     It came to me in a divine revelation.
     
     Kind regards
     
     Wafumelon - Professional capybara roaster

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 11-Nov-2024 12:06:30 JST 翠星石

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     @takao @meso https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html