Why Linux is Better Than Windows 11

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

OK, I have to save this for the next time I see this shit again.

[ikidd@lemmy.world]

She's getting a dopamine hit by thinking she's somehow defending you and your countrymen. That's some people's kink.

[data1701d@startrek.website]

I think it wasn't actually Stallman - it's a common misattribution.

[thingsiplay@beehaw.org]

It was Stallman. There was just a very little detail that was not exactly as he said, but otherwise entire quote is from him: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html

[underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It was a term for modded crappy japanese motorcycles and cars, that derived from a slur for asian people.

[buwho@lemmy.ml]

im asian, i like rice. i like linux. im not offended.

[cmrss2@aussie.zone]

Have you actually read the article? The first sentence:

A quotation circulates on the Internet, attributed to me, but it wasn't written by me.

[m33@lemmy.sdf.org]

So, kaboom ?

[capsicones@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

It is clearly racist. "Ricing" comes from a derogatory term for Asian racing vehicles. You cannot excuse the racism inherent to it by personal ignorance. It's the same logic as black face being racist, whether you're personally aware of the history behind it or not.

Though I no longer live in the US, as an Asian computer scientist, I am quite aware of how it is clearly perceived as a racist term by many Asian Americans. To me, it will also never stop being offensive. So, please, stop with this "ricing" stuff.

[chkmrk@programming.dev]

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, systemd/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, systemd plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning systemd system made useful by the systemd corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the systemd system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of systemd which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the systemd system, developed by the systemd developers. 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 systemd operating system: the whole system is basically systemd with Linux added, or systemd/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of systemd/Linux.

[diesertypmatthias@lemmy.ml]

He's based.

[captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works]

Precisely one person, here in this thread, on behalf of imagined others.

[thingsiplay@beehaw.org]

Read the rest of it.

[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.