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Linux Boomers (janethemotherfucker.wordpress.com)

I’m going to start this article off by saying that you don’t have to be born in the boomer generation to be a boomer. You can be a boomer by acting like one. Hate new stuff? boomer. Run a desktop from the naughties? Boomer.

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[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 56 points 10 months ago

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

You should really take your own advice on this one. That "article" was juvenile.

[-] Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world 40 points 10 months ago

This is so incredibly cringe that its downright unreadable. Take your own advise, use whatever you want and shut the fuck up.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 36 points 10 months ago

"I wrote a 30 paragraph article using only 60 words"

[-] JaneTheMotherfucker@leminal.space 3 points 10 months ago

Let me guess... you use XFCE/icewm/mate/cde/windowmaker/enlightenment/someoldshit?

[-] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago

Uncharitability to those you disagree with, style without substance, and all built upon thought-terminating cliches.

This isn't helpful or enlightening or informative, it's entertaining but not in an interesting nor original way. It reminds me of 2010s Reddit memes where everything was about adding as many "fucks" as possible because our moms aren't supervising our internet time anymore. It espouses a consoomer mindset of "gotta have bigger numbers and shinier visuals because all that matters is appealing to lizard-brain."

And it's all couched in the obvious mindset that any criticism will be met with "ok boomer" (I'll almost be insulted if I don't get one) because being superior is more important than being right. Y'know... like a boomer?

You've got a point, focus on that: you can make the case that Linux fits your use case, or that certain mindsets within the Linux community are hindering progress. But please do so in a way that doesn't just lend itself to more infighting and drama. That shit is for shallow people who have nothing to contribute and only serve as the cultural detritus that destroys communities and community-driven projects.

[-] Enoril@jlai.lu 32 points 10 months ago

Totally useless "article". You learn nothing, you have to navigate between poor writing with high usage of explectives. It's like reading a 11 years-old rebel child blog.

tdrl: he use Arch linux, boomers...

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 12 points 10 months ago

When I reached the essentially "I use arch btw" I assumed it was just badly written satire.

[-] MrBubbles96@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Took ya that long? As soon as they went "That’s right fuckface.", it was over lol. I knew whatever was gonna follow would be some unhinged shit...and it was, save for that one nugget of wisdom that was thrown in there about shutting up and using what you wanted (that of course, they wouldn't follow. If they did this wouldn't exist in the first place)

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

Then next paragraph…

I switched from Linux to macOS for a number of years and it was fucking awesome. Then my Macbook Pro became defective and I bought a PC and …

Well, okay. Great, why not write a whole article about your personal taste in software.

What do I use? Arch Linux.

BTW

[-] JaneTheMotherfucker@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 11 points 10 months ago

You should lose that "l" young man, because that's what it is.

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[-] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 26 points 10 months ago
[-] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 24 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

For someone who hates these "Linux boomers", you're using Wordpress, which uses the good old PHP.

Shouldn't you be working on your own minimal Gopher website or something like Rust-SWC, with all that fancy hydration and hybrid SSR-SSG framework?

People can have opinions. You, on the other hand, need to mind your business.

And yes, I'll take your advice and move over to Guix. Shepherd and Guille looks pretty fine to me.

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago

This article is an example of the "appeal to novelty" fallacy. "It's newer, therefore it MUST be better."

[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 22 points 10 months ago

I'd argue running a laptop from the 00s is the least boomer thing to do. Buying a new Macbook every two years while complaining that you don't have enough money and joking about how you're spending your kid's inheritance is the boomer thing to do.

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago

I am still sad my laptop from 2007 (Compal FL90) died earlier this year. It was still pretty powerful, and really full of ports. I could even add USB3 ports with express card if I wanted to. And unlike with modern laptops, the keyboard had some travel.

Currently I use HP 255 G7. I wasn't using it because that old laptop simply suited me better. It's fine, but... I am still looking for a cheap used ThinkPad. But it does have a DVD drive, so that's nice (yes, I do use that).

[-] umbraroze@kbin.social 21 points 10 months ago

So yeah, Xfce looks the same as it did 10 years ago.

And?

Desktop environment is meant to launch apps and give me windows and maybe have a file manager. Xfce does that. It's a desktop environment.

Hey, "modern" desktop environment enthusiasts, if you bring Compiz back from the dead, give us luddites a call, will you? Ohhhh you kids should have seen it back in the day. Windows and Mac users saw Compiz in action and were, like, "wat." You don't get them to react that way to modern Linux desktops, no. And all that is lost now. Thanks Wayland.

[-] HaunchesTV@feddit.uk 20 points 10 months ago

This is satire, right?

[-] Naich@kbin.social 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This has already been deleted once. Reported as spam.

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[-] WeLoveCastingSpellz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 months ago

Your dissapointment about your own existence bleeds into the article, just shut the fuck up at this point :/

[-] JaneTheMotherfucker@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

Where does that come from? I'm awesome.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

Old things bad, new things good. I write article that is satire about it.

I’m strong. I’m no boomer. Please love me.

cope cope cope

[-] kittykittycatboys 16 points 10 months ago

hey u sound a bit angy, is everything allgoods?

[-] JaneTheMotherfucker@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, I'm just the best.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I really hate this usage of the term, Boomer. Words mean things!

[-] mogoh@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago

It's so stupid. Everything is boomer now.

[-] superbirra@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I mean, even my mother who runs kde 5 has a better desktop than the sad one this silly wannabe post. lol

[-] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago

I've tried GNOME 45 extensively and I just don't see how it's better.

Even looking at the screenshots I don't understand how GNOME 45 is better than GNOME 2. It doesn't even LOOK better. You need extensions to get basic functionality like a window list and tray icons.

Then there's the bad parts, like every window now has different decorations, doesn't work with nvidia, etc.

There's nothing wrong with angryposting, but it needs a kernel of truth which this is missing.

[-] wim@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 months ago

To quote the author himself:

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

But then he proceeds to do the exact opposite and posts a vitriolic rant about how everyone who doesn't use what they use is, in their words, and idiot.

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[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago
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[-] throwawayish@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

Username checks out

[-] rien333@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago

ITT: lots of angry boomers

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Seems like you just found an excuse for your unnecessary invectiveness. You probably think you're funny or you're trolling. This is not even trolling, not even fourth-class bait material. Maybe you should try Kali, suits your attitude more.

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