Why Linux is Better Than Windows 11

[thingsiplay@beehaw.org]

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[terraroot@sh.itjust.works]

I think the important bit people miss here is "was", language changes, it was an insult, now it just means adding shiny stuff to your desktop.

[underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Plenty of people still know or use the other meanings, and it's still based on common stereotypes. Reclaiming slurs only really works when it's done by the targeted group, and when the word is being used with positive connotations.

[kiuyn@lemmy.ml]

So it is an American thing then? I feel sorry for you to experience that. But I personally never see anyone even use it in a racism way. Probably because of my own ignorance like you said. The internet is open tho. It is not just for US culture/culture issue. So honestly for the rest of the world, I do not think it is an issue at all. Maybe we can try to resolve it in some way? Idk

[vinesnfluff@pawb.social]

Let's be honest here

I like Linux as much as the next guy

...... But a violent kick to the 'nards is still more pleasant than Windows 11, so this is a "Luigi Wins By Doing Absolutely Nothing" scenario.

[trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Mental Outlaw is a reich-wing freak, so that's par for the course. Unfortunately, there are a fair amount of these shitheads in the Linux YouTube space.

[lengau@midwest.social]

Yep, which also explains why a distro that comes with Cinnamon won...

[vinesnfluff@pawb.social]

Now, now. Cinnamon is a perfectly competent DE. Gets out of the way. Does what it's supposed to.

Let us not treat it like it is Gnome.

[capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

The term "rice burner" originated in the Anglo-American context, and the word "ricing" cannot be divorced from the way people use "rice" as a versatile and generic racial epithet in varied context outside of the software world. As in people going, "haha, rice" something when being racist against Asians. It's a long and ignominious American tradition to demean racial minorities with food. As in insulting Mexicans with "bean". Anecdotally, some older Italians still remember being made to feel bad for eating pasta, when Italians weren't white yet. The term "ricing" will certainly remain racist due to the way anti-Asian racism continues to work. Hence my point that the term must be abandoned, if one wishes to not be racist. Just find a different word for it. it ain't that hard. It is certainly not possible to use an American word with racist origins without divorcing it from the cultural context from which it came.

[lengau@midwest.social]

I don't like GNOME, but I've honestly had consistently worse experiences with Cinnamon.

[jumuta@sh.itjust.works]

I think the modern usage also has the nuance of fragility and temporality.

You wouldn't call a polished and extremely stable customisation a 'rice', you'd probably call it a theme

[jumuta@sh.itjust.works]

he definitely leans right but he still supports foss and all the important stuff around that so does it actually matter much as a Linux YouTuber?

also his level of schizo is pretty funny

[carbonbasednpu@lemm.ee]

We have seen where just not caring about someone being the right wing nut job has led. Are we really going to keep using that excuse?

[slacktoid@lemmy.ml]

No ads in operating system. Simple.

[psythik@lemmy.world]

I like Windows 11. It has the best HDR support of any OS, bar none. AutoHDR is a godsend.

My only complaint is about the taskbar, which I fixed by installing StartAllBack.

[foobarrington@lemmy.world]

nervous Ubuntu noises

[yttra@lemmy.world]

Linux is cool, shame about the video being by Mental Outlaw though

[jumuta@sh.itjust.works]

dictators will dictate whatever their political alignment is

[slacktoid@lemmy.ml]

Elaborate?

[zarkanian@sh.itjust.works]

Aw, that sucks that they're infesting Linux, too. I thought that free/open source would be too commie-socialist for them.